prospect he would be satisfied with a limited milled military objective, but not the political one, the toppling of the government? >> he achieved none of his objectives. this was designed for a blitzkrieg attack that would topple the government. it seems though the problem that we have seen clearly is that this vladimir putin is really in the destroy ukraine in order to save it approach. unfortunately, it's not just that he is stymies and he is resorting to the tactics. this is the rush sian playbook,o attack civilians, create terror. you bring in the artillery and bomb barding cities. that's part of the plan. that's what the artillery is there for. that's what they have done in aleppo. it's what they are doing in ukraine. it's hard when you have vladimir