or what can we say in terms of that effort to rebuild? if they can t to that, if this huge battle that general keane describes is coming, what will it looks like? a great question. of course, we don t want to give the russians too much advice because they re making bad enough decisions that a brookings guy might improve their performance. i do feel that if they just sort of rebuild one division at a time and send them in from the north, especially in the next few weeks when the fields are muddy, they won t do well. if they concentrate on a big june offensive, they have a better chance. they can build a larger force, come in on multiple axis and they can drive across open fields. that s the fight that i most want to see us get prepared to help the ukrainians defend against. not so much the next phase, which is important, but still the odds are tilted against russia in that next phase. but later in the spring when they brought on 100,000 more conscripts, when they have taken more tanks