course, we're going to be watching, phil and christi, to see when this starts what the message is for president putin as they enter in this critical time in terms of tensions for this grecian. christi and phil. >> let's send in general lleyton and jill dougherty. we appreciate you being with us. jill, i want to start with you. we are getting word on that call, secretary lavrov, secretary of state antony blinken was urging a diplomatic solution based on what we've seen thus far. do you think that's something that can even be embraced by russia? >> you know, at this point, i'm not very hopeful about that. it doesn't seem to really be going anywhere. and one of the crux of the issue, of course, is that issue of the eastern russian speaking part of ukraine, and the conflict that's going on there.