it's likely to begin with a significant barrage of missiles and bomb attacks. those are never as precise as the army -- any army would like them to be. we don't know how precise the russian army would like them to be, so innocent civilians could be killed regardless of their nationality. it would be followed by an onslaught of military moving across the ukraine frontier, again, where innocent civilians could be get caught in the crossfire or get trapped in places. that's why we're being so clear and direct to american citizens that while commercial transport options are stale available, they should take advantage of them. as for the embassy, we are ready to complete the drawdown of the u.s. embassy should that become necessary. we have been drawing it down to a bare minimum in kyiv so we're prepared in the event we need to move. >> i read an interesting piece