and we will defend our country and we will win. >> you work in an office but now you're defending your city? >> correct. i didn't think i would join this unit just two days ago. >> the world is behind the people of ukraine. the russia government is a pariah. >> this is a time to be vollvocal and condemn the actions of president putin. >> very soon the russian leadership will feel what a high price they'll have to pay. >> that's what we're seeing, a small, evil, feral-eyed man who is trying to shape the world in the image that russia would be an empire. and that's not going to happen. i'm pamela brown in washington. you're live in "the cnn newsroom." welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is 4:00 a.m. in ukraine's

capital and a weary population is spending a fourth night bracing for a new russian attack. this is new cause for concern, satellite images showing a new russian military convoy stretches three miles long on a road that goes to kyiv. according to a technology company, the convoy contains tanks, artillery and infantry vehicles. there are so many fascinating developments, but on ukraine's southern coast, a city has fallen. a senior u.s. defense option says russia has deployed two-thirds of the military power it has stacked along the border and has fired 320 missiles. more than 350 civilians have been killed, including 14 children. nearly , 1,700 civilians injured, including 116 children.

[ sound of gunfire ] some of the fiercest fighting is in ukraine's second largest city, but it is also giving inspiration to the ukrainian people. a ukrainian commander says dozens of russian soldiers surrendered there, complaining of fuel shortages and low morale. we also saw incredible video from the outskirts of kyiv where ukrainian forces destroyed russian armored personnel carriers and other vehicles. kyiv is very much on war footing right now. its streets are empty. security is high. and a proud and defiant population awaits russia's next move. cnn's alex marquardt takes us on a tour. >> reporter: ukraine's capital is bracing for the worst. checkpoints were armed forces. sandbags stacked in front of the mayor's office in central kyiv. there are no russian forces in kyiv right now according to the mayor. but there have been battles

against them. the mayor says large groups of russian saboteurs were destroyed overnight. in the physical heart of ukraine's 2014 revolution, the streets are deserted. it was exactly year eight years ago that ukrainian citizens rose up against a pro russian government, a pro russian president, and ousted him. that is something that president putin has complained about for years. now, his own forces are descending on the city, encircling it, in order to try to topple this government and replace the president with a puppet who would answer to president putin. now, four days into this russian invasion, there is mounting evidence of russia's attempt to encircle this city, fighting in every direction around. plumes of smoke marking the areas of the most intense fighting. living in this city these days is not for the faint-hearted.

while we're out, right on cue, another deep boom breaks through the silence. below, in the tunnels of the city's metro which also act as bomb shelters, the arteries of the city are also deserted. a pinging only adding to the eeriness. kyiv has held strong for longer than the more dire predictions, which saw it falling between 24 to 48 hours. optimism has grown with the russians' inability to take control here. but it is far too soon for confidence. alex marquardt, cnn, kyiv. tonight, a new refugee crisis. the u.n. reports nearly 400,000 people in ukraine have fled since the invasion and many are heading to neighboring poland. cnn's arwa damon spoke to several of them as they waited

to cross the border. >> reporter: little hands clutched bigger ones that would give anything just to keep them safe. sleepy, tiny, cold faces and tired arms. the hum of voices you would expect from the number of people that are here. it doesn't exist. it's as if the shock and disbelief has brought with it an awed silence. it's mostly women and children here who have had to say goodbye to husbands, brothers, fathers. men aged 18 to 60 are not permitted to leave. how are you able to say goodbye to your father? >> i think that it was the most awful thing to say. she was crying. >> reporter: and then there is the sheer hell of getting here. walking for hours, waiting in some cases for days, out in the

bitter cold. hungry, thirsty. we meet this family who fled afghanistan last may, getting asylum in ukraine. his 7-year-old daughter barely made it here. i'mar w a ar -- i'm arwa, it's similar. >> it's very cold. we're calling, my daughter doesn't answer. finally, we found an ambulance. the doctor comes. they gave us a chance to be first. >> reporter: she clutches one of the donated stuffed animals, replacing a similar one she left behind. but who is going to give her the rest of her life back? >> but i don't know, unknown future. >> reporter: again? >> again. >> reporter: at least this time, unlike in years past, europe is

welcoming refugees. there is a massive inhumane backlog on the ukrainian side. but once finally here in poland, an army of volunteers. at the train station, 7-year-old maxim buries his face in his mother's legs. he's not used to the crowds, it's scary and confusing. they waited for two whole days. your mother is in kyiv? it's tearing her apart. but at least her husband who is not ukrainian is out with her. for how do you say goodbye to the love of your life, the father of your children? this woman is not the only one in tears. others as well understandably not wanting to talk. we can't take it. it makes us cry too much, they say.

arwa damon, cnn, poland. >> so much heartbreak and suffering. thank you, arwa. joining me now is retired army brigadier fellow peter zwak. general, is there any scenario at this point where putin would withdraw? >> good evening. the only scenario, and the ukrainians are not going to do it, is if the ukrainians were to lay down their arms. but they're not going to. in fact, the more i think about it, i think putin, regardless, would keep an occupying force. no, time is not on putin's side, actually. he did not expect the --

zelenskyy, the president, to stand up in the first 72 hours and galvanize ukrainian people. at the end of this, whatever happens, he's going to be their young modern george washington in their history books. he's got a ukrainian army that he underestimated. they're motivated. and i cannot emphasize how important motivation and morale matters. it's not endless, but the ukrainians are in the fight, they have spirit, and we're reading about some russian formations getting a bit wobbly, when they're encountering civilians trying to block them. so putin has to finish this. the russians need to finish this. the longer it goes on, yes, it's going to be terrible for the ukrainians, but it starts to bring stress not among just russian forces. a lot of these forces are young russians guys that are -- that

have just been thrown into it. but it puts pressure on him at home. the clock is ticking. we're reading reports, more and more protests, some dissent. so this is -- i worry that he's going to now going to go all in, heavily, sort of old soviet style of really shock, artillery, that awful thermal air power, and that will be when it really gets gruesome. >> that is such a frightening, frightening scenario. and on top of that concern, he has also announced his nuclear and other deterrent forces are on high alert. clearly this is not playing out the way he wanted to. the question is, did he do that to try to flex muscle, right, ahead of these talks tomorrow,

in just a few hours there, the belarusian border. and given his behavior which seems pretty irrational, how dark a development is this, how should we be viewing this? >> putin will occasionally -- has flexed in the past, in a big way in 2018. but just a week ago, it's almost like a gorilla thumping its chest. the problem is putin owns the other most lethal civilization-ending arsenal in the world. and i don't think he intends to use it, but he is trying to intimidate, because a lot of the other things have not worked. and i believe it's actually, while frightening, it's a sign of weakness on the russian side that he has to now throw out, brandish those weapons with all

that that possibly could portend. so i think they're under pressure. they're rattling the nuclear saber. and it's very, very dangerous for all the escalation things that we've talked about in the past. >> right, and, you know, a lot of viewers have been writing in and they've been asking, why didn't nato accept ukraine to join the 30 countries that are already a part of the ukraine agreement, and therefore you could help more militarily? what would you say to those viewers who are wondering this? do you think that the fact that russia is a nuclear power, do you think that is a big reason why the u.s. and other western allies aren't doing more militarily and ukraine, despite the fact that ukraine is not in nato? >> it's an important question, and first of all, i am a fervent nato guy, i have been my entire career.

here is the -- but it is very nuanced. first of all, we have to remember that nato now is at 30 nations. and for ukraine to come in, it's a consensus vote of 30 nations. and there are a number of reasons why, in the mechanical side, there's a belief that while worthy, ukraine was not yet ready. plus at this time you have a -- it would be like waving a red matador's flag in front of a raging bull, who are the russians. and that would give them some type of justification to preemptively go in there and crush the ukrainians as now they are trying to do. so it's hard, because you bring in ukraine, now you are committed to its full defense

along the entire spectrum of conflict. and the other thing is, i think a lot of us just didn't think that at this point the russians would have the temerity to go and do this. so we are here. timing wasn't right. and now we're in this. the ukrainians are in this awful fight. and we and the allies and the world are trying to support economically, politically, diplomatically, societally, to put the pressure on the russians you're seeing, because this is creating -- this is creating major problems for the russians internally. and if the ukrainians can hang out, can survive with this sort of almost anaconda effect of all these sanctions and measures, this may create problems in the kremlin. and again, the russians --

russian people don't want this. i know, i've been among the russian people for over 30 years. truth in lending, i fundamentally like the russian people and their culture. the regime is out of control and a menace. and we've got to just be steady. i think at a certain point, it's going to create major problems internally for russia. i'm just so sad that right now, ukraine is paying this awful price. brigadier general peter zwack, thank you. up next on this sunday evening, russia slapped with more and more sanctions, yet putin's forces continue to put pressure on the ukrainian capital. congresswoman sarah jacobs is live next. i want to know if she thinks america should be doing more to stop putin in his tracks, and if so, how. you're in t"the cnn newsroom."

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[ crowd chanting ] stand with ukraine, stop the war. a message russian officials are trying to suppress. but messages of solidarity like these are spreading around the world. and some of the signs and images really stand out. in rome, a protester borrowed from the british with a sign that reads, "keep calm and "f" you, russia." and in french, solidarity with the used and don't let history repeat itself with putin shown as hitler. and putin, it is not too late to turn back. standing up against war is not just for adults. so many children amongst the protesters, holding up signs, like we stand with ukraine in canada, no war near the russia

embassy in tel aviv. around the world, a desperate push for peace. these images here just some of the ways people are showing solidarity with ukraine. >> i know that i can't sleep because i am always thinking about my family. my family is not secure right now. and i can't stay at home and do nothing. i have two little kids. what i can do is paint a poster and come here. >> today we send a message for the mothers of russian soldiers. you can stop this war. >> joining me now, congresswoman sarah jacobs of california, a democrat on the foreign affairs committee. she visited ukraine last month with a bipartisan group of lawmakers. hi, congresswoman, thanks for your time tonight. so we have these brand-new satellite images showing a more

than three-mile-long russian military convoy that's on a roadway to kyiv. how much of this do you think is a show of military force to try and get ukrainians to retreat? >> you know, it's really hard to know what putin is thinking and what he's trying to do. we have seen that the more that putin makes pronouncements in the name of de-escalation, that the more we'll actually see escalation on the ground. that's been a tactic that he's been using. we know that negotiations are potentially happening soon near the border with belarus. but that we're continuing to see this kind of aggression and incursion by the russian military. so it's a little hard to know what their strategy is right now. but i think the point is that vladimir putin has been surprised, as i think many of us have, by the sheer determination and fight of the ukrainian military and the ukrainian

people to stand up for their democracy. >> do you think the biden administration is doing enough right now to try and stop putin? >> i think the biden administration is taking the exact right tack. so what we want is to make vladimir putin change course, to change direction, to take a different path. and so it can't just be escalation, escalation, without anything on the other side. it can't just be throwing everything at the wall. now, it was clear that what we had been doing wasn't enough to get him to change course, which is why this new round of sanctions i believe was wandered. but the key now is to make sure that every time we escalate sanctions or continue to apply pressure, we're working to create conditions and off-ramps so vladimir putin can take another path. he has to be willing to do so but we need to be continuing to have those opportunities for him to do it because the last thing we want is him with his back against the wall where he feels like he has no other option but

to double down and continue escalating. >> so then do you think the west should impose sanctions on russia's energy sector? so far that hasn't happened yet. >> i know that that's a conversation that's ongoing. i think the key to all of this and what we've really seen the biden administration do masterfully is make sure that our european allies and partners are in the lead. we're seeing the europeans announce the first round of sanctions, every time with the u.s. following up behind them. that's key because there's always been a question of what europe will go along with. and we don't want putin to think there's any opportunity for him to separately europe from the united states. and so i think that the biden administration has been really great at making sure that europeans are in the lead here and taking their lead on these issues. >> i want to get your reaction to this exchange on cnn earlier today with u.s. ambassador to the united nations linda thomas-greenfield. >> what about the no-fly zone,

is that something that's on the table? >> the president has made clear that we're not going to put boots on the ground, we're not going to put american troops in danger. so that means we're not going to put american troops in the air as well. >> do you agree with that decision? >> i do. i understand the impulse for a no-fly zone. i think it's admirable that as we're seeing so many civilian casualties and humanitarian crises, that it's something that people feel like they want to do. there are cases where no-fly zones are warranted and,they make sense. but in this case, the way no-fly zones work is they're not just announced, they have to be enforced. it would require putting american or nato planes in the air above ukraine to deny russian planes the ability to fly there. that would dramatically escalate the risk of nuclear war.

frankly, the thought of nuclear war is so horrible, we need to be doing everything we can to make sure we don't get closer to that risk because more civilians will die in a nuclear war than a no-fly zone would be able to save. >> what do you make of vladimir putin putting nuclear weapons on high alert? >> it's definitely scary and we're clearly at a higher risk of nuclear war than we've ever been in the past, at least my lifetime. but i also think it's why it's so important that we do this pressure correctly, that at every opportunity we provide these off-ramps, provide opportunities to de-escalate, because at the end of the day, this conflict ends two ways. it ends in a nuclear war or it ends in some sort of negotiation or some sort of off-ramp or putin changing his course in some way. we want to push for that second outcome. how we do that is being very strategic on how we're applying

these pressures. we're also creating off-ramps to try to give putin an opportunity to change course. >> right, i mean, he's going to have to save face, we know he's not just going to capitulate and withdraw his troops and say, oh, we couldn't do it. i want to get to viewer questions, i've gotten this question from a lot of different people watching the show. they're asking, and this is one viewer's framing of it, why isn't the u.s. doing more to help the ukrainians? we get ourselves involved in any number of conflicts, skirmishes, and engagement, why aren't we helping people on the ground in ukraine? these people clearly need military support and direct help. you talked a little bit about this earlier with the nuclear -- the concern about nuclear war. but what would you say to viewers who are just wondering why more isn't being done? >> i understand, i represent a proud military community in san diego, and my constituents understand better than most the costs of war and the devastation

it can have on civilian populations. it's why we're working on providing even more military assistance to the ukrainian military. it's why we're working on humanitarian assistance to the ukrainian people and working with our partners in europe and ourselves to make sure that as refugees are fleeing out of ukraine, that they have the support and resources that they need. but i also think that this is actually a very valuable thing for us all as americans to see the real costs of war, the civilian casualties war causes, and that's true whether in ukraine or in all other parts of the world where conflict happens. it is why i have long been advocating for us to accept more refugees from conflict-torn places and make sure we're doing a better job on civilian casualties ourselves and providing humanitarian assistance. war is terrible. and i understand the impulse to want to do more. there are many ways to do more that don't escalate the crisis further. >> i just answered the next

fewer question about the u.s. obligation for these refugees. congresswoman sara jacobs, thank you very much. >> thank you. cnn is in a strategic city in southern ukraine. our report on the fighting there, next.

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it is the fourth night that ukraine is under siege, and clearly underestimated by its russian attackers. as of now the capital city, kyiv, is free and its people defiant. cnn crews have canvassed ukraine, recording the plight of people who have had war thrust upon them. nick paton walsh files this report from a city in southern ukraine, near the black sea. >> reporter: pam, odesa is deeply edgy here. we've spent the last 24 hours in a town also on the black sea coast, under deep threat, constant during last night, russian shelling, and the real

fear that the russian forces around it will persist until they get some kind of grip on that town. the bridge here hasn't been raised for as long as they can remember. but neither has the this sleepy port town been invaded. the "clack-clack" is russian paratroopers who we're told landed nearby. locals are struggling to keep up with their soldiers edgy. the fear saboteurs, like these two suspects thrown to the ground by soldiers. then the sirens go off. [ sirens ] and it is back in the basement for mothers and cats. here the noise of what russia would do to these towns in the name of subjugation and geopolitical gain.

police try to turn lights off, it seems, in businesses that closed in a hurry. life persisting, caught between hoping this is short-lived and wondering if it may go on forever. behind it all, in empty streets, the fear they may be overrun. and whether each huge blast will be a decisive strike that lets putin's troops enter. the shelling just went on and on. the next morning, we saw where it hit. it's likely a missile tore off these ukrainian tanks. but nobody left. how do you feel? >> very good. >> reporter: have they tried to come into the town? >> he's saying the russians

tried to come in last night but the town beat them. >> reporter: he's saying, look around here, how do you feel looking at this, look at these windows that have blown out. so the words of russian ministers who have been saying that they're not going to hit civilian infrastructure here, these repeating them back to me, saying, "look at this, they say they're not hitting still infrastructure, look at this damage around here." putin's rockets may have shattered glass but not dented the anger here. as they take stock, you have to ask yourself why moscow ever thought these towns would gladly be occupied and what russia's end goal is. tempers fray here.

blood has been spilled. but despite russia's overwhelming firepower, they did not pass. now, pam, on sunday the mayor called locals to form a circular defense of the city and get molotov cocktails. being there, it is extraordinary to try and begin to fathom quite what the russian playbook is here, to consistently try, using heavy weapons, to burst into cities and then control them. staggering to see the resistance against them, but also, you wonder what really is the russian end game here, pam. >> it's such a good question. nick paton walsh, thank you. pure barbarism from the russian side. putin's mindset is a big worry among some people trying to understand his actions. >> this is different. and this behavior is different than in the past.

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new video tonight smoke ukrainian forces and with them, armed civilians holding their

ground against russian invaders for a fourth day. ukraine's military claiming to have carried out successful drone strikes. they say this footage shows the destruction of russian vehicles northwest of the capital city. also incredible video from the outskirts of kyiv where ukrainian forces destroyed russian armored personnel carriers and other vehicles. train stations in kyiv were overflowing with people, families, desperately trying to get anywhere that is safer. and from moscow through europe and in the united states, crowds of people are going public with their support and their prayers for ukraine. for 22 years, vladimir putin has been a thorn in the side of the white house and most of the free world. crimea, cyberattacks, poisonings. many have tried to figure out what putin wants. but is there more to it? here is a recent tweet from florida senator marco rubio. i wish i could share more but for now i can say it's obvious

to many something is off with putin. he's always been a killer but his problem now is different and significant. james clapper is with me, he was director of national intelligence. clearly senator rubio is hinting at some intel about putin's state of mind here. do you agree, he's different from a few years ago? >> i do. and that's without benefit of any current inside baseball intelligence. just watching putin over many, many years, he's always been very cold, pragmatic, objective, and rational. his behavior is different now. and that could be the result of a number of things. the 22 years he's been in an ivory tower. he's the classic example of the emperor has no clothes. it's pretty obvious no one in

his circle is pushing back. he's had 30 years to stew over the grievances that the soviet union and russia suffered, and this is all coming to a head. the warning he issued about -- when he said if anyone interferes, it would incur consequences that have never been incurred in history. and readying nuclear forces, it's worrisome and really bears watching. and all of this is heightened by the obvious frustration and the disappointing performance thus far of the vaunted russian army. so i agree with senator rubio, without having the benefit of intelligence that he has access to. >> what exactly is different

now? you said you can tell the differences. if you can be more precise on what to you is different now with putin than a few years ago. >> well, the rambling, disjointed speeches that he's made. he was always, i thought, pretty disciplined about what he would say. and the obvious -- and he was emotionless. now we're seeing flashes of obvious anger. i mean, these are nuances, it's true. but for me, there's a significant difference in the way he has historically behaved. >> and yet here we are, dealing with someone, as you pointed out, in charge. one man, this man, in charge of nuclear weapons that he just put on high alert. what can the world do?

>> well, what can the world do? >> right, well, what did you want to say, then yeah, what should the u.s. do, what should we do in response to this? >> well, i think the administration did exactly the right thing by not raising our readiness level for nuclear forces. essentially not dig nifying and responding to the threat that i think was at least implied in raising the readiness level of the russian forces. what's worrisome here, pamela, is the russian military doctrine of thought on the use of military -- on the use of nuclear weapons. their threshold has lowered somewhat, where they would consider using tactical nuclear weapons to make up for their

conventional shortfalls. the russian army in its current form is not what it was during the halcyon days of the soviet union. it is a much lesser, smaller force than it was. so in the soviet remind -- the russian mind, a freudian slip there -- the way to compensate that is to consider the use of t tactical nuclear weapons. all of these factors, least for me, have sort of got the yellow flag up in terms of watching his continued behavior. >> yellow flag, not yet red flag, i'll note that. on that note, a viewer question, could the war cause a nuclear war? that's a question on people's minds now. >> it could. i'll just be straight up and blunt about it.

certainly the likelihood of a nuclear war is greater now, as unthinkable as that is, than let's say a week ago. and the close proximity of nato and nato forces as this combat heats up, and i expect to get worse and the russians to get more brutal and to bring in their artillery, that, all of that just raises the prospect or the chances for a real confrontation. now, in the past, we've been pretty successful at being careful. and the interaction between the russians and the u.s. and syria is a case in point. it's not been without challenges, but a frontal assault on another country like this, in close proximity to nato forces, again, as they build up, as we reinforce nato, i think

does raise the prospect for an even worse confrontation. >> all right, on that very, very somber note, james clapper, we have to leave it there. thank you so much. let's hope it doesn't come to that. >> so do i. thanks, pamela. the u.s. ambassador to the united nations says hitting russia with energy sanctions is not off the table. i'll ask an energy expert what it would do to russia's economy, up next.

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everyone. they are fighting against all living beings. >> we're ready for peace talks but we are defending the country at the moment. >> they say they are not hitting civilian structures, but look at this around here. >> this is a time to be vocal and condemn the actions of president putin. >> u.s. support ukraine! >> we have been seeing 26 or 27 cities so far showing up and protesting. they are quickly usually detained and arrested. >> our leaders are not at all taking enough actions to help our neighbors and our friends.

>> so far around 300,000 ukrainians have come to the eu member states. i am really impressed of the strong solidarity that eu citizens are showing towards the ukrainians coming. >> do you have any estimations of how many refugees might be in the future? >> no, but i think we should prepare for millions. >> the stories we are hearing about these over nights in these freezing temperatures with no food, no water, no bathroom, with little children and then as they get closer to the actual border crossing from the shear panic and the emotional agony of it all, it ends up largely being a free for all. >> so much these people are going through. just a reminder, it puts life in

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massive crowds and the czech republic out in force to support ukraine, and from st. petersburg, russia, anti-protesters hit the streets

to support ukraine. it has been nothing short of remarkable. we have seen protests in cities all over the world, people standing up to make their voice heard. ordinary citizens, as you see, athletes and celebrities alike calling out vladimir putin for attacking a sovereign nation. last night "snl" scrapped its usual open for this moving tribute. ♪ >> live from new york, it's saturday night. >> that beautiful sound, courtesy of the ukrainian choir.

and then today the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. told cnn sanctions on russia's vital energy sector are still on the table, and a nonresident fellow on globe energy policy. bob, do you think the u.s. is doing enough to punish russia on the energy front? >> you know, i think we are. we have to be very careful, though, when it comes to sanctioning russia's oil and gas exports the way we did with iran. russia is a much bigger player in the global oil market and the global gas market. while we think about sanctioning their actual exports and revenues, and that would hurt them really hard. 36% of their budget comes from oil and gas. it would be a gut punch. but we have to be careful about a boomerang affect back on our

consumers, because on the oil side, you know, it's a global oil market and pump prices in your hometown and my hometown follow the price of crude oil globally with a three-week lag, and we're at the highest level since 2014. we have to be a little careful about how we do oil and gas exports. that should be done very carefully so as to not really make it worse for us. >> and crude is hovering around $100. these are prices we have not seen since 2014. what do you make of that? >> well, you know, we are back to a fundamentally tight market. you know, supply and demand are in a tight balance. we are roaring out of covid. production has been slow to keep up. inventories are low. even if we didn't have the

geopremium risk premium, they would probably go higher. booms tend to follow busts, and you get space-like volatility. what is adding to it is the geopolitical risk. russia exports about 4.5 million barrels a day of crude oil, and if you look at the buffer we have that saudi arabia and opec plus have, it's less than that. if we were to lose russia oil, prices could go higher and it would be too expensive for us to be driving to bring the market into balance. it's a very precarious moment in the global oil market. >> thank you, bob. the next hour starts now