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ukrainians have fled the country. >> president biden is announcing further sanctions and gas prices at home are climbing. i'm griff jenkins. molly: i'm molly line. we start off with trey yingst on the ground in kyiv, ukraine. >> good afternoon, over the past 24 hours we've heard the loudest shelling around the capital of kyiv since the war began. just a few moments ago, more cloud explosions in the distance. earlier tonight there, were air raid sirens going off. this city is preparing for bob bloody days ahead. they've seen the rest of the country and civilians are trying to get out of the way. yesterday we met an american citizen, his name is dwight crowe. he traveled here to help out just outside the city limits in the besieged town in urpin. his words give you an idea how people are pitching in to help

the most vulnerable ukrainians. >> i'm mostly carrying stretchers, helping civilian and wounded evaluating from urpin. there are a volunteers putting themselves to harm's way for their countrymen and i'm just trying to help out. >> the evacuations around kyiv come as mariupol comes under siege for forces looking to occupy more land and cct footage shows the mayor of mariupol being abducted by men in plain clothes. president zelenskyy said this. >> today melitpol, the russian forces have switched to terror when they're trying to physically take representatives of the ukrainian authorities. >> residents in that southern

ukrainian town have been protesting following the abduction, those other people who are protesting. >> and here as we've been watching the many maps to show what's happening there. the russians closer and closer to kyiv. what are you seeing on the ground? are women and children present? what are the things that civilians are doing at this point in time? >> the people are stuck, molly. in the distance we've seen explosions and you heard in the distance there, some artillery taking place and russian forces are hitting from the ground and the air and again, those vulnerable people are trapped amid the cross fire as the ukrainians try to push back offensive not only from the east, but from the west and the north. yesterday when we were in urpin, they were stuck in the

city. one man is blind, he has nowhere to go even if he gets on an evaluation bus evacuation bus, and the russian shells were falling and exploding and the devastation is significant, buildings collapsing in on themselves and people stuck there and that's really what the ukrainian people are concerned about with the artillery in the distance, they're worried that the scenes we've seen in mariupol and kharkiv. >> when you mentioned the devastation, we've seen russian forces to the northwest and northeast, getting closer as you well know, the closer the troops get, the more accuracy and the more damage that the artillery shelling can inflict. mind you, the missile launches, along with aerial bombardment,

it's to the next level in terms of an overall threat to the city's falling. >> absolutely. it can get quite overwhelming for these defensive forces that are dug in across the capital of kyiv. hit not only from the ground, but the air and that's what the air raid sirens are for, we hear them go off every few hours and you see sometimes the air defense system trying to shoot down the russian planes overhead and sometimes they've been accurate and hit them. the ukrainians shot down a number of planes and helicopters since this began and they're hoping the air defense battery will hold up. as it's closer and closer, this is port of the putin play book, part of the campaign, to destroy the civilian areas and move in and even as we speak there's artillery ongoing and as the sources move closer and closer to the capital, this massive population center, it's much more difficult to maneuver

and when that happens they'll get heavier and heavier, griff. griff: well, stay safe, trey. it's only 7 p.m. there in the capital city as we head into another night. >> thank you. griff: all right, thank you. well, president biden is turning up the economic heat on russia, announcing $200 million in additional security say stance to ukraine. blaming soaring gas prices at home on vladimir putin. peter doocy has the latest from the white house. peter. >> griff, president clinton is now mentioning keystone xl as part of a midterm warm-up speech that he's been trying out and mentioning it to say he doesn't think it would help with high gas prices. >> folks, let's get straight here the keystone pipeline was two years away, 2% finished. give me a break. give me a break. >> well, that give me a break

that he mentioned is not sitting well with some lawmakers in energy producing states. >> i say give me a break, mr. president. i mean, this administration, from day one, day one, i've seen it in alaska, has come into office and has been focused on shutting down the production of american energy. they do it all the time in my state. i see it all the time. >> but the bottom line, this president doesn't want to betray climate change goals to bring down gas prices. griff: griff, what is the president saying and talking to european leaders about? >> energy is a huge part of the conversations, griff. we're told that the president is talking to the rest of the g7, western europe and japan about learning to live without russian oil. so, the phone calls that says, make further efforts to reduce our reliance on russian energy and doing so in an orderly

fashion and ways to provide time. and private sector companies are leaving russian and we stand with our companies that are seeking orderly withdrawal from the russian market. we know that president biden, committing more $200 million, and up to 1.2 billion and relying updates about that assistance to zelenskyy by phone. >> thank you for the support you provided ukraine. i was on the phone today for a better part of an hour with zelenskyy, who he speak to almost daily. >> president biden says there will be a severe price to pay if russia winds up using chemical weapons, but he hasn't yet said what the severe price would be, griff. griff: peter doocy live for us from the north lawn. peter, thank you. molly.

molly: the refugee crisis created by the relentness attack on ukraine straining sources in neighboring companies to the limit. alex is in poland where the human cost is on full display. alex. >> hi, molly. as we near the evening hours, places like this, refugee centers will continue to slowly fill as people get off of the train stations and they'll be greeted by centers with warm food and beds for them to sleep. they'll have pillows, and blankets, yes, they'll be next to strangers, but they'll be safe. more than two and a half million people have fled ukraine and more than 60% have come through poland. if they have nowhere to go, cities across the country will open up stations just like this one and they're in malls, they're in storage centers. there's no permanent refugee centers built across the country and the polish government says it's struggling

and calling on support from the rest of the eu. and the people i've met in hospitality centers like this say they've been overwelcomed with the support they've received, not only from poland, but also, neighboring countries. take a listen. >> at one point we thought russians were our brothers, but now we see our real brothers are the polish and the germans. >> that was marina, she left ukraine with her mother who is 85 years old. she's too old, and the road too dangerous for her to make it alone so her daughter brought her all the way from poland and from here she'll take her to italy to be safe and marina plans to travel back to ukraine. she doesn't want to leave her husband and her son, he's 18 and will have to fight. and some people fled not only to save themselves, but their loved ones, usually mothers

saving kids. in this case, a mom saving her mom. behind me in the center, there are closets full of clothing. anything that you possibly could need. so many of these people have left everything behind. so if they need more sweaters, gloves, hats, they will a find it here. the bitter cold temperatures that people are making these journeys, forcing them sometimes to leave things behind and people here, the volunteers say they will not be in need. >> and it's a heartbreaking story of separation, physically from their homeland from husbands, brothers, and sons. they want to go home, but are they looking to settle briefly in the european countries? or do they talk about coming all the way to america. >> i've met some people who said they're going to the u.s. because they have family there or friend there and they're thankful for that, but unfortunately for people who

don't know people in other countries, this is, in this room, is what they will be staying in at least for the short time. i should mention though, this is one of the cleanest and well-run centers that we've seen in our time in poland. extremely clean and countless volunteers helping, so this is a beautiful scenario. i know it's difficult to imagine, many americans would never hopefully find themselves in the situations, but this is one of the best possible outcomes where you could find yourself after fleeing from ukraine if you don't know anyone else in any other country. molly. molly: warm and safe does not look like an easy way to be, a very difficult situation. alex hogan, thank you so much for your reporting and sharing these stories, we appreciate it. >> thanks, molly. griff: for more on this and the russian advance in ukraine, we are joined onset by ukrainian member of parliament. sasha, thank you for being

here, what's the latest you're hearing what's happening in ukraine and what your reaction from the way the biden administration is handling it? >> to be honest, it's hell. people are literally being bombed and don't have any water in mariupol, 400,000 people encircled by the russian army. they don't let our volunteers to go in to bring people food and water. and we had children die from dehydration. when i look at the international response from n.a.t.o., eu, i'm shocked. to be lons, 25 years ago when we gave up our nuclear weapons, we were promised we will be protected. we will have the support from the united states, united kingdom and russia, unfortunately, if something happens. well, it's not happening. we've been begging for the no-fly zone from my country to protect civilians. we can fight it on the ground,

but we cannot shoot down the missiles and airplanes bombing the cities every day. if you do not want to do the no-fly zone, give us the jets, the air defense system, you have plenty of those. unfortunately, this is not happening and the main reason is, president biden and they're afraid of one man, putin. and one single man. if we provide weapons or arms, and there's going to be escalation, where is their red line, how many people and children have to die to provide the weapons. so far we have thousands of people die every day in hunger, under the shells, under the missiles and nothing is being done. we keep hearing about the sanctions and embargo, we're grateful for that and support in terms of money, but unfortunately, this is not enough. this has to be done two weeks ago before he started bombing

civilians. now, we need physical protection. we need arms, we need air defense systems. we need to fight with him. griff: you mentioned the mig fighter jets and the administration says they cannot do that through the transfer through germany, but 42 republican senators saying we've got to get these jets over there because it would make a difference. you believe that would help? >> i believe that those air jets are the angels for our children. now, i talked yesterday to a girl, she's 38 weeks pregnant. she had to have baby shower on the 23rd and the 24th putin invaded. so, she literally spent four days in the basement on her 38 weeks of pregnancy and then had four days to drive to poland just to escape with her baby. he's targeted-- it's not just war it's genocide. he's trying to get as many people killed as he can right now including unborn children because he's targeting maternity hospital and everybody saw that on tv.

it's not about even the war crimes, this is the genocide that's happening. and those migs, actually the angels that can fly and protect our sky, our pilots can fly those. we have been flying them previously so we keep asking for the technical support, if you don't want to do the political decisions, because when i look at the sanctions on russian oligarchs, for example, well, you sanctioned them, but you didn't sanction any of their companies. they still have all of their money in the united states. their families are here in the united states. griff: let me ask. you're pregnant yourself. >> yes. griff: due to give birth next month. what will you tell your child they they get older about what happened right now? >> i know there is one thing i dreamed that my child will see the country that it's going to come back to her homeland. and because so far, what i see is the world wants it to be so-called a frozen conflict. and that's why everybody keeps

calling it a conflict. it's not a conflict, it's a war and there's only one country that will win, we or russia, and if russia wins they will go next for poland and the others and i want my kids to be proud that she has one of the best country in the world to live for, the country of freedom, the country of fighters, and we're going to win one day, it's just a matter of how many lives it takes, how many lives of children and unborn children it takes for us to get this victory and unfortunately, we need support from the international community. more help, especially in weapons, in guns, in airplanes so we can protect our children because we already have more than 4,000 children being born in the bomb shelters, in the subways, and this is something you could not imagine in a european country more than two weeks ago. griff: sasha, we have to leave it there, thank you for taking time and we hope and pray for all of the ukraine citizens and

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ukraine. war torn, and children in the hospitals as they batter the region. following the latest developments for us and take a look at the latest video. >> alexis. >> this is surprising at first and now they come in and people aren't shocked anymore. it's horrendous. people are badly injured, taken into the hospitals on stretchers and doctors are working to save the people's lives doing everything they can. and other ukrainians are digging trenches for the people who never made it out. take a look here, this is video we're seeing inside some of the hospitals, that's a 14-year-old girl badly injured by the attacks from the russian troops. she's laying in the hospital bed. her grandmother and brother are by her side as she's treated by bad wounds and other people rushed in on wheelchairs and more. now, dozens of other ukrainians are also in that same hospital. in hospital beds and some of

the people won't make it out. as the ukrainians get more supplies, morale is as high as it can. >> we will fight from every basement. and we have to help us out, thank for our lives, from the united kingdom, from the united states, so they will -- they will loose things every street, every block, every crossroad. >> now, they are getting more supplies, but in mariupol, which has been very hard-hit. there is no electricity, no water, and supplies are really running out there for those people and this comes at the russian tanks, rather, continue to roll in, pummelling that port city strategically and the attacks have not stopped. listen. today a mosque in mariupol was shelled.

first telling fox news at least 80 people including small children were inside of that mosque sheltering today when it was hit. there's no immediate word on casualties from the shelling of the mosque. the video is rolling in and worse and worse and russian forces are getting closer to the capital. molly: it's heartbreaking to hear these stories. griff. griff: alexis is very right, they're closing in on kyiv. in fact, there's a reason why president zelenskyy is saying that this is a new stage of terror and as we just heard from sasha, the member of parliament, that it's a humanitarian catastrophe. you can see on the maps, the attacks begin from the north on kyiv from the east and certainly the south. i want to point to one development the last 24 hours, the attacks on the fourth

largest city in ukraine and then the city of mariupol, literally encircled by the russian troops. and you're hearing from the foreign minister, it's the worst humanitarian catastrophe on the planet right now. of course, you can see the russian occupation all the way over here, almost closing access to the sea, and of course being a access to the entire black sea. take you to the ukrainian forces. as they change color here, in the blue, these are areas where the ukrainian defense is trying to stop things. they've got a circle around mariupol, trying to stop what looks like an inevitable occupation of that city by russian forces and you can see in the red, the russian forces are advancing, and closing in on mariupol, as well as moving

north and towards the cap. this is kherson. we've heard this pseudo referendum held to try to have a break away state. and in the west, attacks, air fields here. we haven't seen missile strikes over there. but that of course in anticipation that we were going to put the mig fighters in there, but this is a new area of attack that putin is waging in his scorched earth campaign as trey yingst said. molly: we are going to talk about negotiations and where russia may or may not be willing to go and when things might change. but it's incredible to see. mariupol and the humanitarian disaster, and people trying to find out about loved ones and how the city has been left without infrastructure, without food, without water and it's in

that key spot where russia may be able to try to create that land bridge in russia and crimea and the neighboring community where the mayor was abducted. in melitpol and where they've spent effort on and in this hour, and particularly in mariupol and the disaster occurring on the ground and we know that that's ongoing. so it speaks to the importance that russia's view that area. >> that's right, we are going to have a lot more over the next two hours about the map and that land bridge you talked about and of course, the mayor of mayor of melitpol. and that's next coming up, stay with us. freedom unlimited.

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russian attacks are expanding westward as the war in ukraine enters its 17th day. >> we have team coverage with mark meredith from the pentagon and we have mike tobin on the ground in lviv. >> i want to show you something remarkable that's happening. look behind me down the stairs, a van filled with boxes, that's aid from europe. there's another van next to it and the locals have made a human chain. what they're doing with all of these goods, from food to diapers, they're handing it up and taking it onto the train platform and they're moving it one by one, the old-fashioned human chain way into that train car. this train, once it's full, it's headed to kharkiv. kharkiv has been battered, the people pinned down and shortly they need-- in short, they need everything. so this is one of the

solutions. we know that aid is also making its way out to mariupol, battered and encircled. they're so desperate we know they've resorted to mass graves. >> and there's a human chain, how do they know to get here, a message goes out and social media. and we find in ukraine, when a message goes out on social media, people show up. and they go to the train and fill with refugees and refugees come here to the western part of the country where they get on buses and they head for the western border. molly. molly: all right. mike tobin, thank you so much. heartbreaking and heartwarming to see the supplies going. hopefully they reach the destination where they need to reach. exceptional reporting. griff: secretary austin is

headed to europe for the recommitment by n.a.t.o. and sending ukraine more sophisticated weapons, killing a deal to transfer fighter jets to the beleaguered country. let's go to mark meredith. >> earlier, the russian deputy foreign minister says the weapons going into ukraine could be targeted. and the u.s. is not providing everything the ukrainian government is asking for, you brought up the fighter jets, earlier this week, the administration holding firm rejecting poland's offer to send the mig's into ukraine. they were surprised by poland's offer, but unwilling to make the transfer over fears it would escalate the crisis further. the pentagon insists that the weapons are continuing to flow and the administration approving another $200 million in security adistance and while the officials are not giving a

breakdown of every weapon going into the country, the u.s. rejects the idea that ukraine is not well-equipped to fight. >> ukrainians are not defenseless, they have been contesting this air space quite well, quite effectively and nimbly with the air surface to air missiles that they have, with the drones they have and opportunities, including their own fixed wing aircraft. >> and when lloyd austin meets with n.a.t.o. headquarters, there will be look at the shipment of weapons that n.a.t.o. and allies are willing to send into ukraine. the secretary is making a stop in slovakia, interesting place to go, because last month, there were access to u.s. military bases for 10 years, it's an interesting proposal and interesting with what he is going on. griff: mark meredith tracking

from the pentagon. molly. for more on the u.s. response in ukraine, we're joined by republican senator interest tennessee and member of the senate armed services and commerce committees, marsha blackburn. senator, thank you for spending a few minutes with us on that saturday. i want to start with something pretty concerning. russia's deputy foreign minister says that convoys with foreign weapons supplied to ukraine including those from the united states will become quote, legitimate targets for the russian armed forces. now, not clear exactly what they mean by that, target the deliveries coming in, near the border, across the border or a warning that convoys in general could potentially be targeted as part of russian propaganda, perhaps, going after a convoy when it really last other things in it. your thoughts on the latest from the russian representatives? >> what we know is that vladimir putin is very frustrated. he thought he was going to handle all of this in two or

three days, he would going in, he would take kyiv, he would be hailed a liberator because he thought the country was run by drug dealers, drug addicts, and thieves. so, what he found out, the ukrainian people are very proud people, they want their freedom, they like their government that they have, and they do not want russian intervention. now, what we also know is that his army is not well-equipped. we've heard the stories of the condition of some of the equipment, the soldiers not knowing they were going to fight a war. we know that he is calling in mercenaries and soldiers for hire, the wagner group. he's getting recruits from syria, from southeast asia. and he is trying to keep any kind of military or humanitarian aid out of the

country. so, it is not unexpected that he would say anything that is being done to help. he's going to fight against. and molly, bear in mind he's even said he considers sanctions to be an act of war. molly: right. and that's part of this untangling what precisely the russians mean when they say just about anything. when it comes to the subject of military aid to ukraine, a lot of talk with america what the u.s. should provide, shouldn't provide and the role in helping others and the fallout over the mig-29 plane proposals. where do you draw the line, and how far are you willing to go what america provides and how. >> yes, we do not need our troops on the ground in ukraine, but what we do need to do is give them what they need to defend themselves. and molly, i sent a letter over to the white house last fall saying now is the time for economic sanctions, keep the sanctions on nord stream two

and by the way, sales of lethal aid now is the time for this. it's also the time for a coordinated message so that our n.a.t.o. partners know we're going to stand with ukraine and they should, also. bear in mind, this came so closely last fall, people were still reeling from the debacle in afghanistan, and they were saying, are you going to back ukraine? are you going to back taiwan if the chinese go after taiwan. when you have a convoluted foreign policy that does not seem to be consistent, is full of inconsistencies, it causes our allies to wonder if they are really our ally and if we will be there for them. so the sanctions, the aid, the message, should have been put in place last fall. this administration said no. we're going to wait until russia actually does something. and then we'll make a call. and of course, what we're

seeing is that it's too little, too late, but i'm glad to see that this administration is finally stepping up to the plate, but get ukraine what they need. get the migs in there. make certain that they can defend themselves. molly: all right, shifting just quickly. i want to talk about gas prices because we've seen things go up quite a bit from a year ago, a quick picture 2.84 a year ago and now over 4. when it comes to the of nation, biden administration, he's called it putin's price hike. do you see on the part of the biden administration as deflection? >> tennesseans are not believing it, they can pull up any chart, any graph and see where gases were during the

obama-biden administration, where they were during the trump years and where they are now. molly, they know when they go fill up their car, that they are paying nearly twice what they were paying a year ago. yesterday i was up on the plateau and up in jackson county, tennessee and talking with the director of schools, and we were looking through where these gas bills per month to run school buses have gone. going from 2500, 2800, 3300 and moving on up over 4,000 $5,000. this is what our counties and our governments and our school systems are up against. it's what families are up against, and they're trying to make trips and run the car, when you're talking about near $5 a gallon gas, and paying so much more to fill up the truck, or the van, or the car, this gets to be unaffordable.

molly: senator blackburn, thank you so much for joining us, we really appreciate it, talking about the kitchen table issues as well. >> absolutely. molly: griff. griff: molly, we'll bring you reaction from the other side of the aisle on the other side of this break. stay with us. l boost? the newday 100 va loan lets you borrow up to 100% of your home's value and take out up to $60,000 or more. give them a call. veteran homeowners, newday wants to help you use your va home loan benefit to get more. more cash, more savings, more peace of mind. the newday 100 va loan lets you borrow up to 100% of your home's value. up to $60,000 or more. veterans are saving an average of $615 every month. with more ways to help more veteran families, no bank, no lender, no one knows veterans like newday usa.

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>> now for reaction from the other side of the aisle, joining us is brad sherman, foreign affairs committee. thank you for being here. and you heard your colleague senator blackburn talking about aid is perhaps late, at least it's coming. but she was saying, too, that she's among the group of republicans that want to provide those mig-29 fighter jets. we had a member of parliament on earlier, that she thinks they should and administration not willing to do so. what are your thoughts? >> well, i think that we've provided a lot more aid to ukraine in the first year of the biden administration than we did anytime in helping them

prepare for this. and during the first year of the trump administration, we didn't provide lethal aid at all. providing helmets, not bullets. as to the migs, the problem is how do you get them to ukraine without it raising the involvement of n.a.t.o. it's one thing to send in a truck with weapons in it. it crosses the border and then it's in ukraine and then days later, maybe those weapons are used. once that plane takes off from poland, well, it's an air raid on russian forces, taking off from poland. that's why poland said, well, you can't do that. so then they want to take the planes further away from ukraine, to ramsted air force base and then give them to us,

and then taking off from n.a.t.o. soil. they haven't fully used the migs that we've had. we've seen it's not the aircraft that are inflicting the damage. it's the missiles and especially the artillery. griff: you're right -- i don't want to get in a discussion about the previous administration. what matters now is the ukrainian defense forces getting what they need and it will be to see if the jets have it, but specifically the no-fly zone, that's something that zelenskyy and ukrainian officials have been begging for. what is your position and if we have a no-fly zone over a human corridor. >> that means that our forces are at the mercy of russian air defense, that means you've got to hit russian territory or

belarusan territory. griff: the administration steams to be shifting the rising gas prices on vladimir putin. the putin price hike, you're from california i know your constituents must be feeling in. what do you make of the administration's shift to blame what is happening in ukraine on the rising prices which have been going on for months? >> well, the last 75 cents is because of what putin has done. prior to that it's what opec has done, constrained supply and the fact is that the united states is producing about as much oil as we burn. we're producing more now than when biden came into the white house and next year, we will be at an all-time high in production, but regardless of what we produce, it's a worldwide price for oil. the price in texas is the same basically as the price in the north sea. and until we get the saudis to backfill for what russia is not

allowed to sell, and our pressure on saudi arabia needs to grow. griff: last 10 seconds, they're telling me to wrap in my ear, can you envision a time when you support restarting construction on keystone pipeline. >> frankly, i don't see that, but take a fresh look at it and i think that environmentalists have to look at how much oil we burn, not how much we produce and try to limit gas emissions. griff: congressman brad sherman, thank you for being here with us. much appreciate it, molly. molly: a closer look at russia's military offensive in ukraine next.

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particularly well? your thoughts? >> i think china plays a limited role. certainly it's been careful to not totally endorse the russian position, but it certainly hasn't split with russia. i think the key question you ask though is why are they persistent and i think we need to understand, putin is committed in taking and controlling at least a large part of the ukraine. and if that means civilians casualties and fighting on for weeks or months, russia seems to be committed to do that. griff: despite the toll, we know that thousands of their soldiers have been killed and artillery taken out. molly: russia has made claims that u.s. is backing biological or chemical weapons, setting the stage for a false flag operation and then the propaganda to try to blame it on america. and russia announcing convoys with foreign weapons coming in potentially weapons from the

united states, transferring there to ukraine, would be legitimate targets. your thoughts on where they're taking things going forward? >> i think the key is they are fighting a major information war. it seems to be remarkable unsuccessful in reaching outside of russia, but it may have an impact there. when it comes down to the fighting, they finally seem to be reorganizing, doing a somewhat better job of moving in on the key cities, dispersing their forces. they almost acted initially rushing in at a drive-thru than fighting a real war. molly: we appreciate your insight and we'll have more team coverage coming up at the top of the hour. enamel on a d. with pronamel repair toothpaste, we can help actively repair enamel in its weakened state. it's innovative. my go to toothpaste

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polish refugee center. but we start off with trey yingst, of course, on the ground there in ukraine with. trey? >> reporter: molly, good afternoon. russian forces are closing in on the capital of kyiv from from the west, the east and the north. we know tonight there has been artillery in the distance as anti-aircraft batteries have been trying to shoot down planes overhead, the fighting getting closer and closer to this population center as president zelenskyy today doubling down on his calls for forth sprt -- support from the international community. satellite images give you a sense of just how close the units are to the capital. russian forces were just to the northwest to to have city, they've since dispersed and redeployed into some of the neighboring towns, they've pointed the artillery towards the downtown area of kyiv, and this imagery shows the artillery being shot off. ground and air operations

against this city continue, loud explosions in the distance and air a raid sirens going off. and you can hear just right there another explosion here in the capital of kyiv. this comes as the streets are pretty much locked down. each block has ukrainian soldiers and checkpoints, they're trying to check documents to make sure that no russian forces are advance having into the city and running any sort of reconnaissance operation. we saw that early on in the invasion, and it's a concern now as the war escalates. back to you. molly: trey, i want to come right back to you, actually. this is remarkable video you just shared as well as the video of the artillery in the distance. what have you seen change just -- not just over the last two and a half weeks where we saw people eating in restaurants and still in cafés some 17 days ago, to where we are just in the last 24 hours. >> reporter: it's the level of intensity really as civilians are trying to get out of the way. those russian forces have regrouped, and they are advancing on the capital. they're getting closer and closer, and in terms of how

heavy the shelling has been, it's the loudest and the closest we are heard since to the capital since this war started. it's often in the distance and you hear it occasionally, but the consistency of the shelling and the efforts to push -- back the russian forces, it's an indicator they're advancing. early analysts warned that russia might try to surround the capital of kyiv. so far they've not been successful in doing so, it doesn't appear they have the forces to fully encircle the capital. this is going to give ukrainians that southern route to still supply weaponry to this massive population center. molly. give give you can speak to, speak to your sense on how random or how targeted this increased shelling may be. does it appear putin is just striking with wild abandon, or does it seem that it's still following some sort of playbook? >> reporter: it's often indiscriminate. we saw it yesterday mt. town of

irpin, the russians were shelling nearly the entire time we were there, and they didn't appear to be aiming their shots. it was falling this civilian and residential areas, and when we actually went through the town that is now partially occupied by russian forces, there were buildings that were totally destroyed. these were not military centers. you could hear those explosions in the distance, that artillery continues, but these were not military centers or focused front lines. these were schools, they were residential buildings, they were apartment complexes, and that that's really what we've seen across ukraine, the russians shelling different things, even ma alternative the city hospitals in their efforts to take over territorial areas. and so far they have been successful in doing so but at the cost of the ukrainian people. molly: the video is quite clear, and trey yingst, your reporting as well. thank you so much. we appreciate it. griff? griff: incredible reporting by trey. back here at home president biden is pinning the blame on vladimir putin for the shark increase in gas -- sharp increase in gas prices and

inflation while refusing to reevaluate the keystone xl. he announced a new $200 million in new security assistance to ukraine this morning. peter doocy is live at the white house with the latest. >> reporter: and in terms of a remedy, griff, to bring prices down especially at the pump, president biden is not pitching anything particularly new. the thing that he really wants to get out there is he doesn't hi think -- doesn't think any of this is his fault, he wants inflation blamed on putin. >> i'm sick of this stuff. [applause] we have to talk about it because the american people hi the reason for inflation is government spending more money. simply not true. >> reporter: simply not true. huh. because the president admitted his policies did contribute to inflation, specifically the stimulus checks attached to the american rescue plan. he explained how in december. >> to change people's lives. but what happens if there's nothing to buy, you've got more

money, you compete for -- it creates a real problem. >> reporter: so the closer we get to the midterm elections, the further away president biden wants his policies to be from anything related to inflation. griff. griff: peter, quickly, president also talking to european leaders. what's that about? >> reporter: yeah, they're trying to figure out how to live without russian oil. we got a statement from the g7 leaders, and we're told we will make further efforts to reduce our reliance on russian energy while insuring that we do so in an orderly fashion and in ways that provide time for the if world to secure alternative and sustainable supplies. in addition, private sector companies are leaving russia with unprecedented speed in solidarity, we stand with our companies that are seeking an orderly withdrawal from the russian market. we also know president biden has now committed $200 million more more in security assistance to ukraine, that brings the grand total to $1.2 billion so far, and he says he's been relaying updates to zelenskyy by phone.

>> thank you for the support you've provided ukraine. i was on the phone today for the better part of an hour with zelenskyy, who i speak to almost daily. >> reporter: and president biden saying that there will be a severe price for russia to pay if putin orders the use of chemical weapons, but he's not saying yet what that severe price would be with. griff? griff: peter doocy live for us at the white house, thank you. meanwhile, ukrainians continue to dig in against the russian invaders, and they're not alone in their fight. local officials say over 26,000 volunteers from 50 different countries have come to aid their cause including americans. our next guest is one of those american volunteers, a former paratrooper who was deployed to iraq multiple times. he's going by the name paul. welcome to the show. paul, thank you. i want to ask you, why have you joined this effort? and if you can, give us a sense of sort of where you have

positioned yourself. >> hello from north kyiv. yes, i moved to kyiv in late 2020. it's a beautiful country, a beautiful people here many if ukraine, and so life was very good for me here. so with this invasion, as it got closer and closer, i started to think about what i was going to do, ask i decided that i was going to stand here and fight with the people of ukraine. the georgia foreign legion has been active here for about a eight years. after their war with russia, they started saying that ukraine was next, and for many years they've been preparing for this moment. so i've been helping them train civilians, and i'm helping them fight and defend ukraine this past two, three weeks of fighting. griff: paul, vladimir putin grossly are underestimated the fierce resistance of the ukrainian people and their forces. you're out there amongst hem. tell me about how strong the

ukrainian resistance is, and they survive and fend off the russian forces as they close in on you in the capital city? >> so the whole entire population has -- all the roads that are still in ukrainian control are on lockdown. the entire population here in ukraine has rallied behind the country, and the war atrocities are on social media. everybody is just aghast at what's going on here, and they're starting to target civilians as well as military. but we -- from the younger generation to older generation, i remember soviet times whole country is fiercely fighting for the independence that they celebrated 30 years this year. griff: paul, are they suffering war crimesesome we have heard much about the inch discriminate bombing and attacks on civilians. is what you're seeing in the streets equivalent to war crimes? >> yes. so, i mean, they're trying to

basically erase this country -- the sovereignty of the nation of ukraine. for centuries, they're the strongest europeans. they're beautiful people, but they have the strongest spirit to fight. it's a righteous fury that fuels these people as they see friends and family going to fight and, meanwhile, russia a is attacking indiscriminately now this civilian sectors and military. so you've seen what's happening. i'm here in northern kyiv, georgian foreign legion is active here, and everybody's hunkered down. but the people themselves are trying to carry on as strong strongly as he can, somewhat resemblance of normal life here. inspiring to see this huge population of the country and

everybody's 100% behind their native home here. griff: paul if, thank you for your service to our nation. as someone who spent some time in iraq, i've seen the fierce fighting you've done. you're not with u.s. troops, you are, obviously, with ukrainian forces, and it does appear that the russians are continuing to soften the battle space, if you will, and surround kyiv which you know what happens next. are you worried for your own life? >> i'm worried for the children, i'm worried for the families here, ask so -- and so i'm going to do what i need to do as a friend and ally of ukraine. and i'm with the people and we'll fight until the end here. i just call on america to send our democracy and help out the ukrainians with air space now because every single ukrainian on the front lines, everyone.

griff: paul, stay safe. thank you for taking time to join us and please check in with us as the battle continues to give us updates. thank you, sir. >> thank you, god bless. molly: millions of ukrainians are fleeing this escalating russian war straining resources in neighboring countries as local officials scramble to accommodate the ongoing flood of refugees. alex hogan joins us live from inside a refugee center in poland. alex, what are you seeing there now? >> reporter: hi, or molly. this is what fleeing your country in a time of war looks like. if you don't have anyone else in another country to call on or to stay with, these cots pushed together one after another. but this is what you see if you're a lucky one, most of the centers that we've visited in our time here at the border of poland and ukraine are not nearly this clean. they're packed with thousands of people and pets, one on top of another, and, of course, with millions of people fleeing the

country it's not sustainable to keep these places as clean as this one that we see here today. the volunteers have come in from all over the country and all over the world to help the 1.6 million refugees who have left ukraine since russia invaded. now, in this center here it's about an hour away from the border, but people continue to pour out of the border towns into larger towns just like this one. each of them bringing their stories. take a listen. >> missiles, there was no -- [inaudible] >> it was difficult. our kids, two kids, 6 and 4 years old. >> reporter: now, here in this facility volunteers have donated everything that you see, residents who live in this town, they've dropped off towels and blankets, there's clothing,

shoes, toiletry, toys for kids, anything that you possibly could need while you're staying here. most people will stay in this facility for 1-2 days until they get their feet on the ground figuring out where they'll go from here, whether that's staying with friends or family or moving on to another city. everyone that i've talked with says they want to go back to ukraine, but the problem is for now they have no idea when it will be safe enough to do so. molly? molly: all right. alex hogan with an inside look for us, thank you very much. over 1500 people have died in mare mariupol alone in the last 12 days, according to the mayor's office. thousands continue to search for missing family members in that city. joining us live from he e vive, ukraine, is maria -- lviv, who has not heard from her 80-year-old grandmother in 11 days. maria, thank you for joining us, talking about your grandmother and this story, it's a story

that a lot of people there in ukraine are experiencing. if we could start, just tell us a little bit about your grandmother and her situation. >> thanks for having me, molly. yes, my grandmother is 80 years old, and she lives in pair poll in a house adone -- mariupol in a house alone. and for 11 days already i haven't heard anything from her or my other relatives in mariupol right now, so i have no connection with either of them, and we're desperately trying to reach them every few hours of this 11 days. molly: we have seen horrific pictures out of mariupol, we though that it's a real struggle there on the ground. are you able to get any information, the to casual cell signal? -- occasional a cell signal? how are you communicating with those left in that city? >> some people, for example, my friend's parents have found a

place in the center of the city where there is a place with a signal, and they managed to call us, and they had maybe one or two minutes of call. they theired -- shared the situation there is really horrible. like, they have nod food, they have almost no water, at least it was snowing a few days ago, and they managed to drink some water from snow, basically. but i don't have any information about a my grandma if, does she have any food or medicine or water. so my only hope is that someone helped her, maybe someone from the neighbors. molly: well, we've been putting these beautiful pictures of her and you up on the screen as we're talking to you. her name is lunia, am i saying that right, your grandmother's name? and do you know if there are people there in mariupol and where, if someone were helping her, if she was seeking aid,

where they might go? where the buses out of mariupol from that southern part, are they going up to lviv? do you have any idea where to look for someone who may have moved? are there chat rooms, are there organizations that are taking lists of names of people checking in? how are you searching? >> yeah. we have a few chats telegram, and people look for their families, their parents or anyone. they have no connection, and i i monitor these chats with my parents every day, and we are trying to find someone. and yesterday we were lucky to find some neighbors who escaped the city two days ago. they didn't see my grandma, but at least they -- [inaudible] they were already moving, so at least it wrings me some hope that she was there at least two days ago. molly: it's heartbreaking to

hear you talk about these clues. a given person that can give you some insight on the ground, and with the infrastructure where it is, where the electricity and internet and that sort of thing is down, it falls back to sort of old school word of mouth. what would you say to other folks that are also trying to get information out of mariupol about their missing loved ones? what have you found that might help other families that are also looking for their mothers, sisters, brothers, fathers? >> well, i would advise -- search for the families and relatives and find any connection with them, maybe connect with some volunteers. at least they have regularly checking their phone numbers and so on. the hope and the faith in our hearts is maybe the bes thing that we have at this point, and we can't lose this.

molly: yeah. mariya, thank you so much for sharing your story. this is a story that many people across your country are experience appearancing right now. we really hope to hear of a reunion with your grandmother soon, so please keep us posted, and thank you so much for sharing your story, and we wish you all the best. hopefully, some continued safety for you and your grandmother as well. thank you. >> thank you so much. griff: coming up, we're tracking the latest russian military moves in ukraine and efforts to stop them, next. ♪ ost? the newday 100 va loan lets you borrow up to 100% of your home's value and take out up to $60,000 or more. give them a call. veteran homeowners, newday wants to help you use your va home loan benefit to get more. more cash, more savings, more peace of mind. the newday 100 va loan lets you borrow up to

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♪ muck. molly: brand new video from southern ukraine showing the realities of life now under russian come bardment. alexis mcadams is following the latest developments in new york. she's been gathering this. >> reporter: hi, molly. ukraine's president said today his forces have lost 1300 troops since the invasion started, ask we've seen a lot of graphic images in the video we've been getting in to the newsroom. this comes as russian forces are getting much closer to the capital of kyiv again today. explosions still rocking other cities nearby. look at this, this is to some of the new video. that's an participant if complex

in the -- apartment complex in the southern area of ukraine. those explosives dropped just outside of that apartment building. you can see the guys standing near the building, he then takes off on foot trying to run to safety. the city in southern ukraine is one of many if under continuous fire by russian troops. one of the other areas that russian troops are still focused on since the beginning is odesa. that's the ukrainian city with the largest port city. it's really considered very strategically important to russian president vladimir putin for several reasons. people there are getting ready for more major shelling, some singing as they try and prepare. listen. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: trying to keep morale up there the when they really tonight know what's going to happen next. in odesa people are using sandbags to protect their statues and infrastructure. you'll see them trying to take

those sandbags like this and put them up around major statues in their cities to protect them from russian shelling, piling them up as air raid sirens continue to sound off. that threatened attack imminent in odesa. locals have this message for vladimir putin. >> go away. don't do anything with your russia. don't come to ukraine. we hate you. we don't need your support. >> reporter: many people are staying put in these port cities including odesa, taking shelter in bunkers just like this that you see. those bunkers are set up all across the city in major areas. supplies are growing thin though as the attacks continue. ukraine's leaders tell fox news that the russians shelled a cancer hospital just south of kyiv and also just today a mosque was shelled. at least 80 people, molly, were hiding inside of that. we're working to get details as to exactly how many people were

injured. molly: as we get more information on that, i can't imagine that's going to be good news. alexis, thank you so much for sharing those pictures and continuing to do the work to gather them for us, we appreciate it. griff? griff: let's a take a look now at where the most intense battles are happening many ukraine. joining us to break it down, senior fellow at the heritage foundation, brent sadler. he spent 26 years in the navy, nuclear-powered submarines under his belt, just one of many things. alexis was talking about that mosque being attacked. that happened here in mariupol, in that city, absolutely under siege. it appears russian forces are completely surrounding it, trying to choke it off in the near future. it does not look good in mariupol. in melitopol, the mayor apparently kidnapped. that is troubling. but from this eastern breakaway area of the donbas all the way now almost land bridge that's

gone all the way tokerson which, obviously, the russians have already moved through, not yet in odesa, but if they do press there, it cuts off access to the sea of azov. how significant and concerning is this? >> for ukraine to continue to exist if economically, they need to have access to the sea. granted, they do have a lot of over-land connections, but a lot of their trade goes through the ports in o december -- odesa and mariupol. so economically and then there is the tactical value. you make mariupol, you remove any ukrainian presence in the sea of azov which connects to the caspian sea, and that's where russia last year started bringing more naval forces to boost up their black sea fleet. but odesa is the target. you connect the land bridge and once you get there, you need not go any further to control the -- griff: and worried about another russia amphibious landing here.

>> there's been a lot of speculation. about a week ago dod sources were reporting that there was a massing of naval forces off of crimea looking like an anticipation of a landing. that never occurred. now, amphibious landings highly complex and with some of greatest risk. the hand aring that was done over in mariupol early on in the war was done in uncontested, safe beaches. so they came ashore unopposed. that would not be the case here. griff griff i'm going to take you to a different map, and we're seeing for the first time missile strikes in the west. that has not been hit heavily. it is now. this is an airfield here and, of course, a little bit of speculation that maybe that is in case these mig fighters that got rejected do get brought in, that would be where they would go. >> that's probably one of the factors but, again, i think these airfields were always part of the russian military campaign. you would want to dominate the air. they've had the a problem doing

that platterly -- partly because of the weather and largely due to -yard line's stiff -- ukraine's stiff resistance. griff: i just want to squeeze in one more map. blue here, this is where ukrainian defense forces are trying to hold it off. but as you well know if, the numbers aren't looking good. what do you make of how they're fending off the forces? >> so the must not fail is kyiv. and the resistance that the russians are running into and the logistics problems as they try to move in around and complete the encirclement of kyiv continues. in the south and the east, kharkiv is critical, and really the drive of knee pro. -- dnipro. griff: yeah, forces encircling that as well with. brent sadler, very good insight, indeed. that's the latest, molly, of what's happening. molly: thank you very much, griff. we are back on the ground in ukraine coming up next, plus our political panel on the growing

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molly: the president finish residents in lviv, ukraine, pitching this many to help their neighbors. mike tobin is on the ground in lviv with the latest on in this effort. mike? >> reporter: and, molly, so much of the train traffic that you see getting people out of the combat zones is ending up here at the lviv central train station. but after they get off the train, they've got to go somewhere else. you can see we're mt. parking lot where the buses are amazing. this group -- masses. this bus headed to krakow, poland. the yellow is on its way, once it fills up, will be on it way to warsaw. a couple of these buses also to warsaw, some heading to slovakia, moldova, romania, but the bulk of them are heading

into poland. as we watch this refugee crisis, 52% of the people, 52% of the 2.5 million who have crossed over the western border have gone into poland. that is stressing poland. you have the officials here in ukraine kind of urging people as you're making flights from the combat zone, try to choose hungary, moldova, romania, slovakia just to ease those countries, and they also say the crossings are a little bit easier. and at the same time as you have so many people fleeing the combat, you get about 18,000 people a day coming east across that western border. that is mostly a a young ukrainian men looking to join the fight. molliesome. molly: mike, i want to ask, you've done some remark if bl reporting about the efforts to get supplies out to the eastern parts of the country. that mission, getting that that done, that's not just logistically challenging, that that's fairly dangerous work,

right? >> reporter: it is fair wily dangerous work. everything going east, you've heard the russians now say they're going to start targeting things that they feel are resupply that are going east, so that increases the risk even for the people who are bringing humanitarian aid. but what we have seen time and time again since the invasion started is this remarkable willingness on the part of the ukrainians, particularly here in the wen part of the country -- western part of the country, to do whatever it takes to help this effort, and aha includes -- and that includes very much special emphasis on the aid to get people who are out in the trouble spots like kharkiv and mariupol. molly? molly: a phenomenal outpouring. thank you, mike tobin, for bringing us these reports. appreciate it. griff: for more on the u.s. response to the russian war on ukraine, we asked richard fowler and steve -- a radio talk show host. steve, richard, thanks for being here. steve, what do you make of the

administration's response so far to this war in ukraine? >> well, it's difficult here because as you can see on the ground we already had an inflation issue here. let me give you an example, the price of gasoline when biden took office in january of 2021, 2.25, of course, it's doubled that now. and, of course, the war exacerbates and a lot of people believe it's the weakness or the the -- of the white house where vladimir putin said, well, maybe now is the time to try to rebuild this russian empire which is what many people believe he is efforting to do. but if you look at that real impact on real families, griff, $2.25 a gallon, if you use 20,000 miles a year, that 252550 in the hole -- hole. you've got two cars in the driveway, maybe a teenager, you're 5, 6, $7,000. that's a real impact that hurts

real american families. by griff well, i wasn't going to go right to gas prices, but since you brought it up, steve, richard let me get your reaction. we did see the administration this week lay much of the blame for the rising gas prices and, by the way, right now a gallon of gas of regular is costing you about $4.32. i mean, that's real pain at the pump, and that's just the average. go out west it's even much, much larger. but we saw administration, richard, blaming putin for the price hike as they put it, the hashtag putin price hikement this was senate minority leader mitch mcconnell earlier this week addressing that. watch. >> they're trying to rebrand the entire increase in gas prices on their watch, listen to, as an effect of putin's recent invasion of ukraine. so they want to blame 14 months

of gas price increases on the last two weeks of turmoil. griff: richard, is it spin? >> i think it's a little bit more than spin, right? i think you have to look at the prices overall, and you can't look at it in a vacuum. i'm sitting out here in l.a. where the gas prices are $5 a gallon, so there's no question people are feeling the pain. but if the white house singularly could control american gas prices, i'm sure president biden would wave a magic wand and make sure gas was $1 a gallon. but the truth of the matter is because fossil fuels are traded globally, everything impacts that market including putin's actions in ukraine but also the fact that we're just coming out of a pandemic in which we had a breakdown in supply chain issues. so there's a lot of input that get at the high prices at the pump. the question is what will the biden administration do to insure we bring prices down. you've already seen them say this week they'll be releasing some barrels of oil from the

strategic petroleum reserve, there we go, i got it, and i think they're going to have to figure out a way to insure we increase supply which is why you see them having negotiations with the saudis and united arab emirates to find other good fossil fuel suppliers as well as american suppliers to get them to slowly but surely bring down the price. griff: well, that does seem to be what they're doing, but, richard, what should biden do? >> let's be honest, when joe biden took office, 12.9 million barrels a day were being produced, today it's 31.4 million. 11.4 million. the former governor of my state, jennifer granholm, has proven to be ineffective, frankly, she laughs out loud uproariously when she was asked about gas at $2.80. this administration continues to site a federal judge's order to

hold gas and oil lease sales. last fall they were ordered to do that, they have not done that. why are they refusing too what a federal judge orders them to do to increase production right mere? and consider this, 42 blondes -- gallons of oil in a barrel, less than half of that goes to gasoline. the other goes to your smartphone, your computer, you'll see all of these petroleum product-based deliveties, and it's very big. derivatives. griff: richard? >> i think we have to break this down a little bit. it's worth pointing out that joe biden has been giving out leases for oil wells. they've given out more leases than trump came out in his last year in office. it's not that they're not supplying oil in america. a lot of people said a, oh, if we built the keystone pipeline, that would bring oil prices down. it takes years to build a pipeline. but when you're talking about what's happening to the american peopled to, there's not very

much a president can do to -- griff: we are headed to the wrong place in terms of future supply and demand, so mark my word, i predict you may see this administration revisit that keystone xl pipeline decision. steve, rich or arching we're out of time. thanks, guys, good discussion. >> take care. molly: ukraine workers working to repair power lines to chernobyl of after russian forces destroyed power supplies. a closer look at this when we come back. ♪ ♪ those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks! (sighs wearily) here i'll take that! (excited yell) woo-hoo! ensure max protein. with thirty grams of protein, one gram of sugar, and nutrients to support immune health.

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support from the international community. more help especially if many weapons, in guns, in airplanes so we can protect our children. griff: a moving plea for help from a ukrainian member of parliament. the red cross is answering the call, working around the clock to help the millions of refugees devastated by the russian assault. red cross workers are on the ground in ukraine distributing food, fuel if, hygiene and medical supplies. if you would like to join the fox corporation in supporting their cause, go to redcross.org/foxforward. so far our combined efforts have brought in more than $4 million to help those desperately many in need. we encourage you to do so as well. molly are, i want to come back, if i can, to the map as we have been showing the latest in russian forces, and i want to focus in on chernobyl. if you remember on february 24th, early on in this assault, that is when russian forces captured chernobyl. and thanks to the great

reporting by our producer, we have learned that some 200 workers at chernobyl have been essentially taken hostage by the russian forces who have no idea how to run this nuclear facility. now, we are told at this hour that the power, they're working to get the power restored from the damage done by shelling. ukrainian officials there telling the iaea, the vienna-based nuclear watchdog, that they're slowly getting it back up. essentially, the midnight crew on february 24th has been running this thing ever since. it's a very troubling situation and, of course, if i just go to the larger map, as you can see, chernobyl there. but then there are several others throughout the country including zaporizhzhia that the russians took and, of course, this one the russian forces are moving on and another one over here. a troubling situation ors we're trying to keep our eyes on it and will bring you the latest as

we get it. molly: absolutely. and this speaks to the destabilization that's ongoing there. these are just some of the major power plants there in ukraine and the danger taha it could be not just to the ukrainians and russian civilians as well, but to the world in general. so and the refugee crisis as well, very challenging situations. the fallout from the conflict is ongoing. it seems to get worse every day. griff, thank you very, very much. a major effort to help over 2 million refugees, more highlights of that next. ♪ they were the first to be verified by usp, an independent organization that sets strict quality and purity standards. nature made. the #1 pharmacist recommended vitamin and supplement brand. as a struggling actor, i need all the breaks that i can get. nature made. at liberty butchumal- cut. liberty biberty- cut. we'll dub it. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance

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molly: over a million kids have fled if ukraine according to save the children, and the to organization dedicated to protecting our most vulnerable have been providing food, rent, medicine and access to education to ukrainian children. joining us today is greg rand, the head of emergency response. greg, thanks for joining us. i want to get right to it. we've all seen these incredible picture of refugees flooding out of ukraine and across borders into poland, into romania, but we know that you and your organization have been working on the ground in ukraine actively for many years now. what is the situation? what is save the children doing right now in ukraine?

>> so thank you, and it's an absolutely horrific time for the 7.5 million children of ukraine. save the children's been working in ukraine since the conflict started eight years ago and working with partners to help children cope with the conflict. right now we continue to work with those partners inside ukraine provide basic essential needs where that's possible to do. and now as a million children have fled across the borders, we are with those children and their a families and providing basic needs for them as they reach romania and poland. molly: what are the great challenges right now? 17 days ago children were playing on playgrounds, a whole different, like a different world now in ukraine. how do you get the job done in, quite literally, a war zone? >> well, in a war zone in ukraine it is particularly hard, and i don't want to understate the challenge there. we are working to get supplies in to help people where possible.

it's obviously much easier with, although it's it's still a challenge with so many people coming across the border, to provide immediate assistance to those who are in romania, for example, where save the children is setting up child-friendly spaces where children of can have a bit of normality, where we're providing a bit of food, a blanket, a toy, diapers, the basic things that children and their families need when they have to flee their homes. molly: what are the greatest challenges your team on the ground, what are they running into there in ukraine? we know that infrastructure has been attacked, that sort of thing. >> well, inside ukraine just basic moving things around. i mean, people are fleeing, the roads are clog9, there's ongoins ongoing conflict. and we were focused in a relatively small area of eastern ukraine. we now have to figure out how to work with partners across the entire country as the conflict spreads. that's going to take time, it's going to take effort, it's going to take a fair bit of logistics

to bring supplies in ask respond. people need medical splice, food, water, shelter. it is a massive logistical challenge. save the children and other humanitarian agencies are trying to meet those needs as best we can. molly: all right. save the children.org for those that are looking for information on your organization and all that you're doing. greg ramm, thank you so much for for giving us insight into what's happening on the ground and also where people can find out more information if they want to help your organization. thank you, greg, we appreciate it. >> thank you for your time. griff: well, molly, hal do it for us. it was great being with you. "fox news live continues with mike emmanuel is and alicia acuna, and don't forget to set your clock forward tonight. and they're holding the line on purchase loans with rates in the twos.

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