that. let's go to nic robertson standing by in moscow. nic, what is your read on the supposed troop pull back by russia, small as they are? u.s. and ear nations say nonsense, troop numbers are going up, not down? >> reporter: yeah, british secretary of defense ben wallace has said they want to be out of the area is handling its information campaign here. it's accusing the russians directly of lying. what we heard from the russian embassy in washington yesterday was that this was more self-hypnosis. this was more his steer yeah, more disinformation coming from the united states. what the russian military is saying happened overnight last night, they're claiming more troops from the western region