was worth it or does he? does that even happen? is that simply unattainable? i think he s feeling that pressure in the near term headed to the victory day celebration may 9. but longer term, also. the future of vladimir putin s regime is on the line right now. he s losing. he failed to topple the ukrainian government in the three days he expected it would take. he failed to take kyiv as the military had planned and now he s had to withdraw his troops. many of them to belarus and russia to be refitted and resupplied and now looking at a fourth phase of the war in the donbas. odesa is the prize. that is why taking out the ship was so important. the russians want to attack the city of mariupol and take odesa. that s where we re going to see i think a lot of these battles reminiscent of world war ii.