Much buildup, you know, of so many people giving so much to hype an event to such a degree in advance, for there to be such little outcome. i mean, this wasn t it wasn t exactly an admission of defeat by putin, but if you watched his body language, if you consider the fact that the flight pass was canceled, allegedly because of bad weather, the traditional jets flying over red square was canceled even though the weather was perfect, then there was that extra question raised. is putin paranoid about his security on this traditional celebration day? you know, i think that the expectation that he was going to do two things, which is, declare, officially, a war on ukraine. remember, this is still a special military operation, a. then, b, launch a national