increasing number of nations, slovakia, romania, and we are seeing heavy shelling as you mentioned in other places where richard engel is in kyiv, and mariupol and kharkiv on the eastern and southern parts of ukraine. so the question will be will these air strikes continue in and around lviv or every few nights we hear air raid sirens here, usually nothing comes of them. but the question will be will russian forces begin to creep further and further west as the war drags on, chuck. >> that's what we are bracing for, do they match the shelling with troop movements. gabe gutierrez in lviv. stay safe, my friend. thank you. joining me to go deeper on what china is thinking, bonnie glacier, director of the asia program at the marshall fund, one of the leading international think tanks here. let me start with the readout.