the opportunity to refit they have taken 15,000 dead, the russian military in ukraine. that s as many people as they lost in the entire afghanistan operation of the 80s. they need a lot of rebuilding and fitting. if they take a couple months to do it right, they could be a potent force by the summer. that s where our focus should go. martha: you talked about the 15,000 that we have lost. i think about the mothers, the images that have managed to make it out of there, them complaining, that their sons didn t know where they were going, conscripts that don t have experience, generals killed in the field. the new general now in charge. i wonder about the resolve and how important that is. we have seen what happens on the other side of the fence and how crucial it s been for the success of ukraine. yeah, well-put. yet in times of war, countries tend to double down. the russians have now brought in this general that supervised