he also hosts the bloc diplomats podcast. terrell spent years living studying, on and off, in ukraine. he was there when the war bega in february, he spent week reporting on devastation, whil also working with loca residents to help people fle the violence terrell, good to have you. here thank you for being wit us thanks for the time and effort that you have devoted to the story. and telling parts of it that w don't always understand. the ukrainian resolve, let's talk about that. you, like me, spend most you time on the ground there wit people, as opposed to what the soldiers they have a lot of resolve it is cold, it is now headed into the second winter tha they will have to re-stand this the russians are targeting power plants, which they didn't, they weren't doing a year ago. it's not going to break th resolve of ukrainian peopl that you have met. >> absolutely. when you're ready to negotiate i -- let's think about this, here o christmas day. ten months ago, russia president, vladimir putin, wil say that he'll be in the middl of kyiv celebrating russia