ukrainian -- thank you so much to both of you. let me just start with you with what alex was saying that russia is struggling to get a new offensive going, a battered military, the tremendous loss is from -- being a part of that. what would a massive russian offensive look like with the military that they have now presuming that they have tens of thousands or more troops that they are about to commit to it. >> that is a really interesting question. in normal times you would say a russian offensive would look like a huge mass of soldiers going forward with tanks, helicopters and air support. the air support is definitely lacking. it has been lacking so far. you have a situation where there are really problems backfilling the losses that the russians have had that alex mentioned in his report. so you are going to see probably this attempt like you