laura is back on monday, join me every monday through friday with dana at 9:00 a.m. eastern time in america's newsroom the fox news channel all night long for all development out of ukraine. shannon bream madi washington, benjamin mike benjamin hall and key will take it from your. we will see on monday, have a good one. ♪ ♪ >> hello and welcome to fox news at nine in washington. >> and i'm benjamin hall in kev ukraine, bracing itself for the an inevitable invasion. about 15 miles away from a rear now. >> breaking tonight russian forces have seized the biggest power plant in europe after a middle of a night attack it's at the facility on fire.

as russian soldiers pressed the end ukraine severing vital waterways and closing in on ukraine's second largest nuclear power plant. also breaking tonight ukrainian forces reportedly foiling multiple assassination plots against president zelenskyy, how he survived at least three attempts on his life since the war began last week. plus the kremlin trying to control the narrative in russia now blocking western social media. of vladimir putin represent a new law that would punish journalists for publishing anything that contradicts official statements about the war in ukraine. are fox news fox to fox news a nice fleeting coverage we can with benjamin hall from kyiv. good evening benjamin. >> good evening shannon. is going one way of looking at the past events and that is that russia has made some significant gains in the north and the east in the south. they have surrounded a number of key cities like mary or paul, they've taken over the city of

carcassonne and going to odessa. here in the kyiv a desperate situation as they wait for what they consider an inevitable russian invasion. the streets are empty here. throughout the night there has been the thuds of artillery shells and the flashes lighting up the sky. at gun power occasionally. it has fallen quiet at the moment but people say that is just a matter of time. it is moving many directions as we have seen president zelenskyy reached out, again, urging more support and more help. but very clearly we heard from secretary of state blinken today there'd be no support at the way the ukraine ants want to. no no fly zone and it is taking far too long to get the weapons into this country that they so badly need. the precarious situation right now one which people feel it's going to get worse. again the humanitarian situation on the ground getting worse as well. 1.2 million people have fled in the last nine days. it is a worrying strain of

affairs. the next day or two will certainly be a critical time. i guess we will take all that to you over the next hour so everyone stay tuned we have reports across the country and we are going to all angles. next up we have lucas. lucas, i believe you are in lviv at the moment, tell us was happening over there. >> that's right, ben, earlier today we took a drive outside the city about 30 minutes to the north through numerous checkpoints that find a camp with foreign fighters for training including a number of americans. the fighters tell me they are aa 30 americans, we met one of them hundred and first airborne division of former paratrooper who only gives his first name, paul. we saw him and his colleagues training. we asked her is like fighting the russians, they've come under attack in the first night of the invasion, russian helicopter gunships firing 30-millimeter cannon's heading straight for the grouper fire stomach

fighters to the checkpoint ben was very interesting because you were out here in lviv, university counter cultural capital of ukraine, it almost didn't feel real out here because the city has not been under attack. however it's a different story when you leave town. checkpoints the men by citizen soldiers, men grabbing hunting rifles some automatic weapons but mostly hunting rifles. they are filling sandbags, they are doing makeshift posts, hedgehog iron exes you see that sub vehicles. it certainly looks like a nation in war. members of this community that want to make sure no russian forces can come into this city of 700,000. that was our venture today. >> it is so interesting to me to see how we people are coming here from abroad to fight. these foreign legions coming and coming spoke to one of these americans. what is his motivation? why did he come here, where did

he come from? what is expected to next? >> when this case he had lived in ukraine for a year with the other 30 fighters, the word is getting out that they want volunteers to come in and fight the russians and there is a very receptive audience back in the united states, certainly in russia, and other countries. also the brothers ukrainian's coming back into the country to fight. report on that a few days ago of people who can't sleep, they are having trouble, they are seeing their citizens being murdered in some cases young, innocent children, and it women and children killed by rockets coming into people feel a moral obligation to come in. certainly not just soldiers. >> it's very interesting i know the british government, it's very rare move they actually approve the deployment of foreign fighters. they said he would not be charged, criminalized if they chose to fight for the ukraine so interesting element there. in lviv, thank you lucas. >> benjamin breaking a new

report that at least three assassination tents on the ukrainian president vladimir zelenskyy have been filed last last week. white house correspondent kevin corke has details. >> evening shannon, the expression war is was never more relevant than it has been especially with what's going on in ukraine. witness reports as you . out of at least three separate assassination attempt on president of the ukraine over the last week, according to the time of the london. a pair of russian and chechen hit squads have been sent out to kill president zelenskyy. however, both were thwarted by antiwar elements within russia's federal security service the fs v according to the times of london. meantime white house press secretary jen psaki is a saying this. are calling for the assassination of russia's president vladimir putin? that is not the position of the united states government. her comments come after

south carolina republican senator lindsey graham suggested somebody close to the russian president should "take this guy out." to take it to twitter. a thursday post by mr. graham, he rode "is there a brutus in russia?" according to roman politician that led the conspiracy that led to the assassination of julius caesar. there more successful a colonel in the russian military, adding that which is improbably know if you know your history is a reference to the german army officer who unsuccessfully tried to kill adolf hitler. graham later went on saying the only way this ends is for somebody in russia to take this guy out. you would be doing your country and the world of great service. critics called it cringeworthy and according to the white house, it was frankly unbecoming. >> that is not the position of the united states government and certainly not a statement you would here come from the mouth of anybody working in sadness ration.

we are not advocating for killing the leader of a foreign country or regime straight change, that is not the policy of the united states. >> and while graham for his part actually doubled down on his remarks earlier today, spokesman dmitry pascal clapped back saying "these days not everyone manages to maintain sobriety. i would even say sanity. and many lose their minds" tina? speak all right, kevin, thank you very much. benjamin, back to you in ukraine. >> thanks shannon, we speak to many people on the streets here, we say the same thing as lindsey graham have. someone needs to take a loot putin. it's a one-man board and he is leading his country into disaster as well as this country. that us and we have heard reiterated over here. and for those who think that this war might not end up on the doorstep, or going to bring in jeff bono who talked about the threat of cyberattacks and there been some potential threats there as well.

>> yeah, benjamin, according to federal sources federal cybersecurity officials with the fbi working with an unnamed american pharmaceutical company say russian intelligence operatives are targeting the company's top executives through ongoing malicious phishing attacks. beyond that u.s. banks are also bracing for cyberattacks from russia. for months the binder administration has worked with bank executives to prepare for retaliation stemming from recent sanctions being imposed on russia. for many major companies, though, this is nothing new. they say we spend billions of dollars every year to protect against cyber criminals. however, they do admit to the recent attacks are a little different. experts say this is likely the new normal. >> the attacks are up and i think we have seen potentially the page turn forever in the history of warfare here which cyber being a very active domain. in this cyber war i don't know that we will ever get out of it. we are going to forever be on

defense, that is a mind-set we need to embrace and get behind. >> now, during the two good days that followed the initial invasion of ukraine, u.s. cybersecurity agencies the fbi and the department of homeland security observed in 800% increase in suspected russian source cyberattacks. while russia is hitting ukraine hard, both know terribly on the cyber front, hundreds of volunteer hackers are forming groups to fight back. u.s. officials say ukraine is wise to be on the offensive. >> russia has one of the most sophisticated cyber programs in the world. and it is far easier to attack than to defend. hackers have to be successful, defender has to be successful every time. >> we know the lengths president latimer is taking to control the narrative, facebook and twitter being blocked, and a new law in russia essentially makes any independent news report that moscow deems as fake

a crime. reporters could face up to 15 years in prison and as a result news agencies like the bbc are pulling their teams out of russia to keep them safe. benjamin? >> jeff poole thank you very much, fascinating to see how cyber is coming out another angle of what was once traditional warfare. this is certainly now moving forward will be a key part of any military engagements. jeff paul, thank you. >> you're right it does change things in 2022. gas prices taking another big jump as a binder administration puts the blame on the worn ukraine and not on its own domestic policy. of course taking a closer look tonight, good evening ashley. >> hey there, shannon, gas prices nationally jumped $0.23 over the course of the week. and just from thursday-friday $0.11 making it the largest day increase since 2016. the u.s. and other countries releasing 60 million barrels of crude from stockpiles. if there are also fears of the threatening of the global oil market it sanctions if were put

on russia. white house press secretary and jen psaki was pressed on whether americans were actually funding the war if we keep buying russian oil, listen. >> as long as we are buying russian oil are we financing the war? >> it's only about 10% of what we are importing. our objective and our focus is making sure any stuff we take maximizes the impact on president putin and minimizes it on the american people. >> there has been a growing number of bikers and calls in capitol hill to ban importing russian oil. and all of those the secretary of state says nothing is off the table. he argued it was "in the strategic interests of the west." >> the immediate effect to be to raise prices at the pump for americans and also to pad russian profits with rising prices. >> democratic senator joe manchin thinks we should have bipartisan legislation.

as a lesson however white house says it remains a code. >> ashley mcgee very much. let's take a little deeper for now into the latest coming out of ukraine and of global impact this russian invasion competency congressman marcus greene joins us he is a former army flight surgeon and house foreign affairs committee, commerce and welcome back. >> thanks, shannon. >> i'm going to start with this because so much of this conversation is actually reporting on what to do with u.s. energy policy. "the wall street journal" editorial board tonight saying this. mr. biden hasn't had a low onshore lead sale and that is the only president in at least two decades not to have done so in a given year. approvals for new liquefied national gas turnover's also sitting with the department of energy and federal energy regulatory commission. you have heard the mistress and say doing things like restrain the keystone pipeline and doing other things are not going to give us immediate relief but should be looking to the next a disaster like this war? >> there are some things, shannon, they could do immediately.

they not only shut down the keystone pipeline, and that is correct. getting that thing started back up is going to take a long time. but there are other pipelines in our country that they forced the flow to be reduced. they could easily, you know, allow those pipelines to flow at maximum capacity. we could also purchase oil from other countries that a lot of manufacturers out there, a lot of producers of oil. we don't have to get them from russia. $55 million a day of american hard currency are going directly to vladimir putin's russia. while they are indiscriminately bombing civilian targets. i mean come he is committing war crimes, so you can say american dollars by biden's and administration of funding vitamin prunes were crimes. that should not have an. that's why i have a letter to him demanding he stop and we will be filing resolution next week that all oil sales be stopped to the united states from russia. >> not often you and speaker pelosi are on the exact same page, sound like he might

be now. >> i know, shocker. [laughs] >> listen, i think -- >> she said >> with doing what we can we have limits with what we can do with helping the ukrainian people there is a feeling of helplessness and you have been a combat. you know these people are experiencing. some of the videos and the pictures are incredibly important to the world she was happening, but it's also absolutely heartbreaking. >> there's no doubt about it, shannon. there are a couple of things that we can draw conclusions, we can draw from this conflict. very clearly the indiscriminate harming of civilians and children and bombing, that is a sign that perhaps russia is in a worse place than they thought they should have been by this timeline. he is resorting, he's back in a corner, he can't seem to win this fight and so he is going to break the will of the people. so that is a sign that he sort of in the corner and we have to ask ourselves what else is he willing to do?

if bombing a nuclear plant being one of those things, so clearly, i think this is tragic. and that means we should do everything we can do, and we could certainly stop buying oil from russia and our sanctions, i mean the president allowed oil transactions as exceptions. so while there are sanctions on these banks, we can still do oil deals. that makes no sense to me. we should shut down their oil economy, crush the ruble, and perhaps this causes to back down. >> i want to put up on the screen to look at russia's nuclear weapons arsenal. there are thousands and thousands of things that they have at their disposal, total inventory nearly 6,000 different pieces that they have there. ukraine back in 94 part of the budapest memorandum gave up their nukes with the reassurance from the west from russia that it's 17 and territorial integrity will be respected and yet, mr. pruden has those nukes in everyone he knows it. ukraine has not put out any.

how do we get to the situation where russia is clearly violating this memorandum and many others they have had? how do we treat them by the rules we want them to play by but certainly the ark? >> they certainly are not playing by the rules. that's why the you and other governing agencies are going to investigate war crimes and put those people on trial. those generals that work for varner pollutant will be before a tribunal someday and they need to know that. so this is just the start of what's happening from the world from the west. i am convinced there will be criminal trials held against both his generals and maybe someday vladimir putin if he survives this. >> at the same time the ongoing negotiations, rushes at the table for those conversations. how in the world we talk about isolating them from the world community when they are at the table with those discussions on a very critical issue to the entire world?

and of this idea of iran potentially having nukes, that is going to have people up at night as well. we are told this deal may keep those under control, but we have a lot of reason to be skeptical about what the iranians are saying publicly. >> yeah, you can't trust the iranians anymore he can trust the russians. some of the president of united states thinks this is an able negotiator for the jay pco deal. we shouldn't be at the table to iranians let alone having the russians there as part of the negotiation. i remember robert gates quote about joe biden. "he has never gotten a single foreign policy issue correct in all of his years in government" and this is a guy who is served both president obama and president bush as secretary of defense. biden is still batting zero. he is getting everything wrong whether it's the jcpoa trying to restart that, how he has handled afghanistan, and now this debacle in ukraine. we passed stingers to be sent to

ukraine is back in november. they only got to the ukrainians a week ago. that was because of joe biden. >> well, we hope now that he will continue to be a voice trying to lead our allies, nato, europeans as well, whatever it takes to benefit the ukrainian people in their hour of utmost need. >> whatever it takes. >> congress and things are. >> thanks shannon. >> let's go back to benjamin hall in kyiv. benjamin. >> shannon at such an interesting time right now how the iran deal plays into this because president biden said just last week that even while the u.s. is countering russian aggression here and while russia was bombing cities president biden said he could continue to work with russia on issues like the iran deal and on climate change. there has been a fair amount of backlash against that and how on the one hand can you allow russia to come in here and bomb indiscriminately at civilians, schools, hospitals while at the same time saying we can work on bigger issues? one other point on the climate change issue when asked whether or not president biden asked if

climate change was the number one threat facing the world he doubled down and jen psaki said yes indeed it was. you ask the people here whether or not that's the greatest threat facing them, they would answer very, very differently. but looks, the nuclear issue is one that is coming into focus and a big win last. with the takeover of the nuclear facility, the largest in europe now and russian hands. it is a reminder both to the precariousness of the situation, no one is suggesting vladimir putin intends to use that yet although he has his own nuclear forces on high alert, but it it gives him such incredible control, control, it's a dormant weapon in his arsenal that he has that threat and also that he has the ability to turn off large parts of electrical supply to this country in the same way he can turn off electrical and gas supplies rather to europe. it is winter here, dead of winter, it's probably cold, he has many, many tools to his disposal now, this is another one. shannon question work >> makes you think he is and telegraphs in a more recent months saying openly what he planned to do

what he felt about the ukraine that it was of russia. he has been saber rattling for the better part of a decade and once we saw what happened with crimea if that's a question about whether or not we should believe other world leaders out there also doing saber rattling. if it tells what they are going to do we should probably believe them. to take it seriously. benjamin will be back with you in a minute in the meantime our special coverage will continue live from ukraine and across the globe right after this. ♪ ♪ ( ♪♪ )

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>> welcome back to special coverage on fox news at night in washington. >> i'm benjamin hall in lviv.

i want to bring in olivia in lviv at the moment, it's been a tale of two go different countries in the west you have at the moment the supply chains coming in, you have less russian invasion, less of a russian presence whereas of here you are really seeing the math. lucas i want to get your view on something because we talked a lot about this convoy, this calmed by 40 miles long which is coming down from the belarus border now is 15 miles away from where i am right now. a lot of questions why it had stalled, where there were statistical problems and supply issues. the satellite images that came out recently, you raise a good point. was your view on this, what be noticed? >> bennett, one of the obvious things looking at the satellite photos are where are the russian soldiers? we have seen max satellite photos with people in brad langston the grocery story at this long convoy that stretches miles long, not sure about 40 miles but certainly miles long. where are the russian soldiers?

any infantrymen, paratroopers ever anna conway knows when that thing stops you get off. you get out you may be sleeping or standing around but certainly not everybody would just be sitting in that convoy and certainly not the three, four, five days we have seen this convoy installed. analysts told me also it's very notable this convoy is on the road. we are talking about tanks, self-propelled artillery. at these are all-terrain vehicles to put it mildly. they don't need to be on sydnee roby because tires come tanks and have tires, but fred's because of all at the logistic problems with fuel, all of these russian soldiers are scavenging, they're going to people's homes, a spokeswoman here in the lviv with a mother not far from the convoy set russian soldiers went into the house, very scary prospect of there. they went to the house ransacked the place, took food, we also seen social media with them going into supermarkets and

helping themselves as well. the russian ban on social media. u.s. officials tell me part of that is because what conscripts are posting. the russian government is not to say that, they don't like the bleed over into the antiwar protests are coming to my protesters, they think that's a very noxious mix. they were hating life in ukraine, it was a living whether it's an antilife missile, they are angry and they don't want them on social media. >> quickly, lucas, you raised javelins there. a lot of people are asking of this convoy is sitting there. it's a sitting duck. the ukrainians are getting javelin and tank missiles. why are they taking out this conway? or not a military expert, i know you have a bit of background, you served yourself in the navy. is there an explanation for that? we do not seem as if this is the time to check that convoy? >> there is a reporter for the

lead that convoy had whether it's air strikes but certainly you are right. the vast majority of the vehicles we have seen from these satellite images are still standing, a lot of questions why. certainly they are flooding into this country from all around, not just here in western ukraine, but certainly all over. there are some reports also that the russians are sending plainclothes officers into poland and hungary, slovakia, they certainly want to cut off the supply chains and certainly were talking about weapons here, not the food in the flight of the refugees. >> lucas tomlinson very interesting, thank you very much for that. he raised another interesting point which will come back to later is the morale of the russian troops to what effect that has. the mic on the future of this war. lucas tomlinson life for us in lviv, thanks lucas. will be back in a minute everyone.

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>> let's get some perspective now what's happening in ukraine and the decisions happening outside of the likely impact the russian invasion. we are doing now live by former ukraine ambassador to the u.s. constantine can shane company, ambassador thanks for making time. it's good to have you with us tonight. >> thank you for having me. >> i don't want when you were also ukraine's ambassador to russia. was a relationship like at that time and did you fear this is something putin would actually do? >> no, i don't believe it at that time when i was ambassador there. anyone would come to play such a possibility. we did have different views of history, different views on what should be the future of ukraine and russia, but we never thought

at least i haven't heard from anyone having condition any sort of designed to use military force against civilians today. it is something unbelievable and totally inconceivable. >> most of the world is condemning him up, obviously china is another story, but most of the world is coming together, your up coming together, nato strong lance gooden stronger in the face of this. they're repudiating everything he's doing. doesn't matter him? your take on his psychology, as motivation, is there anything at this point that would shut him down short of force? >> i think starting with the trojan war. and then late in the 2014 conversation of crimea, he really started to escalate which led to what we see now. and i think he wants to get a

victory as he understands it. but they should not be deceived by the idea it will stop with ukraine. ukraine can only be the next stage of what is an escalating letter which the mic to my clatter which he climbs. and climbs to the top from where he can only go. what we discussed, no fly zone in the sanction of possibility there will be direct conflict between nato and russia. it doesn't happen now it will happen later. he namely needs to get a sense that he cannot to do whatever he wishes to. here we have a major humanitarian crisis. we need to allow the ukrainian armed forces to fight on their level field gain. where at least some countermeasures, electronic,

airborne or ground to base assistance would provide assistance and protection from air strikes. it is possible. i believe one simply needs to understand that if putin sees a resolute, united west nato countries, not simply the statement that it is too dangerous, then he will stop. i believe that it's only a few days before russia and putin will understand. the price for his invasion is also so steep, too hired, and would have major risks for his own rain and russia. one needs to be more united and one needs to take certain risk, which i don't believe it is unreasonable. but that is something that has all the grounds and has history.

there were good examples of no-fly zone, and at least to protect the civilians of which running away from this conflict and help avoid any destruction of infrastructure. that is something that should be the major focal point for the west could do. >> investor you know for now the bite and administration remains opposed to that and continues to make statements that it would lead them, they believe into an incursion directly with russia and explode this be on the ukraine. quickly we have a few seconds left, your message to them in response? >> you know, if anyone thought that they could stop them from doing what they have done recently in the last few days, they were mistaken. now we see they desire of all the politicians in the west to move further, to bring more sanctions, many serious sanctions and we think it will

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♪ baby got back by sir mix-a-lot ♪ unlimited cashback match... only from discover. >> welcome back everyone to our live coverage of the war in ukraine. to continue this conversation i want to bring in our panel today derek van auden he's a wisconsin candidate and a former navy seal as well as brett sandler.

his heritage foundation senior fellow and a veteran. thanks for joining us today we really appreciate you. dare come near to speaking before we came on air and i know to what the ukrainian ambassador had to say, there's a lot of talk about the nato no-fly zone whether it should be imposed. he was calling for a. of very different view. what is that? >> i do. i respectfully disagree with the ambassador. understand why he wants to have a no-fly zone over the ukraine because he is ukrainian. unfortunately we are dealing with nuclear power when we have an effective no-fly zone over iraq for instance and bonnie mike bosnia was one of the compass i fought in. they are much different play on the other side. directly very, very cautious. we do not want to get involved in a hot war with russia. could evolve quickly into a nuclear conflict. it would be devastating for the entire planet. we respectively disagree with the ambassador. >> no-fly zone past not needed

if it could be contained, they are great fears he could continue to expand, and may roll over the borders. brent i wondered if what we have seen over the last couple of days with the seizing of the nuclear facility by the russians weather that may now play into this. is it a different situation? has that changed? what can tell us about seizing this nuclear station what role that plays in the war? >> absolutely. i think if the russian army acts more recklessly without any disregard of the consequences, in this case the extensive release of radioactivity into the environment, which is not just something that passes and we are true but is there for years. look at fukushima and the shell of 80 sixes for chernobyl meltdown. that could change the process for doing something more direct like a no-fly zone, but i also have to agree that there is a lot more that can be done than a classic no-fly zone with american aircraft over the ukraine. but at the same time, this does

add pressures because it is definitely dangerous. of the russian army continues to act in a reckless fashion. >> very interesting. derek, i know you think this is coming to a critical phase right now. you've called putin reckless and desperate and that could have serious implications to how he responds and how he acts next. what do you mean? what you think it happened now that he is in this position? >> i believe vladimir putin greatly miscalculated both the abilities of the ukrainian military to resist his invasion and also the international community galvanizing behind ukraine. the amount of arms in the makeshift end, the drastic sanctions that are being posted right now are crippling their economy. really don't think he planned on this. is talking about this beforehand, it the mass does not add up from vladimir putin to do this. you and see how he is now indiscriminately showing civilian areas and that speaks to the desperation of right now.

speak i mean, brent can we talk a lot about what the u.s. can do, what the response should be from the administration. if you were advising the president right now, do you think the measure he has taken are far enough? could more be done? what is your view? >> welcome of the first thing is that more should have been done six or eight months ago. and unfortunately, the failure to act early has taken a lot of the options that would have been better and not as escalatory off the table. 1, i think it's containing this, preventing an escalation into nato, and the best way to do that is an offshore presence, unable one, i have spoken before about bringing more forces into the baltic, approximate to where the most dangerous threat is for the baltic states. but the other thing i would advise as well, everyone is looking at ukraine and rightfully so very conservative. and the other side of the world china is calculating and learning from what is happening. something i do every day, and look at them multiple times is where the ships are in the south

china sea and around taiwan. we are entering into a season where the chances for another standoff or another crisis are upon us. us so we can't take our eye off the real big threat which is taiwan and south china. >> it so important to step back out occasionally and look at the big picture and see there are threats out there, some way be emboldened. my friend until we have time for, i wish we had more. derek van auden, brett sandler, thank you so much for joining us today will be right back ourselves just after this break, thanks try hypnosis... or... quit cold turkey. kidding me?! instead, start small. with nicorette. which can lead to something big. start stopping with nicorette as a struggling actor, i need all the breaks that i can get. at liberty butchemel... cut. liberty mu... line? cut. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance

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>> welcome back to special coverage on fox news at night, washington. >> i'm benjamin hall in kyiv ukraine come thank you for joining us today. to continue our coverage and want to bring back in lucas tomlinson. he is in lviv the western part of the country. had an interesting perspective on this. lviv as part of the country that is not yet been attacked. from the satellite images socially media input, lucas and wondered what we are talking about earlier in the show about the morale of russian troops where we could pick up about that whether or how that's going to play into how the war itself plays. >> band, let's look at casualty

figures earlier this week the russians for the first time said about 500 russian soldiers have been killed in a week's worth of fighting, 1500 wounded. we don't know the severity of those wounds was clearly taking hundreds off the battlefield. that is very significant. one week of fighting and the russians have lost practically the whole battalion. u.s. officials, by the way, think that number is four times higher, that the russians could've lost about 2,000 soldiers. that is one week. this is not the russian army of ten or 20 or 30 years ago. is not the russian army from afghanistan, which by the way lost 15,000 soldiers in that war. let's talk timeline. u.s. officials increasingly believe that this war here is going to drag on not for weeks and months but for years, been. we are seeing in these cities the slow slow slog's apartment buildings, u.s. officials tell me a short time ago that one of the reasons vladimir putin has cut off social medias because

one of these conscripts were posting. you can imagine it was not good, their morale is terrible, and also did not want conscripts licking up with antiwar protesters, they want to sever those links and make sure antiwar protesters are not communicative across the country and leading a march like we are seeing in new york for zelenskyy with numbers of antiwar protesters in the streets. increasingly this is looking like a war that will stretch on for years and the morale is plummeting. no look further than that convoy going nowhere by ukraine's capital. >> shannon washington wanted to ask you quickly are reading tonight by the russian scholar he has written extensively and studied the country and as leaders and he talked about the fact that even if putin "wins this war or subdues ukraine" it will be an endless nightmare for them because ukrainian people the insurgency that will continue, put may not realize the headache he's got even if peaks takes over the major cities in the short term.

>> that is a very good point. of course putin has 5,000 word rant he wrote last summer about ukraine, the history of the ukraine really in russia. and he called ukraine and russia one people. he thinks of this country as part of the russian empire. when the soviet union disintegrated 1991 the territory was small as it's been since 1694. put want to put it back together. i think it has back into the morale piece, russian soldiers, this is like trying to kill their cousins in the ukraine. there are long-standing ties, the cruise chef was ukrainian. michael koerber's office had a father was in ukrainian. war being declared on a country that is historically desensitized, catherine mike reed was one who gave crimea, crus chef givebacks of ukraine. is a long-standing ties between these two countries, it is certainly a very good point there, shannon, do my.

i hear air raid sirens were ben is. >> yeah. i want to bring you back here to kyiv at the end of the show the air raid sirens coming on again now. it happens sporadically through the night, often combined with the threat of artillery, so we will bring you the latest and see how it's developed right here right now. thank you for joining us tonight we appreciated. >> will rejoin you after a quick break nosuffer like that. i said, enough. i started cosentyx®. five years clear. four years clear. five years and counting. cosentyx works fast. for clear skin that can last. real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections some serious, and a lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms, or if you've had a vaccine or plan to. tell your doctor if your crohn's disease symptoms develop or worsen. serious allergic reactions may occur. best move i ever made.

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