Russia, michael mcfaul lee. he is now an msnbc international affairs ambassador. first, your take on this news tonight from zelenskyy? >> pretty incredible. the momentum continues. all of the momentum is now on the side of the ukrainian armed forces. every, day they're important victories. and today, if you look at twitter feed the various blog posts, they're being confirmed by russians who are admitting that they have quit lehman and other villages around kherson. and there is no indication yet that russia has a strategy for stopping these counteroffensives. >> in putin's speech last weekend,...