international watchdog for chemical weapons, the opcw, that they are concerned by the reports and also trying to get more information to glean what exactly happened, but as i explained before, wolf, given the situation in mariupol at the moment, it is very difficult to do that. wolf? clarissa ward in dnipro for us. be very careful over there. clarissa, we ll get back to you. i want to go to brussels where international editor nic robertson is standing by for us. putin made it clear that his brutal onslaught will continue. what s the latest. reporter: yeah, we got a look into putin s mindset and the way he s framing the war, wolf. he called it noble, perhaps an indication and acknowledgement that he s been losing troops because when you frame it as noble rather than just say a duty you re sort of elevating it, something worth sacrificing