military has fought valiantly. my heart goes out to them. wish there was more we could do in that location. from a key terrain perspective, it s important for russia to have the port city and that location. that s why they ve poured so many assets into it. they ve paid dearly. they ve had some significant losses. they lost the battleship in the black sea. again, it was likely inevitable and hard to say that that city was going to fall. major, thank you so much for your insight, for giving us all that context. we appreciate it. thanks for having me. new tonight, north korea says it has test fired a new tactical-guided weapon with kim jong-un there to observe. the regime s state media saying that launch was a success and will improve the operation of tax tickal nuclear weapons tactical nuclear weapons. will ripley is joining us by phone from taiwan with more on this. will, what are you learning?