>> eight:00 a.m. in kyiv and for now krb's defenders are holding on to the capital i. 345 civilians have died and 1,500 wounded. alicia: this video appears to show a ukrainian drone taking out a russian missile system.

>> an official says belarus is expected to sending forces to fight with the russian forces. alicia: the battle for control of ukraine enters its fifth day. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky telling u.k. prime minister boris johnson the next 24 hours will be crucial for his country. griff: steve harrigan standing by in kyiv ukraine. we begin our coverage with steve har gain. steve, what's the latest? >> 8:00 a.m. here. 27 degrees. day 5 of the russian invasion? ukraine. the capital city under ukrainian control and it's quite. there is smoke in the distance

rising. the capital city has been hit by artillery shells. the most intense fighting in the second largest city of kharkiv. russian forces entered that city. street fights "shoulder mourn the weapons and rpgs. ukrainian forces still in control of kharkiv. after five days of invasion russians still do not control any major population center. and it in command and control center still exists. potential talks under way this morning. they are expected to take place at the border between belarus and ukraine. low expectations from ukrainian officials. there is still a hope. they will pursue sit if possible. another thing to be concerned about is vladimir putin place

his nuclear forces on high alert saying it's due to aggressive sanctions from the u.s. 3400,000 refugees have fled. it's a complete disaster. people freezing in cars overnight. a 24-hour plus wait at the border. the numbers of refugees could stretch into the millions if this goes on. griff: you mentioned the humanitarian angle. that's what everyone is watching. the plight of grandmothers and mothers in bomb shelters. what can you tell us about the mood? i think the entire world has been surprised by the tenacity of the ukrainian people. what is the sense there as you look around the city. >> to fight against overwhelming

odds in the freezing cold is a tough thing to do. but the professional military and civilians are doing it. you mention the humanitarian situation. this is a city under martial law and under curfew. so you can't go out. the stores are closed. you are in your house or basement relying on what you have got. how long can that last for? this could be a dire situation if it extends beyond today. alicia: i have one question regarding the russian people. this morning the markets open and the sanctions start to take hold and the ruble takes nosedive. can you talk to us how that could impact things with the russian people in addition to what it could known it does mean anything to vladimir putin. >> i think it means a lot to the russian people and could mean a

slot as far as russia's future. the ruble is down -- is down 40%. 6,000 protesters in russia arrested yesterday. that number could go up. griff: steve harrigan live for us in kyiv. kyiv is a city of 3 million people. but it's quiet this morning after a might explosions. residents have taken shelter in scene underground subway system or their homes. >> lieutenant colonel dakota wood, senior research fellow. gentlemen, thanks for staying up late. james, what's your read on --

here we are -- day five, not a major city has fallen to the russians. >> i have been to kyiv. it's a beautiful city. it was the center of the revolution that brought democracy to ukraine. kyiv is the latter of this. it's remarkable to see the lands of freedom essentially understood assault again. first of all, it's day five, it's three days longer than anybody thought they would last. the fact that belarusian forces have been brought there is interesting. they are brothers and sisters. i don't think the average russian for belarusian wants to be fighting ukrainians. it's not in their heart to do that. i can't imagine that this was the plan. bringing in belarusian forces was part of the plan.

clearly the russians are doing things they didn't think they were going to be doing when they planned the invasion. >> let, talk about -- james mentioned the belarusians getting involved. we should point out it's not a giant force, but does it tell you the fact that putin had to reach out to them, that he's not just frustrated but perhaps he under estimated the fight in the ukrainians. >> when you get into urban fighting it requires a massive amount of coordination. this is not simple stuff. it's the most complex fighting you can do. the fact that russians aren't able to take any major city says they understood planned this. when you don't have practical experience you run into problems. when you bring in a third tin

pot military in to help them out says everything. it catches the world by surprise. the lack of effectiveness of these forces. so we are seeing reports after reports of what the loss of 150 tanks -- 50 tanks, 150 aircraft, 26 helicopters. the ukrainians are putting up extraordinarily stiff resistance. just amazing work by the ukrainians and the common people were forming little militias around town. as zelensky said the next 24-48 hours will spell how the war is going to tush. griff: are you surprised about germany, the chancellor sending in 1,000 anti-take missiles

along with 500 stingers? for the first time since world war ii germany is sending weapons into a conflict zone. rallying behind the krbians. -- the ukrainians. >> what we have seen is the difference between the people of the atlantic alliance and the leaders of the atlantic alliance. i'm not surprised. putin is doing this because nato represents a real obstacle to his goals. this has never been just about the ukrainians. dictatorial control over central europe. driving america out of europe. seeing nato collapse. that's putin's ultimate goal. if nato weren't a real thing he wouldn't have to take these drastic measures. that nato is willing to stands

up and germany is 2% of domestic products. other countries like belgium stepping up. germany. i knew this was in our people because of who we are. what is disappointing are the leaders. if we had done this or 7 months ago. pushed arms into ukraine, i don't think we would be here tonight. griff: colonel wood, did we wait too late? >> 9 months too late. you saw the buildup on these purported exercises. regular people don't want to think about going to war. their is a high-risk element. so putin exploited this to

continue to build up forces which is circling back to your comments. if you have 9 months to build up capabilities and put in plans. the fact that they are executing so poorly says mountains. >> lieutenant colonel, thank you for your insight. we appreciate it. alicia: putin puts nuclear forces on high alert as america prepares for possible cyber attacks.

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alicia: putin ordering his nuclear forces on high alert. this directive adds to the growing concern that the invasion of ukraine can lead to nuclear war as the banks in the u.s. gear up for potential cyber threats. let's begin with this alert to nuclear forces that putin put on. as jennifer griffin pointed out, none of us really know what

putin is thinking. what do you make of this latest development? >> russia has four levels of readiness for their nuclear forces. this is the second level, an elevated level. i think what vladimir putin is doing based on my read of him. i spent years there my cia career trying and it's no easy thanks. he's trying to extort us. he's have aware that the united states and our nato allies and others including sweden are providing much-needed the military assistance to ukraine. we have the capacity to provide actionable intelligence to ukrainian forces to add them to the russian address. he's trying to extort us to dial that down out of concern over

russia's nuclear arsenal. alicia: the white house snation national security advisor warned the privates sector to bring things up in terms of securing themselves in addition to federal agencies. >> i have been concerned about this for years and years. ukraine has been under siege. also cyber attacks. and we in the united states have been the victims of russian cyber attacks, and interest nearing our elections. russia has the capability and they would seek to penetrate our networks, conduct surveillance and penetrate them months before

they would launch an attack. i'm sure we have been on full alert to try to detect those pen traightss of our systems. we have cyber command capable of launching counter strikes against russian entities. but it's also up to our private sector to ensure that we have secured our routers. everyone should be vigilant. alicia: i took a look at something you shared on twitter. a report from the hill offering guidance to its employees. part of it, it suggests employees stock up on food, gas and other supplies as part of a personal and professional

preparedness. making hour their vehicles don't get low on fuel. making sure they have gas in their cars. should americans be filling up their gas tanks and going to the atm and getting cash? >> i don't think it's necessarily time for that yet. but i will be waiting to see from our government not just at the federal level, but state and local to advice us on how serious the threats are. russia wants us to live in a state of fear because it gives put where leverage. right now he's losing. we have been talking about how he's in day five and hasn't taken ukrainian cities. but he knows that time is not on his side. the more assistance we provide the ukrainians the longer they will stay in the fight. >> thank you for joining us on

this early morning. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> the white house continues to issue sanctions against russia. but is it enough? we'll have more on that coming up. new projects means new project managers. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. when you sponsor a job, you immediately get your shortlist of quality candidates, whose resumes on indeed match your job criteria. visit indeed.com/hire and get started today.

griff: the white house issuing new sanctions on russia. rich edson is live at the pentagon with the latest. >> what we are looking at from the united states and the european union. you have got sanctions on russia and weaponso upon to ukraine. what you are seeing from the united states at least $350 million in additional weapons going to ukraine. that's something that's been announced here. democracies across the world are sending weapons. the european union will finance $500 million in weapons.

a senior administration official says u.s. measures targeted russia's 10 largest banks. accounting for 85% of the infrastructure. they are being cut off from the international messaging service known as swift. the ruble plunges to an all-time low with fears of binge runs and inflation. >> it's time to take sides. and time to take the ukrainian side. we are defending our home. we didn't attack anyone, and we were attacked. >> much of europe and canada are shutting their air space to russian airplanes. americans are being urged to leave russia immediately if they

can still find a flight out. there have been protests in cities across the world, calling on russia to halt this invasion. the human rights in russia said security forces have detained nearly 6,000 demonstrators across russia. the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky says his country is going to send a delegation to the ukrainian border belarus to potentially have discussions or talks with a russian negotiating team. it's unclear who is going for the ukrainian government and zelensky said he's not expecting too much to come from those potential discussions. griff: there are indications that you continue may be frustrated with the progress. now we are hearing from zelensky that the next 24 hours are key. can you give us a sense for what

officials are saying about where we are at this very moment? >> there has been discussion from u.s. officials talking about how they believe this russian offensive has not achieved as much in the first few days of it as the government thought it would at the outset. the goal is to decapitate the government, surround kyiv, take it over, and install a pro russian government in ukraine. but according to u.s. officials, the russian military has put in about 2/3 of its forces that it has ready for this offensive. so it hasn't quite put its full might behind this operation. there are also questions as to how much assistance they are going to get from belarus. officials are saying they expect belarus is going to join the fight, but they are only going to get at max yum anywhere from 30 -- the max yum of belarus's

army, 30,000 to 50,000 troops. they will have quite a tame taking it over and managing and occupying that country. and they have not yet been able to take any major population centers. alicia: the u.s. and its european allies continue to file on punishing sanctions against russia. the decision to remove russian banks from the international bank system known as swift. that caused the ruble to plunge 26%. joining me the director of international policy studies at stanford. ukraine is asking the u.n. and

the e.u. to go first. saying all possible banks. don't play political games and stop earning money soaked the in our blood. >> we see the ukrainians using media and television to get in front of a message. we can't blame them. they are fighting for their lives. what the ukrainian foreign minister is asking, if we are going to be trading in energy tab buying oil from russia, we are basically funding this invasion. applying swift sanctions from 27est uflt countries -- from 27 e.u. countries. if we would have put the stingers and the lethal munitions on the ground before this invasion we wouldn't be talking right now. the swift sanction is a good

start. but the ukrainians are right, it's a little bit hypocritical. alicia: the foreign minister is calling on the e.u. government to go with full embar goes on oil and gas with russia. >> the europeans are probably hess tanlts to do that. there is whole time i think the europeans have been hesitant with respect to a full array of sanctions that would impact their ability to trade in energy. in the case of the united states, that's a step we haven't taken either. there are additional steps that could go one step further in terms of putting pressure on the russian regime and sending an important signal that the actions undertaken by putin and the russians won't stand and not emboldening others. and xi jinping of china.

alicia: let's talk about what the russian people are going to be feeling this morning. liz claman point out apple pay will stop working. the ruble is dropping value. there are thousands of people protesting in russia. thousands arrested in st. petersberg. even those these arrests are pretty brutal. >> the russian people are pretty fed up. their police already some of the. -- already soft. they know the risks of this. and they are the ones with what zelensky has done well, his troops are allowing the russian soldiers captured to call home and get messages back to their families. vladimir putin would normally have a lockdown on information.

the russian people will be in pain in their wallets. but they are not part of this and they don't support what's happening? ukraine. they are not quite informed why they did this in the first place. alicia: vladimir putin has become an international pariah. things aren't going as planned in ukraine. but his own people seem to be furious. >> that's the biggest concern. the concern is you have internal in --you have inherent dissent t leads to something greater. the world is united in a way we have not seen in some time with respect to the action putin has taken. i think this was a major miscalculation for putin. i think it tomorrow question now is does he double down on his folly or decide to pull back while he still can before the

russian economy truly becomes crippled and public opinion to the extent it can turn more forcefully against him does so in the coming days and weeks. >> i would like to get your thoughts on the optics of these talks that are supposed to happen at the border of ukraine and pell russ. we are hearing belarus may join in the fight with russia. >> president zelensky is trying to manage the talks. it is in his interest even though this belarusian play may be risky. from a gaming out this perspective, he's doing the right thing putting the packs on the other player. this was a -- this was a

strategic blunder by vladimir putin. he has to find a graceful way out if he wants to stay in power. part of that will be the talks if he does it. >> thank you both for joining us this early morning. appreciate it. next, ukraine holds off russian forces for another day in kyiv.

griff: we are back with a fox news alert. ukrainian forces holding back russian forces from take over the ukrainian city of kyiv. >> this capital city is take artillery shells on the outskirts. but ukraine is still in control of its capital. most of the fighting has take place in the second largest city

of kharkiv. a lot of street to street battles and ukrainian forces still in charge there. there is a column of tanks about three miles long heading this direction. we'll see if they enter the fight for this capitol. talks between russia and ukraine expected to get under way in the coming hours. they will take place on the border between belarus and ukraine. and finally president putin put his nuclear forces on high alert. guys back to you. >> i have a question regarding those talks that are going to take place at the ukrainian belarus border. we are hearing reports that belarus may join in the fight with russia. >> a lot of reports that belarus is getting its airborne forces

ready to take part in the attack on kyiv. so nel have peace talks on the border of a country. there is a low expectation that the talks are more than just a stunt. his will be what about the -- alicia: what about the stinger missiles the u.s. is going provide. >> it's late in the fight. if we are going to see an air assault in the next 24 hours, that's something the ukrainians have been pushing for. they can take down helicopters or some aircraft. other nations including germany have provided stingers. it could be a game changer on the battlefield.

alicia: what about the humanitarian need. the people of ukraine are fighting back with incredible resolve. we have seen the women and children hiding out in basements in the subway system. how long can they hold out in those locations? >> i think desperate situation for many whether they desired to stay here. 400,000 refugees. officials say they could see millions if this goes bad. this is a city under lockdown, martial law and curfew. stores are shut. you can't go out and buy food. it's cold, and bombs are falling. alicia: a meeting between russian and ukrainian officials is expected to take place in the coming hours. what could this meeting

accomplish? let's go to fox news contributor jay somebody chaffetz. your thoughts. i don't know if you heard steve talk about the facts these talks are supposed to happen at the ukrainian-belarussian border. >> i think talk is always good. about it sounds like the war effort is not going as well for putin as perhaps he thought it was. i am sure he will be puffing out his chest saying we are going to come. we have yet to lay down the most aggressive forces that we can. ukraine mass the moral high --ground, they have the supporf the world. i don't think there is any justification for what russia is doing and how they are doing it.

i would think there would be more international sanctions and more pain for putin. for the united nations to be gathering when russia is still a member is baffling. they should be disqualified from par is fate rather than chairing the security council which is a joke. i don't see them doing much of anything. here we are in day five. where is our own international partners rather than saying go, zelensky. it has to be more than that. alicia: you saw the ukrainian foreign minister saying the sanctions don't go far enough and more needs to be done. that the blood of the ukrainian people on the money.

>> it's blood oil. they are selling oil on the international market to fund their aggression. i don't understand why the united states of america and everybody in europe can't say we are done with your oil, russia. that exposes a problem that biden and harris put us in. we are not energy independent. we need to turn on the spigots and export from the united states. we can't have it bot ways. we like their oil, we just don't like them engaged in war. one of them is more important than the other. alicia: all of this as the russian people are wake up and their money is worth a whole lot

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griff: it's day five in fighting. as we heard from our reporters not a major ukrainian city has fall to the russians. the attack is the same as it was the last five straight days. attacks from the air, land and sea. coming in from the north, east and south. specifically if you look here, this is the eastern done bass region. donetsk can. if russian forces are able to keep pushing up here, that makes

the supply routes' more difficult. that's the concern. the clock is running on those. you can see from the attacks, they are doing it. we heard that putin is going to get belarusan military assistance. that's basically annexing belarus. belarus is bordering poland. that means you are looking eye to eye with nato states as well as the baltic states up here. you can see the areas where they are fighting for, this is kharkiv, that we heard so much about, the second largest city in ukraine. 2 million people. we were worried that would fall. but the tenacity of the ukrainian military holding out

in kharkiv. and down here in odessa. should putin get control of that, he would have a large swath and that would be strategically difficult for the ukrainians. you can see it's all about kyiv. we have been waiting for a big push of russian troops. a large part of the russian military up here, just about roughly 30 kilometers north of kyiv. when that push comes that will be very difficult for the city and the capital of kyiv. that where we are very worried we'll see the same urban violent bloody street fighting that we saw in kharkiv. one last thing, if i can, that is the concern of the south. this is the city in the southern part.

crimea already annexed. that's where so much of the lands of russian forces are coming. it's significant. because this is the access to the entire black sea that russia wants to cut off from ukrainians and any assistance coming in. that would be a game changer. we are worried about that. that's where the battle stands right now, alicia. alicia: more than 350,000 people have already fled ukraine * and that number is estimate to soar into the millions. charles marino, former advisor to the department of homeland security. and fox news contributory mew green. thank you for being here.

the neighboring nations could see 4 million people flooding across their borders. how concerned are you about that number and what that means in testing the resolve of these countries that are friendly and helpful. but it gets to be tough when the numbers increase this way. >> while we watch the unprovoked, unwarrant and unprecedented attack ordered by president putin, my prayers are with the prayers of the brave men, women and children of ukraine. many are fighting back. and many had to explain to their toddlers what war is while they are fleeing the only home they have ever known. we are already in a humanitarian crisis when you look at the fact that the global refugee population has more than doubled in the past decade.

ukraine itself already hosts refugees from afghanistan and belarus who are at particular risk. we are looking at what could be the biggest humanitarian crisis since world war ii, all prompted by president putin. alicia: that real of people we have seen leaving just takes going into polled nearly viv, --near lviv. >> as they close in on kyiv, russian forces, we'll see an uptick in the mass exodus. your numbers are right. 4 to 5 million predicted if things keep going in the way they are going. and all men have been barred

from leaving the war zone. so we are seeing primarily women, children and the elderly are able to make that trip via train and other means towards those countries. this will continue to be bad. it's a wait and see for these refugees. they will still in the area, neighboring countries, and see at the end of the day if there is anything for them to go back to. alicia: what i keep thinking about, for the families staying, stuck in basements, hiding in subway systems. some went to locations with just what they had on them. i just wonder about getting them water and food and the ability for even humanitarian workers are even doing this. can it be done? >> thank goodness there are ngo

organizations around the world that because we are already in a refugee crisis do have the ability to really mobilize forces to try to help. but the reality is that europe and the world is going to have to welcome refugees with open arms in a way that we have not seen the same type of welcome open arms since the refugee crisis started in 2015. we'll have to change our approach to welcoming refugees into our country, and here in the united states. states. i want to thank you both for being here. ourhe live coverage continues next. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates

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ukraine at war. it's 9:00 a.m. in kyiv and for now offenders are held under the capital city. more than 350 civilians have died and more than 1500 wounded. >> ukrainians are holding off russian forces. this video shows a ukrainian drone taking out a russian missile system. putin is putting his forces on high alert. belarus is expected to send

troops today to fight alongside russian forces. hello. we have live team coverage with the latest in europe. the battle for ukraine enters its fifth day. the ukrainian president told the uk prime minister boris johnson the next 24 hours will be crucial for his country. >> we will be joined by our team of fox news correspondent. we build begin with steve harrigan on the ground in kyiv. outgunned and outnumbered, they have so far been able to hold onto the capital, free from russian control. what is the latest there? >> all weekend the people here

in the capital city have been under curfew. it is scheduled to be lifted about now but no one on the street outside right now. it could be extended. there was extensive bombing of the capital city. artillery hitting overnight but clearly the capital of ukraine is still under ukrainian control. the russians have not taken it. the fight is a long way from over. we've seen street to street battling in the second largest city of kharkive as well. a short distance from the capital, column 3 miles long russian tanks and artillery on the road to kyiv. soldiers and civilians, will putin doubled him and take control of this capital? we expect peace talks to begin on the ukraine belarus border in the coming hour. officials have low expectations for those talks and putin has put nuclear

forces on high alert. he is responding to aggressive action from the west. back to you. >> steve i want to follow-up. you have been speaking about the situation in russia as someone who has covered conflicts worldwide. you are watching to specific things about how this is playing in russia. >> you're right. on russian state media they've admitted their first casualty which is a big deal for russia. they were claiming they were zero but now they're admitting some but not giving a number. the stock marketing opening has been delayed. you've lost 40% of your savings if you had in rubles since this crisis began. think about what you have to go to through. do not under attack or under siege but these sanctions are hitting. you can't use your foreign credit cards. you can't get on a flight. heirs basis closed.

people are feeling it no matter what the state controlled news channel is telling you in their pocketbooks and their ability to travel, russians know something is wrong. >> we have reports that there's members of the russian military that are telling people that are arguing with them on the streets of ukraine that they don't know why they're there. you add to that the financial picture that this is unfolding in russia, are these members of the military, the russian army going to get paid, is this going to affect their pay and if so what would that do to their morale and to that of their family. >> i think some of the earliest forces sent in were drafted troops. we could see more expert soldiers held in the bands but it is remarkable, sometimes when these tanks are armored vehicles roll into the village the entire village will come out and stand in the road and block the tanks.

real bravery and support and it shows these russian forces are not being met like seven thought they would be met there being met with resistance for people who are ready to fight and stand in front of a tank. >> thank you. ukraine's second largest city of kharkive is also back under control of ukrainian defenses. joining us now is colonel daniel davis. as a veteran of afghanistan conflict, how would you assess the military endurance? >> we have to look at this in coldhearted military reality terms and then ukraine military is fundamentally not as capable as the russian military. even with all the difficulties russian has had in the mistakes coming out they have shown from internal reports that there learning from their mistakes and bringing in

reinforcements. the second echelon of truth is actually the higher quality. the mistakes they've made, the progress they have made is about to expand. right now it it appears in the south, away from a lot of cameras, russian forces are having a lot of success and if they, within the next 12 to 24 hours close off around the ukrainian forces they could destroy them in piecemeal and turn their forces back up to kharkive and set the stage for kyiv. i think it's important to understand that russia has not attacked kyiv. they've sent some probes and reconnaissance but there are mile long column preparing to go in from the north and if they move in from the south, there is very little ukraine can do to stop the military. that is just the hard truth.

>> talk to us about this column of russian vehicles headed toward kyiv. once that arrival occurs, how did the dynamic change? how does the calculus change for the ukrainian military and followed by the ukrainian people that have done everything they can to push back. >> president zielinski, i think he recognizes what i'm talking about, right here. if the southern part falls it could be like a "house of cards", like dominoes falling because russian forces could move up and there's nothing his forces can do, however brave, they don't have the capacity to stand up to so much armor. they have their biggest cards yet to play. what sets point to tell you when it comes time to fight for the capital city, if these negotiations don't yield fruit and if belarus joins from the

north there is literally nothing they can do to stop it and lots of people will die and ultimately they will lose. that's why i think the best play is to negotiate a situation where ukraine becomes a neutral state. just declare it's not going to join nato, it's going to be neutral and that is the one thing that could end the war right now without kyiv ever coming under attack. i know some people think that sounds. [inaudible] and they don't want to quit, but here's the important thing. because of the sanctions and the extraordinary process being levied on the russian people, all the ukraine needs to do is stop the war and then this external pressure will keep russia out and keep what could be negotiated for freedom as independence of ukraine with the president still in charge.

>> what you're describing doesn't sound like something that will come out of the mouth of the president we have all come to know on social media and such. >> let's hope that changes. it's great to say your brave and put on a good face and rally the people, but if militarily, it's the cold reality, if the military can't defeat the onslaught and they come in and they actually attacked because there's no negotiating settlement then thousands will die. he will lose if they continue to come in. it's just the numbers. they don't work for ukraine. he's got to do whatever it takes to protect his people, then later because of the external pressure, he may be able to gain back through negotiation some other things. the first key is to stop the killing of his people. >> we can't stop thinking about the people of ukraine in the situation and those at home waiting for their family members. thank you so much. >> my pleasure. >> up next, putin is furious

as he faces humiliating setbacks in his invasion of ukraine. we will have more on that, next.

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new video of a ukrainian drone destroying a russian missile

system. just one of tactic that ukraine is using to fight back. joining us now is retired air force general, thank you for taking time. what is your assessment of the fact that russia has been holding back on their air superiority and does that concern you? >> it doesn't concern me. i understand the tactic or strategy on this. it's a pleasure to be with you tonight. i just say before they knew what they were getting into, they probably wanted to hold back a lot of airpower assets. they didn't do well with the ones they did use with ukrainian air force rising up. ukrainians have combat experience. they are nato train partner and the russians are not in that category so while i appreciate their quantity and the amount they have, it's certainly not as sharp an edge

as ukrainians have and they're fighting a battle for their own existence. >> we are watching as ukrainian hold on to the capital city in kyiv, remarkably still in ukrainian hands after the fifth day. are you concerned about what would change in that dynamic should they take over major airbases and airstrips in kyiv? >> yes. this is what's happening. the next 24 - 72 hours, and i would say closer to the next 24 hours will be crucial. the ukrainians have done just about everything they can do with what they have. we hear reports that europe is coming to the rescue with more kits, jets and other things, but it is very late in the game for this. that column is bearing down. it really is about a race for the capital. if zielinski falls then ukraine falls with it.

i know were eager to see how these talks might go but i can assure you the best part of the strategy for the russian fight as well. >> we are hearing that belarus forces may get involved fighting alongside russian forces. what is your assessment of that development? >> it's an interesting piece because the russians more than have enough forces on the border to take this entire country by themselves and here they are getting into joint multinational operations with belarus which certainly complicates things and i'm not sure it's something they're trained well-to-do. that convoy, while it looks ominous to kyiv has its own vulnerabilities and that will be fuel, maintenance and tracks and these forces have never exercise together, to my knowledge. it doesn't make a lot of sense to me. >> general, as someone who was at one point and military representative to nato, you're very familiar with these

things. with calling in belarusian troops it seems putin is annexing belarus which is then putting them i tie with nato countries like poland and the baltic states. >> it does, belarus being its own independent free republic is nonsense, it's been a ruse. it's been a satellite state of russia. he's been in power for 28 years and the idea that he would do anything that putin doesn't want is a little silly. you saw vote were 65% of belarus voted for nuclear weapons to come back on their soil, it's hard to gather that. i think putin stated way early in his career he wants a reestablishment of the soviet union and belarus and ukraine standing out in front would be

evidence that that is exactly where he wants to go. >> to think he was surprised by the tenacity of ukraine? >> i do, and i think if you were putin's director of intelligence or chief of staff for this operation you are probably in a lot of trouble. they woefully underestimated the fighting spirit and the west did to because zielinski was even offered a ride or an evacuation plan and he turned it down. we are seeing inspirational leadership across the board from a very determined fighting force so even if ukraine falls to the russians, this is just beginning. the ukrainians won't be a hospitable welcoming country to russia. >> just in the 30 seconds we have left, what would you be advising zielinski and the ukrainians to do at this moment.

>> i would tell him to be very cautious about the trap of those negotiations. the russians know clearly what they are going to ply him with when he gets to the table. if they detect that, i would go back to their capital and ask western europe to consider whether they're going to be more helpful or not. >> general, thank you for your time. very insightful. next, breaking details on the crumbling economy in russia. russia's central bank just raised a key rate to a whopping 20%. we have more on that in minutes. stick with us.

we are back with a fox news alert. russia's central bank just raised a key rate to an unprecedented 20%. it's a desperate bid to shore up the ruble amid crippling sanctions. joining us now is fox news senior national correspondent rich edson to tell us about

the latest sanctions launched by the eu. >> good morning. this is what central banks do. they control inflation. it's one of their major job. it's a java federal bank. the ruble is under absolute pressure from the sanctions that have been correlated between the u.s. government and western governments right now. it's an attempt by the central bank to try to stop some of the problems. the ruble falling about 30% against the value of a dollar just this morning. major problems as the war rages on and ukrainians fight bravely for their country, european union steps up once more in support for ukraine with sanctions against the aggressor that is putin's russia. >> the eu says it will finance about a half billion dollars

and weapons for ukraine. that's the first time it has done so for a country under attack. the eu says it is also sending fighter jets. the eu is closing its airspace to russian aircraft and banning russian state media outlets. it also, in the united states rolled out massive sanctions on russian leaders and banks though the measures have largely spared russia's energy sector. the war in ukraine has led to massive shift in thinking among some countries especially germany which has pledged to nearly triple its defense budget. there have also been protests across european capitals this weekend, especially in berlin. there's even protests in russia were demonstrating against the government can lead to long prison sentences. human rights organizations say security forces have detained nearly 6000 demonstrators across russia since the ukraine invasion began thursday. british intelligence claims despite russian government efforts to suppress information about the war in

ukraine, that the russian military has been forced to acknowledge casualties. russian state media reports that moscow stock exchange will stay closed until 3:00 p.m. local and the u.s. embassy in moscow is urging american citizens in russia to leave the country immediately, especially as countries close their airspace to russian airlines. the state department is also telling american citizens in ukraine, those who haven't left ukraine to do so. they are also running to bring plenty of clothing, batteries, provisions for food for a couple days and preprepared to walk if you're planning to get across an international border now. >> it will be interesting to watch what happens as the starts to very personally impact the russian people, especially when it comes to accessing their money. that's becoming more difficult. long lines at atms and apple pay is expected to stop working. >> exactly. as russians are trying to get their money out of banks,

there could potentially be runs on banks, these are all issues that russia's banking system has to look out for and remember these are sanctions as we are seeing right now. there are still sanctions left on the table tightening up what they have already announced in the west and u.s. and the energy sector in russia has largely been untouched. >> i want to follow up because putin's response to these sanctions in stepping up against him financially is somewhat to put his nuclear forces on high alert, obviously a concern there at the pentagon. >> at something they watch today come the white house has come out with their statement and when given the opportunity to match that or the united states during the same and increasing the alertness level here, the u.s. decided not to do that and said what russia is doing is just escalating here and basically damaging or escalating further to a damaging point. also what they been doing to try to protect against this

possibility that the world would close it off to the economy is it has a mass $610 in foreign exchanges and the sanctions regime between the u.s. and the european union are trying to isolate russia's ability to spend that money. it's a real game here. russia is really a master at hiding money, money laundering. putin is worth potentially a hundred billion dollars and there's no known of where that is. >> the eu is stepping up its defense for ukraine. roma, it's good to talk to you. i want to focus on what you are seeing in the report talking about the ruble. things are getting difficult in russia. as someone who has worked in

the trump administration you've been critical of biden's handling of it, but do you see from your perspective that may be some of this is starting to work or is it too little too late? >> thanks for having me on. i will just start by saying god bless the people of ukraine. they are putting up a very tough fight that putin, in my opinion was not expecting to see. they are doing an amazing job and we need to keep supporting them with that. in terms of the spending, it's great to see the eu come out and say they are finally going to take that initiative with their defense spending, that something president trump has been calling on europe to do for quite some time, for years, but it's just one step in the right direction. you need to remember that defense is the first line of security for any nation, and to have a weak defense, you are just in a helpless position. we need to see more of this, president trump was a great example of building up our u.s. military here at home. it showed on the world stage and we had a very strong

position because of that. again, we are seeing some steps in the right direction. we are seeing germany finally announcing that they are going to spend 2% of their gdp on defense. it's a step in the right direction, but these are all minor things that are happening along the way while you see the situation getting worse. >> we are obviously just two days away from the state of the union. obviously president biden is going to have to make some changes. what do you think he needs to say with regards to what's happening in ukraine? >> i hope the president has a very strong message, not just for the american people and what they can hope to see from him over the next few years, but for the entire world. we know the world is watching america right now, we know

that america is the world's leader no matter where we are in terms of our agreements with different countries and how we may be able to support them so it's really very important that he has a strong stance. he needs to address this head on. he needs to make it very clear that the u.s. is going to sit port our allies and we do have positions of weakness with countries like germany that are heavily reliant on germany for their energy so this is critical. we really. >> we've run out of time. thank you very much. >> up next, we will take you to ukraine where mike has the latest on the ground.

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despite being outnumbered and outgunned, ukrainians continue to stand firm refusing to lay down their arms.

>> their fierce resistance have enabled them to defend their nature city from a mass of russian invaders. mike tobin is standing by in livy with the latest. >> good morning. it is now the fifth morning since the invasion. they stand peaceful and snowy this morning. you know now of the ukrainian men lining up to get a weapon and join the fight but it's not just the men. this is all hands on deck effort from making camouflage to molotov cocktails, everyone is pitching in like the underground resistance to fight for their home. [inaudible] the mayor said keep calm and make molotov cocktails.

[inaudible] if you make something to help other people or help the army and first i think what we are doing. [inaudible] >> russia's one of the strongest fighters in the world with the most sophisticated army and you're fighting them. >> yes you are fighting for your home. >> yes. >> one of the things they're adding to this petroleum bomb is when it explodes it sticks to whatever it's covering. all of the old bottles are filled with fat petroleum jelly. they are one of the most sophisticated armies in the world but they have a lot of

fight in them. >> the bottles we saw them using were coming out of the trash or recycling, but a local brewery has started kicking in and donating bottles of that. the brewery was formed in 2014 and just stopped making beer and started making cocktails complete with a degrading picture on the cover. >> that was incredible. thank you so much for bringing that to us. we can get an idea of how the ukrainian people are doing literally everything they can to fight back. however we know from steve's reporting there is this column of russian vehicles headed toward kyiv. the dynamic could change in kyiv. if that does change for the worst, how does that impact their resolve in the western part of country. >> you don't really see any fluctuation in the resolve of these people. as soon, frankly from the

speech that putin gave all the way through the invasion, their resolve is to dig in and fight the homeland. things could change, you know this column is moving toward kyiv. it seems the option is to come in bigger and heavier so you very well could see more civilian casualties. the problem you have with the civilian fighting force pitching in, that creates a pretext for the army to hit civilian targets and say everyone is a target if their part of the fighting force. >> mike, let me follow-up him overseeing that remarkable footage you gave us that's really the cocktail making but in terms of ukrainian forces are you seeing any increase in their position? >> you do see them every day here largely taking a position and you know that in the cities where the fighting is into tenancy in kyiv and

kharkive, the ukrainians are they are doing everything they can. also a lot of these fighting age men are not tonguing out in these cities waiting for the fight come to them. they are going to the fight. you do have a lot of numbers being added to the fight and we will see how that dynamic changes if, as anticipated the russians ramp up their response to the ukrainian resistance. >> thank you. great insight. stay safe. we will check back with you as things develop. >> ukraine is still holding control of kyiv in the second largest city of kharkive despite relentless fighting from ukrainian forces. joining me now at the heritage foundation, brent sadler for his analysis of ukraine's successes on the battlefield. thank you so much for being here. i don't know if you're able to hear what mike tobin was reporting, but he was showing us video of the citizens

putting together and learning how to use molotov cocktails. >> absolutely. i think this is the biggest surprise for russian war planners and that is the resolve of the ukrainian people themselves in the fact that they are rallying to their president. that is the biggest miscalculation of this entire operation. >> 's in our hearing the possibility that belarus may join and is preparing for the possibility of joining in the fight. we know there are armored vehicles headed toward kyiv. are we coming to a couple of days where russia may turn a corner here? >> i think the fighting in this military invasion is about to enter another stage. i wouldn't be distracted by the offer for talks right now, it seems a little premature with putin still having a third of his military force waiting to be inserted into ukraine. also the selection.

[inaudible] the forces surrounding kyiv came from and now with belarus actively entering the war, it seems unrealistic that it's going to change diplomatically. the fact that the russian forces at this stage seem to have encircled many of the major ukrainian cities and bringing in heavy assault equipment, heavy artillery, i think we will be entering a very violent and a much higher level of casualty when this turns into a siege warfare on these major cities. >> you have to imagine having increasingly agitated russian president now. his economy now seeing the effects of the sanctions, the russian people protesting by the thousands, being arrested by the thousands and not really seeming to care. could we enter into, you're saying it could be much worse in the coming days. what is the possibility of something even more horrific here like the possibility of

bombing on cities. >> i think that's a distinct possibility and that tactics in the doctrine of the russian military, we look back to chechnya in the '90s to see how they treated cities that they couldn't resist, i'm not saying that's what's going to happen but it's a possibility with the doctrine and the equipment they're bringing forward. at the same time, the fact that so many russians are waking up, this is not the cold war where information was strictly controlled in the soviet union. russian people are surprised and disconcerted by this invasion of ukraine. they still view many of them as brothers and there's a shared culture. that being said the heightened alert of the nuclear forces is less about national security and more about putin personal survival than anything else. >> you've heard the ukrainian people say over and over again that he doesn't know or understand truly the ukrainian

people, but what you're saying also, he doesn't seem to understand or care to understand his own people. >> i think that's probably right at this stage, he has been right and successful in his own way for several decades. you go back even further to the '90s, he hasn't faced the setback yet. he has been able to weather every challenge and come out on top. i think this may be a little. [inaudible] on his part. there's also been theories that he's isolating from advisors with the lockdown of covid. i'm not sure how much of that to believe but certainly there's a siege mentality as he is absconded off into the mountains with his closest oligarch friends. >> we do know our own senate intelligence committee are having conversations behind the scenes and a little bit out loud about questions over his mental state. >> i have to say, i've watched

the man for years and the confidence that he enters into public speaking and he runs these televised meetings of his own cabinet, the one a few days ago just before the invasion was startling to see because it definitely indicated a man who is under a great deal of stress and clearly things are not going according to plan as to whether his mental state, i cannot answer that. >> thank you so much for joining us on this early morning. i appreciate the perspective. >> thank you. >> next the white house which is going green to stop the dependence on foreign oil as russians. [inaudible] our coverage continues. stick with us. how long does credit repair take?

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let's take a look at where the fighting stands in ukraine after five days, his battle plane continues to be the same by land air and sea coming from the north, east and the south. this area here, the russian separatist backed area is where putin thought he would have the easiest case of taking that area off.

if we look a little closer at some of the key battles, we've heard a lot about kharkive. that's the second largest city. that is a key city in the ukraine are still holding on in last 24 hours. fierce streetfighting, bloodied and violent yet they are continuing to hold on. those are key areas. let's take a little bit more closer look here, that is the capital. we've heard a lot about that column, three and half miles long were not exactly sure where they are but russian forces so far holding back and learning that belarus forces may be joining them. lastly i want to give you one

more look at the south, crimea, a russian annexed area, troops coming in from the south fighting fiercely and as danny davis told us in a few segments ago, the fight for the south is key because ultimately if you have the forces coming out of the south and they're able to get a major city as their fighting, that means they would ultimately close in in a tenacious ukrainian forces are going to be overwhelmed. the last thing we have a look at is the supplies coming in. the u.s., the eu, germany putting in anti- tag missiles, stingers to bring down helicopters, big gun warships, that makes more difficulty for those coming in and it hurts the evacuation so far fleeing but if russian troops get up there, that gets way more

complicated. >> you bring up why it's so critical watching these next 24 - 48 hours as that three and a half mile column makes its way because the psychology really changes if the city is finally helped by russian troops. >> that's exactly right. i can take you quickly back to that close-up of kyiv. you can see recent fighting going on in the outside but ultimately if that column gets into kyiv in the area where the parliament, the presidential palace it's all a very dense area, that column will be shear forces to take it over. we had thought or pentagon officials thought that he would try to prepare the battle space by going much heavier. so far he hasn't. you been waiting for the push to come. it looks like, depending on where that column is in the area come about push is eminent. it's just a matter of time. that is going to become a very difficult, bloodied and violent. for the people in kyiv even

though they're very determined not to give up control. >> we will continue to watch. thank you. >> in the white house, the push to stop our dependence on foreign oil doesn't mean making our own. >> what this justifies in president biden's view is that we need to reduce our dependence on oil in general and we need to look at other ways of having energy in our country and others. here with reaction is doctor rebecca grant and contributor jason change this. thank you for being up so late. i want to start with you because i was just putting on the map that it's a matter of time before russian forces could possibly be closing in. how important at this moment could it be that the u.s. is more oil independent. >> wouldn't that be nice. i was shocked at what john

said. they need to drop this green fantasy and get on with helping ukraine. besides that, it's not just about oil and gas. germany and the eu just decided that nuclear energy now qualifies as green. so solving this energy picture is huge but right now we don't need the world and ukraine to see the white house distracted with green energy. they need to be focused on supporting ukraine and getting our domestic production backup. >> jason, as someone who has been in politics you understand the significance of being honest with the american people. what does the administration need to do to prepare americans for the pain they are going to feel at the pump which already, by the way, is a dollar more than they were paying last year. now it gets considerably worse. >> it was a conscious decision by joe biden and kamala harris. we were energy independent. why we are taking on millions

of dollars. barrel from russia, it's basically russian blood oil. we are fueling the fight in ukraine by giving the russians the money they need in order to pay for this. it doesn't have to be that way. i wish we were blocking russia from selling any of its oil products across the world market. make it painful for them. i think the way for the future is all of the above energy. i don't think sending and transcending windmills and solar panels to ukraine or to germany is going to solve this problem, and as doctor grant was talking about, you need, nuclear should be part of the solution. part of the reason germany has been slow to this fight is the idea that they gave up nuclear and started relying more on russia. they should be relying on the

united states. we have good clean products, energy products that i would love to be able to sell to europe. >> in the few moments we have left, i wanted to talk to about belarus possibly now sending in troops. belarus is essentially annexed by putin borders with poland, nato country. how concerned does that make you? >> that is a concern because as you said, right now the main supply route for germany's and everything coming in is through that western route. it really now is part of russia. they can be doing this drive on kyiv if it went from the ability weighing down. [inaudible] he's the last friend putin has. >> indeed. jason i'll give you the last word. >> it's a shame. let's bolster up poland.

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ukraine out war. it's 10:00 a.m. in kyiv and for now ukraine defenders holding onto the capital city. officials say so far more than 350 civilians have died. one in 1500 wounded. >> ukrainians are holding off russian forces. this is new video appearing to show ukrainian drone taking out a russian missile system. putin is putting his forces on high alert. in the u.s. senior

intelligence officials say they are expected to send troops into ukraine as soon as today to fight alongside russian forces. hello. we have continued live team coverage of the latest development in eastern europe. the battle for control of ukraine now entered its fifth day and zielinski is telling uk prime minister boris johnson the next 24 hours will be crucial for his country. in the coming hour we will be joined by our team of fox news correspondence. steve harrigan standing by in kyiv and coverage from pentagon. we begin with steve harrigan at the center of the war scene, the capital city of kyiv. what's the mood there today as russian and ukrainian officials prepare for talks? >> a three day curfew has just been lifted. people are eagerly coming out

of their basements , coming up of their houses trying to go to whatever stores open to get supplies. as far as the shelling goes overnight, there was more shelling into this capital city which is still under control of the training military and the ukrainian government. some of the heaviest fighting in the second largest city of kharkive. russian forces entered the city but were unable to hold onto it. as this, day five of the invasion, no strategic objectives have been achieved and held onto by the russian forces so far. putin has upped the ante saying he's putting nuclear forces on high alert and he is responding to aggressive action by the west including punishing sanctions. back to you. >> we heard about the hand-to-hand combat in the streets, but it's this column of armed vehicles making its way, that could all change. >> it certainly could.

rightfully so ukraine has been praised for its stiff resistance so far, but there is still a lot of force not in the fight from russia. a 3-mile long column of tanks and artillery is making its way and that could change the situation on the ground. >> it seems, in russia this isn't playing so well with the russian people. >> russian military finally admitted its first casualty without giving a specific figure, the ruble has taken a hard hit. about 40% of its value. if you had rebels in the bank there were about 40% less than they were before this crisis started. you can't use foreign credit cards, it's hard to fly, airlines shutting down and today could be a disaster for the ruble. >> what lies ahead, that's a good question.

russian troops aren't moving as fast as putin would like. some russian banks have been blocked from the swift payment system and the ruble is plunging. what does putin do now. joining us now is doctor matthew schmidt. these are russian expert and professor of national security and international affairs and political science at the university of new haven. thank you so much for being here. let's begin with what you feel the russian people are feeling at this moment, especially as the rubles value continues to dive. >> i think in the end it's the russian public that's the pivot point. it's been amazing to watch the public come out this early to risk arrest but at the same time to see the arrests are relatively light, you're not seeing the crowd being shut down in a way that you would necessarily expect. they are coming out night after night, the crowds are getting bigger. when those body bags start

coming back and the ukrainians are reporting about 4500 casualties amongst the russians, i think this is just going to grow. >> what do you think the president makes of the impact it's having on his own people at this point? >> putin? >> yes. >> i'm not sure he is aware. he seems to be isolated but let's assume he is, i think he looks at this and thanks it's mostly the young that are out there and as long as he has the majority support of the population and i think he does if you look at the polling numbers before the war, it's hard to tell now he probably still does have the quiet majority out there. >> but as we see people lining up at the atm trying to get their money out, having trouble with access to their own funds, seeing the value of their money dissipating, that's not just the young

people out there protesting in the street. you're talking day-to-day russians who are seeing members of their family going across the border to ukraine to fight and something their own soldiers are saying they don't understand and they're telling that to the people of ukraine. could this impact his strategy in any way? you say he's isolated, but there's no way he knows what's going on here with his own people? >> i think he knows what's going on, but in his mind he is changing his interpretation of it. i think what he's going to do is double down on moving into ukraine. i think what people are not paying attention to is that the commitment to fight is all on the ukrainian side, as you were pointing out that column is coming down were talking about it on american television. 24 hours from now you're going to be talking about how wealthy ukrainians attack that column. they may not destroy it completely but they know it's

coming and they're willing to go out there and fight. we don't know how many are going to stand and fight once the bullets start flying. we don't know about the troops. they are very close to ukrainians in that part of the country. we don't know that commitment to the fight. it's really that level come about morale, it won't be weapon systems. >> see you have confidence in the people of kyiv and ukraine with this three and a half mile long column, weaponize column of vehicles. that's something. >> i was talking to a friend of mine who's a journalist, and i check in and said are you safe and i know you want to get out there. he says were having a glass of wine with my pistol on the table. he's not alone. the number that i have been doing weapons training for months now is extraordinary. i'm not saying that's the

column is not gonna make it into kyiv but they're gonna find stiff resistance. what we've seen over the last few days is that the ukraine military has done what they have to do which is they have to be able to fall back in an organized manner from an active defense into a guerrilla war. they haven't had to fall back into guerrilla war because there active defense is still working but if they can pull off that transition they will bleed the russians out. >> we appreciate you joining us this morning and providing some expertise. thank you. >> families are being separated as ukrainians tried to flee to safety. we will talk to a concerned father who is trying to get safety, next.

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>> hi, yes i am outside of kyiv with my family and my wife and two kids and my parents are stuck in kyiv. they are staying there and compared to most the people in ukraine, i'm in a very good position here because it's quiet here. we've just spent a couple hours in the bombshell, but the situation is way worse in the other cities. i think the worse situation in kyiv and south of ukraine. some cities on the eastern border are completely ruined. >> where exactly are you now and difficult, describe for us what it was like for you to get there.

>> actually, in the first day it was relatively okay to move in this direction because i was moving without direction so i can tell how it started on the night from wednesday into thursday my wife woke me up at 4:00 a.m. or something like that and she told me she heard some explosion. then we turned on the news and we saw what the people in the east were experiencing, that our beautiful city, our home was bombed as many other cities and towns all over ukraine. we decided we pack a couple bags and move to the car in

the parking lot and then, actually what i also had to do on thursday as well, my father he had to get surgery so i had to pick him up from the hospital and move him to his apartment so i managed to move him there and then i turned back to my wife and we were deciding whether we should be in kyiv or move and we decided we would move, my parents refused to move at that stage so they decided to stay at home, but we managed to move and i think in the couple hours we moved out but very close to one of our friends house ten to 15 kilometers. we stayed overnight and it was quite a bad night as well, but then the next day we decided to move even further to the

south and we are now in a small village 70 kilometers outside kyiv with my wife and two kids. >> and can you talk to us about having your kids there in a bomb shelter, and how are they doing? >> they are doing fine. they actually, my younger one he is one year end eight months so he doesn't understand so when he would hear an explosion he would say bomb and things like that. my daughter, she is fine. luckily she didn't cry but she understands what's happening, we talked openly to her that

there is a war and if we ask you to do something you need to follow instructions strictly and timely so she is doing quite well. she is drawing some things, but i would say she's okay, we talk to her and tried to encourage her that's what we tried to do with the kids, there is a war that's happening but we tried to get them some good stuff to do. some homework, to play some games, we are staying here in my friend's house and they also have two kids so there also spending time here so at least kids can have some fun with each other.

>> i just want to ask you, your parents are still there, you have to be concerned about them. how are they doing, and what is their plan? they don't plan to move out of kyiv so basically every night they are moving to the bomb shelter in their apartment building so they don't need to walk so it's a little bit of a challenge for my father because a week ago he broke his leg and he cannot move quickly but they are fine, they are smiling and cheering up and the atmosphere here is very supportive everywhere each region

everyone is super supportive to each other. >> we are definitely thinking of your father trying to recover from a broken leg. it's also my understanding that you are trying to figure out ways to support the ukrainian military there and raise money for them? >> yes, of course. i'm doing that all the time so if any people can help, please go ahead and find my profile on linkedin. probably if you write down how i'm written in english, there's a couple links on how to help, how to donate to the army and our people because this is the most important thing that can be helped to us will do some informational

campaigns as well so that's what i'm trying to do and help ukraine and the people here. >> we have your name up there, people can see if they want to do the search, we wish you all the best and that of your family and the people of ukraine. thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us. >> thank you. if i could just take the last 15 seconds, what would you like to say? what message would you like to send to president biden. >> we are definitely going to win this fight. >> all right. please stay safe. we wish your father very well. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> up next, washington looks to make china pay for their partnership with russia.

western powers unite against russia with more on how the u.s. and european union are coming together. we are joined by correspondent rich edson. >> this weekend the united states and european union announced more than $800 million in additional security assistance to ukraine. this is on top of a massive sanctions package, one that has targeted russian banks and oligarchs. senior administration officials say american sanctions have targeted russian's ten largest banks accounting for 80% of the financial sector. the u.s. and europe are excluding some russian banks by cutting them off from the financial messaging service known as swift. the moscow stock exchange delayed its opening to 3:00 p.m. local. russia central bank more than doubled its target interest rate to more than 20%. designed to halt inflation as the value dropped 30%.

ukraine is pushing for more sanctions. >> it's time to take sides. we are defending our home. we are peaceful, we didn't plan this week and attack anyone and we were attacked. >> the european union is shutting their airspace to russian planes. because of that the embassy in moscow is urging americans to consider leaving the country immediately. the u.s. is expanding russian state media outlets. there have been protests across european country capital this weekend, even in russia road demonstrating against the government can lead to a very long prison sentence. human rights organization obd info says security forces have detained nearly 6000 demonstrators across russia since the ukraine invasion began thursday. ukrainian president zielinski says a delegation will meet

near the belarus border with talks with russian diplomats. it's unclear who will attend that meeting for ukraine and russia. zielinski says he assumes not much will come from the meeting, particularly the location of all this, belarus is where russia initially wanted to have this meeting. belarus has been a staging ground for this invasion. on top of all that working from u.s. officials belarus may be joining russia in this invasion. back to you. >> interesting optics here. thank you. china is russia's largest trading partner and providing 70% of its chip supply. national security advisor to former vice president cheney, john, thank you. you heard enriches report ukrainian ambassador to the u.s. said time to take sides, but yet their silence from china. is it time for china to start condemning this and start

joining the global effort to hold him to account? >> it certainly is, but i think don't hold your breath on that. the chinese are engaged in a very difficult balancing act. on one hand the central pillar of their foreign policy for decades has been the sanctity of a country's national sovereignty of its territorial integrity and yet here they are engaged in one of the worst acts of aggression of the 21st century, completely trying to blot out another nation sovereignty, but the chinese, of course with the russians also have that interest of seeing american power in the american rules -based international order fundamentally undermines so the chinese are trying to have it both ways right now, and i

think the job for american policy is to try to squeeze them, to force them to take a stand on this and use their leverage with russia to get putin to back off this dangerous course he is on. >> we are certainly seeing these sanctions squeeze putin. news that the ruble is down 30%. we've also applied these export controls which stops countries from sending things in my computer chips. china is supplying 70%. my question is can russia's solely depend, can they survive long enough with just the support of china or are they going to be good bedfellows in the end? >> the job of american diplomacy has clearly got to be to make the chinese not take that decision to go all in, becoming russia's banker and their technology provider

because the chinese know the russian economy is a tiny fraction of the american economy of the european economy, the eu, china's biggest trading partner. we have a lot of leverage on china. they depend on our technology, on our financing, on their ability to conduct business using the u.s. dollar. china has a lot to lose here if the eu and the united states joined together and really put the screws that they've got to make a decision, they use their leverage to get putin to back off. remember, this crisis is sending oil prices through the roof. they are sending commodity, we prices through the roots. there heavily dependent on those. this crisis is hurting the chinese economy as well. they have an interest in getting de-escalation here and we ought to push them to that

end. >> john in the 15th seconds we've got left, should the president go harsh and talk tough on china, not just russia. >> he has to call out those countries that have refused to clearly come out against this naked act of aggression. >> john, thank you for taking time. great insight. >> we will take you on the ground to ukraine as people flee to the western city for safety. stick with us.

russian forces are launching around 100 rockets a day as they continue their siege of ukraine. >> grounded but so far ukrainians are putting up a fierce defense. >> let's go live to fox news correspondent mike tobin in

ukraine. >> british intelligence as the bulk of the fighting forces still about 18 miles north of the capital city of kyiv. they been slowed by resistance particularly with a fight they put up at the airport. that would've been a key point for russians where they could insert troops and resupply, but at the moment the ukrainian still hold onto that airport. we have overhead video of a strike on a russian armored column. it appears to be a drone strike. there was a lot of talk before the invasion about the ukrainian use of the turkish made drone that can carry some for smart antitank missiles in this strike appears to be the use of that turkish made drone. any ukrainian man who can has been urged to pick up a weapon. children can't are being sent west. children are broken up with

the hope that they will reunite when the fighting is over. listen to one ukrainian boy who just left his father. [inaudible] to this point we had been reporting that russian forces did not control any population centers. that appears to no longer be the case. as reporting they have gained their first foothold in small-town and among other advantages that will give russian troops access to the black sea. here what they're dealing with largely is the flow of refugees. the backup at the border is at least 30 miles long. what we are seeing a lot of people do is abandon their cars and complete the journey on foot hauling their luggage. the problem with that is the crossing of the border now take somewhere around 24 hours

according to the un and that means they been out in the elements all night long and it snowed last night. >> we've also seen reports of men in neighboring countries who are ukrainian coming back into ukraine, living in poland, coming back into fight. >> we haven't really seen that because they're not going to report in anywhere except for where they can join up with the militia, if you will, but one thing we know the fighting age men who can are very eager to join the fight. it stands to reason that the ukrainians are coming back home because there's a tremendous spirit fight for the homeland. if they come across the polish border or romanian border they would keep going until they got to an epicenter like kyiv or kharkive. >> you've been in multiple war zones that we've seen you reporting from around the globe. can you give us a sense of how

this seems to you? does it strike you as different, the resolve of the people of ukraine? >> it's the resolve that is so much different and their ability to put up a fight. usually what we talk about is asymmetrical warfare. you have a clearly dominant fighting force that comes through an area and gets the other party to submit. then we move into the asymmetrical warfare where they take the shots with the road side bomb, sniper fire and things of that nature. too that point the russian forces clearly haven't been that dominant, but what you see most analysts saying is that the russian forces haven't really brought their a game and very likely, the next thing we will see is overwhelming force and brutality. >> let's pick up on the fight in ukraine.

russian troops have been fully engaged but they have, after five days, maintain the same battlefield approaching on three axes out of the north down on kyiv, out of the east through the russian separatists backed area and then very heavy out of the south trying to close in. should russian forces go to that next level as we hear from the military experts, that will be even more intense as it is those who form no major city has fallen to russia. if we zoom in a little we heard just in the last 24 hours, very heavy fighting in kharkive, the second largest city of 2 million people. that would be very, very significant should russians get control about because they've got the dumb basque region here in the southern area fighting. were watching this town in odessa, those would be key to watch right now.

we have been waiting for a major push through belarus possibly belarusian forces joining. we know there's a three and a half mile long column of russian armed forces and that's what all eyes are on at this hour. the last thing worth pointing out is all eyes are on the crime. crimea area. russia wants control of that to cut off all access to the proxy and of course they would push forces up towards kyiv and to the north where mike tobin was reporting from. >> mike did mention this village that is now in the control of russian forces. that changes things a little. i don't know where that villages on the map, but that does change the thinking here and possibly the psychology of the russian army if this is true. >> it certainly does. that's a great question. it's a little bit here in the

eastern area but as you can see from this map down here in the south, that is all part of trying to get some sort of military dominance in a real stronghold if they own the south come about significant as they try to condense the south with the east and then it's only a matter of time before they close in from the south as they come down from the north. >> and another big question is what happens with belarus at this point if they decide to join up with russian forces, what that would look like, how that would impact things, the strategy for ukraine as well. >> very key point and that is, if belarus joins the fight, they would essentially be annexed and the significance here is look at this border. that is belarus against poland and the baltic states to the north, they are nato, article five country so you would essentially have eye to eye

between ultimately putin and nato. that raises the stakes significantly. >> thank you. a group known as the it army is out to defeat russia on the internet. the hacker group anonymous is declaring cyber war with moscow. let's go live to the heritage foundation. dustin carmack. are we witnessing a new era of computerized warfare? >> absolutely. we are moving them to a state where all odds are out there because we've got different actors both in the government sphere and the nongovernment sphere operating in trying to track what's going on. you have businesses across the board in the eu on the united states and others and now in russia that are under duress by different actors. you mention the anonymous group which has been more

around in 2010 and they have been acting now out against multiple different actors and russia including attacks on russian banks and their ministry of defense website. >> let's move to the united states because we do know the white house deputy national security advisor is now warning the private sector to shore things up, any type of vulnerabilities to close that off. how vulnerable would you say businesses and organizations are here in the united states? >> in 2015, the former nsa director had warned congress and others throughout the administration throughout the private sector where 90% of the infrastructure is privately owned that there were russian actors that were looking to scan u.s. utilities and power grid and that would

spread through a financial sector and other areas and so the shields up added to this administration pushing to raise the specter of where we need to go, but in many ways the war is here now so resilience is one of the biggest keys because actors haven't had the time and resources to be able to prepare to do an action so it's how these organizations respond which will be the key. >> it's gotta be a calculated risk for president putin to decide on a cyber attack, a significant one against the united states because we have our own tricks, don't we. >> absolutely, both on our offensive measures in the eu in the uk, they all have offensive capabilities they

have been able and shown, president biden has also mentioned this in multiple speeches that he does not hesitate. one of the concern is once you use them there kind of one use trick ponies for cyber weapons. we've seen that where there's more about shyness and once it bleeds across the border, in ukraine there was still, overall it caused billions of dollars in damage so when you have nato and others talking about how article five could be triggered by an attack that spread across the border, going after the training power grid or western ukraine or other places that would spill over to poland, you can see as you mentioned in the previous segment about belarus possibly getting into this warrior seeing it bleed onto the edge of nato members and it makes a more dangerous situation. >> i saw an alarming report in

the hill that said the usda is now asking its employees and suggesting to its employees that they go get cash out of the atm, they fill their gas tanks, make sure they have food and supplies and this is all surrounding cyber attacks. my question is, do folks need to be doing that right now, going out and getting cash and filling their tanks and making sure they have food over concern of something like this, in america. >> no, i don't think so. one of the lessons we learned in the pipeline hack, for example in this is where cyber becomes interesting and just as much the misinformation game that actors want to play in this space, sometimes just the element of what seems to be. in the case of colonial there was an attack where it shut down a large amount of the pipeline on the east coast but in terms of the product that was available on the market,

it was actually available up until the pipeline was turned back on but it was consumer fear and panic that caused a lot of these short-term disruptions so many ways we just need to keep acting and trust our government actors to be able to maintain and be watching this. i would say in the last two or three months our government has really been spending a lot of time with critical infrastructure and this has been going on for a few years now. >> thank you so much. also for calling some nerves out there because that was a little concerning. we appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> ukrainian citizens are arming up and stepping into fight against russian forces. medal of honor recipient dakota meyer on the resolve to fight for the country, next.

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i think what he did is he underestimated what he was getting into. i know we keep putting all this weight on, if he hasn't taken kyiv yet, but even if he does, even if he runs troops through the city and sets them inside the capital, he still going to have 20 years of insurgency. this isn't over just because he takes over kyiv. this is going to be a long war if he chooses to go about this. >> you mentioned putin, i think he clearly thought that president zelinski would flee the capital and get out of there, afraid of what would happen. the u.s. even offered to get him out and he issued that line, i need ammunition, not a ride. how significant is that moment knowing that a three and half mile column of russian troops

are bearing down? >> i think you're watching the t century david versus goliath. the keystone to this whole thing, the keystone to what is stopping him is the leadership that's over there. you talk about a man who is number one on the hit list, the president of ukraine getting offers to be able to be taken to safety for himself and instead he chooses to fight here. he said i just need ammunition. i don't need a ride. just got right there, the inspiration and the hope that that instills in the people of ukraine is astronomical and putin is feeling that. >> having spent time with marines in combat zone, i learned very quickly you're fighting for the men and women to your right and left. will we see that or are we seeing that amongst the ukrainian people who are making molotov cocktails were standing shoulder to shoulder, bearing down in the bomb

shelters. >> that's what you're seeing. you are seeing women, what they were wearing about a week ago was dropping a kid off at childcare or doing their daily life and now they're having to choose to go grab weapons to defend their home. you are seeing people go around and make molotov cocktails. they're doing whatever it takes and they're gonna stand there and fight. look at what happened to us when we went into iraq and afghanistan. just because you have all the technology and just because you have more money and more people doesn't mean that you have the purpose. you can't underestimate when a human being has purpose and they have the will to fight, how far they can go. >> dakota just in the last 30 seconds, you're seeing the u.s. and others sending in javelin stingers, will it make a difference. >> absolutely. i think as long as we can help them stay supplied with

ammunition and as long as there's people willing to pickup these weapon systems and take it to the enemy, putin will not be successful. what this will ultimately come down to is how far will he go? will he take it up another notch? will he go to the nuclear option which, in my opinion, i don't think he will, and even if he chose to go the nuclear option, i don't think the people around him are going to go that far. we've got to leave it there. thank you for taking time today. >> thank you. that does it for us. fox and friends first has continued coverage and they start at the top of the hour. have a good one. stick with us.

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