they don t want russia to be able to do a repeat or maintain this. that is, to your point, john, a message that will not sit well with the kremlin. the u.s. seems to be perfectly fine with that. perhaps it s to be expected for the u.s. to say this out loud because they ve already been providing an enormous amount of weaponry to the ukrainians and there would be a u.s. interest in russia not being able to do this immediately and resupply. but to say it publicly, and also that language, too, in effect, ukraine, an independent sovereign ukraine will outlive, outlast putin goes right to the core of this. you and i have talked so often about how this is personal for putin. putin has a view of the world, of his own place in history, of uniting mother russia, pushing back as what he sees as the u.s. undermining him, seeking regime change in russia. it s very personal for putin. so, by stating out loud the u.s. plans to weaken his ability to carry something like this in the