brutal proxy war that keeps going on and on. >> brutalities the operative word these days. it could be a stalemate. in that situation it is unlikely that russia could sustain that for any length of time. if you look at the size of the russian military and how much they've committed to the battling ukraine it is taken up half or two third so if they want to occupy the country and subdue it by occupation that's the entirety of the russian military. was would russia have to protect its russian interests against any chinese incursions in regions they claim historically as well continuing to support bashar al-assad in syria, probing of oc space in the baltic states and nordic countries, they are all in on this ukrainian thing and a