jim. >> nick paton walsh, thank you very much. you heard nick describe the dire situation in ukraine. one senior u.s. military official told cnn ukraine is quote, certain to fail, end quote, without american support. joining me now to talk about this is retired u.s. air force colonel and cnn military analyst, cedric leighton, and moscow bureau chief, jill dougherty. i understand you got back from b berlin. you're talking to your sources there in europe. what are european allies saying about the war, u.s. funding and where things go from here? >> jim, they're extremely concerned at this point because if the united states, and we still don't know what that decision will be by the congress. if the united states stops funding, there's no question that there could be an impact on european funding. you already saw, and you just reported what hungary did. so i would say the west's support and the unity of the allies is the really crucial issue right now because i can tell you that vladimir putin is taking advantage of every single crack