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talks between russia and ukraine said to begin any minute belarus after vladimir putin with forces on high alert. more on ukraine to a dangerous new level. >> carley: ukrainian president zelenskyy said his goal is immediate cease-fire. you are watching "fox & friends first" i am carley shimkus. >> todd: i'm todd piro and live in the ground and ukraine, gillian turner standing by with washing to respond to the nuclear escalation. >> carley: we start with a massive russian convoy closing in. steve, what is the latest? >> curly, these negotiations about to get started as major fighting still continues on the ground. the talks on the border between belarus and ukraine and ukrainians allocation not including the president who is staying in kyiv arrived by polish helicopter. it is likely the russians will be demanding a full surrender. they want ukraine to lay down its arms. on the other side coming ukrainians to look for a

cease-fire and withdrawal of russian troops. the two sides "very apart at this time." we have seen more missile attacks in kyiv overnight and heavy street fighting in the second largest city, kharkiv here are the russians unable to take that city. they achieved no major objective so far in five days of war. president putin warned he's putting nuclear forces on high alert. this after he says aggressive moves by the west. the refugees try to escape here, one final note, the president of ukraine zelinski said so far in the fighting 16 children have died in ukraine and he put the figure of russian military dead but it can't be verified 4,500, guys back to you. >> carley: steve have you had an opportunity to talk about peace talks getting underway? right now what are they saying about it? is there any hope?

>> when you talk to somebody here on the ground, you just seen the face a real fear like someone said to me today, they are shooting around my mother's house. do you know how bad it is in this district of kyiv? i wasn't able to answer, there was explosions and fighting. so i think there is a real fear from a lot of people at the explosions going on around them. there is hopes perhaps a cease-fire could happen. >> carley: without a doubt. heartbreaking to hear she was turning to any outlet, you as well, to give her some hope and answers. i think that is an understandable human response. steve, thank you for joining us this morning. we will check back in with you soon. meanwhile in the east russian forces capturing two towns as ukrainian forces continue to hold key cities. >> todd: mike tobin live in lviv. >> i want to start you out with video that shows remarkable images of resistance. this is a strike on russian

armored column that appears to be from a drone. that appears to be from one of the turkish made tv 2 drones. a lot of discussion in the lead up to the invasion whether ukrainians would have access to the tb drones and effectively use them. what is significant about the drones come each one to carry four antitank weapons and i believe in this, these drones and effect. there has been some talk about collateral damage and you just heard from president zelenskyy about the children killed. we have video now of civilian compound and apartment building that has been hit. collateral damage in this conflict and this is from the area kyiv to the north and east of the country come a little northeast of the capital city of kyiv. but in the fighting, you have people fleeing from the border and fighting age men can't go. therefore, you have families broken up. the father's saying goodbye to

their children and hope to see them when the fighting stops. we have video of a young ukrainian boy who just said goodbye to his father. >> [speaking non-english language] >> to this point, we have been able to re-point the russians unable to gain a foothold in any population centers in the country. there is reporting that is no longer the case. a couple of towns to the south and east of ukraine. nikolayevka and the russians are in control of that city and particularly nikolayevka, having control of that would give russians access to the black sea and therefore, the ability to resupply. guys, back to you. >> carley: mike tobin, that

little boy, thank you for bringing us that. it paints an unbelievable picture. mike, we will check back in with you soon. u.s. intelligence said that russia could likely take over kyiv in two days and we are davd yet. as mike was saying, russian forces have taken control of two cities, nikolayevka but that fighting is ongoing. we have seen the change of hands happen before. there is hope that ukraine can regain control of that territory. >> todd: look at the comparison february 25th and february 26th, it is exact same map. >> carley: february 26 and february 28th, you can see russia has gained control of a little more territory, crimea and the east as well. >> todd: the underlying premise, they are not moving with the speed that they thought they would. if you talk to the experts, and

other mike a number of reasons to doubt, they thought they would have way more sub superiority but the fighting at the airport from the ukrainians has been amazing. they have been able to keep the russians at bay and also no attacks at night, limited attacks at night because of the lack of night vision goggles. you can shoot a mission at night, but you can't do hand-to-hand in the city in the street fighting if you do not have night vision goggles. a lot of generals pointing out that is a huge problem for the russians appear just global, they are underfunded and underequipped, underscoring the notion that putin did not expect this to be like this. and we have had generals and military experts on and they say if you have logistics, you have a win and if you don't have logistics, not having logistics eliminates any strategy. right now logistics are hurting the russians and the failure

limiting the impact the massive number of troops, massive advantage the russians have over ukrainians. >> carley: todd, ukrainians had 352 civilians have died so far in the war including 14 kids. 1,684 civilians have been wounded in ukraine. according to the international ministry, 116 of those are children. >> todd: that video, that kills me. unbelievable. with that, let us bring in a ukrainian resident, helping people get to safety, great to have you. how are you effectuating these people? >> thank you so much for having me. it is actually a very tough morning as you spoke about the convoy of the russian army coming to kyiv. we will be getting out of kyiv

today, probably. again, the reason is we need to get some help to other cities. kyiv is very, very top right now. and all over the place and whoever can get out needs to get out, but it is very difficult. we are taking care of an orphanage. we want to take them to the order so that is why we will get out of kyiv. and getting them out. and that is what we do. >> carley: i just want to ask you, your efforts have been incredible and you have been doing this for some time but how many ukrainians successfully have you been able to get out of the country? >> we took out approximately 600 people to the border. we tried to accommodate them at the border. it is not easy. it is very difficult right now.

we tried to do our best and focus in on kids mainly in families with little kids, women and people that are not -- you know, their voice is not heard. that is who we are focusing on right now. >> todd: for how bad do you think the refugee crisis in the end will get? >> oh, it is bad. very, very bad already and it will get worse by the minute. there is no help anywhere to be found. we are begging for everybody's help. whoever can go on the website and try to get us the hope that those people need, we would really appreciate it. it is a tough time. we need the help of the people, you know? >> todd: you mentioned the website, shlomo, please, go to it if you want to help. >> thank you so much. >> todd: thank you for what you are doing. >> thank you so much. >> carley: absolutely. >> thank you, thank you.

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♪ ♪ 's be when we are back with fox news alert. the u.s. responding to putin to put nuclear forces on high alert. >> carley: for nearly 4,000 u.s. troops in europe reportedly extended, gillian turner returns live with more. good morning. >> good morning the biden administration overnight laser focused on responding to vladimir putin's elevation of the countries nuclear readiness posture. that is the major threat with leaders across the world say they are alarmed. so far, the ukrainian president's team repeatedly claimed they are not being taken by surprise by any of putin's military moves. take a listen. >> this is a pattern from president putin through the course of the conflict, which is manufacturing threats that don't exist in order to justify further aggression. >> on capitol hill, lawmakers have their own priorities and high on the list, at least

republicans is american energy independence. >> what gives vladimir putin and cronies leverage? they have oil and nuclear weapons. >> we need to be prioritizing energy security and we need to change our energy policy. >> the white house insisting the only way to get there is to focus long-term on green energy and renewables. >> the keystone pipeline was not processing oil through the system and has not solved any problems with misdiagnoses may be misdiagnosis what needs to happen. what this actually justifies in president biden's is to reduce dependence on foreign oil and oil in general. >> we are told president biden is firmly committed to not allow a single american boot to touch ukrainian soil during the conflict but the white house is making moves behind the scenes to enter the military pressure coming at him from every angle outside of ukraine.

overnight a spokesperson for the u.s. army in europe now sent 4,000 troops that will have their assignments there extended, carley and todd to. >> carley: gillian turner live in washington thank you. united nations assembly gathering for a special session as the state department advises americans to leave russia immediately. >> todd: live at the pentagon, rich edson. >> good morning and developing of the situation what you see from the united states the response from the united nations on increased readiness from vladimir putin's government pure the u.s. essentially left it status unchanged. this is a number of former and current american officials warning they are seeing a much more unstable russian president. >> so many times, this is the different vladimir putin. he said you are kgb men if you are. so we had that tough veneer. he was always calculating and

cold, but this is different. he seemed erratic. >> todd: the united nations security council to host a special session of the u.n. general assembly. it is scheduled for later today. this is the only 11th special session on the u.n. has held since 1950. the u.n. is expected to consider a resolution calling on russia to stop its invasion and leave ukraine. russian central bank nearly doubled its target interest rate to 20%. that is moved to design holton inflation and the ruble has dropped 30% to the u.s. dollar this morning. on top of that, you are seeing report russia central bank is keeping markets in russia closed today. this is all of a result of substantial coordinated sentience between the u.s. and european union targeting the russian central bank and toppings. the u.s. announced $350 million in additional military aid to ukraine, including antitank and

aircraft systems. the european union says it will finance $500 billion and that is the first time it has done so for a country under attack. the e.u. has said it is closing its airspace to russian aircraft and as a result of all of that the u.s. embassy in moscow warning americans in russia to consider leaving immediately. they may face some problems getting out of the country in the future, back to you guys. >> todd: seems like an appropriate warning, rich edson. fling years ago, a resident stuck in ukraine in the midst of the russian invasion. her name valentina and her partner, heidi russell. thanks for the both of you being here, valentina, how are you doing? >> thank you. valentina, how are you doing? thank you, thank you for having us. thank you for the american people in the united states.

ukraine today is in great danger. we are losing people, losing lives. and the banks are closed. they have no other help on the other side of the country. we don't know who our enemies are, whether it is russia behind it. and now my people in ukraine, they note that putin will not let go. he will do anything in this country to take its people, take control and he has nuclear weapons. he will not hesitate to use. and every person in ukraine knows that. he will not let it go. >> todd: okay you mentioned the people are obviously upset with what is happening and starting to feel a lack of hope. how do you reconcile that with the images we are seeing on our screen of these ukrainians, not

just forces, but ukrainians come every day citizens taking up arms to defend their homeland? >> every day, man, woman, to defend their country. they have taken kyiv right now. people are worried in the soldiers and the defenders of ukraine, they truly believe this is their homeland. they will do anything possible to not let invaders come. but for now, people, there is no money coming from atms and the banks are closed. we have limited transportation. we don't know what to expect. it is great danger coming to the country. every day is getting worse. right now my today, it is quiet but putin and his army and his aggressors collectively come

into the area now. and it is just a matter of days when it will start again. people know that. everybody knows that. so, we are asking for help to help us because ukraine today is in grave danger. >> todd: heidi, how frustrating has it been to watch this from afar, wanting to help but really not being able to? >> yes, it has been incredibly hard. you know, just sitting here, waiting for a loved one to come home and knowing so many other people over there. and it has been, the irony of under siege. that is why valentina has not been able to come home. now she is under siege by russia in her homeland to her grandmother and mother suffered through the war as well.

>> todd: unbelievable. heidi and valentina, we certainly hope you are reunited soon. valentina, please stay safe and get home as soon as you can. we are praying for you. carley come over to you. >> carley: president biden's state of the union address tomorrow comes at a time when the world is facing a major international crisis. on top of the issues facing americans at home like inflation, the border crisis and joe concha on deck. ♪ ♪

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belarus employees to join the fray among ukraine. on the belarus border, belarus entering the fray on behalf of the russians. we come of course we'll keep you posted throughout the show in the course of the day right here on fox news channel. here at home president biden's popularity slipping even further to 37% as russia's war on ukraine with a new dangerous face. >> carley: joe concha to break it down and typing into the numbers a little bit further. you see the democrats gave biden 7017% approval. a low score for your own party. >> it is and the last president trump in the 90% range in terms of party approval. when you dig deep in the presence numbers it gets worse for president biden. he is 30% approval among independent spirit here is what is most disturbing concerning talking about the leader of the free world.

joe biden is 14 points underwater on americans believing he has the mental sharpness to serve effectively. just 40% believe he has the mental sharpness to do the job, 54 percent do not. that is an impression that is very difficult to reverse. it will lead to a red tsunami in november midterms with republicans now up ten points and generic ballot. that is big time trouble. we are talking 70 seats being flipped and the republican party if that number holds. >> todd: what is so interesting to me about what you said, joe. look at the numbers. some people obviously having major buyers remorse right now. got to get your thoughts on this. this is a controversial topic if ever there has been one. a fema people to wear masks in the case of a nuclear event. not a joke. not an onion headline. here it is go to the basement or middle of the building. stay away from outer walls and maintain distance 6 feet between yourself and people who are not

part of your household. if possible, wear a mask. again, this is if there is a nuclear explosion, an event like a bomb going off. are these people for real, joe? >> you have seen "terminator 2" linda hamilton trying to warn people and the pond goes off in her face melts off when it happens. in case of nuclear holocaust, keep on masking and social distance. if you think you have covid, "call 911 be sure to put on a mask before help arrives." it actually says this, this has several flavors of stupid, guys. this is not a blogger saying this but the united states government. fema, their recommendations and this was updated two days ago. speed to go to the basement in the middle of a building and also bring a mask. it seems what is really important here, totally unbelievable.

>> todd: call 911. they will not be busy with anything else, joe. we will get right on that and everything else is fine. this is scary, joe, these people are in charge of our entire federal response to everything. >> i don't even -- i don't even know what to add at this point, todd. >> carley: how do you respond to that? joe thank you so much, we will check back with you soon. >> todd: in the meantime, if you are just waking up with us, once again the meeting room where peace talks expected to begin between russia and ukraine after five days of brutal fighting. >> carley: we have live coverage on the breaking update next. ♪ ♪ do you struggle to fall asleep and stay asleep? qunol sleep formula combines 5 key nutrients

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on the border between belarus and ukraine. the ukrainians also want russia to pull back its forces from their territory immediately. rashly likely to ask for ukraine to surrender. really far apart. a healthy missiles hit the capital of kyiv overnight and heavy ground fighting going on in the second largest city. real street to street fighting going on there. the russian still did not control that city. they have taken no strategic objectives by this fifth day invasion. and as far as president putin goes he put nuclear forces on high alert and ratchets up tension involved in doing so in response from aggression from the west, guys, back to you. >> todd: thank you, steve. capturing two towns and theist, and continues to hold key cities. >> carley: mike tobin with the

latest, mike good morning. >> good morning, the ukrainian resistance is engaged. anyone to pick up a weapon is joining the fight. anyone who can't is standing behind and resupplying those involved in the fight. a warehouse in the town of lviv to molotov cocktails and what they do to make these cocktails is getting old liquor bottles, filling them up and shavings from soap. what that combination of petroleum and soap shavings did is it makes like a jelly, very much like napalm. when the fire breaks open whatever that jelly sticks to will burn. they are doing that. we also found in this case ukrainians who live abroad returning to ukraine to join the fight. >> i can just stay in poland and let russians destroy our

independence, destroy other cities. and kill our children, kill our elderly people. in summing up all those circumstances, i made the decision to go to ukraine and fight. >> whenever you get combat in urban areas, you will get collateral damage. we have an example of that. the town to the northeast of kyiv, an apartment building was hit there. we don't have any word on the casualties from this particular strike that very visual and a horrible example of the realities of war. guys, back to you. >> carley: devastating footage there but we've seen resilience of the ukrainian people has been unmatched so far. mike, thank you. vladimir putman putting forces on high alert. this morning we spoke to house foreign affairs committee congressman scott perry who broke down exactly what that means. >> so you need to be at a

heightened state so maybe you spend your nights at home and come into morning to man the nuclear site. now, you are sleeping at the nuclear site in training associated with that and dry run iterations. there are forces certainly in the european command, central command that are washed very, very carefully because we have forces of rate and station in those and potentially a threat of conventional artillery from russia. >> carley: okay, joining from the military intelligence analyst and drone expert, brett, one hand you have peace talks going on right now. putin is talking about lightning military forces on high alert. where do things stand right now? >> well, i've got to say the last 24 hours was frankly one of the worst days for the russian military in ukraine so far appear they are still advancing clearly, but all you have to do is scroll through a few minutes

on social media and the lessons have been staggering. mountains a video destroyed russian equipment or abandon units, as captured soldiers and ukraine and drone strikes on russian convoys. special forces supposed to take them key leaderships across the country are just getting crushed by armed, local citizens. the second largest city and easily repelled. i think so far on the global stage, the only thing putin has succeeded at is getting the entire world a common enemy with increasing nuclear stance and continues to do that. i have to say i'm proud of president zelenskyy. he is the type of warrior in our country needed and running up the top level of our country crimea, ukrainians fighting for more than their country. it is about protecting the gates into europe or the soviet empire, no doubt will continue on after ukraine. with that being said, we are at a critical juncture in the war that is the clay to increase in totality.

the european union is racing to provide more precision and antitank weapons. russia needs to tackle and step up aggressiveness and firepower in the near term. >> carley: we are hearing belarus will be joining the fight, fighting of course on the russian side. does that concern you? >> yeah, absolutely it concerns me. the whole situation is a mess. this war right now my days the weakness of this administration shown on the world stage. one of the things i've been taking notice of his cyber warfare going on as well. this is the real first cyber war taking place in russia. and one cited cyber war base but then we also have ukraine who is starting to fight back in cyberspace taking down the kremlin websites and hacking some of the tv channels and playing ukrainian songs. i hope the administration piggybacks this because i don't think sanctions are enough. we don't have the opportunity

with cyberattacks to make it happen in a way that it's coming from is. >> carley: i want to ask you about this because the ukrainian drone hitting russian missile battery outside of kyiv. what does that event tell you about ukrainian forces ability to conduct these military strikes? >> though ukrainians are fighting back. they have a number of turkish made drones that are similar to our predators here they have the ability to strike these convoys that would devastate attacks. and it is going to continue that way. i'm really proud of the ukrainians. one thing i would like to say before we go, you hear this on your show and last night i'm ten talk about what we need to do in ukraine and decided to actually do something myself. i will be heading out to ukraine personally. they are too many americans stranded in this country. i'm sick and hear downrange

friends telling me about the humanitarian situation. i want to do my part personally to get out there and i ask americans help fight this war. this war will not be over soon. it is affected will only get worse. >> carley: you are at 20 of the fight to help get ukrainians out. this is a very dangerous time. what motivated you to do that? >> i've been downrange just telling me it is a humanitarian issue. the administration, once again is failing at containing this humanitarian issue downrange. u.s. citizens have to come out and do the job for them. >> carley: when you hear comments like that coming from you, it reminds you of the situation that i'm holding in afghanistan in august. we prayed that this ends in a much better way. brett, thank you for sharing that with us here at such a brave effort and we congratulate you for it. >> thanks, carl e. >> carley: todd. >> todd: if just waking up this morning, go live to the

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♪ ♪ >> carley: we are back with a fox news alert. markets are reeling from the effects of vladimir putin's invasion into ukraine with rubles shedding a third of its value. >> todd: all of this as oil prices expected to keep climbing. fox business with all the details. >> watching all the prices and markets right now, oil is up 5% right now on the premarket purity we are seeing a very negative reaction this morning. dell futures as you can see on the screen are falling nearly 500 points. the s&p 500 is lower, and down big moves to the market. over the weekend come of course, all morning, u.s., european allies and canada agree with several key russian banks to remove from the global banking system's with peer and energy transactions were exempt to change singapore this morning. and the conflict will spill over

to the global economy and could have dire implications. russia also frozen from accessing foreign currency reserves, $630 billion. this will directly impact the russian economy. we are already seeing protests there and russia. remember russia business cannot exchange rubles for dollars or other foreign currencies. and about 30% overnight. the expectation oil prices, gas prices, food prices will arise as the conflict rages on. moscow stock exchange, we are seeing from the kremlin that the stock exchange in russia is not going to open. they have been delaying it, delaying it in the kremlin saying this "vladimir putin with emergency meeting with the cabinet and central bank but saying significantly change the economic reality of the

sanctions, but russia has the potential to compensate the damage." we shall see, back to you. >> todd: cheryl thanks for the update maria bartiromo, hosting on "fox business." talk about the markets but the markets will be another roller coaster this week. let's focus on oil for a minute. if this does not get biden white house to increase domestic oil production, what will? >> you are right. good morning todd and carley. it is great to see both. it is all about energy. and so far energy has been exempt from the sanctions. but that could change depending on vladimir putin's next move. russia is being isolated across the world. it is becoming a pariah across the world because of the provoked invasion now in day five. energy prices are up as she would expect and as you just heard but the expectations now that we could see this continue and push oil up to $150 a barrel

in the coming months. the only move for the united states at this point to protect itself is to become energy independent once again. as you know, day one of joe biden's presidency, he canceled exxon pipeline and all drilling on federal lands. these are two items that must be reversed. state analyst and lawmakers come if, in fact, you want to protect the united states from what's going on. clearly this is impacting the economy. this morning we have nancy lazar, paper channel or lowering expectations for the global economy and going down to 2.5%, down to 3.5% because of this unrest and implications to the major banks on the swift network as well as moving oil prices. so the markets, this is not near term thing. this will be long-term because higher will prices and disruption that we will see will

impact the global economy negatively. >> carley: maria, really quickly because i know we have to let you go to start your show but the state of the union address is tomorrow. how does president biden address the energy prices? >> well, look, it looks like new york is helping him out by taking down the mask mandates as you have been reporting, which is good news. they will likely focus on covid or where we are in the disease. i was very taken back that he actually extent of emergency just recently coming even though most observers would say, this is at the end of this pandemic at this point. but we are expecting him to focus there and on russia. i would be surprised if he mentioned the wide open border that come up course allowing human trafficking and illicit narcotics to come to the country on a regular basis. i would be surprised if he mentioned the spike in crime. of course, once again, democrat policies are to blame for these terrible outcomes that we see across the country.

these are the items front and center for the american people. but i don't think he is focused on them at all. >> todd: it is all about the claimant and really missing all of this oil energy problem going on in russia. watch mornings with maria from 6:00 until 9:00 a.m. fox nation, thank you very much. high-stakes talks between russia and ukraine set up again in a moment but the negotiations did not stop with a massive russian convoy. >> carley: that is right played amir put in putting forces on heightened alert ahead of today's meeting. the congressman joe concha is on next with washington responding. for adults with a bmi of 25-40 when combined with diet and exercise. plenity is not a drug - it's made from naturally derived building blocks and helps you feel fuller and eat less. it is a prescription only treatment and is not for pregnant women or people allergic to its ingredients.

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something to live through. how seriously is washington taking this nuclear threat? >> i think they are taking it serious. putin with his ego foe with his finger on the nuclear button is something we take serious. you have to take into consideration that this war is not going well for him. he has trouble at home. his own troops didn't know what they were really getting into. they were more or less told that it was military maneuvers and then when they started entering into war it was a completely different scenario. i think the nuclear option for putin right now is just bringing folks to the table which apparently it is doing that now. >> todd: what do you see coming with today's peace talks if anything? >> i don't know. i think putin is trying to save face; however, best he could do it. i can't imagine what's going on in those negotiations. i'm just glad that our u.n.

folks are not in there negotiating. they have a very poor history of that in this country our negotiating skills currently in the white house. i wouldn't send this bunch into a garage sale to negotiate the price on some baseball cards. i mean, it's pathetic. but, i'm optimistic. i hope that putin sees the writing on the wall, with the international outrage. but you have got to realize, too. he has been under sanctions most of his reign of terror i guess you could call it and react to it different with the nationally controlled media, no one actually knows in their country what's going on other than the evil west is causing all of this. >> carley: without a doubt. and we are looking at live pictures right now of this peace negotiation clearly getting underway. reporters are in the room. everyone is sitting at a long table near the ukrainian belarus border. congressman, we have to leaf it there with you. thank you so much for croing joining us this morning.

peace negotiation it's clear that most people do not have high hopes. high expectations for anything positive to come from it, but you see russia and ukraine sitting at the negotiating table today right now. >> todd: interesting what is happening at the belarus. belarus saying they are going to help russia. we will see how that transpires with that "fox & friends" begins right now. [siren] >> carley: ukrainian delegation has just arrived on the belarus border. >> the main goal of those talks on ukraine's side would be an immediate cease-fire. >> ukrainians holding onto the capital city and fighting for their lives. >> this is our country, our choice, our freedom. >> new video appearing to show ukrainian drone taking out a russian missile system. >> we are fighting and we are becoming stronger and stronger from day to day. >> fallout is hitting russia's economy very hard. >> the ryu bell is under