All right, Alexander, let's do a military update as to what is happening on the front lines in Ukraine.

What is the situation going on in Pakrovsk?

What is the situation going on in Herzl.

A lot of people talking about something in Herzlm going on and the other areas on the front line.

Well, the big one is Pakrovsk, and I think this is, I mean,

this has been clearly the big battle since about late August, September, when the Russians

began to launch their major effort to try to capture Pakrovsk. Parkrovsk, as we've discussed

in many places, it's an important road junction, it's a big

town in itself.

Its capture further opens the way for the Russians to advance west to the deeper and to

advance northward to basically encircle or outflank Russian Ukrainian positions elsewhere in Dombas in the cities there.

It looks as if we are probably almost at the end in Pachrosk.

Ukrainian resistance is said to be collapsing.

The latest reports were that the Ukrainians are now pulling back, that they're withdrawing

from most of Pakrosk, and also from the adjoining town of Mernograd, which is basically

a big suburb of Pakrosk, and it looks as if this battle is going

to be over within the next couple of days, week, two weeks. Who knows exactly, but it is

basically over. And that is going to have consequences. It's one of the last big pieces on the

Donbass chessboard that remained to be taken. It has, it's about to be taken. That leaves basically three places left, three big places left.

Slaviansk Kramatos, Konstantinovka. Of those three, Konstantinivka, fighting is already apparently,

is not apparently, is taking place inside Konstantinovka.

If you look at the map, it is impossible to defend Konstantinovka.

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