exactly where the units are, they're not seeing pullback. they're seeing the units kind of shift around, redistribute. i think president zelenskyy is spot-on. he's got to keep the people on their toes, their game and continue to fight. >> certainly, the capitol is at threat for long-ram bombardment. what's your sense of it, do you think this is perhaps putin changing focus here? or is it more about zeroing in on the donbas and crimea? and what does that say about overextending in the first place? >> yeah, plan "a" failed. that's the essence of what you're seeing, plan "a" was blitzkrieg across the country. and take over the government and put in place a puppet regime. failed. plan "b," as far as i can see is to consolidate forces get back into donbas. he's got a more sympathetic tranche of ukrainian population there. these are russian-speaking, russian-ethnic. he's built an infrastructure there since the invasion of