us all to see. matthew chance, cnn, kyiv. and for more, i am joined now by malcolm davis from the australian strategic policy institute. he is a senior analyst at the thinktank working on defense strategy and capability. so, a great voice to have on this. when you look at this 40-mile, 65-kilometer long russian convoy outside kyiv, what does it tell you that -- that perhaps we're looking at an escalation about to happen by the russians? >> thanks, michael. look, i think we are. i think the russians have realized that their initial approach to the war where they committed their first echelon forces fairly haphazardly with little air support, and not correct logistics has failed. so they are now reverting to their traditional approach of warfare, which is overwhelming force. um, large numbers of forcers swamping a defender, and i think