ukraine, mention his nuclear deterrent, russia's nuclear capability. i think what this is, is him trying to send a message to the u.s. and nato to threaten the u.s. and nato, because as you'll remember, when he launched that campaign in ukraine, he openly then threatened nato not to, he said, interfere in the campaign. it's worth noting too, alex, so far russia appears to have launched a limited campaign, so just remember, despite the fact that russia is clearly having difficulties with its attempts to target kyiv, despite that fact, it does have the compatibility to launch missiles to a greater extent than it has so far. so it would be quite an escalation to go from that to the nuclear threats president putin appears to be trying to