to help fortify the russians. you have some questions about whether that will actually happen, and is the fact we're even talking about this a sign putin is getting desperate? >> i'm not sure that he's getting desperate but he's pulling out all the stoops. he realized he didn't have enough when he crossed the border on the 24th of february. now he's scratching around to see where he can get additional capabilities from whoever will come. in this case the belarusians, they have a little bit to contribute. they have about 20,000-man military, they have two active and full brigades and two that are partially manned. they don't have a lot to add to the capabilities on the ground already. they can threaten the western approaches in the western border of ukraine and the nato nations over there. that would be a significant challenge, i think, for the ukrainians to be able to handle