>> another day of blood showed across ukraine as russian forces step up their attacks on russia violating a ceasefire agreement in the port city of mariupol as they run for shelter trying to evacuate. food and water in desperately short supply. it's early in the morning in

washington. i'm kevin corke. anita: i'm anita vogel. it's 8:00 in the morning the capital city of kyiv. the 12th day in the battle for the ukraine's freedom. with the country under increasing fire, ukraine's president is ramping up his please for american air support. >> if someone has doubts, then ukraine needs planes. it's easy when you have the will in order to make ukraine's and europe's skies safe. kevin * officials say they are inclined to grant president

zelensky's request. we begin our live team coverage with jonathan hund. he's in lviv not far from the polish border. it's been another day of intense hardship and grief. many refugees fleeing their homes for poland. what is the latest there? >> we have important potentially breaking news. the russian defense ministry saying it will implement cease fires in various cities including kyiv. those are due to start in one hour's time. but it will be hard for ukrainians to trust that ceasefire. it's been broken the last two days running. yesterday we saw the terrible pictures, a bridge along which civilians were fleeing was targeted bid a mortar attack. in that mortar attack you will

see the explosion right here. a mother and two young children were killed simply as they ran for their lives. of course, we have seen cease fires broken the last two days in the southern city of mariupol, where an estimated 200,000 people are trapped. they have very little food, they have very little water, and they have no electricity whatsoever. ceasefire according to the russian defense ministry from 10:00 a.m. moscow time. that's in one hour's time. 9:00 a.m. ukrainian time. if any of those ukrainians are able to escape the bombardment they have been living under. president zelensky is increasingly angry with the west for not doing enough in his

view. >> note a word. as if western leaders have dissolved. >> that breaking news kevin and anita. according to the russians, there will be a ceasefire in kyiv, in kharkiv, in mariupol and a couple of other cities in ukraine which will allow civilians to escape along humanitarian corridors. the ceasefires have lasted only minutes the two previous days. we'll see if any of these ukrainian civilians who have suffered so much will be able to make it to relative safety. anita: is there anything to lead

us to believe the promise of a ceasefire would be different this time? we have seen civilians die as they were trying to escape under the last ceasefire. >> the simple answer is no. there is nothing to lead anybody to trust this particular declaration of a ceasefire any more than the declarations we have seen the last two days. the russian forces opened fire very quickly according to ukrainians. almost as soon as the first people set foot along the ukrainian corridors. there is little reason for anybody to trust they will do anything different monday, anita. >> we'll wait for the next hour and see what that brings. thanks so much for that live report. ukrainian officials say several civilians are dead after russian forces shelled an evacuation

route outside the capital. benjamin hall has more from kyiv. >> russian president vladimir putin said his campaign in ukraine was going as planned and he wouldn't stop until ukrainians stop fighting first. in the meantime the civilian death toll continues to rise. soldiers and residents helped the elderly out of town as frightened cowered while waiting to be taken to safety. russian forces continued firing around the hugh man tearian corridors. buses waited to go in but the red cross said it was too dangerous.

they cut off food, water and heating supplies. it's one of the cities that has been hardest hit. as russian forces continue to push forward on several fronts. putin told everyone he was ready for dialogue with ukraine and foreign partners. putin held almost two hours of talks with french president emmanuel macron. they have been demanding polled has some jets they can hand over. the question is whether the u.s. will back fill the jets to allow them to defend themselves. in kyiv, ukraine. been jamil hall, fox news. anita: the debate over how to

supply the becycled nation with -- the besieged nation heats up. the u.s. and its nato allies say they are in favor of sirnding filer jets to -- sending fighter jets to ukraine. >> we are talking with our polish friends right now about what we might be able to do to back fill their needs if they choose to provide these fighter jets to the ukrainians. how can we help to make sure they get something to back fill the planes for the ones they are handing over to the ukrainians. >> a no-fly zone means the willingness to shoot count aircraft of the russian federation which is basically the beginning of world war iii. anita: that is what everyone is worried about. joining me now via skype,

national security expert jason beardsley. ukraine has been asking for more planes. nato says it's okay for poland to provide that. these are soviet era fighter jets poeland i heard it after the cold war earned. they should have been in motion for this type of supply last week. we are 12 days in the conflict. the very idea poland stepped up is great. get them into the hands of the ukrainians. anything they can do helps hamper what russia has been doing. the only problem is there shouldn't be discussions. they should back fill and flood the zone and get every piece of equipment to the ukrainians.

let's get that moving. anita: what is the holdup? what is the discussion over back filling the planes to ukraine? is the united states reluctant to back fill? to poland, i'm sorry. is the united states reluctant to do senate. >> let's hope they are not reluctant. what was seen at the onset of this invasion. we have been too slow and too late. when the intelligence agency and the white house was saying they are about to invade. they have 120,000 troops on the border. that was the time to get stingers and tank missiles into the war. while we are talking about sanctions and buying hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil from the russians to help fuel their combat power. this is a lot of mixed messages

coming out of the white house, and it the not building confidence in our allies or the ukrainians. anita: one of the things president zelensky keeps asking for is a no-fly zone over his country. if they had enough planes, could they do it themselves? >> they could use patriot missiles and other defense systems. ground to air missiles. getting fighter pilots in the air. the city of mariupol connecting the corridors from kyiv to the west and poland. that's doable in the sense that ukraine demonstrated their prowess with air defense capabilities. food is running out in these cities. is there not an endless clock here. whatever the state department is doing, it should have been doing

yesterday and they should have been getting planes in the hands of our allies. food and medical aid and the humanitarian corridors. there is a lot the u.s. can do without being sucked into world war iii. anita: let's say they get the plains, and so many other countries are providing aircraft. is there enough we can do for ukraine to stop russia from destroying their country. >> get the munitions on the ground. the russian military was overmidwest mated. the ukrainians can stall them off. now they just need the lethal munitions on the ground. anita: jason beardsley, we so appreciate it. >> thank you, anita. kef * a brief lockdown at joint

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kevin: welcome back to our continuing coverage on the war in ukraine. kevin corke joining you from washington. as the war in ukraine enters into its 12th day. greg palkot has the latest for us. >> ahid reports russia is -- amid reports that russia is considering ceasefires and the war in ukraine grind on. the indiscriminate firing by

russian forces. a million and a half have already left the country. as you know from ukrainian president zelensky for the west to do more, to enforce a no-fly zone to ward off russia attacks. nato says it won't do that. but what the u.s. and poland are talking about is back filling fighter jets to poland which would give poland the opportunity to hand over its soviet-style fighter jets. foreigners including americans coming to the country to fight the russians. 70,000 have come from abroad bolstering the ranges of the soldiers there. there was a new report that

russia is getting set to import fighters from syria and chechnya, some of the heavy urban warfare it fears is ahead in places like kyiv and other mercenaries. as for that 40-mile long convoy we have been telling you about for days of russian troops. tankers and other logistical vehicles, and one i just saw. they are flooding the fields around the convoy as to keep the vehicles on the road. it's that kind of spirited, inventive and clever fighting a lot of people say is keeping ukraine in this ugly game

against a more sophisticated enemy, russia. my friend, thank you. we'll touch base with you shortly. russia has been pushing a false narrative of racism in ukraine in attempts to undermine solidarity. >> this is a view of our fox news alert contributor jehmu green. she is something of an expert on ukraine. this idea that the russians have put forward that they are attempting the deflasyification of ukraine. >> i would never want to take away anyone's lived experience. but after traveling to and

working with many ukrainians over many years, my personal experience doesn't align with what i consider to be a false narrative that has taken hold regarding racism in ukraine. while there has been heartbreaking issues at the borders, in poland and hungary with african immigrants and immigrants from other middle eastern countries that need to be addressed. over my many trips to ukraine i personally never witnessed or experienced racism in the same way i have in the u.s. i have been he welcomed into strangers' homes. i have seen celebrities and influencers starts declaring in hot takes that ukrainians are racist based off some of these videos.

what they don't understand is they are playing into putin's hands. he mass been sowing the seeds of race i'm in the u.s. and ukraine and we can't play into that narrative. putin is a threat to our way of life and a threat to black americans. >> there has been a view of racism at ukraine's borders. that refugees of color are being treated differently than quite ukrainians. have you heard evidence of that? do you think that is happening? >> we have all seen certain videos on social media. the un* made a strong statement on these issues. there are ice nateed incidents

that happened that in many ways are tied to whether you are from a country that has set up a relationship with that border country you are trying to enter. i'm not saying there has not been some heartbreaking instances. but to kind of paint the entire country of ukraine as being racist and amplify putin's message that this country is racist, i think is really problematic. that there is not some critical thinking. we do have to acknowledge that refugees in this crisis are being treated differently than when we saw the syrian refugee crisis and that's real. but this is a part of putin's strategy. that we need to do a better job

doing critical thinking. this is not about hot takes and seeing through a limited white-black relationship narrative that we have here in the u.s. it's just wrong. and the only person that benefits is president putin. >> jehmu greene, always great to get your perspective. you hit the nail on the head. we should point out that the welcome for the refugees right across polled, moldova, romania, hungary, mass been extraordinary. we see incredible pictures of so many refugees being welcomed, essentially open borders in western ukraine. and they do everything they can to help the 1.5 refugees from

ukraine. >> we have seen the videos where the people have been welcomed and given so many supplies. it's been heartwarming to see those videos. anita: the president of ukraine has escaped several assassination attempts. now we heard of a plan if the worst case scenario were to happen. details coming up. >> they were just trying to get out of town to escape. the whole family. how many up families have died in ukraine? we'll not forgive or forget. we'll punish those who committed atrocities.

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survived self attempts on his life. ukraine has a plan in place should the worst case scenario happen. garrett, a lot of people look at this from a business perspective and military perspective. but from a political perspective. if this were to happen, how much of a calamity might this be for a struggling country under assault. >> that's a good question. the chairman the unicameral parliament would take over if anything were to happen to president zelensky of the ukraine. you have to think the to be market across the country and the globe, the financial markets would be in disarray. i think u.s. officials have been using their intelligence talking to the ukrainians on the ground saying keep your senior

officials in different locations outside of kyiv and other places. you don't want high-ranking officials in one spot if something happened to the president. kevin: that would be absolutely awful. let me ask you about sanctions. we had the chance to chat about sanctions. what is china's influence in all this. there are those who feel domestically regardless of what the u.s. and the west decide to do to russia with respect to sanctions, china has their back. is that your per peck tough and can they survive an all-out sanctions regime from the rest of the world? >> i think china stands behind russia. and i think that u.s. and nato partners will stand behind ukraine. i think economic sanctions against russia.

russia's last hope in the eastern part of the globe is china. china is in a predicament because they know they are a trading barn the u.s. and they support russia and some of their their -- of their endeavors. so it's pretty much of a calamity going on across the globe and the markets will react to whatever unfolds over the next several days. >> you mention the markets. i know there are those who feel like china is trying to fill the gap. what is your anticipation as we look ahead to the markets this week? >> i think that to be up and down, i think the on time that perhaps the markets would be volatile if you hear more of

ukrainian civilians being innocently murdered. you have probably seen reports of the mill and a half ukrainians who fled ukraine. you are still seeing civilians being brutally attacked trying to flee the country. and if anything were to happen to president zelensky and russian ground troops are making attempts to take over other cities in the ukraine. reacting to any further russian address. >> there is a bit baked into what is happening. i recognize that. but i think you are right. a lot depends on what happens on the ground. you heard about a partial ceasefire, a chance for some ukrainian citizens being able to move from one area to another.

anything can happen overnight and into the day in ukraine. thank you as always. we appreciate your time spending it with us and we look forward to more conversations. >> have a good morning. >> reports of russia's military hiring syrians to help with their invasion. that story is just ahead.

kevin: 39 minutes after the hour. i'm kevin corke in washington. gas prices are the highest they have been since 2008 and they only keep climbing. is u.s. dependence on russian oil in part to blame for the rising prices?

>> oil prices hit the highest they have been since 2008, and stock index futures taked as investors are worried about the war in ukraine. crude oil is $115 a barrel. jpmorgan said it could soar to $185 a barrel. antony blinken said he spoke to the president about the potential to ban russian oil imports. >> we are in discussions with our european partners about banning russian oil to our country while maintaining a steady global supply of oil. the actions we have take onto date have had a devastating effect on the russian economy. >> this as president biden is facing bipartisan calls to ban

russian oil. marco rubio says american's dependence on russian oil is giving vladimir putin the upper harden on the u.s. >> this flowing that banning russian oil would raise prices on american consumers is an admission that he has leverage over us. why would we have someone like him to have the to raise gas prices on americans? >> he said after cutting off russian oil. americans could be paying $5 a gallon pretty quickly as crude oil continues to skyrocket. kevin: that is the word. skyrocket. we have seen prices atroachg $7 a gallon in california. we take you back to ukraine where we find our chief

correspondent -- jonathan. >> russian forces taking longer than expected to complete what they hope is the taking of kyiv. moscow reportedly look for outside help. the "wall street journal" reports that russia is importing syrians to fight as the invasion is poised to get deep into cities. it doesn't surprise the u.s. let's go via skype to matthew shoemaker. how is this working in terms of getting syrian fighters to back

up the russian army here? >> that's a great question. thank you for having me on. it's a complex one and a little bit baffling. russians are already having a difficult enough time with supplies and logistics. bringing in extra fighters from a foreign country will simply add to the logistical problems. but the syrians themselves for the past 10 years at least since the arab spring and the civil war they have been fighting, they are much more equipped to deal with urban warfare. i think moscow and the kremlin are hoping to give themselves an extra evening that way. but it knowledge be their version, the kremlin's answer if you will to ukraine's foreign legion. they are not marketing it the same way.

but it could be one possible example of that. >> the ukrainians say they have got tens of thousands of foreigners offering to come help them. russia look together chechens for support? a lot much chechen fighters have come in. and they are staging troops in belarus. they have come in from the northern border, from the belarus border. how do you think the belarus government behaving? >> it's kind of a hallmark, if you will of president lukashenko of belarus. he has been president of belarus since the cold war. he has played a middleman between the west and the kremlin. he's good at playing both sides. this might be his attempt to do

so. he's allowing the russians to stage their invasion into ukraine from belarus. but so far it seems that the bell russian military has not -- the bella russian military has not engaged themselves. there are unconfirmed reports i am seeing that suggests severe disagreements within the belarusan army. one report suggests the chief of the general staff in belarus, which is their equivalent of the joint chief of staffs. it's possible he resigned because of so much disagreements within the belarusan military. we are still looking into that. but if it were true it's significant how the belarusans are refusing to fight in

ukraine. >> i wants to talk to you about the support for the ukraine. what difference is it making? we have seen the ukrainian forces standing up to this overwell with manying russian force. what difference has it made, the aid from the u.s. and other nations have been funneling to ukraine. since the russian invasion of crimea. making a big difference? >> i do think so. in particular looking at it from a extra tee jim perspective and the training the nato forces have given the drnian military is one of the major things that has allowed the -- the ukrainians to stage such a stand against the russian army.

certainly the materiel that we are giving them is crucial to give them. but one of the aspects of it is the moral support we are giving to show them that we are there with you. we'll be there with you. i think we still need to do a better job with regards to that. but the moral side of things and the personal support we are giving. that's what's helping morale and driving things in ukraine. >> your excellent analysis is proach -- is appreciated. thank you for being with us. we are minutes away from what will be renewed cease fires in four ukrainian cities including kyiv. we'll have the latest for you at the top of the hour. for the moment, back to you, anita. anita: thank you for that live

report and that fascinating interview. ukrainian troops are holding their own as fighting in the streets continues. but will they be able to keep it up? stay tuned. more live coverage from the ground and expert analysis coming up.

ukraine military leadership is saying 1,000 russian soldiers have been killed per day. they are fighting with a ferocity the russians weren't expecting. military experts say the russians will need a 4-1 advantage for house to house combat. joining us now john jordan. he's an overseer at stanford institution. this an astounding number. russians losing 1,000 troops per day. what does that tell you? >> the pieces are coming into place. a picture of real disarray and

problems inside the russian military. building upon the last segment. the reports coming out of belarus. you see the 40-mile long convoy of the unwilling stalled outside of moscow. troops not getting out of their carriers. food note being delivered. russian forces handing information over to the ukrainians. and now syrians. this paints a picture of a russian military that had a big plan for a rapid campaign and now that plan is falling apart. anita: reports suggest the high numbers of russian casualties has been a huge blow to moscow. we keep hearing that putin is isolated and out of touch. do you think he has people

around him telling him everything is going great? >> i think at this point he probably does know. this is a huge story. if the russians are taking these times of losses, they have every reason to believe this is the case. for every child that doesn't come home, those are parents that are talking. the internet is not shut down in russia. people still talk on the phone. so if this is happening you are going to see students start to lose the will to fight. officers going through the motion. nobody wanting to engage and everybody trying to play it safe. here is the final piece of evidence that this is true. russians have shifted to using standoff weapons and artillery and rockets to minimize casualties. it looks like now the orders have come from moscow to use

these times of weapons, minimize russian casualties and try to break the ukrainians from within. this is he morallously credible given these facts, and hugely important to russian politics domestically and potentially putin's survival as president of russia. tonight rrt ukrainian fighters might be better trained, and they are fighting with a passion to defend their freedom. how long do you see this going on? >> well that aldi pends on the political will in -- that all all depends on the political will inside of russia. if there is rebellion it's likely to come from the top, not a wholesale rebellion on the

streets. i don't see any ukrainians giving in. so many of the bean counters, counting tanks and artillery and troops. the metric against which we can decide who the likely victor is. i don't think that's the case. wars are moral temples. anita: i hate to interrupt you. we'll have to leave it there for time. we are going to get cut off by the computer. thaws thanks for your insight. kevin: a quick time out as we continue our coverage on fox news channel. more and kren coming up.

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>> nobody ever expected this to happen. we were minding her own business and now suddenly all of this. >> hello everyone thank you for joining us. >> we are coming to you live from washington dc with continuing coverage of the crisis in eastern europe it is 9:00 a.m. and the capital city on the 12th day of battle for ukraine's freedom the third round of peace talks will start in just a few hours from now that still another dark morning across the sovereign nation of ukraine as the destruction stretches on for miles negotiations have gone nowhere and cease-fire agreements this far continue to be violated. >> the ukraine president continues to push the west to impose a no-fly zone so far his please have been denied

nato is preparing to supply the war effort with fighter jets from poland but will that push the campaign of terror far beyond the ukraine borders? we begin the new hour of the live team coverage once again on the ground in western ukraine near the polish border the majority of the ukrainian war refugees now number one and a half million they are fleeing toward poland but we do know the allegedly cease-fire is supposed to go into effect anytime now but what is the latest on that? >> a new cease-fire declared by the russian defense ministry due to go into effect at this hour. we shall see if it holds two other cease-fires that were declared over the weekend

saturday and sunday failed completely according to the ukrainians russian forces opened fire and it would be hard for ukrainians to trust the russians in the new cease-fire given that we have seen russian forces opened fire on civilians who are doing nothing more than to run for safety there was a terrible attack just outside kiev yesterday ukrainian families were running across the bridge you can see the video here and then a mortar hit the bridge we understand in that attack a mother and two young children were killed and of course mentioning the cease-fire over the weekend that lasted just minutes in the southern city of secretary mayorkas t were a few hundred thousand people are left with

no food or no power twice they thought they had the chance to get out twice the cease-fire failed. but president zelensky is moving on —- losing patience of the west he believes that europe and the united states should be doing much more to help. >> they announced their planned atrocities because there is no reaction because there is silence. not a word is a western leaders. >> so we're still waiting the ukrainian response officially to the russian declaration there will be cease-fires and in the eastern city beginning basically right now so we will see if the cease-fires do go

into play and if they hold if they give the tens of thousands of ukrainian civilians to be trapped time to get to something approaching relative safety. kevin: i want to ask you about the conditions of the area those that are trapped there do they have water or access to food and energy at all? >> it depends on which particular city we are discussing. yes they do in kiev that supplies are dwindling by the day. go to the southern city of t20 that in the words of doctors without borders who are doing what they can, it is a humanitarian catastrophe. people have been drinking from puddles of water in the street because it is so short there's

very little food and i have no electricity whatsoever so clearly they are in the most dire circumstances. kevin: that is devastating and now as russian forces continue to advance into ukraine the president is once again calling for nato to step in and get more involved to stop the killing of civilians our senior correspondent has the latest. >> the ukraine entering the 11th day on sunday has so farm that with fierce resistance by russian president vladimir putin but everything is going according to plan and the fighting nonstop until they lay down their arms and surrender. >> if they continue to do it they are doing their calling into the future of ukrainian statehood and that will be entirely on their conscience. >> a second question get citizens out of mariupol fell apart after trying to create

an humanitarian corridor as a temporary cease-fire people still trapped there have been sleeping in bombshells one —- bomb shelters. >> we don't have food supplies. shops rmd. >> on sunday they said russian rockets destroyed a civilian target and also repeated the request for a no-fly zone. >> we ask every day close the sky to russian combat and all the terrorist. we are people this is your humanitarian duty to protect us and protect the people. >> nato leaders have ruled out the possibility of a no-fly zone it could escalate the war into a world war. kevin: as western allies prepared to supply ukraine

with more ammunition but one is urging nato not to throw any punches when it comes to confronting vladimir putin because he likely has more than just ukraine in his crosshairs. >> mr. putin himself is unpredictable. he is so unpredictable that we've always had reservations we never had any doubt whatsoever we have to defeat mr. putin with all things that our disposal. >> joining us now former advisor national security analyst. when i hear interviews like that and knowing as a do about history, i can understand why there is grave concern this is

just one step perhaps you can even argue the third step in a large march to reestablish the soviet union. is that how you see things? >> absolutely. look at history as an indicator what the goals may be grand the ambassador from poland is exactly right. one of the things that is pointed out is sanctions should not be short-lived. the second we get a sense that behavior out of russia has changed i agree it should be long-term. they should ensure that behavior has been changed and tell it is the full satisfaction that they comply with international norms. we are seeing this hear from the ukrainian ambassador as well to the united states if it could happen to us it could happen to members of nato. we certainly have to have our antennas up in that sense and make sure that article five is

enforced and attack on one is the attack on all coming to the defense of others and that would significantly change thinking. >> in particular if you consider not suggesting everyone sit on their hands then of course it is crimea and ukraine that a certain point lines behavior has to be the zinc that upon the world and i'm not suggesting that were not. >> that's a great question what we've been talking a lot here in the us is that the policy about biden

administration needs to stop undercutting national security and what should be our position of strength with respect to energy. there is no way we should be placed in a contradictory position to have to pay russia for energy and then give them that money and finance their war against ukraine. at this point in time who are we not giving money to that doesn't have the interest of the united states at heart? we need to change our energy policies immediately. they say it is being discussed in real time that it needs to change it once. if we had been energy independent which is one oh one and national security that equals national security we would have been in a much better position of deterrence to probably stop this from even happening to begin with. kevin: absolutely. is it possible that russia

becomes along the line of north korea because of the president quick. >> we should make them as isolated as we can one of the key indications that putin said would be inactive for is if we kicked them off the swift banking system we have done that we have seen no action so putting him into the box the same way we have with north korea. >> and then they pop up the kremlin. thank you so much for spending time with us here on the program. >> and increasing number of us leaders now calling on the biden administration to sanction russian oil but the administration has concerns about such a move. that is coming up next.

kevin: 60 minutes after the hour after the russian invasion injures day number 12 countries are now debating as

they have been putting a no-fly zone over ukraine however they remain hesitant. >> right now we are looking for any kind of sign the new cease-fire that russia has claimed to be putting in place in the four major cities including kiev is holding we have no confirmation and frankly they've done this twice before so not a lot of help that moscow will come through today but that indiscriminate firing goes on and on about one.5 million ukrainians have fled the country neighboring countries are taking these folks in and a lot of aid coming from a variety of european countries and more open practices were allowing the men to be worked on and considered. secretary blinken is traveling

to the region and even president zelensky is talking about getting more weaponry to ukraine to shut down the skies but now the us and poland is talking about the new fighter jets that enables poland to get the soviet style planes to ukraine we have some late numbers in a number of folks coming from outside ukraine to help from 52 countries we are told by the ukrainian government and 20000 people including americans who are helping the already resourceful that outnumbered soldiers. because justin the last 12 hours we are getting new reports that russia is looking for new help for its fight especially for the street to street fighting that we are

beginning to see and will see once the russian forces come in and close in on kiev. those fighters are we cry on —- recruited from syria and chechnya that will mix up the battlefield in an ugly way if that comes true in the next week or so. finally, the 40-mile convoy has been sitting there almost two weeks continue to threaten teefive t15 that the theory is they are picking the trucks out and that is slowing things down. there are other reports they are just regrouping and some say that kiev today and in the coming days will be hit with very ferocious shelling and airstrikes they claim russia is hitting defense and communication but as we have

seen there are a lot of other things. so it is a mixed picture on the battlefield this morning. kevin: before we let you go. and those that the soviets and the russians were bogged down for quite some time. so do you see parallels as they continue to battle a ferocious population in ukraine? >> looking at the exact parallel, 1979 soviet troops rolling into afghanistan. it took ten years for them to get out they were out combat

from the locals and it should be said a lot of help from the united states supplying weapons to the fighters they are who were working to get russia out of afghanistan. right now we have a similar situation and then including antitank missiles which already seems to do quite a good job. so yes it is way too early to say that russia is anyway bogged down but that sure is a lot of people like to see happen. >> you are right and there are sound parallels. i see that historically speaking. it has been a pleasure. talk to you again. anita: governor in us ambassador to the un nikki

haley joining for the us to sanction russian oil. >> we have to make sure we sanctioned the energy companies, all of them. pulled a lot of the international banking system. we need to stop taking any russian oil. the 80 we would give our money to an enemy is unthinkable and then the cme cannot allow this to continue to nine now joined by a global affairs analyst also a senior policy advisor and director of communications under ambassador nikki haley and a journalist in the former soviet union. there on —- good to see you. we all heard what nikki haley said and she had a laundry list of advice including the stopping of purchasing of russian oil.

why have they stop short of doing that? >> because the geopolitical impact of such a move can rattle some corners of the world and there are concerns about the effect this would have on the economy. that said, clamping down on sanctions is what needed to happen hard earlier and of course the oil sector should be looked at and we should not buy real from our enemies. you don't pay your enemy in hopes of getting out of a problem you don't throw it at around group of people so we need to look at that sector as well. it is quite sensible. one of the things i find remarkable is that when i was a journalist and i worked at fox news, before that i worked in the former soviet union i cover the collapse actually covered ukraine giving up nuclear weapons when it was the third largest arsenal in

the world. at the time, if you look in history in the way things have unraveled, there was such euphoria at that time from the president down to the people so happy they were turning weston being embraced by the western nations and they were to believe the letter of the law the letter that they signed was supposed to look at their sovereignty and respected. obviously that is not happening. obviously we're back in the bad days of the cold war when russia and moscow ran things , run the entire republic of ukraine which at the time was one of the 15 republics of the soviet union. so we headed back into the world and that mindset so when we go back to the sanctions

that have to happen, and that you are going back to think of the world from that prospect. >> you have worked in the former soviet union but also hearing the please of the president asking the west for help and the united states still purchasing the wheel does that it may us look bad in front of the world? >> you are literally giving money to the very country that is firing missiles and bullets and tank shells on civilian population across the ukraine. it is preposterous. >> and talking to the

president spokesperson about stopping purchasing russian oil she said we only purchase 10 percent meaning that it is such a small amount. if it is then couldn't we make it up somewhere else? >> absolutely we could. there are a variety of sources including internal sources we could be in a fine and do this in such a way we cut off the supply coming from russia. so that if that 10 percent of gasoline we put into our car is responsible for one bullet causing a civilian then i think we should feel terrible. it doesn't make any sense thank you so much for your insight. kevin: and then the russian

invasion rages on into the 12th day.

>> recapping our top story ukraine says another cease-fire is underway however cautious ukrainians say let's wait and see. now nato is prepared to supply a fighter jets from poland. now we go back on the ground and that main talk. >> we are now 30 minutes into it the russian defense ministry said would be another cease-fire to allow civilians to get to some of those humanitarian corridors that had no confirmation the

cease-fires are in effect various cities around ukraine and no response from ukrainian officials to the russian announcement and either way ukrainian civilians have little reason to trust the russians given that we saw them showing civilians who are simply trying to run for their lives across the bridge near kiev. also a great deal of suffering in and around the city and there we have been told something like those that are sheltering with no water or food or power, they all desperately want to get out. whether they will have the chance to today is anybody's guess. the cease-fire over the weekend saturday and sunday both collapsed within minutes stopping the ukrainian saying the russian forces opened fire on civilians basically the

minute they set foot in the humanitarian corridors so we wait to see what they bring essay bringing any ccing of the firing. >> what you are describing is a desperate situation for the citizens who are trying to evacuate and one of the worst ones is where people haven't had power in short on food and water how are they communicating about the outside world with their conditions there is a very brave journalist and very brave ukrainian people who are getting the years some have basements they can get to they

look anywhere they can but they don't have that. we understand and then it will be the most intense bombardment through a 12 to but then as a humanitarian catastrophe right now. >> thank you so much for that live report will be back to you later in the hour. growing calls for russia to released women basketball star who had been detained since last month she could be seen in the surveillance video at the airport near moscow russia said she was taken into custody after cannabis oil vapor cartridges were found in her luggage. we are in l.a. with more.

russian authorities are held over allegations that she had cannabis oil while they continue to wage war on ukraine. there was if he was found guilty she could face ten years in a russian prison. the state department is aware of her situation. >> whenever an american is determined we will provide every possible assistance but for some time some of those are unjustly obtained. so those that were detained in russia. >> period they had been in russia custody for at least three weeks. >> she has a history of olympic gold medals and in the

wnba all-star and i believe that at this time how dangerous it is to be in moscow and how dangerous it is to be in the prison with over 6000 and potentially focused that has now been arrested because they were protesting a war? that is no place for her. >> people and their concern your prayers and support her greatly appreciated i love my wife wholeheartedly so this comes during one of weakest moments of my life. and he has the full support and the main priority is to have a safe return home. >> just ahead the russian military hitting ukraine with an unimaginable barrage of missiles that story coming up the ukrainian military

continues to fight back

gas prices are the highest they have been since 2008 that pays the question if you are dependent on russian oil in part for raising prices let's go to ashley who is been looking into the story. reporter: oil prices are the highest since 2008 and the future stock index they are worried about the war in ukraine. crude oil was just over $60 a barrel now $115 and analyst from j.p. morgan say it could soared to $185 a barrel has

been some hesitancy but secretary blinken says he spoke to the president the speaking of the potential to be in the import of russian oil. >> we are in very active discussions with our european partners about banning the import the russian oil while at the same time maintaining a steady global supply of oil. the actions we have taken to date have already had a devastating impact on the russian economy. >> as the president is getting an unprecedented number of calls telling him to abandon russian oil others said they would cut off that rather do it alongside european allies. and marco rubio says americans dependence on russian oil is giving vladimir putin the upper hand . >> this notion that danny russian oil is and his mission that this killer and butcher has leverage over us why would

we have someone like him to have the power to raise gas prices on americans. >> after cutting off russian oil it should use its reserves until production can start back up and then americans could be paying five dollars a gallon pretty quickly as it continues to skyrocket. anita: we are paying more than five dollars here in california quite some time. kevin: 600 russian missiles fired into ukraine since the beginning of the invasion that's almost 55 per day on average despite the barrage ukrainians could keep the planes in the air and also fight back against what has been an onslaught by the russians provided were civilian lines of communication are up and running one says that while it

is contested air and missile the sense have been effective in yes they remain in use. now a kernel running for congress in north carolina and i should point out that we go back to our harvard days. so the idea of arming the ukrainians. we heard people talk about a no-fly zone it doesn't look like that will happen anytime soon so we are getting into the hands of the ukrainians by way of poland may be more stingers does that make a more significant impact on what is happening? >> good morning kevin thank you for having me. absolutely for them to be more antiaircraft capability as well as the muslim support.

they do have 23 and 53-millimeter those that are an effective response also a portable system intended to be used against low-flying ellen —- jones and helicopters and they could use the patriot missile system for those rockets i think the number is much higher than that. kevin: much higher anytime a number is floated out into the public those on the ground have a much larger number than that. if i'm not mistaken based on our conversations even informally on —- informally thank you have some experience in know more about the russians than the average person who hasn't spent 22 years in the military. what can you tell me about

your experience? >> i worked with the russian army long time ago a special forces. personally i think they seriously underestimated the resistance of ukrainian forces because they are fighting for their survival i think the russian army is demoralized think they are poorly trained they are highly overrated although the great equalizer is that capability the situation can ramp up very quickly and mutually assured destruction is real and it is holding nato forces at bay with limited strategies to support those ukrainian forces. >> continuing our coverage of the war, it's too early to

suggest to even consider a face saving circumstance and he is determined to try to re-create this the glory days that means he has to gobble up part of georgia or crimea and continues to do just that. do you feel like the world has the right strategy to slow this man down? >> i think the world needs to come together certainly testing the administration this is the first of many the current administration would experience know what it takes to get their act together to support the ukrainian defense get the president what he needs and give it to him now. there's not much less one —- left to defend giving them what they are asking for. >> a real pleasure to have you with us best of luck to you in

the very best to your family. >> how a man is stepping up to help the children of ukraine separated from their family. and emotional story.

anita: will come back and we went to go right back out to ukraine on the ground. nate have an emotional story about folks who are looking after the children. tell us about that. reporter: the russian invasion continues to force ukrainians to flee the country leaving thousands here without power or electricity or water. a lot of children as well. obviously tragically being turned into orphans in this situation. our next guest is founder and director of abundance international and operator of the fear here in ukraine. good to see you. a very straightforward question how are the children

in your orphanages doing? thank you so much for asking. the children are traumatized and unfortunately we are taking care of the material needs. but the most romantic thing this week is newborn through four years old. you could even get over some of the noises and say it is okay but every tennis siren goes off to being rushed to the bomb shelter and have an entire orphanage down there for hours while they try to keep them pacified is taking a toll and developing those recess but we were held with that go find me campaign then you showed a shot we raised fifties thousand and by

today's over 400,000 we have the scope of 20000 orphans and we are systematically saying what you need and funding people. please talk to me later because i need to find somebody locally because we have to take care of. a lot of these kids cannot leave the country everyone's talk about getting orphans out of the country but not all of them can goes we have to make sure they are getting the medicine that they critically need. >> what is it they specifically need what supplies do your orphanages need right now to get to the kids? >> that such a great question. we actually have created a list we have a standard menu of what all these kids will

need in the most commonly requested items it is different kinds of medicines simple stuff from apples and carrots and potatoes and condensed milk buckwheat, dried fruits, cabbage, the list of medicines are in russian i cannot translate all of them that basically from simple antibiotics and cotton balls and rubbing alcohol. we would be happy to get that list it is generic and the youngest one also needs diapers. kevin: you are doing incredible work thank you for your time today and we're urging everybody to help the children. >> quickly. abundance international.org.

we can spend on a debit card to help them now. it means everything abundance international for giving it place and the kids are appreciating so it is so often the children that suffer the most in the terrible and tragic war. >> a very interesting conversation. thank you so much. those who are at home watching as we will continue the live coverage. the war on the latest. don't go away. ♪ ♪ introducing the all-electric chevy silverado rst.

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>> bob's news alert russia declares a cease-fire as more refugees run for safety that ukrainians remain cautious after moscow stepped up its brutal attack with food and water and medicine other humanitarian supplies are in desperate short supply. 3:00 a.m. eastern time here in

new york. anita: thank you for staying up with us live from washington with continuing coverage of the crisis in eastern europe it is 10:00 a.m. in the capital city of kiev the 12 day battle for freedom launching in estimated 600 missiles and ukraine have been launched since the invasion began and ukraine president is ramping up the please to be west for air support. >>translator: the role the strong enough to close our skies to fighter jets and helicopters that if someone has doubts then ukraine needs planes it is easy when you have the well in order to make the sky safe. >> pentagon officials say they are inclined to grant his request third round of negotiations is later for today but as some prepare to

talk others prepare molotov cocktails now a new hour of live coverage welcoming once again live on the ground not far from the polish border. any response from ukrainian leaders over the claim another cease-fire is underway? >> we are one hour into the alleged cease-fire and not any word about it and saying they were saying the proof is in the pudding we want you to cease-fire before we believe there is such a thing not the last two and did within minutes man russian forces opened fire on civilians who were simply trying to get to safety we saw more russian fire on those civilians a terrible incident where

ukrainian people were they are walking toward the russian forces and their what appears to be a mortar is fired and explodes on the bridge one new york times photographer was on the scene that a mother and two young children died in that attack you can see why civilians everywhere have little faith in any russian promises of a cease-fire over the weekend in the southern city we are told 200,000 civilians are trapped they have no food or water and they have no power whatsoever they are sleeping on the floors in the bomb shelters some have no choice but to be in their

homes with little protection from the intense bombardment. in clearly president zelensky is running out of patience saying they have to do more to help. listed here. >> announced their planned atrocities. has if western leaders. >> and there are talks again today between russian and ukrainian delegations. but those that take place in five or six hours we may get confirmation whether the talks are going ahead. >> so if i could ask you

quickly you had a moment to mention doctors without borders so i am curious about the red cross are these organization able to help from the crossfire? >> yes all of those are doing everything they can not just here in ukraine obviously that the companies that are to the west with one.5 million refugees talking about poland and slovakia that is where the one.5 million have gone and those that are doing everything they can to offer some sort of comfort in like those that are taking huge risks to get in country and offer medical aid with those some horrifically wounded by the ongoing russian attacks.

>> ukrainian officials say several officials are dead after russian forces shelled and evacuation route outside the capital. >> russian president vladimir putin said today they campaign was going to plan and he would not stop until ukrainian stop fighting first. and then 15 miles northwest men women and children were forced to take coverage. those that help the elderly out of the town. >> and those 200,000 people

those were set apart for the second day in a row as russian forces fire around the humanitarian corridors but waiting to go in for the red cross is simply too dangerous but then gaining more than six days of constant shelling from russian forces and from heating supplies. as russian teams continue to press forward on different fronts he demanded that he ended the fighting and the appeals for a cease-fire he did say he was ready the any attempt to draw out negotiations would fail after almost two hours of talks but the big discussion was whether or not poland will provide ukraine with fighter jets does

seem that they have sent to handover but only if the us will back their own supply to allow them to defend themselves. but it was discussed in possibly in the pipeline. >> as russian ramps up the air assault on ukraine the debate over how to supply the besieged nation is heating up us and nato allies have agreed to send fighter jets but president zelensky main plea is still being denied. >> . >> joining me through skype also cofounder of restoring liberty. thank you so much for coming in this hour. the good news for the

ukrainians they get the planes they are asking for so what do you think that will make a difference once we get them. these were just needed five days ago and from president zelensky perspective it has to be frustrating to watch that no matter what the emergency is we see the red tape and the bureaucracy slowly rolling along. those meetings that poland can donate in exchange for the f-16 that we can give mean everything to them and then just out of the skies. and then they know if they are working with that then and

then to push back the convoy in this movement from mariupol that is killing scores of civilians. anita: that president zelensky is not getting the number one request of the no-fly zone. once i get the fighter jets can they do something to set up their own version of a no-fly zone? is that possible? >> . >> and they would with the resources. they don't have tinkers on call combat air patrol but certainly they can bring more force to bear but the ukrainians need air defense and harpoon missiles and is just that we're watching a very weak west that plummets and at odds with each other is

this whole conflict. >> and what is the timetable if there seems to be so much debate if they can backfill these planes to poland than what is the argument? >> with the united states we need to take action and above all have leadership with our nato allies to say what is it? you need the f-16 will move them this afternoon we are not hamstrung by the bureaucratic process i have seen in many operations i have been a part of that when the will is there and the leadership is there we can move on a dime and europe is looking at is saying we need you to take action are we

cannot let go of our own defenses don't think for a second poland is not concern for their own safety and sovereignty on their frontier. >> so very quickly about the russian military we had a guest on earlier that says they seem awfully disorganized. we thought they would be a very precise military but is not what we are seeing. what are you hearing about that? >> i was very concerned they would embarrass themselves on the battlefield military folks would understand more that russian army isn't what it purports it to be but the danger is that when they fail they turn to the civilians for accent violence for the result of their failure. anita: that is exactly what we are seeing thank you for coming in today for your time and expertise.

kevin: how to women bravely escaped ukraine and their message to the leaders of the west just ahead.

>> 15 minutes after the hour after we continue to coverage of ukraine. now entering the 12th day western countries still are debating putting a no-fly zone over ukraine and also even thinking about such a prospect and now with the very latest for us. >> there's a lot of things including how to deal with the outflow of refugees coming from the fighting inside ukraine as ukrainian soldiers coming from russia and civilians but they are fleeing right now they are supposed to be a cease-fire in kiev that have a confirmation in place but that is incredible it is

estimated as many as 4 million will flee the country so far it's more than one.5,000,007,000,000 internally displaced 18 million affected it is a country of 44 million europe is helping out neighboring countries taking the bulk of those that are fleeing the most countries are speeding up the process. linda fundraiser came up 100 million pounds in a couple of hours and $130 million. meanwhile secretary of state blinken continues his tour of europe and then was in moldova over the weekend and is showing support and further ways to with military aid. and then in the last couple of

days in countries like poland so that they can send soviet on their soviet era fighter jets to be used this is short of the no-fly zone. and then the support for ukraine and the war that is demonstrated again and again and then protest against the war in 56 different cities or thousand 500 arrest and 13000 have been arrested since the war has started the could get as mitch as 15 years in jail. no such penalties for protest in europe all across the continent and other cities and spain and belgium and finally

with his support as well and talk about the rivers of blood and death and selling destruction and misery and calling foreign and. >> i can only imagine. very quickly maybe i missed this but has the crowd weighed in on the activities happening in ukraine? >> with prince william and princess kate and their meeting with ukrainian president and his wife not too many months ago in the uk. from just about the very top you have the royals saying

they are backing ukrainian people and calling for an end. >> as well they should. we always appreciate your time. anita: going back to jonathan who is live on the ground. i understand you have a riveting story about a daring escape? reporter: there been so many but in particular here we are talking about two ukrainian women who made their way to poland and now getting calls from president zelensky for more us support. it's about dignity they recently met on —- met with secretary blinken that ukraine is being killed for wanting to be free they are begging

america to give the military equipment the country needs to protect the skies and people. joining us as the executive director at the anticorruption center. so what exactly did you say to secretary of state blinken? >> and for these that we have made they have now been executed. and now they are conducting genocide but i don't believe in the anticorruption anymore. so ukrainian people are fighting furiously the army is excellent but we are not

protected from the air from the missiles that are now showering civilians. so what is your message to western europe and that kind of pressure you would want to see them put on their leaders to take more action? >> so ukraine will be fighting and it will win the war for sure. and then for the 48 hours for kiev to fall and to get the new puppet regime in and it did not happen because of ukrainian resistance military our army which is super

devoted and is protecting their land. and to have civilians who are having parties and making multi- of cocktails and those who are fighting russian aggression all over the country we need the west to step up to help us do this the army is great fighting on the ground because they understand they are losing their and what they are doing they are destroying the ukrainian we need that protection and air and missile defense and we need jets.

>> so how are you doing personally following a path one.five ukrainians have followed how are you feeling personally? >> i am safe now in may children are safe now they feel bad millions of ukrainians are in absolute danger of being executed and killed so my team members are all across the country and i have family and i have plans so that i word want to say to america don't be afraid we ask

your government not to be afraid. we have asked 365 times and don't be afraid but then to be afraid of russia your fear is making russia to kill thousands of civilian that than 500 people killed 800 million are from their homes and then half a million of people are trapped. >> but they are dying from no opportunities. >> we appreciate your passion

and the message don't be afraid and your bravery of every single ukrainian and everybody who was living under the constant bombardment thank you very much for being with us you can feel the passion of these people and then to fight every inch of the country and then basic dignity and freedom when you talk to these people. >> that is a great interview and passionate and brave are the two words that were in my mind as well. we will be back again later talk to a ukrainian journalist looking firsthand at the damage. stay with us

and it is so extraordinary. we couldn't wait to get you back on because first of all we want the people of the world to know not just what is happening in your hometown that more broadly to your country and we wanted to get it from your perspective. if you have a moment tell us what you are seeing on the ground where you are? >> hello. thank you again.

right now with the russian missile ship so you can see generally it is okay but they were broken and fortunately nobody died here but there was some injured people. but generally the city is quite well. but it is already okay and then the very first our and

then the mayor the city promised to get internet to all of the shelters around the city so even with the air attacks. >> i have thousands exploding. and with the small towns maybe it is 40 or 50 miles and then but as far as i know they were

damage last night. but then it was probably the longest part because in the last 20 minutes or 30 minutes it is for six hours and that is through 8:00 o'clock a.m. generally it is better than we thought because this information in the attack from belorussia.

>> so just to recap for the people who are just joining us in joining the conversation, with a journalist and world-class athlete and he has been joining us through the coverage and giving us a birdseye view on the ground in ukraine and just described a church was hit by a possible bond and private residences also being hit by russian artillery and a constant air raid siren going for hours at a time it's incredible to hear you describe it. so have you had a chance to give back on —- to get back to kiev or is it just to dangerous? >> actually my sister and her

child. her child needs special care because the defense situation and then yesterday i spoke to them to try to convince them that they are too afraid to leave is dangerous to stay there but it's also dangerous to move can be more dangerous even in the basement door in a shelter. >> i really want to get back to kiev to help friends and relatives but maybe it is

quite dangerous. >> . >> and the right decision for yourself and for your family so maybe it is just safer for them to say in a single location rather and being assaulted or shot by russian forces. so joining us once again thank you for your time. we want you to be safe we will continue to come to you as we get the opportunity. take care. thank you so much. >> thank you. anita: with russian now in control of the biggest power plant in europe, what can be done to keep a safe? we find out.

anita: welcome back to our coverage. going back to jonathan hunt who is live and you have an update how they are in charge of the largest nuclear power plant. >> this was the terrifying news we got last week that russia has captured the largest nuclear power plant in europe. they cut off all communications and staff said they are working at gunpoint unable to communicate with ukrainian nuclear regulators. that causes serious concern around the world. so scott's, this is a terrifying thought that they are the largest nuclear power

plant in ukraine which with the worst nuclear disaster from chernobyl so how concerned should we be? >> when you start off with the situation with russian troops firing had a power plant that should cause any sane person to be concerned obviously nuclear power plant and explosives are not a good mix so the backdrop of the troops coming in there. and it would be unusual to be experts of running a nuclear power plant and those technicians that are there not only having to worry about what the russian troops may have done to the plant and

then the two reactors that are producing power. >> we're in a different situation there are all sorts of safeguards they are much better built man chernobyl was 36 years ago. but what would it take to cause a real disaster for the world? couldn't the russians simply put missile after missile and then cause a leak that could damage a huge part of the world? >> these containment buildings are built to withstand a lot of pressure. but they are not designed as a

military target to withstand a large amount of explosives. but they don't even have to use missiles or rockets once they control the facility they can go into the control mechanisms and then plan to those explosives and cause damage. and those features that and then with that instrumentation controls and that is what is concerning is those employees are professional. those military troops that have bombarded the plant already with artillery is not experts. and that the troops will sabotage the actor and just as the ukrainians try to capture

the plant. >> that is a great concern. htf deputy assistant director and president of s3 global consulting. it's a pleasure to talk to is always. i guess we have to hope for the moment and have some faith but then they went to control the power supply and then to switch off the power supply and then that is the best case scenario. the worst is and then does nuclear power plants across the country. kevin: a fascinating conversation. coming up how ukrainians are keeping their faith allies with the russian invasion

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tweet from kiev a statue of jesus christ being removed from a cathedral intake into a bunker for protection the last time it was taken down was world war ii. joining us now fox news contributor, good morning is so good to see you. thank you for joining us. was struck by the photo on twitter of the statue of jesus. i come from armenian family on my mother side. obviously they are devout christians. i was fascinated to learn how ukrainians consider themselves orthodox christians almost 65 percent of ukrainians consider themselves to be orthodox christians and nine.5 percent agreed orthodox. protestant 8 percent christian

and the other no religious group. what are your thoughts on the population to be so devoted to christianity? >> and in times of difficulty people are risking their lives to protect that in adamant object it represents their family and their faith and their country and then speaking about the orthodox church in ukraine just three years ago the ukrainian orthodox separated themselves from the russian orthodox and it comes that great pain. because tuten wanted to control within ukraine why? because he knows he looks at

that history but with stalin and hitler tried to do and then get rid of the religion that's a way to get rid of people and what putin said was he was unable to wipe religion off the face of the earth because people were willing to die for it so i will just control it and then there is no naming of bishops by the russian orthodox independent for government wider lesson for us to make sure churches are independent. anita: despite that we have a group of russian orthodox clergy writing an open letter to say basically the last judgment for every person those perpetrating the war begging them to stop the

killing that will anybody listen? >> and fortunately putin has absolute control and what we are seeing is a total massacre people. but somebody will receive justice in the and. that is what that's what this is all about reminding putin and others who follow him you can keep that control right now the it is temporary and will last forever is specifically what we are seeing is the reminders that there is something that last forever and it's not any government leader. anita: do you think tuten believes in god? think that's a great question. i would not want to judge his heart. but if he believes in god he's not listening because no guide commands anyone or blesses anyone to attack and violate

the innocent. that is with ukrainian people are. anita: they are going through a lot and thankfully so many our faithful christians. that which is guided to this horrific time. great to see you. kevin: it has been a fascinating and in my in a few hours as we once again bring you the life continuing coverage of the wine ukraine thinking to our correspondents who have been joining us and to all of those who helped us out and who have contributed hope you have a great night. >> thank you to all of you for watching.

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