between ukrainian soldiers on an island in the black see and an officer of the russian navy. i want to show you a transcript of what was said. an officer on the russian warship apparently approached the island and told soldiers, this is a russian military warship. i suggest you lay down your weapons to avoid bloodshed and needless casualties. otherwise, you will be bombed. to which a ukrainian responded, russian warship, go f yourself. it appears it may have been the ukrainian soldier's last words. we're told all the ukrainian soldiers there -- all of them -- were killed. we want to bring in the european affairs alexander vindman. colonel thank you so much for joining us. what's your take first of all on this state of the battle and how