well as cross live now to steve gil radio host on political commentator. welcome to our international steve. thanks for taking the time to join us today. hey, grab these referendums of now concluded, what do you think next for those regions? yeah, i think it's kind of ironic that the u. s. government with sector said lincoln is challenging the, the results of these referendums, when you've had dozens of international observers watching them, watching them take place and you know, universally saying that these were legitimate, the election results in the u. s. if you question election results. it's called treason, but apparently the us government can challenge elected results that again have been observed by international observers and, and verified to be accurate or just picking you up on that point. many in the international community. they have condemned them as a sham these referendums and said they will not recognize the results. as you said, it's hard to see this is not some sort of escalation in the conflicts. well then you have this part of ukraine,