happening, but these high-level individuals are being able to have safe passage. putin is still in this fight making decisions that are key, but these visits are extremely important for the ukrainian people. the show of force, western unity that it shows, europe and u.s. unity behind ukraine incredibly important. kremlin and russian state media have been discussing this huaraz a war against the west and western ideas. not just ukraine, but nato and the west. and originally putin justified this huaraz a way to de-nazify ukraine, and deneuter ukrainian leadership. is there a change in putin s calculation, what he says he s fighting against here now? you know, i think we re seeing putin redefine success in real time. early on he embarked on a campaign of misinformation and disinformation in order to set the stage for this invasion.