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sirens have been going off around the city. now, satellite images show that that convoy stretches for more than 40 miles, or 65 kilometers, and includes tanks and artillery. cnn has learned u.s. lawmakers were given a classified briefing saying ukraine could, soon, be overwhelmed. one source said the rate at which cities could fall is, quote, alarming. kyiv has been hit by russian fire, before, of course. and ukrainian forces have put up stiff resistance in the suburbs. but they are facing a world power, of course, and defense officials warn russian president vladimir putin could be waiting to unleash a second wave and the bombing campaign fed up by a lack of progress in the capital. now, his country already struggling with a slew of sanctions, and president putin looking increasingly isolated on the world stage. beyond kyiv, ukraine's

second-largest city, kharkiv, came under intense shelling on monday. we have been seeing chilling video of a residential area get getting blasted. the city's mayor says at least nine civilians lost their lives in all of that. the u.n. says there have been reports now of more than 400 civilian deaths, since the war began. that is probably an underestimate. kharkiv was being shelled the same day, and ukrainian -- at the same day as ukrainian delegations were holding talks near the belarusian-ukrainian border. ukraine's president says the russians were actually syncing up those attacks with those negotiations. >> translator: today, with the russian side's initiative, we have the first round of negotiations between russia and ukraine. these negotiations took place with the shelling and bombing of our territory on the background. shelling of our cities.

synchronization of the shelling with the negotiations was obvious. i think that, with this simple-minded method, russia is trying to pressure. do not lose time. we do not accept these tactics. >> meanwhile, europe's largest war in decades, fueling an exodus. the u.n. says more than half a million refugees have entered neighboring countries now. the train station here in lviv, where i am, has been packed for days. many of those fleeing -- women, children, also foreigners. ukrainian men between the ages of 18 and 60 -- those old enough to pick up a weapon -- are barred from leaving. cnn's matthew chance is on the ground near kyiv reporting from an area where a fierce battle between ukrainian forces and russian troops had just taken place. a warning -- some of the images in his report could be disturbing to some viewers.

>> reporter: right within the past few hours, there has been a ferocious battle here on the outskirts of kyiv. this is the frontline in the battle for the ukrainian capital. russian column that has come down here has been absolutely hammered. trucks and armored vehicles reduced to twisted metal as ukrainian forces dig in. catching the kremlin and its invasion force off guard. look at this. i mean, what kind of munitions does it take to do that to a car, to a vehicle? you know, i know i have been to local ukrainian commanders here. they have been saying they have been using western anti-tank missiles, um, to -- to attack these columns. look. so recent, the battle, this vehicle is still smoking. there is still smoke coming out. commanders, like alexander of the ukrainian army, wouldn't give me his rank or full name.

if the russians thought they could just march into ukrainian lands in a triumphant parade, he tells me, they were mistaken. it will never happen, he says. i mean, look. i mean, a bit of almost a cliche but obviously somebody's brought a memento from home. you know? and now, it's scorched and lying with the debris of their, in this case, failed attack. an attack that's left ukrainian forces who repelled it confident, perhaps overconfident, that victory can be repeated across the country as russian troops advance. absolutely, ukraine will win this war, alexander tells me. of course we'll win. and the russians will rot here, he says. this vehicle here is obviously from the russian military. it's got the letter "v" daubed

on side in tape or in paint. i think that stands for the russian word for east, which implies that these military equipment -- they came from the eastern divisions of the russian military. look. as evidence, i don't want to show you this too much, but there is -- there is a body there. that is a russian soldier that is lying this dead on this bridge. you can tell they're russian because they have got this. this black and red -- and orange st. george ribbon daubed across them, which is a sign -- symbol of the russian army. yeah, ammunition. alexander. >> no, no. >> oh, my god, there is another one there. it is dea-- it's terrible to se the grim inhumanity of a war.

for -- for the ukrainians and of course the russians as well. the sacrifice that is being paid by all sides in this complete waste of life is -- is -- is here for us all to see. matthew chance, cnn, kyiv. for more now, i am joined by major general mick ryan, he is retired australian army officer, and author of "war transformed, the future of 21st-century great power competition and conflict." it is good to have you with us, sir. the russians -- a couple days ago -- they announced a corridor for civilians to safely leave kyiv. and now, you got this 40-mile -- 65 kilometer -- column outsioutside the city. what do you think? does it this look like clearing the city for perhaps a ferocious assault on the capital? >> thank you, michael. and firstly, can i say thank you to you and all the other journalists who are putting yourself at risk to bring us these stories from ukraine.

yes, i think that the russians have reassessed their campaign over the last couple days. their operations in the north and the east have not been that successful, so they are going to double down in combat power. they are going to double down in firepower, and it's going to be a much more ferocious, much more destructive, and a much more bloody fight from here. >> yeah, i -- i covered the taking of moezle or the retaking of mosul from isis in iraq a few years ago and other urban campaigns as well and the fact that, they are almost inevitably hard to coordinate, they are bloody. and there is always a huge threat of civilian casualties. and -- and in ukraine, so many civilians are actually taking up arms to defend their country, as well. what could that urban combat look like? >> well, as a soldier, we prefer not to fight in cities because it is -- it is the hardest environment in which we can fight for the reasons you just outlined. they are very different. difficult to command and

coordinate. they are very difficult because it is hard to identify friend from foe. and it is the kind of fighting that takes place at very close quarters. many of the fights in iraq took place alt distances of ten meters or less. the presence of civilians makes things even more difficult. and in this fight, we are going to see the russians use more firepower and there are going to be massive casualties if they do go into kyiv. >> it's extraordinary to even hear you say that. we are talking about a european capital. it -- it's just mind boggling. what -- what is your assessment? you touched on this. but give us more of an assessment of, you know, how russia has prosecuted this war, so far, tactically and -- and so on. many suggesting overconfidence in how things would go and, you know, they -- they have messed up everything from, you know, refueling their own vehicles along the way. >> i think the russians really hoped that surrounding the ukraine with 190,000 troops

would overawe them and coerce them into some political, um, initiatives that would be favorable to russia. that hasn't happened. i think that's surprised the russians and quite frankly, the stiff resistance, amazing bravery by ukrainian soldiers and civilians, um, has really shocked them. but the russians have proven in the past they can learn from their mistakes. i think they are learning. and they are now going to double down with more combat forces, more airpower to not just secure kyiv and other bits of ground but to sort out problems with logistics, with firepower, um, with -- and with securing the airspace over ukraine. >> i was talking about this with -- with another analyst a couple of hours ago. i would like your thoughts. i mean, when you look at the, you know, david and goliath aspect of this, it's true, is it not, that a -- an unmotivated

army, that is the underdog, can often really seriously challenge an undermotivated army. do you think that's happening here, given the ukrainians are fighting for their nation? the performance they have put up? >> i think you are on the mark there, michael. um, it's been very clear, right from the start, that ukrainians have seized the strategic narrative. i mean, the president's words just the other day -- i don't need a ride, i need ammunition. i mean, wow, that is electrifying stuff for a nation, for its soldiers, and its civilians. and from top to bottom, the ukrainians have been very effective at mobilizing their own people, but also mobilizing very quickly a massive international coalition to support them. they -- that has given them a sense of purpose, and they know that the russians cannot offer them the democracy and freedom that they desire. at the same time, it is not clear that the russian soldiers that have come across the border in this invasion share a sense

of purpose that is anywhere equal to that of the ukrainian soldiers and civilians. >> yeah. yeah. a lot of them, 19-year-old conscripts. um, we -- we touched on this -- the strategy and -- and the failings of the russian military so far. that -- that's -- if we can call it -- the first stage of conventional warfare. we -- we are talking, also, about a transition to the next stage of urban warfare, which you -- you've addressed -- could involve, you know, fighting in the city. perhaps then, if -- if the ukrainians are overwhelmed, as most analysts think they will be, do you envisage a stage later of, you know, resistance or insurgency given the passion of the people? >> well, you know, i'd caution against too much doom and gloom about what might happen. i mean, we have heard this before. the ukrainians will fold quickly. that still might happen. but we can't discount that they continue to buy time for negotiated solution at some point. but if -- if that, indeed, does

happen and the russians are able to secure a large part of ukraine, i can't see how the ukrainians would not continue to resist. you know, during the second world war against the nazis and even against the soviets after the war, they have had resistance movements before. and i expect that there would be large-international support for any kind of insurgency that manifests after any kind of russian' success. i would add, though, michael, that even if the russians win tactically, politically it's hard to see how they could be successful here. they can only win at the cost of massive destruction and massive bloodshed. they will have 44 million ukrainians that will hate them. >> yeah. exactly. and quite apart from previous resistance efforts, this is a country where people power has thrown out a couple of pro-moscow presidents in the past. so, you're right. they have. major general mick ryan, out of time. thank you so much for your

analysis. >> thank you, michael. great to talk to you. stay safe. >> all right. okay. appreciate it. thanks so much. now, the u.n. estimates more than half a million people have already fled this country. border control says many of them, heading west. hundreds of thousands from the first wave of refugees have arrived in parts of poland. others, going to neighboring hungary, moldova, and romania. some making it as far east as berlin. the u.n. high commissioner for refugees says the number of people leaving ukraine is rising exponentially, by the hour. >> i regret to say that, unless there is as american said, immediate halt to conflict, ukraini ukrainians will simply continue to flee. we are currently planning -- i repeat, planning -- for up to 4 million refugees in the coming days and weeks.

>> now, cnn's sara sidner described some of the desperate situations and stories she has been hearing near ukraine's border with poland. >> reporter: we are talking about -- about 500,000 refugees, and these are people from all over ukraine. many, many, many, many people of different backgrounds. but mostly, people who were important and raisborn and raisn ukraine ask it is a tragedy to see just how many of them, for example, have very young children. we met a woman who had a nine-month-old baby who was able to make it across and she just said i am so thankful that i was able to make it across. we met a woman who had a 6-year-old, who was sleeping and she said that they had been traveling for five days for something that usually just takes a day. um, and they were exhausted and she had tears in her eyes because she said the only reason why she left ukraine was because

the russians had come in, that they were shooting at them and the only reason why she left country that she loves is to try and save her 6-year-old. she had to leave her mother behind, so these are the kind of stories that we are hearing over and over and over, again. it is heart-wrenching. >> certainly is. and -- and now, these are live pictures coming to us from the northeastern romanian border checkpoint with ukraine. lot of refugees streaming in there right now. and they are doing that -- many of them -- because of the holdups at the polish border. some enormously long waits for families at that border point -- border points with poland. and so, a lot of people are turning now to places like romania, moldova, as well. hungary, too. so, the -- the -- the stream of people leaving this country just gets bigger and bigger. those images, ominous in many ways.

all right. ukrainian' officials say the need for help is urgent. the message to u.s. lawmakers, coming up, after the break. >> we need to -- we need support with our sky. we need to protect our babies in ukraine.

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now, after a classified briefing on monday, u.s. lawmakers emerged saying more sanctions on russia are needed, along with funds for weapons for ukraine. one representative calling for an immediate embargo on russian coal, and said oil and gas should be banned in consultation with opec and european allies. that would make a huge disruption around the globe. another lawmaker pushed for saudi arabia to increase its oil supply to minimize dependence on russian energy. now, the message to lawmakers from ukrainian officials is clear. more weapons and expanded sanctions are needed.

>> they have to pay the price. they have to be isolated. they have to understand that it's not okay, in the 21st century, to start war and kill people in their neighboring, sovereign country. >> we need to -- we need support our sky. we need to protect our babies in ukraine. president biden is hours away now from deliver -- delivering a pivotal state of the union address. typically, the address focuses on domestic policy but the crisis in ukraine, clearly, will feature prominently in this one. for more detail, cnn white house reporter jasmine wright joins now from washington. um, let -- let's talk about all of this. it is early in this conflict, of course. but only 42% of americans in a new cnn poll say they trust president biden at least moderately to make the right decisions regarding the situation here in ukraine. what -- what is his message, then, going to be tonight?

>> well, michael, the president's message is going to be critically important and you are right. i think just a few months ago, officials viewed this speech heaping in just a few hours, as the perfect place for the president to launch a domestic reset. but of course, what is all happened in the last month, ukraine and the situation there, the crisis really is going to really be a major, major focus. so, white house press secretary jen psaki, in a monday briefing, she laid out some of the things that the president is going to talk about with regards to ukraine. first, she said that he is going to highlight the global coalition that he helped build among western allies. of course, nato, over the last week. we have seen them be really unified in their response to russia, their punishing sanctions to russia that -- that have intensified. really trying to respond proportionally there to the continue aggression. and she says for a second thing, that he will highlight all of the military assistance that the u.s. and -- and enjoining allies

have sent to ukraine, especially as you hear from lawmakers just a few moments ago talking about the need for more assistance, more sanctions. the president will talk about how the u.s. has helped in trying to bolster ukrainians' resistance in face, again, of russian aggression. and the third thing that the president is going to talk about, psaki said is he is going to bring it back to the homeland, and talk about all the things that this administration is trying to do to mitigate the impact that americans will feel in their pockets because of this crisis. one of the things that this administration highlighted early on in the ukrainian crisis is gas prices and how restrictions abroad on gas prices could lead to americans paying -- paying a higher price at the pump. so, president biden is gonna talk about all the ways that he is trying to bring those prices down. now, of course, michael, we will hear from the president as he talks about domestic issues from inflation to the ongoing pandemic. really, he is going to be trying

to instill some hope in the american people for the future. but listen. this ukrainian situation is something that has really commanded the attention of the white house not only just intensely for the last week but for the last months. trying to figure a diplomatic situation -- resolution out of this. but also, trying to make it known that they are not okay with what's happening. so, that is going to be a huge part of the president's speech -- his first state of the union that he gives in just a few hours from now. michael. >> all right, jasmine, appreciate the update. jasmine wright there in washington for us. >> quick break here on the program. but when we come back, as ukraine's second-largest city is shelled, the country's president accusing russia of war crimes. our breaking-news coverage continues after this.

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we are also seeing escalating rocket attacks on kharkiv -- ukraine's second-largest city. officials in the u.s. say a second wave of russian troops is likely on the way, and they could overwhelm ukraine's forces. and yet, ukraine's army and its people, fighting on. here is kyiv's mayor talking to our anderson cooper. >> i am proud of our army. our ukrainian army [ inaudible ] one of the strongest army in the world but our soldiers is heroes. they show great performance. as right now, so many thousands of civilians come and built civilian defense. people take the weapons and

ready to defend our homes, defend our families. defend our future and our country. >> meanwhile, a different crisis is developing on the edges of this conflict. the u.n. now says more than 500,000 refugees have fled ukraine since russia invaded and that number is rising exponentially, by the hour. meanwhile, shells continue to rain down on kharkiv, the city's mayor saying russian rocketfire killed nine people, including three children. new video shows the siege of -- on kharkiv as it unfolded. cnn's alex marquardt with the details. but first, a warning, alex's report does contain graphic content. >> reporter: the fighting in kharkiv getting a little bit closer to home on monday. this is video from one of five residential neighborhoods in ukraine's second-largest city. people can be seen here running, and then falling as a hail of rockets rains down.

across the city, to the east, more video shows a chaotic design after a still-smoking missile falls and is lodged in the street. further north, buildings come under fire from rocket strikes, exploding over the apartment complex. from those apartments, a man says, the russian world you say, it's already right on my doorstep. two bodies lie motionless on the floor. u.s. officials say the russians have hit civilian targets in monday's attacks in kharkiv have all the hallmarks of russian weaponry. russia, meanwhile, has insisted throughout its invasion that it will avoid civilian areas. the people of kharkiv probably seeing things very differently. alex marquardt cnn, kyiv. >> now, the international criminal court is going to be opening an investigation into russia's invasion of ukraine. the icc prosecutor says there is reason to believe, quote, both alleged war crimes and crimes

against humanity have been committed, unquote. here is what ukraine's president had to say. >> translator: today, russian forces brutally fired on kharkiv from jet artillery. it was clearly a war crime. kharkiv is a peaceful city. there are peaceful residential areas, no military facilities. dozens of eyewitness accounts prove that this is not a single false volley, but deliberate destruction of people. the russians knew where they were shooting. there will definitely be an international tribunal for this crime. it's a violation of all conventions. no one in the world will forgive you for killing peaceful ukrainian people. >> now, as we mentioned earlier, it is not just trained soldiers taking up arms to fight the russians. ukrainians from all walks of life are, also, preparing to

fight. earlier, cnn spoke with one ukrainian lawmaker, who explained why they are expecting russia to escalate. >> let me give you some tips and tricks on talking to putin. when he says, i want peace, this means i'm getting my troops to kill you. if he says it's not my troops, it means it's my troops and i am gathering them. and if he says, uh, okay, um, i'm retreating, this means i am regrouping and gathering more troops to kill you. so it's not news for us when he went on peaceful negotiation -- and i repeated peaceful negotiation -- that it will end up bringing more troops, destroying more buildings, and trying to kill more ukrainians. >> now, we also spoke with another woman preparing to fight russian troops. she got married the day that

russia invaded. they brought the wedding forward because of the invasion, and she says she and her husband have since taken up arms to defend their city. >> everyone here believes that we will win. that's just only a question of time. and i am really happy to see it -- such great amount of people really being ready to fight, being ready to kill for their land, and having no doubt about our win in this war. >> i will have much more from ukraine, coming up. but first, let's head back to atlanta and rosemary church. rosemary. >> thanks so much, michael, we will get back to you very soon. coming up next. severe sanctions from the west are slamming russia's economy. the latest in a live report. that's ahead. plus, we will show you how cnn verifies the accuracy of social media videos coming from the war in ukraine. back in just a moment.

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welcome back, everywhere. well, russia's economy is reeling from crushing western sanctions imposed after the country's invasion of ukraine. the moscow stock exchange is closed for a second-straight day after the central bank announced a major interest rate hike and the ruble plunged to a record low against the dollar. all this impacting russians who have been waiting in long lines outside banks to try and withdraw money. well, cnn's anna stewart is tracking these developments. she joins us now, live, from london. good to see you, anna. so what impact do these coordinated economic sanctions actually having on russia? and is that economic pain being felt by the likes of president putin and his oligarchs? >> i think the pain is going to

be felt by absolutely everyone. look at the russian ruble, which crashed more than 30% yesterday at one point. and it's essentially its value is halved just since the beginning of the year. so, imagine how much more expensive just everyday items and imports will be. and speaking of imports, well there are export controls from multiple countries on russia now, which means they will be lacking so many components that are reliant -- relied upon for various sectors, like carmakers, and so on. and then, there is the isolation they are feeling because airlines across europe and further beyond have cancelled flights to moscow. and in retaliation, russia is closing their airspace to many nations at this stage. then, you got to look at the oligarchs and, yes, the pain is being felt there, as well. more oligarchs added to the e you're sanctions list yesterday. we had spokesperson dmitry peskov. we had the big oil giant, we had the founder of alpha group and also the chairman of one of the

biggest private banks there that was sanctioned. and he, yesterday, publicly said that he would like the bloodshed to end. his family are ukrainian. he grew up in ukraine. incredible, to see comments like that coming from oligarchs. it's not just that overseas assets are frozen, rosemary. you have got to think about their assets within russia, given the ruble has tanked. given equities if they ever open on the moscow stock exchange -- closed once again today -- will also see their prices tumble. we saw in secondary listings yesterday, for instance, fell over 70% at one stage. this is the real impact we are seeing and there is pressure here on president putin from the everyday people seeing their lives getting more expensive, more isolated. but also, critically i think from some of those oligarchs. >> let's hope there is enough pressure to end this invasion, of course. and, anna, while russia has built up considerable reserves to protect against severe economic sanctions like these, president putin has, of course, been surprised by the severity and unity of action against him.

and now, corporations are stepping up, aren't they, and doing their part. so what are the most significant moves being taken by some companies right now? >> yeah, we have had a slew of announcements actually from sort of big corporations. some of them forced to as a result of sanctions. some of them, choosing to. whether that's ethically or because they fear further sanctions to come. so, overnight, visa and mastercard, both saying they will of course comply with sanctions. mastercard says it's already blocked multiple banks from using its network. so that means all sorts of people in russia who have visa or mastercard. they might not be able to access their money using it. they won't be able to do transactions. their apple pay, google pay will stop working. and then, there was the big backlash against russian-state tv, which is of course a huge -- playing a huge role in how russia is misinformation spreading what's going on in ukraine. so you had facebook owner, meta, and tiktok both block access to state tv outlets like russia today. netflix and europe's roku channel, also, refusing to air

russia tv. twitter, youtube, taking a tougher stance. and then, all sorts of energy companies over the last few days. bp, shell, all shedding assets and ending joint ventures. that is important because of course russia relies heavily on oil and gas so that is really reducing all the investment in that sector. interestingly, oil and gas still being sold from russia to all over the world and that is a key revenue driver. it is the one thing that, right now, isn't really targeted by sanctions. >> yeah. of course, president putin relying on that right now. anna stewart joining us live from london. many thanks. we will watch to see what comes of that pressure. well, tech companies are doing their part to cut down on the spread of misinformation from russia. facebook says it shut down a covert russian influence operation using deep fakes to pose as people in ukraine. twitter will warn users when they are about to read a link from russian-state media, while

working to reduce its visibility. both, tiktok and roku have blocked russian government-owned media sites, rt and sputnik, in some european countries. and youtube says it has blocked russian state media within ukraine. and cnn has used social media footage in some of our reporting of the russian invasion of ukraine. our network goes to great lengths to ensure these images are real and accurate before we present them to our audience. and cnn explains how the investigative team vets that material. >> reporter: social media footage has played a key role in our coverage of ukraine. making us able to identify military movements and also possible attacks. but it is also really important we understand the footage is real and accurate and current. and so, one of the ways we have been doing this is by geolocating that footage and here is an example of how our

investigative team has been doing that. it was an alarming scene. russian helicopters flying suspiciously low over an area just a few kilometers outside of ukraine's capital, kyiv, with large-dark plumes of smoke rising. the man filming says about 20 of them flew by. and at the time this video first started circulating on social media, february 24th, it was not yet confirmed the russians were anywhere near kyiv. so, our investigative team began looking to verify it. so the most important thing is to establish that this footage is recent. we used reverse-image search engines to check the video had not been circulating before february 24th. it had not. with that confirmed, we needed to establish the location. social media posts mentioned airport 25 kilometers outside of kyiv so we started there. using google earth and maps, a russian search engine equivalent, we zoomed in on the airport looking for possible locations. what we then wanted to do was to

geo-locate it. and we did what is called a panorama. so we created various screen grabs from the footage that look significant and we pulled up various different shots from the footage that showed us key identifiable structures. the main, most notable one was this yellow building here. and there is a small rooftop structure, as well. you can also tell that there are some white houses and a gray structure here, to the right. using these screen grabs, we then went back to our google earth to find any situation, any location near the airport that matched that description. and luckily, we found this. here is the yellow structure, and there is multiple white houses and there is also a gray structure nearby, as well. and because of that arrangement, because of the way they are situated, that had to be the location near the airport where this footage was filmed. so we know the date and we also know the location of that footage. now, with that verified, we were able to put that footage to use. and so, we sent this footage to cnn's matthew chance, and

shortly after, traveled to where we geo located on a map and he was then up live for cnn creating an iconic moment where he was at the airport with russian soldiers interacting with him and identifying that they were already so close to the capital. >> still to come, our breaking-news coverage continues as we follow the latest on the russian invasion of ukraine. we are live in lviv, after the break.

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massive russian convoy closing in on ukraine capitol kyiv. the line of military gear and vehicles reportedly stretching more than 40 miles. or 65 kilometers. so far russian forces have not taken control of any major ukrainian cities. despite bit r fighting that stretched into a sixth day. russian forces seem to be escalating attacks. this video out of kharkiv. ukraine second biggest city a. apore to show rockets raining outside some apartment homes. as people try to run to safety. officials say it was one of several attacks on the city on monday. in all, kharkiv mayor says nine civilians including three children were killed in these attacks. >> meanwhile a different crisis developing on the edge of this conflict. more than 500,000 refugees have fled ukraine since russia invaded. that number rising every hour. and for the ukrainian people,

pouring in from around the world. aid for ukraine is pouring in. and not just from governments and big organizations. a small charity in scotland making a plea on social media for donations to help refugees who crossed the polish border. the store soon flooded with supplies from the town residents. so much so the the vans transporting the goods are packed full. >> the whole community. >> a multitude of food. animal food and human food. everything you can imagine. >> it's disstressing. i have three children. i imagine it could be them. i put myself in the situation and help.

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welcome to our viewers joing us in the united states. and all around the world. i'm michael holmes live from lviv in ukraine. thanks for your company. it is day six of the russian invasion of this country. and this country is bracing for what could be russia's biggest offensive yet. a massive russian convoy baring down on the ukrainian capitol ky