of the country. it has gone terribly well. how long does putin have with these forces to continue mired down in this sort of battle? one last point to your excellent lay down would be mired down. as it gets warmer and that weather turns into spring, harder and harder for those big, heavy mechanized devices to be moving on the battlefield. so the answer to your question is he has days, he has weeks, he has got some number of months, but i can t see how he can sustain this both with the money and with the morale of his troops. your point, many of whom are conscripts, reservists. they re looking over their shoulders thinking, i want to get home. the ukrainians are looking over their shoulders saying, i want to protect my family, i want to protect my city. that may be the spirit of the ukrainians, so i don t think