right now? you talk partially about that, to defeat russia without escalating the situation. but talk about the cancellation of that missile test. >> i think that's fine. you know, i used to work at the white house under president obama, we used to do that from time to time, in terms of when there were tense moments. and it's about misperceptions that we are worried about. so i think that's a prudent move. we do not want to escalate. we do not want to get into a war with russia. i completely, 100%, supported the president, when he says we're not gonna enforce a no fly zone, because that is declaring war. but anything short of that, i think we need to be doing as much as we can. >> one more question for you, ambassador mcfaul. given what we learned to speak about putin being misinformed, by his advisors, and now reporting that putin's conscripting 100 plus thousand new conscripts, what does this tell you about how things, how things might get worse for putin's war?