relations. and if there was ever anything that was going to tip the balance were it to be tipped in terms of a vigorous and hostile reaction, i don't mean military in russia, it would be that. >> impressive logic. he can talk. shannon bream takes it from here. >> the extended coverage. shannon bream in washington. >> and i'm benjamin hall in kyiv, ukraine as putin's forces try to take over the capital city. >> the 13th day of war with russia. ukraine's top military forces

claiming the forces shot down two fighter jets in the capital kyiv and they downed another nine russian aircraft over the weekend as russia is getting more aggressive with the attacks, reportedly killing hundreds of innocent civilians in ukrainement. zell zell has a warning for the u.s. and canada telling abc news tonight that ukraine is really not too far away from north america. >> everyone thinks we are far away from america or can dachl -- canada. no, we are a zone of freedom. and when the limits are being violated, and stepped on, then you have to protect us. because we will come first. you will come second. because the more that they eat, they want more, more, and more. >> team coverage tonight. let's begin with tonight's co-host, benjamin hall live.

good morning to you, benjamin. >> good morning, shannon. if you were to sum up the day, you would have to say here in ukraine, it's been a mixed bag. on the one hand, speaking to commanders on the ground, ukrainian forces are doing a remarkable job of keeping back the russian juggernaut here in the capital city. they're knocking out the tanks and keeping the soldiers back. at the same time, vladimir putin's forces are shelling indiscriminately, not able to get in close, they're using long-range artillery and that's led to a huge rise of a death toll. the scenes are scenes of utter devastation. some of the crises are horrific. people unable to get food or water. having to drink from puddles while vladimir putin offered the ways out, corridors being mined, buses trying to come in which are being shelled and negotiations are ongoing. there's a lot happening a that point. and in the u.s. as well,

discussions on how to get jets to the ukraine to fight. a lot happening on the ground. going to bring it to you at this hour. but first, to our correspondent, lucas tomlinson live in the west of the country. you've been looking at a the refugees heading our way. that's one of the big stories in this conflict. what can you tell us? >> making makeshift tents. we spoke to a number of them making a makeshift soup kitchen. two gentlemen made enough stew for 5,000 people in the last few days. outpouring of support here, ben, but not the refugees that are the big story here. also the weapons, 17,000 anti-tank missiles have flooded to western ukraine in the last

few days, 4,000 sting anti-aircraft missiles. it has a devastating effect. the jets have been shot down. talking about this -- without talking about the significance. the head of the ukrainian military said two fighter jets were shot down nine russian aircraft, five russian fighter jets. you have to go to the falkland's war, ben. you know something about that. this many jets get shot out of the sky. perhaps even the vietnam war. we have not seen this kind of destruction in the skies, losses for the air force in decades. certainly a long way to go. remember the rules of the insurgency. the rules are you don't have to win, you have to just not lose and make life hell for the invaders. that's what's happening achlt new intelligence report said 4500 russian soldiers are killed in ten days of fighting. that's more than the number of american troops kill in the entire iraq war,

ben. certainly russia has some advantages in size and scale in the troops in this country, not a good offensive for the russians. they do not appear to be taking any major cities like the capital. but they're on the doorstep. there's no question. >> speaking to the commanders here on the ground here in kyiv, lucas, 100 planes and helicopters are shut down. 300 tanks have been destroyed. that's possible because of the javelins and the stingers they're receiving from the u.s. that's one of the big questions. yes, the supply is there. 17,000 javelins have come into the country last week alone. it lucas, how long can they keep it up? ie, how long can they keep getting the weapons to the hands of the fighters. the supply lines are cut. how do they change it? how strong are the supply lines right now? >> no question that the russians want to cut off the supply line and sever this artery. seeing it around the city of

lviv. we see townspeople worried and the artifacts and the relics and the churches wrapped up, statues are being covered. more concern now than i've seen in the last few weeks in the war in ukraine. people are worried about fighting coming here. there aren't many military targets here in the city. but there's no question that the russians want to cut off the supply lines. they know these weapons are coming over the ground. why? because dhl, you know, fedex, is not delivering here in ukraine. there are no planes. the only jets flying overhead are russian su34 fullbacks, other advanced fighter jets, which are increasingly drop dumb bombs on civilian targets. vladimir putin's strategy is to shell more targets to create more refugees to have millions of people leaving the country and opening the door for more russian troops to invade and the

conquer more territory. back to your point, there's no question that the russians want to sever these links, sever these arteries, and cut off the supply of the weapons inflicting massive damage in the russian forces. >> we're going to be looking over the course of this hour, both putin to the dumb bombs and the u.s. strategy for dealing with them. we're hearing artillery in the background. so, again, the russians haven't stopped tonight. they're continuing and getting closer. shannon, throw it back to you now in the u.s. >> see you in a minute. russia says it is offering safe passage to civilians trying to escape. but only to russia or belarus. which more about what's going on there with the snowballing refugee crisis. and, you know, that's been an ongoing issue of wondering will the cease fire hold, will the humanitarian corridors hold? that's something we're told, we don't know. russia doesn't seem to be adhering to that as the peace

talks, quote/unquote, continue on. we'll move on to other topics and check in on what else is going on in ukraine. we have someone to talk about another angle on this continuing oppression. hey, matt? >> the later numbers, 1.7 million people have abandoned homes and lives in ukraine, fleeing the invasion. mostly women and children. those still in the ukraine, russians appear to be intentionally attacking civilian corridors. >> we see deliberate reports on attacks on civilians which constitutes a war crime. we see credible reports about the use certain weapons. what we're doing right now is documenting all of this. >> russia's attack is becoming increasingly brutal. jennifer griffin reports putin fired 625 ballistic and cruise

missiles, mostly short and medium range. the human rights commissioners say at least 406 ukraine yancey ceruleans have been killed since the russian's federation armed attacks began january 24. among the known dead, 7 men, 45 women, 27 children, and 257 adults whose sex is unknown. and the u.n. believes the real death toll is actually much higher than what's known because of the increasing hostility. for example, in the town of volkenova alone, allegations of hundreds of civilians. they were caught in the front lines and trying to flee, including the mother who walked miles with her child. innocent refugees on foot are dodging russian mortar shells and some do not survive. >> our lives are broken forever. and you have no hope. >> i'm live in there, in the complex over there. they destroyed everything.

>> they told us to go. we start to go, we saw that our houses were threatened. >> now, russia claimed it's not targeting civilians, but as more reports and horrifying video emerged, innocent civilians were dying. the sounds of war and explosions were heard and can be seen in population centers. shannon? >> thank you for getting us up to date. mounting pressure over u.s. gas prices. the national average at $4. the biden administration appears hesitant to consider a ban on imports from russia to the u.s. kevin takes a closer look tonight at what they are considering. good evening, kevin? >> good evening, shannon. the press secretary said killing the keystone xl pipeline which joe biden did on his first day in office, would not have made a difference. in the nation's skyrocketing gas prices. she said gas prices are at an all-time record high because of

russia's invasion of ukraine. and easily disprovable claim, said critics, who accused the white house of gaslighting the public pointing out prices were surging before russia attacked ukraine. the question is what? all according to the white house, the u.s. is exploring the options. but that could be an increasing oil imports from places like venezuela, iran, and saudi arabia. you know the u.s. has had a long and complicated relationship with all three-counties which, in recent years, has been accused of everything from if election fraud to human rights atrocities. for all of the hand wringing here in washington over the prospect of doing that, the white house today coolly downplayed the prospect. >> i will just note in this scenario in a they are separate. they are separate pasts and conversations. >> separate paths and conversations, so says jen psaki. democrats are calling on the white house to ban imports from

russia, republicans are mostly doing the same, but they're warning the white house about this. >> that is the devil's bargain that this administration appears to be about to enter into. >> i fully support banning russian oil into the united states. >> a devil's bargain by dealing with places like venezuela and iran. yet the white house insists no decision has been made by the president which as you can imagine is politically prudent. but with soaring energy costs sweeping the nation, the white house faces an incredibly difficult choice -- develop more domestic energy? buy more oil and gas from russia, or increase supplies from -- well, let's say less favorable sources. secretary of state blinken said the administration is speaking with, quote, its partners and allies to look to a coordinated way at the prospect of banning the import of all russian oil making sure there's an appropriate supply of oil on

world markets. we are told, shannon, those conversations are ongoing. >> we're going to dig into those. kevin, the biden administration seems anxious for this new deal to come together. a new report tonight claims iran is plotting the assassination actively of former trump administration officials. what can you tell us about that? >> an incredible story not getting a lot of attention. they're trying to go through the russians as an intermediary to make a deal with the iranians who continue to have maligned behavior, the story you're talking about aside. there are reports in the washington examiner that they're plotting to assassinate or have been plotting to assassinate former national security advisor, john bolten. that according to an official with direct knowledge of the investigation. that according to the washington examiner. the source tells the examiner that the department possesses, quote, indictable evidence

against the iranians that the biden administration is resisting putting out publicly because that could derail the drive for a deal with iran. that's nearing conclusion over in vienna. a sordid tale to say the least and one that needs more attention. >> interesting twist. driving the crunch with steve miloy. great to have you with us, steve. >> gas prices surge to $4 a gallon near a national record. the hit to your pocketbook from higher gasoline prices, $2,000 a year. and yes, steve, what we're told is this administration is very concerned about that in an economy where inflation is soaring, they're aware of what they can do to pocketbooks but don't want to discuss domestic energy production. they're dealing with not so

friendly folks out there. >> not sure they're concerned at all. i don't think they are. i think joe biden in the state of the union address, he lied to the american people, he's done so in the last few weeks saying that he's done everything he can to lower energy prices, that's false. he said he's working like the devil to lower prices at the pump. that's false. everything he's done since he's become president all the way through the crisis and continuing with the crisis is to make gasoline prices more expensive for americans. joe biden, jen psaki, jen granholm , this is all part of the hoax of a climate agenda. they want to raise gas prices because they want people to buy evs, pete buttigieg said. that's their goal. they don't care about the pain at the pocketbook or the pump, they're about advancing the climate agenda and not going to let the crisis go to waste. >> to your point about the

electric vehicles, daily caller has this headline. pete buttigieg said electric cars will help save money. the average price of an ev was $56,437 in november of last year in kelly bluebook. for a lot of peoplish that's not an affordable option. >> no, it's not. and that's a lot more expensive than the average cost of a conventionally powered gasoline car. and -- and, you know, the evs take longer to charge, they're a lot more inconvenient. there's a reason they're a small percentage of vehicles sold. they don't cost less, they cost more. it's not clear that you ever recoup your funds. and, you know, in any case, people should have the choice to drive what they want. but they're using the crisis to push their climate agenda. and evs are a part of that. >> i want to get back to something that kevin touched on. i want to play -- this is back and forth between senator hogan

and jen psaki said today and give you a chance to respond. >> i sponsored legislation in the past the keystone xl pipe years ago. that would give 807 million barrels a day. >> i don't think it would. keystone is not an oil field. it's a mrooin. also, the oil is continuing to flow in, just through other means. so, it would have nothing to do with the current supply and balance. >> okay, steve. i am not an energy guru. so, tell me, like what would keystone done/not done reasonably talking about the current situation. >> an expert. keystone would bring in more oil. yes, there's a lot of canadian oil coming through lots of pipelines. but keystone would bring in more oil faster. and, you know, that's what we need. but i got to say, it's not just the keystone xl pipeline. the biden administration right now in violation of a federal

court order has put a hold on new federal oil and gas leases. i heard jen psaki talking about, the oil companies have 9,000 leases or something like that they're not using. oil companies use the leases that produce and make sense economically. just because a lease has been issued doesn't mean it's worthwhile producing right now. it all depends on the economics. what joe biden should be doing is unleashing the oil and gas sector for getting the climate agenda, nothing -- we're not accomplishing anything anybody. -- anyway. emissions are going up with no end in sight. people cannot afford gas prices this high. it's going to cause more inflation which is another thing joe biden doesn't care about. >> we think about gas, it's not just filling up our tank which is is tougher for everybody to do, it impacts everything that's shipped around the world. food and everything else around the world. so, a lot more discuss.

we would like to dig around on that in the next hour. back to kyiv where it's morning there. >> yeah, the vast majority of the world continues to unite by inflation by vladimir putin's supports and support by people. lauren green has a look at how some faith-based organizations are making it their mission. >> good evening. as hundreds and thousands of ukrainians flee from war, christian broadcasters are standing their ground, trying to bring hope. >> you can hear right now sirens. >> recording on a phone, a frantic message from christian radio hoste anied as she runs to a shelter. >> i'm recording this video from a bomb shelter. >> a producer from the far east broadcasting company, a christian media organization in ukraine, trying to stay on the air anyway possible while war with russia rages around him. >> it's hard to understand this. it's happening in the -- in the

capetal of european country, in 21st century. right now, i just -- i have seen this only in movies and in news. but it's happening here in ukraine. >> if you're seeing this, then the conflict has begun. >> a prerecorded message from station owners fearing the worst. there are a handful of christian media outlets in ukraine, members of the national religious broadcasters, a u.s.-based and international organization of tv, radio, and digital companies. febc website promises live updates but postings are spotty. >> some of the broadcasters we heard have been taken offline. the radio programs and stations are not broadcasting messages there. so, it is a dreadful situation in ukraine. >> but i'm alive, praise god. >> they see their job as a mission, not just spreading the information or updating the

latest news, but bringing the hope and faith strong enough to stand against russian bombs. >> our counselors are scattered all over ukraine are helping thousands of people who are calling our help line. >> the last update, the urgent call for global prayer. >> dear god, we ask for repentance for those who are fighting against us. and please, god, save people in ukraine, our listeners, and broadcasters. >> the media outlets are small, with smaller budgets. most updates are recorded and sent out through the internet. the concern now is how long that will last. in new york, fox news. >> truly inspirational to see how everyone is coming together to do what they can to try to help the people in ukraine in the face of this huge invasion by putin's forces. lauren green for us there, thanks, lauren. shannon? >> we're going to talk to a pastor coming up about another faith-based group all throughout that region and helping people

trying to flee. so, our special coverage is going to continue. more live reporting from ukraine coming up next.

- i had an important job and it wasn't just a job, it was keeping my brothers and sisters safe. and coming back, it felt like, kind of thrown away. it's like, you're useless, you know? "we don't really have a need you now because you can't really do anything for us." that's the way i felt. if it hadn't have been for wounded warrior project, i honestly don't know if i would be here. it was the comradery that i saw it was like, i got my family back again because we all had some sort of injury or illness that we didn't have to talk about but we all felt the connection, like, that brother and sisterhood.

>> welcome back to special coverage on fox news tonight. tonight -- >> welcome back, also, to kyiv, ukraine. i can tell you the shelling continues right now, 10 miles from where we are now. but earlier, lots closer. plumes of smoke in the background coming after the capital city, no doubt. they'll try to take that in some point in the coming days.

but that's the big question, what comes next? what can be done to stop putin's forces? what can the strategy be? i want to bring in lieu kast thompson live for us. there's a lot of talk about what the u.s. has done and there's a lot of talk about what more they can give. what more the people and the soldiers and the military of ukraine need. what do you know? >> one thing we know is it's going to get a lot more challenging to outfit the ukraine military. the deputy secretary of state windy sherman admitted in madrid, it's going to get harder to deliver the weapons. in the past few days or in the last week, we saw 17,000 anti-tank missiles rolling in this country. but windy sherman? a glaring admission saying it will be harder hinting the russians want to cut off the supply lines. the air defense is limited. we have heard reports of ukrainian surface-to-aramis

sills shooting down russian jets vchlt you heard of more fighter jets and attack aircraft shot down in a conflict. you would have to go back to the falkland's war. i keep thinking about the vietnam war, sadly how many american jets were down in that conflict. but it's been decades since we've seen this many jets being shot down. and certainly fox news cannot verify every single claim. and these are claims from the ukrainian forces. but when it comes to surface-to-air systems, you heard from the ukrainians, president zelensky wants a no-fly zone. that's challenging. getting the polish migs in here. that's one of the reasons you're seeing the russian forces going after the airfield. we saw the eight cruise missiles destroying the airport 3 1/2 hours from where you are in kyiv and five hours east of here in

lyviv. making sure no jets can be delivered and certainly maintained. a lot easier to deliver shoulder fire and forget missiles. fighter tanks, a whole different story. the logistics, fuel, maintenance, these are fighter jets. they need hangars and crews to work on. very, very challenging. the air defense systems are so desperately needed here. by the way, it's not just the russian air force this nation is up against. the pentagon says over 600 mill sills have been fired and there's not a no-fly zone that will stop those missiles being fire in the country. >> you make a great point. the air defense systems, we were told early on by zelensky and others, one of the first things that left them vulnerable. you point out with what they have sent in with the stinger missiles, they've become

proficient. if the reports are accurate in using what they have, they vowed to do that to continue to fight. i want to ask you, i talked to the u.s. ambassador from ukraine to the u.s., akana markarova. we asked if the cease-fire is worthwhile. we know you have to have the humanitarian corridors. it doesn't seem like russia is abiding by any of those. what is it that the peace talks are quote/unquote worth the time and effort. >> shannon, vladimir putin can talk and war at the same time. they have a long history of doing so, whether it's chechnya, syria, russian forces were there in 2015. it seems like when ever you hear of the humanitarian corridors and cease-fires, they never seem to last. this is no different. you asked last week about budapest memorandum back in 1984, ukraine was the third largest nuclear power. in exchange for giving up the soviet nukes, 4,000 in all,

russia was supposed to honor ukraine's boundaries. they have not honored that. they violated it numerous times not just in 2014, but with the war, with the invasion. so, the people on the ground here, as you can imagine, no stress saying they're not just skeptical, they do not believe anything coming out of russia. they're highly dubious about these humanitarian corridors. we see it every day with civilians getting killed, a tragedy. >> it is. thank you for the continued coverage on the ground. manier breaking coverage on the war in ukraine here in dc and on the ground in kyiv. >> woman: what's my safelite story? i'm a photographer. and when i'm driving, i see inspiration right through my glass. so when my windshield cracked, it had to be fixed right. i scheduled with safelite autoglass. their experts replaced my windshield and recalibrated my car's advanced safety system. ♪ acoustic rock music ♪

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>> well, the fallout from russia's war in ukraine is evolving and certainly it is far reaching. i want to bring in our panel at the moment, two guests. we have brett bruin, first of all, former white house director of global engagement under president obama and james carafano, vice president of and former lieutenant colonel. i think what's so interesting is we keep trying to figure out, what motivates vladimir putin, what needs to be done to start it. james, i wonder if you can talk to me about the biden administration, trying to look elsewhere to try to secure these. how do we cut these off of vladimir putin. take away the funding. >> that's important. we have to look at the crisis after the next crisis. where we go from here. nato has a chance, only has a future because of the courage of 44 million ukrainians and they

stood and fought, i think europe and the u.s. has the opportunity to wake up to the danger that putin hosts in the transalantic community. two things. military and the energy. so, the military conventional and strategic deterrence of nato, that's key. and the other bit is energy independence. i mean, the west has to have reliable, affordable abundant energy. and providing those supplies is important. as you say, energy is a global commodity. and so the u.s. has options. it can turn to the irans and the russias and the venezuelas of the world. then you're putting money in the people trying to take you down. one option the u.s. has is look at domestic production as the game changer to provide abundant energy in a way that doesn't enrich your enemies.

>> yeah, bret, it does seem counterintuitive, doesn't it? in the one hand, we're trying to cut off supplies to vladimir putin and at the same time look at dubious, nefarious characters for oil elsewhere. >> yeah, i want to pick up on the point, especially with regards to venezuela. i was out to dinner this evening with a senior, latin american official who was left speechless by the visit of senior use officials to caracas. ostensibly, they were there to look at options when it comes to reopening the faucet of venice way lan oil here to the u.s. after years of sanctions. and i have to say, that would be a major backsliding when it comes to the u.s. position on human rights democracy in our own hemisphere. so while we certainly need to look at alternatives, we cannot compromise a stand that we have

taken and that progress that has been made on our own borders. >> the russia and china relationship. what china might be learning from this war and the u.s. response. what are your thoughts? >> i think the most important thing is how do you deal with the problem of china and russia ganging up on you. russia's stocking horse in europe. it's trying to create a weak and divided europe, which is exactly what -- >> china wants and -- >> you have to make -- you have to make russia a less desirable partner for china and the way to do that is to take away the things that allows putin to threaten you. so, again, it comes back to energy and the ability to deter them. >> bret, quickly from you, what more do you think the u.s. could be doing right now to try to

help the ukrainians? >> well, i think we have to hit putin on the home front. we're already seeing 4,000 arrests across russia yesterday. there was dissent. there's division in the ranks of putin's own population. they have to be sure of what we're sealing in ukraine as well as the corruption and mismanagement at the kremlin. >> thank you for joining us. brett brooun and james carafano joining us. we'll have the panel back in the next half-hour. stay with us. more coming up after the break. stay with us. >> how can we stay in kyiv with our country. but we left so our children would have a future. they don't understand and i don't know how to explain to them. they just feel fear. in a lot of pain.

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>> united nations estimate 1.1 million have fled putin's invasion. we'll talk to a missionary working with ukrainian refugees in poland. >> thanks, shannon. >> you shared text messages with us. tonight read one that you got. a ukrainian christian to the ukrainian director of word of life. says we're not safe. no one we love is safe. we're not detached from what is happening. we're mentally struggling to reconcile all of the things we're feeling and thinking, our desire for safety, the lack of control, our desire to trust god, the desire for it all to end but we can't help but think

about eternity when we start to fear. that's bravery. that's courage. a lot of people you're working with, they're running on faith at this point. tell us about the operations and what you're seeing? >> yeah, that's right, faith plays a huge part in what we do. and we want to show the love of christ to all of these people who are in so much pain right nowment. they're hurting in so many ways. one of the things that's been incredible for me to see how people here in poland have just opened up their hearts, their lives for all of these ukrainian people who are displaced from the home country. and i have heard so many testimonies of how people have done this here with us. we've had companies give us 50 mattresses. another company offered to do

laundry for us. and even starbucks gave us some money. and it -- just -- the love that is being shown is unbelievable. of course, i wish it could be in a better time, but, we have seen a lot of love being shown to people here in poland and here at our property, we have 112 people staying the night right now. it's still pretty early in the morning. so they're all sleeping here. and we just want to serve them. >> yeah, we thank you for being up at odd hours so you can tell us what's going on there. we want to show you the map, shows the number and the scale of people fleeing. poland alone has over 1 million, but belarus, slovakia, hungary, romania,ings we know you have other operations in other countries where you do the same thing, take people in, give

people a place to rest, to be safe. to have encouragement. you shared the verse with us, matthew 5:16, in the same way, let your light shine before others so they can see your good works. for you, it's a labor of love and faith. we talk about tragedy is the best opportunity to serve other people and share god's love with them. >> that's right. >> we see people that are open because of the hurt that they're feeling. and, of course, we want to help to meet the physical needs as much as we can, giving them food and shelter. but just as important, i believe, is the spiritual pain and problems they have right now. and we want the answer. we believe it's only through jesus christ. >> yeah, and we know that -- we know that you have people and quickly, we're almost out of time, but i know you have people who elected to stay in ukraine.

they could have left, but they felt that was the place of service to stay. >> yeah, these people are heroes. they choose to put their lives in danger for the cause of christ and i don't think there's anything greater than that. >> thank you for what you and all of the fellow word of life people are doing throughout that region. there are so many organizations flooding into the region to help and be selfless. a lot of volunteers like you sticking around. thank you, god bless you. >> thanks, shannon. >> special coverage continues. more live reporting on the ground in ukraine. that's next.

>> welcome back. special coverage of fox news at night. here in washington. benjamin hall is live in kyiv with coverage on the ground. hey, benjamin. >> hi, shannon. i can tell you in the last few minute, a massive explosion a mile from where we are. things are getting closer. putin's sources are picking up the assault on the capital here. i want to bring back in lieu kast tomlinson. you visited a monastery there in lyviv? tell us what you saw and how

their faith was helping them get through this. >> what i've seen is a lot more people attending services here. yes, we went for a walk. just after sunrise, i walked into the monastery. and just trying to see what -- what the vibe was with what they were doing. certainly seeing so many people praying for peace, praying for the russian forces to end this war and go home. it was pretty powerful sight. i don't know if the images are up right now. this is a catholic area. part of poland. and pope john paul ii preached about 20 years ago. so, that's a -- it's a different part of the country, a different slice. just as faithful as the rest of the country. deep here in ukraine.

>> boarding up windows, stained glass, there are treasures that are in danger. >> it says a lot, shannon. in the last few weeks, how much we've seen the shift. when we first arrived here, i was in kyiv, the capital, for the first two weeks of the country. the last two i've been here in lyviv. the last few days, we've seen them being boarded up and the sculptures, neptune and others outside of the churches wrapped up because people here believe that the war is going to come here eventuallily. and i think a lot of it has to do with -- a lot of it has to do with the supply lines, so many weapons flowing through this area. the refugees flooding out. but there is concern the war will come here. that's why so much effort has gone into protecting the ancient relics and the churches that date back hundreds and hundreds of years. >> i know the sun is coming up

there. >> yeah, that's right. i was going to say, no doubt that we can help get through this. morale is high because of how successful ukrainians have been holding back the russians so far. we have to see in the course of the day how long they can keep it up. shannon, it's been a pleasure, more coming up in the next hour. >> see you then. stick around.

>> welcome to fox news at night. i'm shannon bream in washington. breaking night, tuesday morning. dawning in ukraine, the 13th day of a war with russia. forces shot down two russian fighter jets over the capital of kyiv. on top of the claims they downed another nine russian aircraft, they say, over the weekend. russia getting more aggressive th