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And senior fellow at the foreign policy research institute. rob, it's good to see you again. thanks for joining us. let's assess this. what do you think it is that russian forces they are doing better in the south it seems and they are in the north. i'm curious to get your thoughts on why that might be. and is that a sign of russia and if it's an's case of facilities in the south? or a sign of better ukrainian forces and posture in the north? >> well, thanks for having me. i think it's a combination of things. but i think one of them is that ukrainian forces decided -- what whatever is to they...

Things. but i think one of them is that ukrainian forces decided -- what whatever is to they have to defend and what areas can they trade time for space. and so i think that's with the doing in the south. you get a very good briefing of what's going on. ultimately, they're continuing to advance towards the south -- they took the saudi of arab hoeven yesterday. where the nuclear plant is, pushing towards areva. -- moralistic surrounded in the southeast. but as we've seen in the last few days, have the big cities in the northeast have not fallen. so kharkiv, sumy, toonie gulf, and obviously cave...