moloss of morale, don't have the resources on the ground to substantially increase this operation and what we've seen, of course, is a substantial air operation, potential missile strikes that are still creating a lot of damage, especially against civilian targets. so regardless of the morale question, the russian operation is still very brutal, destructive and russian president vladimir putin believes according to these officials that he still can take the entire country, bianna. >> it's notable, we haven't heard from the kremlin in terms of how many soldiers have been killed throughout this operation. they said 498 and clearly the number is much higher. natasha bertrand, thank you so much. let's talk more about this. joining us now, retired army general and former nato supreme allied commander wesley clark and former director of