the krem:cracking down on independent russian media. big warning from the state department. and joining me is cofounder of the think tank, silverado policy accelerator. thank you very much. we're seeing macron talk aing at length this morning with putin and putin saying to macron, we're going to take kyiv, change the government. you've been anticipating this. tell us how you think the russian operation that was going on the ground. >> well, putin is fully chited. he cannot pull back. now having suffered really harsh sanctions that have been put in place in russia, he knows he needs to complete the mission and take ukraine. unfortunately, it will mean utter devastation to ukrainian cities. expecting the ukrainian forces to just melt away, there was quite a bit of resistance. now they're pulling back. using artillery, air power to decimate ukrainian cities and