forces risks too much a wider war so they seem to be nixing that idea right now. what they say is more helpful the javelin and stinger missiles which the west is providing by the thousands to the ukrainian fighting forces. and finally, a glimmer of hope perhaps the russian and ukrainian foreign ministers are due to meet today in turkey . that is the highest level meeting between the two sides since this war began. obviously everybody hopes that they can find at least a tiny bit of common ground which might provide some clues at least to a path forward here . so far there has been zero common ground. jonathan, back to you. moments. meantime, vice president kamala harris in poland this morning attempting to resolve a diplomatic spat stemming from poland's proposal to equip ukraine with mig 29 fighter jets. the pentagon says that plan could be dangerous. with us now, retired army lieutenant colonel derek