ambassador that is here in the u.s. said haven t talked to putin. sings he was appointed in 2017. and was asked well do you ever try to get in touch with him? he said why? so the fbi can listen to everything that we are saying? he says he is in con constant contact with officials but doesn t talk to putin. brian: that s the most ridiculous answer i have ever heard in my life. russians are beginning that new phase right now according to president zelenskyy but the question is, they are going to commit maybe 80 to 85% of their entire fighting force to this area. and the ukrainians know if they can hold them off here, they likely cannot only stop them from advancing but they could push them back into their own country, the question is will they have enough fire power to do so? trained enough on equipment to pull that off. the ukrainian army is showing, according to general keane yesterday, that they are still just staying on the roads with their tanks. they are not showing any type of f