forces taking the fight to the russians. they re starting the war in the donbas. they believe it is a war programs they can win. amy, talk about new phase to this conflict and russia s acts of terrorism. one of president zelenskyy s new ask from president biden is the united states to recognize russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. right now only four countries have the designation, they are cuba, iran, north korea and syria. that s a rough crew. tell us what that would mean if that were to happen. what are the implications fofrp russia? there are pretty profound implications for russia if it were to be designated a state sponsor of terrorism. right now i think going back to our previous conversation, i think the focus of u.s. officials right now is not so much on this designation but it is in helping to support ukraine with armaments and also with intelligence. there was reporting last week in the swamp street journal that the u.s. is beginning to share