the former commander hurtling. grateful for your time today. let's walk through several places on the battlefield. we heard from matthew chance, he was saying air raid sirens are sounding again. we know from european diplomats, they believe the russian advance, which has been plotting, is now getting ever closer to the city. i was told by a european diplomat this morning somewhere in the ballpark of eight to ten miles to the east and the west. what does that tell you about the russian plan? >> we've been watching this from an unbiased perspective, john, and the russian operations in and around kyiv are largely remained stalled over the last 24 hours. the ukrainians have been fighting just ferociously. they've damaged that russian armored -- east of the city. it's disrupted the russian effort to continue to encircle. they are moving slowly, but they are -- truthfully, it's a large