ukraine. i don't think they want to do that. >> mres. meals ready to eat is what you're talking about. what happens if that, what does that say about the state of russian army if they are asking for mres? >> well, that has to be, and this is obviously a reason the russians, for their part, would deny these requests. this is a huge embarrassment. the performance of the russian army in ukraine has been a huge embarrassment. the vaunted modernization of the russian army. well, not so much. and so just the fact that they have to ask their ally, china, for help this quick. we're not even into this three weeks. and the russians are already appealing to the chinese for help. so that's a very damning commentary as to the efficacy of the russian army. >> they're both denying it,