yeah, we got a briefing from a senior u.s. official who did knowledge russia was making progress in the east. this is the focus point of their new come pain trying to secure the donbas region but not making a lot of progress. calling it incremental at best with this u.s. defense official saying the russian forces are taking quote several kilometer or so on any given day because just because don t want to run out too far aahead of their logistics and sustainment lines. these are problems we saw russia have in northern part of the country during their failed attempts to take the capital city of kyiv and it does appear some of the issues continue. we re hear frg this official that there s low morale because rush ha is using conscripts. people drafted into the army who are being fed russian state propaganda before they get here and when they arrive, they are seeing the real situation on the ground.