the next week will be crucial. >> understood. i mention some of the pentagon reporting. you of course have been inside this type of process. and just what we're hearing, reading here from for report and despite overwhelming advantage and man power and equipment, the russian advance did lose momentum today. quote, we assess there's greater resistance by the ukrainians than the russians expected, says a senior u.s. official. your analysis of that. >> well, i think we're getting a clear insight in large part do to our correspondents reporting on what's going on the ground. not just the ukraine armed forces and called up reservists and militias, but the common people they do not want to be governed by putin's despotic regime. but, you know, in the short run the decision will be military not economic sanctions, not