Afghanistan, and he is also an msnbc military analyst. general twitty, thank you so much for being with us this morning. what do you make of the reports we're hearing there from on the ground about the gains made by ukraine in the south, contrasted with the rhetoric we have been hearing from vladimir putin over the last several days that they have now taken back those four regions, that they are on the march, russia is achieving its objectives and in fact, it may use low yield nuclear weapons. what is the state of the war right now? >> willie, it's been impressive to watch the ukrainians. they...