and earlier i spoke to investigative journalist and latter catherine belton. she works for the washington post. she's also the author of the 2020 book putin's people. i began by asking what she thought the strategy was behind put in declaring martial law in the annex territories. and he's obviously very worried about this ukrainian counter offensive. it doesn't look like the very, very clear it's not taking care. so and, and he's sort of making steps to make it clear to his population that this is your cranes, aggression, not russians, aggression. and in fact, an advisor to the defense ministry has said that he's worried that the russians are doing the, preparing the ground for a kind of a mis inflammation campaign. he's worried that this evacuation is requiring the ground brought some kind of bombing attack, which then the russians could blame on the cranium. so there's all kinds of shuffling going on. but really, the bottom line is the last to reach in is going to be very big blood. every little mace is a further escalation of things. is he just digging a de

to investigative journalist and writer catherine belt, and she works for the washington post, and she is the author of the 2020 bucket buttons. people. miss belton, welcome to the w. what do you make of put in declaring martial law in the annex territories? what's a strategy here? and he's obviously very worried about this ukrainian counter offensive. it does look like the very, very clinic not taking care. so and, and he's sort of making steps to make it clear to his population that this is your cranes, aggression, not russians, aggression. and in fact, an advisor to the defense ministry has said that he's worried that the russians are doing the, preparing the ground for a kind of a mis inflammation campaign. he's worried that this evacuation is requiring the ground brought some kind of bombing attack, which then the russians could blame on the cranium. so there's all kinds of shuffling going on. but really, the bottom line is the last to reach in is going to be very big. every little makes is a further escalation that things, if you just digging a deeper and deeper hole for himself, or can he actually turn the tide of the war? you know, it's v