, literally, from the united states and other western partners, of course, in kyiv's war, and we do understand, from u.s. officials, and other sources, that resources are dwindlingthat the weapons arsenal has been depleted severely, that many thousands of russian troops have been lost on the ground, that russia now is turning to countries like china, and iran, to replenish its weapons arsenal, that it's relying ever more on something like the wagner mercenary group which has brought in prisoners to fight on that. all of that painting a really negative picture. but we also have a quote, a direct quote, that i want to -- i want to pull up for you. this is coming from a billionaire oligarch in russia, someone seen as close to the kremlin, but was not a supporter of the war. he says there will be no money already next year, we need foreign investors. again, it's very difficult to measure the impact of western sanctions on russia, but there is an understanding, of course, that russia's economy has shrunk in the face of these sanctions. there's been very few major victories or any major victories, really, for president putin a year into this conflict. so yes, as you h