ukrainelook at eastern and compare it to crimea, crimea is roughly the size of the state of maryland, geographically. there are about 2 million people there, so the population density is not too high. eastern ukraine is a totally different situation. sending the russian military into eastern ukraine, into major urban centers where the , and inon is divided many cases more divided than crimea, that could potentially be very costly. it is certainly very different -- is surely a different russiansthan sending into crimea, which certainly was and of the russian empire the russian republic of the soviet union. that is until 1954. it is just a different situation, and president putin may come to that point. i think that cliff is correct in suggesting that he probably has not decided, but i think for the russian leadership that would be a much tougher decision than the decision to go into crimea. >> cliff, you want to make a point? >> the outcome of the referendum is not clear. 60% of the population of ukraine does identify as russian rather than ukrainian. where long been a place russian mi