there's no security so the ukrainians are picking them off, which is wonderful. you really see the lack of leadership, desire and a sense of pace and momentum on the russian forces merc. this is a military that's not standing up to its task. >> to that point -- >> please go ahead. >> general, to that point a u.s. official says 6,000 russian troops have potentially been killed in action so far and just to add perspective there in iraq the u.s. lost about 4,500 troops. that was over eight years. so this 6,000 if true happened in just a matter of weeks. what more does that tell you? does it say more about the strength of ukraine's fighters or more about problems within russia's military and their strategy? >> anna, it's both. you've summarized it beautifully. but it also -- i would ask the question. how many of those 6,000 dead