can impose enough economic pain on putin and sadly the russian people, combined with providing weapons that that might be the only way that right now i can see us getting to a stalemate. >> laura: a reminder she reported -- not listed nearly a decade. up next, shannon bream. ♪ ♪ >> shannon: hello, and welcome to an extended fox news at night. i'm shannon bream in washington. breaking tonight, russia's assault on ukraine escalating on multiple fronts. several russian warships heading to odessa. fox news -- third-largest city could come as soon as thursday. and a key core city in the south of ukraine is in russian hands tonight. making it the first major gain

for forces since the invasion began just over a week ago. and several explosions rocking kyiv than the last three hours at 40-mile condo in russian troops only about 15 miles away from the ukrainian capital. we begin tonight in lviv where she is on the ground reporting on a surging force. good morning. >> good morning, shannon. >> shannon: how concerning is this armada heading towards odessa? you had the reporting on that first breaking tonight. >> what is very concerning. we saw what russian amphibious uphold nomadic sold did to mariupol. one oh five the british intelligence say are completely encircled right now. he mentions the city in southern ukraine just north of crimea that is now in russian hands. that's a city of over 300,000 people. to know we are hearing about these russian warships that have left crimea, sebastopol, and had all my car

heading northwest to you are now talking about a land bridge extended. we've heard about this land bridge extension with donbas and eastern ukraine down to crimea. you are talking about odessa, access to the black sea. it is ukraine's largest port. not only would you be strangling the economy, you'd be strangling the country as well. >> shannon: winter more american weapons going to arrive? we talk to members of parliament who talked about they are getting something but they need more. what about european allies sending weapons too? >> official say that hundreds of stinger antiaircraft missiles had just arrived in the last few days. more are coming. weapons are flooding into this country. of course they are not flying in on fedex or ups or dhl. there is no air travel into this country appear they are coming over land. they are coming officials tell us from all over the country. we wouldn't give that away if we did know the locations.

of course the russians want to cut off supply lines. russians were in ministry threaten any nations that give weapons to this country that are used to kill russian soldiers. earlier today the russian forces gave their first casualty figures. russian say that 498 russian soldiers have been killed and 1500 wounded and that is just in a week since this war started. just a week ago today, shannon. those weapons continue to flood into this country. 20 european nations are giving those weapons, including some nonnato nations. such as finland and sweden. the swedes are giving 5,000 antitank missiles and the fins as well. it is a how much support ukraine has against russia. >> shannon: and against all odds they continue to hold on. we will check back with you later on in this hour. thank you. going to bring in special report anchor bret baier tracking the latest of in ukraine putting us on the map so we can understand what is going on. what do you have for us? >> hi, shannon.

with take a look at ukraine. this is a neighborhood obviously and just a reminder and we say this all the time that ukraine roughly a little bit smaller than the state of texas. as you look at it here. the biggest issue tonight are the cities that are going down to the russians. right now the city of -- which is down here on the coast said to be in russian control. they moved forces this way and this way, but the city about 300,000 said to be in russian control for the reason i'm leaving this up and not going closer is because it is a race against the clock to get these weapons in mainly from poland but from moldova and other countries as well. 200 stingers from the u.s., anti-gentleman -- or javelin missiles, antitank missiles and their flowing and every day. that has not stopped, we are told, from u.s. intelligence officials. we talk a lot about the convoy that installed 40 miles long.

basically it is -- here is kyiv. is right out here. kind of goes up this way. it is not going to be stalled for long. some of these vehicles are moving out this way and there are forces, russian forces, coming in the bottom here to the south. their goal obviously is to encircle kyiv. they are getting resupplied by a base in belarus and they are moving food and ammunition and with the aircraft down to this convoy. so you're going to see the bombardment hitting kyiv as you've heard from trey yingst and others that it is happening. this is kharkiv. this is up in the northeast. they have the most serious bombing. artillery shells, missile strikes, cruise missiles and hitting residential areas. hundreds of civilians we are told killed in kharkiv. really the biggest compartment that we have seen.

now the country sending weapons. there are a whole bunch of them. u.s. is top of the list of countries all over the world are actually sending weapons into ukraine and the question is, again, can they get them in time, hold off these russian forces? it is david and goliath but they have the shooter and you can take down a lot of russian forces with the weapons that they have, the javelins and stingers. and we are going to see how long they can hold out. shannon, we will send it back to you. >> shannon: we will check back with you. thank you very much as russia continues to escalate attacks in ukraine in major cities including kyiv, u.s. officials are growing increasingly concerned and i up at personal safety of ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. kevin corke picks up there. tonight he is the latest. good evening. >> getting a meeting. from the very beginning of this russian invasion of ukraine, the u.s. has offered to help that country's president to evacuate

from the ukrainian capital city of kyiv which appears to be one of russia's main target. however, president zelensky so far has decided to decline, opting to stay and fight with his people. earlier today amid increasing danger, namely a mass of russian personal approaching ukrainian capital as you just heard brett lead to a moment ago, our president, biden, was asked again about the ukrainian leader. >> mr. president, how worried are you about president zelensky and do you think you should stay in ukraine or should he try to leave? >> i think it's his judgment to make and we are doing everything we can to help. >> when asked about russia targeting civilian areas as opposed to say the ukrainian military, mr. biden replied it is clear they are. but when he was also asked whether russia was committing war crimes, mr. biden said it was too soon to make a determination. those comments come just a day after the state of the union

address which biden lauded the ferocity of the fight being waged by the outmanned an end at guns ukrainian spirits big >> sought to shake the foundations of the free world thinking he could make it bend to his menacing ways, but he badly miscalculated. he thought he could roll into ukraine and the world would rule rollover. instead, he met with a wall of strength he never anticipated or imagined. he met ukrainian people. >> a lot of fight but they are fighting a very difficult battle right now. meanwhile, the white house continues to insist that much needed assistance, security assistance, economic support, and a humanitarian aid are all being fast tracked to ukraine on the hopes of helping during this unprovoked and ongoing attack. >> shannon: kevin, we are going to discuss some good news. we like to wrap that way and we needed. so i'll see you then.

rallies in new york city and germany and beyond on wednesday prominently displaying the global unity of opposition to russia's invasion of ukraine. correspondent matt finn shows us that side of the story tonight. good evening. >> and russia, thousands of people are protesting against russian president vladimir putin and his war on ukraine and st. petersburg and moscow police are attempting to silence and control protesters. when humans write groups now estimates that more than 7600 russian protesters have been arrested since the invasion began. that reportedly includes russian children and elderly people who were among the thousands detained amid these antiwar protests in several cities. and a video reportedly shows a 76-year-old woman being arrested in a pro-ukraine rally. she survived world war ii and the siege of leningrad. the woman signed red soldier, drop your weapon and you will be a true hero.

>> war must be stopped. i must be. it is crazy what is going on right now. we should all shout "no" to war. >> there are growing protests around the world including new york city and in front of newark parliament -- urging the people of this country to protest every day, tweeting today, "i call on everyone to take to the streets and fight for peace. putin is not russia and if there is anything in russia right now that you can be most proud of, it is those people who were detained because without any call, they took to the streets with blackard saying, "no war." some ukrainians are also reportedly confronting russian soldiers industry in this incident and something ukraine gunshots were heard as the soldiers were retreating from the area. it's unclear if anyone was hurt. and a bipartisan group of u.s. lawmakers made a show of solidarity with the people of ukraine from the steps of the united states capitol.

shannon. >> shannon: matt finn, thank you very much. bret baier is hanging around with us we want to bring him back in. a lot of developments tonight including what lucas has got out of the warships leading to odessa, another big development. >> it is. this is taking it seems like a long time but if you think about the big picture, day six in two days seven, it could be they have had some setbacks but it could be part of a plan to encircle these big cities and really bombard them and that is where it gets ugly. kharkiv i was mentioning, some of the residents that are being hit there, it's truly amazing some of the video that is coming out. i do think there's a morale issue that we get from senior pentagon officials and u.s. officials about russian soldiers. some of them have been captured and they are crying, didn't know what they were getting into, others have sabotaged their own military vehicles because they want to get out of the war. then you have an advisor to the kremlin, andre, with the russian

for he affairs council. advises them on board matters giving this interview in which he says a lot of the country is depressed. this is russia. the lack with this operation. and that is the invasion is embarrassing for russia. as those voices start to get louder inside russia, the pressure is not only going to be on the economy, it's his own people. >> shannon: they are definitely suffering. we knew that would quickly happened with some of the sanctions. oligarchs going up to their desks and yachts and other stuff. that takes more legwork but immediately the russian people are suffering so they aren't supportive of this and they can't get money out of the bank spare the ruble is crashing. it's bad for putin who seems to be not operating in the way he did even just a few years ago. >> i the french ambassador to the u.s. on we talked about his boss, -- meeting with putin numerous times and he said he is different and acting differently and choosing things differently.

the psychoanalysis of what is happening, his big goal for u.s. intelligence right now to figure out what the next step is. the russian people are going to feel it really hard really quick. just the things on the outskirts, the fact they can't be a part of the world cup, fifa, that's a big deal for a country. sport et cetera. if you get your yacht taken away, suddenly you are a not happy oligarch. >> shannon: i was very upset when mine was taken away. but a much more serious issue they may has to face as i know you have reporting that the dash potential war crimes and crusher. >> the prosecutor there is a full-scale investigation where there were people on the ground. plenty of evidence in kharkiv already and you have a children's hospital being hit by bombs. get all kinds of things that are indiscriminate. obviously not military targets. that is how that starts.

may take a while but it israel. >> shannon: also reeled at the convoy continues to inch toward kyiv. it has its own problems. not supplied with own food, had some malfunctions. it is he said there are reports that russian soldiers themselves are doing some trapping of their own machinery. but i read an interesting article tonight talking about all the things the u.s. can do and he was floating this idea of the u.s. using drones to go in there and to completely take out the convoy. there has to be some. and they said in this article there would be some possibility of denying that it was the u.s. pair there would be ways to cover your tracks. in the question is, does that violate sovereign territory of us -- we wouldn't send troops but there are the things of the u.s., cyber drones that our allies were considering. >> is dangerous when to go down that road and in some way, shape, or form against out that the u.s. is behind all of that, russia then has an enemy to

rally against. ukrainians have drones. they've been taking out some of these vehicles. using that and i think these weapons funneling in, they can take out a convoy with enough of those. >> shannon: we know they are up against really difficult odds. these folks insisting they will stay there and save their country and for now they have at least made a much more frustrating for putin than he probably had imagined but there are real forces that are going to be exceptionally difficult for them. please come back. in the meantime, vladimir putin has gravely miscalculated by assuming that the u.s. was bluffing in its response to his invasion of ukraine. antony blinken statement, that the kremlin intensified its disinformation warfare across media platforms worldwide. correspondent takes a look tonight from the state department. >> big nations can't bluff. the united states does not love. >> today russia shutter two

media i was critical of putin's ukraine invasion. when a radio station, the other at tv station were both secretary blinken and his folks spokesperson appeared recently. >> my message to the people, if they're able to hear it, if the kremlin cracks down even harder on media outlets reporting the truth, my messages that we know many of you want no part of this war. >> at the front line in putin's disinformation war, tv tower in kyiv bombed yesterday killing five people. today the defense ministry climbed a house ukrainian spies conducting a psychological warfare. >> in order to prevent informational attacks on russia, precision weapons attacking a technological facilities of the ukrainian security services and the 72nd center of psychological operations in kyiv. >> the state department says that it is a buy in that russia is hitting civilians. >> russian strikes in kyiv struck the capitals of maine television radio tower and destroyed part of the holocaust

memorial. the apartment buildings outside of kyiv were hit and partially collapsed. >> overnight the russian foreign ministry claimed russia is only in ukraine to "demilitarized and denazify" ukraine. he said allies are working working. >> they thought they could divine us at home but putin was wrong. speak of the length state department is countering this by deploying senior officials to appear on russian s for key allies are skeptical of that approach. >> it is doing a lot of damage to the truth. >> here at home, putin critics say that biden should be hitting russian media much harder. a complete ban inside the u.s. on rationale woods. this is step that the biden administration is not yet ready to take. shannon. >> shannon: gillian turner at the state department, thank you. citizens around the world uniting against the russian

invasion of ukraine tonight. laura ingle shows us the many different ways people of all backgrounds and nationalities are showing their support. good evening. >> it is happening all around the world. every day citizens fueled by frustration and disbelief watching the people of ukraine come under attack and doing whatever they can offer support. times square in new york city filled once again wednesday afternoon with people protesting the russian invasion of ukraine with flags of the embattled country and signs expressing outrage. whether it is turning time, money, or supplies were getting ready to fight first-hand, countless people worldwide are stepping in and showing support for the people of ukraine. in new york, a group of nypd officers of russian and ukrainian descent i've launched a city wide to help ukrainians who are trying to get out of the country to escape the violence and/or spearheading a

humanitarian effort to give medical supplies such as first aid kits, aspirin, and turning kids into ukraine through the russian-american officers association also new york city opening night at the metropolitan opera started off with a tribute as the count of don carlos sang the ukrainian national anthem. elsewhere, some people venting anger about the situation through vodka by pulling russian vodka from store shelves while others poured down the drain. and one business owner of russian descent in texas has painted black lines over the pictures of the kremlin and his tour to show his opposition to the russian invasion. >> i love my country. i don't like my government. a symbol of evil. speak out you might remember the name jack, the florida -- teenager to extract and publicize you on musk's private jets. he is now turning his sights to

russian oligarchs and aircraft believed to be associated with russia's president, vladimir putin. the 19-year-old creating new twitter bots after online followers encouraged him to track russian private jets the way he did mosque who offered sweeney $5,000 to stop tracking him. and sweeney still hasn't stopped tracking mosque telling she is no desire to gain anything from the russian polity is created saying we should not be at war, we should be more peaceful. >> shannon: laura ingle, thank you very much. let's talk more now but the current play of the ukrainian people of an increasingly brutal and deadly attack by russian forces. going to live tonight by row of the and, senator blackburn. welcome back. >> good to see you. thank you. >> shannon: i thought this was so interesting. this is a bipartisan measure, a couple years back, and has been used in situations like we are seeing play out in ukraine right

now. and there is some special technology that seems to make sure that people would be able to communicate. i have a bit of the explanation from office about that. one of the most technically advanced and widely use circumvented tools on the world providing access to uncensored content to millions of users. a robust circumvented technology proved effective in the world most highly censored context. tell us what your foresight was in thinking about this technology and how it is making a difference in ukraine. >> when you look at the impact of censorship by rogue governments and you know there needs to be an ability for citizens, the people of the country to communicate, to open technology fund is something that senator menendez and i have worked on and this is how to be 21 started. cuba used it last year and what we know is we have 150,000 users

per day in ukraine. also the russian people. some that are using this, belarus where they are using it to push back against some of the misinformation that the kremlin is putting out. i think today there were 77 terabytes of data that came over the system. but this is a way for people who are fighting to hear any to communicate with one another and to send that information of what is actually happening on the ground. >> shannon: it is critical for us as we are hearing from people seeing first-hand accounts, seeing things from the ground in way that this information in a few decades ago would have been blocked from getting us the link to us if ever at least by weeks and months. i have this in real time is critical in any of these situations come up around the globe. saying ukraine changes everything. it's about the fact that the west and europe have to wake up

to what has been going on and hoping that us not to light. it says mr. putin and no doubt china's xi jinping so the west on the brink of moral and political decadence. site issues such as windmills and gender complexity to displace national -- order dissent. what did we get wrong and how can we right the ship at this hour? >> what we need to do is realize we have an iconic freedom fighter now and president zelensky. he has set a standard. he is inspiring. it is up to us, the free world, to rally around him and the ukrainian people. i think this is very good for us. it is pointed out to free people what russia is really up to. their goal of reuniting the old soviet union. ed has also drawn attention to

xi jinping and the communist party is trying to do, how they are trying to break apart the freedom of religion, how they want to do away with that. and shannon, as you know, communist regimes, marxist regimes, one of the first things they do is try to destroy the church. in ukraine rio 63% of the population that is orthodox i'm a another 7% that are other christian religions, we know that russia, the communists, or going after them. someone on that account. the other thing that we have to realize is that it is up to us to anticipate what is going to happen. last fall i sent a letter to the white house, now is the time for sanctions. the time to get lethal aid over to the ukrainian army. and ronald reagan would've told

us peace through strength and the strong military. that is a principle that the republican party stood for. it is something that we need to realize, the vigilance, and anticipating what evil people like xi jinping and like vladimir putin are going to do you. >> shannon: have to say i think it is encouraging to the american people to see that there is been bipartisan coalescence around those principles or ideas and trying to make sure that everything can be done possible for the ukrainian people. we talked about china and mentioned that. we surprised we didn't hear a more direct talk from the president last night in the state of the union about china? >> i was astounded there is not more said about what we are actually going to do to make certain that putin is not successful in ukraine. and what we are going to do to be certain that xi jinping and chinese communist party does not move forward on taiwan and the

south china sea, and the philippines, and other areas where they really are trying to push for dominance because they are goal is to be globally dominant by the time we get to 2050. so of course the president should have talked about that and about how we strengthen our military, how we strengthen our critical infrastructure to stand against cyberattacks, how we are going to build out space force so that our military is going to be more agile, more flexible, more versatile. but he never went there at all, which was a big disappointment. he touched on ukraine and then he pivoted quiet i called the big back broke agenda and how he was going to do free everything. never going to cost you one thin dime. >> shannon: taxpayers note

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been on the ground here we are hearing air raid sirens about 2:30 in the morning prayer likely connected to those air strikes outside the capital in kyiv. we have not heard any explosions here in lviv. not seen any russian fighter jets or strategic bombers but we do think there is a connection there. but so far everything has been relatively calm here. of course we are under martial law and there's a curfew so the streets were empty and there is nobody out here. >> lucas, it's bread. nice job out there. even though we heard from russian defense ministry today that they put the number of 498 service members of there is who died. some 1500 have been wounded. the fact that russian officials conceded for the first time that it is taking these casualties, pretty significant and one would think the numbers are higher than that. >> sure is. in fact u.s. intelligence officials say the number is likely four times higher than that. likely about 2,000 russian

soldiers killed in just a week of fighting i might add. that of course blows out the russian experience in syria and some of the other conflicts they have had recently. the russians are taking significant losses and as you say certainly will make significant that russia is acknowledging not just a death but 500. kind of hard and to the fact of the war in afghanistan for the '80s for the russians when they lost 15,000 soldiers in that war yet there mothers and families are not told how they died. the caskets came back, and the message is very simple. your son was killed doing his international duty. and likely a very similar message today. we know about a third of these troops on the borders are conscripts. they didn't even know that the invasion orders have been given. some people think that's why this invasion has been so haphazard. >> shannon: we know that you are a deep student of the history of that region. i wanted to touch on the 1994 protest when ukraine eventually gave up its nukes for

reassurances from the west and russia out that would have sovereignty which clearly they don't at this moment. and now brings up the question for other potentially maligned actors out there looking for their own nuclear program but essentially the messages whoever has the nukes is the one who can be the aggressor and push people around. what are the broader implications of that? >> at the time, ukraine was the third largest nuclear power at the time outside of the united states and russia and those nukes were former soviet-era nukes. about 4,000 warheads in total, 2,000 strategic warheads in 2,000 tactical nukes. and make no mistake, we talked about tactical or other nukes, they are significant when you look at the sides of the bomb that the united states dropped on japan, and i was about 15 to 20 kilotons. today our warheads are about 30 times greater than that. 475 kilotons.

so about that size. 15 to 20 kilotons. but it is very significant. of course the biden administration and trump administration were trying to get north korea to give out its nuclear warhead as he mentioned back in 1994 the u.s. was a part of that agreement, getting ukraine to give up its nuclear warheads was very significant. and russia had promised to respect ukraine austria territorial boundaries. that hasn't happened and certainly since the message can richard be trusted on anything. even though there are peace talks just started, russia can talk and/or at the same time. >> shannon: one of the first major occurrences was crimea back in 2014 and now it sounds like that may be a perfect in for russian forces that launchpad. >> that's right. remember back in 2014 we had a big boat at the u.n. today, 35 nations abstained from

criticizing russia. and yet was among them. joe an end iran and some others and china. back in 2014, 58 nations abstained from criticizing russia. so certainly more countries are coming in off the sidelines. about hundred 15 voting in favor of that resolution telling russia to stop the war and move its horses back out of the country. still a long way to go but certainly progress back in 2014. but when russia invaded crimea and eastern ukraine, certainly russia was not penalized we think is much as they should have been. >> last thing. you probably million people in just six days getting out and becoming refugees through your area and lviv heading to poland. it is a constant stream, is it still as busy at the train station, et cetera? >> eight is packed. you are right. the vast majority of the people flying ukraine are coming to poland. about 20% are going to russia. this country also borders the

lock slovakia, hungary, and then romania. there are people fleeing to those countries as well. and although there. we have heard there are some refugees there as well. it is a mass exodus and certainly a crisis the continent has not seen this entry and promised the biggest humanitarian crisis since world war ii and certainly the cold war. >> shannon: we will check back with you as morning is dawning there. thank you, lucas. >> talking about the numbers. we mention the russian defense ministry but the other thing to look at is the united nations. they say the civilian casualties, they put it at 227 and 522 injured. that is as of two days ago and a couple -- the book barn meant we saw in some of these cities has been significant. so those numbers are really going to go up. and that is a lot of people dying at the hands of indiscriminate bombing and shelling by the russians in the city's >> shannon: at yet we had this vote today at the

human, and phobic it with russia, but 35 who don't want to vote at all and do include big players. it is interesting because we think much of the world has coalesced around that ukrainian people and their allies and big organizations. the u.n., this is one of the questions where they still abstain and say we don't want to take sides. >> the president of the u.n. security council and vetoed the resolution out of the council. the 141 countries out of 193, the standing ovation after the vote in the countries that joined russia, belarus, helping them right now in the war, north korea, eritrea, and syria. >> shannon: you don't want to be on that list. >> nobody does. >> shannon: in this hall is a day or two after we saw zelensky give an impassioned speech to his bunker trying to apply to the e.u. which takes a long time here not something which can happen overnight. a huge standing ovation there as well. so many world powers finding it easy to find the right side of

what to be on right here. >> and how ronald reagan was a great communicator and he got to office and got a lot of press about he is his actor and he is not smart but he became this great communicator that was able to connect with the american people? i think zelensky is coming into that purity comes from the entertainment background. he can deliver a speech with passion. he is a true chilean and the way he is dealing with this war and talking to people at the e.u., the speech that he gave to become a part of you, that he is fighting for european values and people are dying for european values, choked people up. and moved to that body to do something that they just don't do. they don't act together on anything. like the sky is blue. i don't know. there are some e.u. countries that would have a problem with that. >> shannon: and the fact that he -- there was no script and he was speaking from his heart. the communication is key when you're trying to move the world

and trying to rally to your defense in a terrible situation. >> now he has keeping him protected and alive is the biggest job and there are all kinds of stories about how you can to get near him and you have to go in hooded so you don't know where you are inside the city. but there are not too many places once somebody takes over kyiv. >> shannon: bread, stick around if you will. we have much more live coverage from ground and ukraine coming up. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ here, you don't have to love cars to save when you bundle your home and auto. but if that's what you're into. that's cool. bundle and save up to 25% with allstate. click or call for a quote today.

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>> shannon: russia's assault on ukraine escalating tonight. it's morning there now. let's bring in a couple of foreign policy experts to give us insight into what wednesday's development mean for the future of this conflict in the ukrainian people.

brett bruin and former national security council chief of staff -- welcome back to you both. >> good to be with you. >> shannon: want to buy something by former nato ambassador nikki haley, u.n. ambassador where this is what she said. >> i would be railing right now one, not allow russia on the security council. two, not allow russia in the general assembly. i mean, they shouldn't even get observer status at this point. this is all-out war. and we should be treating them like the criminals that they are. >> shannon: we were just talking about the vote taken at the u.n. today. we know there's going to be fighting an ongoing resistance, how are they to be treated on the world stage and organizations like the u.n.? >> it's very difficult question, shannon, because on the one hand, what russia seeks, what's before most want is to upend the

international order. so by trying to kick them off the u.n. security council or outed at the united nations, i think we do risk putting ourselves into a bit of a tailspin when it comes to a loan of those international systems that at least are providing some modicum of security and stability. a lot of places around the world. >> shannon: putin no longer seems like the master of disinformation that their limits. in the green invasion invasion we are seeing that russia's influence and perhaps the unraveling of the myth of putin's mastery over global discourse. it's artie clear that russia has suffered a public relations catastrophe. it is like going to register with him at all. doesn't make any difference in the immediate situation? >> i am beginning to think that none of that is true. an intellectual military expert is cautioning us about being a little bit delusional about what

is going on in ukraine. he is saying that russians probably have a few really good plan for they did suffered some setbacks but also that they are now going on to a stage where they are teaching cities which is difficult and time-consuming. takes a lot of preparation. we know from history's sieging -- but the fact that this hasn't happened in a week doesn't mean that russia is not going to be able to pull this off. i hope they don't pull it off but i agree with him that we need to be careful with what we say here. >> shannon: is there too much guarded or unguarded off the optimism that we see the people there on the ground able to talk to them in real time. we know they are dedicated and devoted and passionate and absolutely will not to leave, many of them saying they will fight to the death. and because russia is having delays in getting in there but they are making enormous progress, too optimistic to think that putin doesn't find a way to pull this off?

>> well, i with him on the point that i do think that he is suffering enormous international isolation to your earlier question. russia does find itself with only four friends in the united nations. if you compare where we were under soviet times, that is a remarkable transformation. let's not forget putin's objective is to reestablish that lost respect that he feels russia is owed from the soviet era. but at the same time, you are right and a friend is correct in saying that putin may try to drag this thing out, word attrition that is dangerous and i think we do risk losing some of that coalition, some of that strong support that we have seen in these first few days. >> shannon: a lot of conversations about morale of the russian soldiers and we can only hope that a grain of that is true. stick around for extended coverage in the next hour we will see you then.

thank you much in the meantime. our live coverage of the war in ukraine continues. we are going to take you back there live on the ground next.

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>> shannon: back on the ground live in ukraine. lucas tomlinson is they are joining us from lviv. it is don there now. a big difference from the last

time. brett is here with me as well. i want to ask you about the reporting from gillian turner this afternoon, she said that president xi in china actually requested according to her sources that putin hold off on his invasion and that he agreed to and we thought a lot about the olympics and whether xi would be concerned about putin stealing his thunder but it sounds like these two are coordinating on some pretty important things. >> let's go back to the timeline. everybody was expecting this invasion to take place after the olympics. but then the intelligence community, the white house was putting on the message that said that know this is going to happen like two weeks ago. jake sullivan came out and said this is going to start off with fighter jets, short range ballistic missiles. going to happen in the middle of the week. it came in didn't happen. but then of course a week ago it happened. after the olympics. but certainly some anecdotal evidence, obvious our own gillian turner confirmed that

about we just saw it in a row in the timeline. people about the invasion was going to happen and then it did in. clearly some kind of message was sent. >> just pointing out here senator marco rubio tweeting some major power outage the past couple of hours in taiwan. saying we don't know what the cause is yet but tweeting back out. obviously he is talking about the possibility for china and taiwan that would be something on the world stage at the same time. but lucas, the relationship between china and russia is really fascinating. and has a lot of implications, especially if we are trying to put the squeeze, we collectively, the u.s., the e.u., and nato countries, on russia. >> there is no question. and just to go back to the power outage and taiwan, just a delegation, a lot of former u.s. officials, mcmullen, fairmont mike former chairman of the joint chiefs. just went to taiwan. i could play a major factor.

i know for months back in october we were talking about this massive air armadas for the chinese were sending fighter jets and some cages strategic bombers near taiwan. but they never broke taiwan airspace. never breached the airspace but they flew in that air engagement zone. a lot of the reason behind that officials say is because the u.s. navy was conducting massive war games in the western pacific and two aircraft carrier operations. so that was happening. in terms of taiwan and the relationship between china and ukraine, it is worth pointing out that ukraine's largest trading partner is the chinese. they do something like 15, $20 billion per year. certainly seems like china and russia is trying to displace the west as its preeminent power, it is worth looking at the trade relationship because ukraine is home to minerals, home to technology, the aircraft,

driving here the six hours from the capital, it looks like the mississippi delta. the land is very fertile. >> lucas, thank you so much. >> shannon: we will check back with you in the next hour. brett, you can come back on the board to explain to us more about the specifics of what is going down. thank you very much. fox news at night official coverage continues. another our lives, next. may i? we're definitely not lit. i mean seriously, we named ourselves booking.com which is kind of lit if we are talking... literal... ha ha. it's why we're planet earth's number one site for booking accommodation. we love booking stuff! and we're just here to help you make the best of your vacation. ow... hi... booking.com booking.yeah (jackie) i've made progress with my mental health. so when i started having unintentional body movements called tardive dyskinesia... i ignored them. but when the twitching and jerking in my face and hands

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♪ >> welcome to fox news at night very tight amgen and bream in washington. >> russian's assault on ukraine escalating on multiple fronts for freight several russian warships headed toward great an fox news is told an assault on the largest could come as soon as thursday. it is their stadia there now. a port city in the south of you gain is in russian hints tonight . making it the first