and not something that the russians would want to get involved in for too long. i think the interesting thing that they hold mariupol steel works is that the russians have been unable to take it and it s a thorn in their side which prevents them sending troops further north. yeah, that seems to have affected, of course, the number of people on the front lines and probably, as many have said, weakened them somewhat in that offensive in the east, but as we have been talking about for some days now, stuart, you know, mariupol could be really the victory that putin is looking for on may 9th. what happens, though, postthat day? do you think that he will de-escalate or do you think he would double down and expand this war, if, of course, he takes azovstal, which, so far, he hasn t been able to do. well, i mean, i guess that s the question, but the problem