d. c. steven, thanks for joining us today. m u. s. a director of national intelligence, admiral haines said that russia is preparing for a prolonged conflict in ukraine. what exactly does a prolong conflict look like at this stage? well, 1st of all, director haines has a job to do, and her job consists of preparing for contingencies. so she's planning out various various contingencies for the war against ukraine, m that prolonged conflict is one of them. ah, we have just completed a national survey. you gray of ukrainian people and results are astounding. 95 percent of ukrainians feel that ukraine will prevail in this conflict. 83 percent of ukrainians feel that the war will and some time in calendar year 2022. so if you take public opinion into account, clearly the ukrainians feel of this conflict will not be a lengthy one. as stephen, the u. s. doesn't believe that there is any imminent threat that president putin would move to use nuclear weapons. but are there growing fears that increasing western support to ukraine would provoke