Process. a state department official telling cnn earlier today if that were to happen it s likely that a nato ally would be involved but noting that these kinds of attempts in the past, in the recent past, have failed. and, matt, as we watch this play out, watching a russian troop buildup, a tank buildup, artillery buildup, a ground war in the east. but russia today also testing an icbm, an intercontinental ballistic missile, sort of bragging about it. reporter: yeah. this is their icbm, a system vladimir putin has been bragging about going back several years now. the missile system itself is not new and the idea russia has icbms is not new. this is a concept going back decades. what is notable is this conspicuous timing of all of this. vladimir putin knows if he does a test like this in the middle of a war it might play well at home in state media propaganda and also sends a message to the west and to ukraine. maybe not more of a message than