grows out of the barrel of a gun. >> i agree 100% and remember what putin's goals are for ukraine, three fold. first, cause massive economic harm, so the threat of war means that there's a lot of capital flight and investors are wary of putting money in ukraine. his first goal. the second to destabilize ukraine politically. look at president zelensky's poll numbers, they are not that good right now, and that's a factor for russia in advance of the 23 parlimentary elections in ukraine, and the presidential election in 24. and the third point for vladimir putin, veto power over the policy. a measure to vladimir putin to recognize those two break-away republics in ukraine, as independent nation.