and i think they feel as though they are not encircled. are they right? >> yeah, brian. it's good to be with you. you are absolutely right. they -- to the south it's still wide open. they have not been able to encircle kyiv at all. you know, i'm sitting here, i think all of us who studied this kind of stuff for years. we are just scratching our head and said it makes no sense. the main attack should have been on kyiv. i understand he went for the outer -- the mariupol and donbas region and down to odesa. >> brian: right. >> the key to the whole fight is neutralizing the government of zelenskyy. >> brian: right. >> in kyiv. and taking the capital city of kyiv. he has done neither. this thing has gone. we are in our fourth week. you made a comment is he in plan b. i think he is in plan c and getting enormously frustrated that he can't do this. you can see that because the actions he has been taking by arresting the couple members, senior members of the fsb. he has lost, i think, five generals so far. he has committed his operational