released by the german military. all of this comes less than a week after german chancellor olaf scholz said sending heavy weapons would lead to world war iii. joining us now, peter swak. he served in moscow from 2012-2014 as attache to the russian federation. a lot of major players circling around this situation in russia, including the u.s., are ratcheting up the rhetoric andle backing it up with supplies. which is what the ukrainians have been asking for for a while. now they re getting that heavy weaponry as we enter a different phase of this war. as we re into this assault from