from the east and from the south. it could be devastating to ukraine. but being in ukraine as long as i have, i know that the resilience there is very strong. the western weaponry is coming. but putin i think is a man who cannot accept defeat. and i think it was mitch mcconnell who said today that unless he's pushed back we can expect not only other dictators to be emboldened but this to turn into a very, very expensive war because we will continue to fight this from many, many more fronts. >> yeah. and what this offensive could look like of course is the crucial question. colonel leighton, to this point that michael's making about the weaponry coming in. you've got a bipartisan group in congress. you mentioned senator mcconnell. calling on the biden administration to send f-16 fighter jets to kyiv as soon as possible. there's a gap of time as michael pointed out. tanks are promised, those abrams tanks are not coming anytime soon, they're just not ready. biden has resisted the f-16s and he said it would seriously escalate the situation.