secretary has said, quote, we've said for some time the russians might do something like this in order to justify a military conflict. so, we'll be watching this very closely. another concerning move? russia expelled our second most senior diplomat in moscow without any justification in what the state department is now calling an escalatory step. so, these tensions, they aren't easing, shall we say. though, the drum beat of war seems to be growing louder and louder, the u.s. is still holding out hope that russia will change its course and abandon the path of war and choose a different path. that, according to secretary blinken, who addressed the u.n. security council today. and despite all of the danger, despite all the threats the people of ukraine, it's pretty remarkable the streets in the capital kyiv still appear to be relatively calm. so, have ukrainians developed a resistance to russia's aggression, the omni presence since the 2014 invasion of crimea?