arms gets the evading troops, video in the last 15 minutes just people in kyiv making molotov cocktails on the street. back here at home, the first primary in the 2022 election, just two days away, how a restrictive voting law has already made a big difference in tuesday's races in texas. welcome, everybody, into another hour of msnbc reports, and our special coverage of the russian invasion of ukraine. i'm lindsay riser, following the latest from ukraine to poland, to belgium, texas. breaking this morning, russian forces have now entered ukraine 's second largest city of kharkiv. they are still trying to overtake the capital of kyiv. flames lit up the night sky there on the outskirts of kyiv, you see, and ukrainian forces and newly recruited volunteers appear to be holding back russian troops for now. president zelenskyy, urging ukrainians to keep fighting, also denying russian reports that he called on his forces to lay down their arms.

the resistance continues. new video posted to facebook, but not shot by nbc news shows a ukrainian man, kneeling before a russian tank to stop it in its path. neighborhoods have become war zones, with an apartment building hit by a missile, and russia attacking ukrainian air fields and fuel facilities. according to the un, more than 368,000 refugees have fled ukraine is seeking peace. people around the world are taking to the streets in protest of russia's assault, including in russia, where thousands have been arrested. and overnight, the u.s. and its allies, working to remove russian banks from a critical system, swift, that connects thousands of financial institutions around the world. we've got to get to, we are now joined by nbc correspondent cal perry in lviv, josh lederman is in brussels and raf is in moscow. looking to us about moscow's assault as it enters the fourth day? >> good morning, lindsey. so the fighting, fierce

fighting around that northeastern city of kharkiv, as you said, ukraine's second largest city, we see video coming out of that city of russian troops in columns, personnel carriers, moving through that urban area. we understand the fighting for the ukrainian government is furious over there. obviously this morning, a city of kyiv, waking up on day four of the war, by day three of what has been a bombardment on that city, still waking up in ukrainian control. that's what's happening from the ukrainian government out of kyiv, again a threat of heavy bombardment of the, game battles raging between the suburbs and then in a part of the city, they are continuing a continuing concern on the ground from russia's penetrating deeper into the western part of the country, while we have not seen that yet we are seeing an influx as these refugee crisis and the borders continue to clog up. ukrainian president, again, giving his address this morning, the diplomatic news, the russians offering peace talks

in belarus, a not starter for the government here, for obvious reasons. the government is using belarus as a staging ground. you could point to belarus as a model of what putin might want for this country. the ukrainian president saying he's not willing to go to belarus, he does not want to meet their, but he did say he beat willing to do it elsewhere, lindsey. >> pick up where kyle left off, i asked jack jacobson last hour if this was a charade in the part of the russian, he says it might appear to be, zelenskyy reject those are often because it's in belarus, really no longer a neutral state. >> that is right. actually, i was just talking to a former russian official, it deep contact inside the kremlin. and you describe this offer of negotiations by the russians as a puppet show, they sent a former culture minister, not the kind of person you sound if you are very serious about negotiations. that is taking aside the question of whether the ukrainians would want to go to

belarus to negotiate. it will be pretty obvious to the kremlin that they were not one of the. this is the russians controlling the ukrainians, frankly on both sides, plenty of propaganda going on. but there's definitely a part of that. the russians are not in the mood to negotiate there at the moment, trying to continue this assault on ukraine. and they are not done yet. i think another interesting issue this morning was president putin's speech this morning, praising the military. but at the end of that speech, he said special gratitude to those, these days, they are heroically fulfilling their military duty, and providing assistance to the peoples republics of donbas. so president putin did not mention the assault on kyiv or other ukrainian cities. he only mentioned in that speech, donbas. the person i spoke to, one source said that the russian government response, why would president putin be doing that? it looks as if the leader of

russia is worried about the international criticism of the breadth of his campaign not being what he said he was doing, when he launched it just a few days ago. that's what he's worried about. i think he's also concerned about the reaction in russia. we are seeing deep concerns, not just the protest against ordinary russians. we are seeing people lining up at atms to get money because they are worried that russia will be cut off from the financial system. but we ourselves have to pay in advance, our hotel bills because our hotel is so concerned about russia being removed from the swift payment system. president putin very much on pressure again today as his campaign in ukraine falters, and he finds that he is under pressure and other friends, domestically and internationally. >> keir simmons, exclusive reporting for us. josh, picked up were keir left off, this idea of kicking russian banks off of the swift

financial network. a lot of people will be hearing more than they ever would about swift. what does this all mean? >>ha well, it means that the major russian banks, lindsay, will officially be unable to conduct international transactions with white senior biden administration official says, if the russian bank wants to make receive a transaction from a bank in, let's say, asia, they will have to use the telephone or the fax machine to do it. with the u.s. and european allies, they are also going after reserves that russia's central bank has built up in recent years, to try to protect russia and its currency from the effects of global sanctions, making russia's economy more resilient. the western nations are making sure russia can hide from the penalties of the west is imposing, the u.s. saying this week, they will create a task force to go after the assets of russian oligarchs. wealthy, kremlin connected

businessmen, who are close to putin, and have benefited from his control of power, saying that they will find these peoples jets, their luxury mentions, their yachts in the sea, and try to find ways to seize them, go after those assets, to put maximum economic pressure. what one official called, the iran model, now being applied to russia. but of course, the big question is, despite this european u.s. unity, is any of this going to alter president putin's thinking about the wisdom of continuing with this invasion? even senior u.s. officials now conceding that, while sanctions and penalties are the right thing to do, they are a necessary step, they are unlikely to make a fundamental difference in president putin's approach, to how to conduct or endless military conflict. >> josh lederman, keir simmons, cal perry, we are grateful for all of you for your reporting. thank you. for more on this now, i am joined by congressman and 11, who serves on the foreign

affairs committee. congressman, good morning, thank you for being with us. >> hello, lindsay. good to see you. >> so you are a member of the foreign affairs committee, you have been briefed on the situation in ukraine. what do you make so far of what we are seeing in terms of the ukrainian resistance, but also in terms of this newly-breaking news we have, that russia is offering, although keir simmons reported exclusively, that it sounds like a puppet show, to meet in belarus? >> well, first the resistance, lindsey. it has been heroic. it has been inspiring. personally, president silence key and his resolve, the fearlessness of so many people, like the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, and ordinary citizens. my own ukrainian american neighbors are sharing stories from their families, their grandparents, their siblings, their friends in ukraine. how they are taking up arms,

and they are defiant amidst the obviously greater firepower of russia. so i think putin has been surprised in multiple ways. first of, all by the resistance. secondly by the protesting throughout his own country, which has been impressive to see. and i think that the unity of resolve of the united states, our allies in europe and our allies elsewhere along the world, like australia, japan, south korea, all coming together has been really, really important. so in terms of putin's offer, it is ridiculous, this idea that there will be peace negotiations in belarus, which is a very symbol of his effort to sort of recreate the soviet union. zelenskyy was right to reject it. >> congressman, we just heard

josh explain that the u.s. and our allies, cutting some russian banks off of swift. how does this work? you think that it goes far enough, based on what we are hearing in terms of some of the european union nations being a little reluctant to do so, germany, maybe not wanting to go quite as far? two americans brace for any impacts over here? >> well, yes. lindsey, most people have never heard of swift. it stands for the society for worldwide inter bank financial telecommunication. it was founded in the 70s, and basically, as successive waves of technology have gotten more sophisticated, it is the way bank to transactions with each other. it is very significant to cut russia off from the use of transactions. they will have to go back to technology, from decades ago, and there is no more, you know, a systemic financial

transactions. they would have to do one by one, over telephone or fax line. basically that would shut them down. note that not all russian banks have been sanctioned in this way so far. but still, also note that our government let the europeans lead on this, and chime in, just as we did when they first said they were sanctioning putin personally, and then we did. >> the bidens coordination with allies on this has really been masterful. and it really shown the importance of not going in alone, but being unified. the sanctions are ramping up and ramping up. this global task force, to find the assets of oligarchs, find them, of putin himself, sees them, cut them down for all of their obscene, luxurious way of life that they have, i think this is a very important step. so you know, i do not know what

it will do to putin's personal calculus, but we need to take all of these steps. we need to keep tightening the noose around the russian leadership, both financially and, so i am glad we are doing all of that. >> congressman, when we talk about the humanitarian crisis that is a result of this as well, i mean, a un armies estimating as many as 4 million people could be trying to flee ukraine, what more does the u.s. need to do as well, in terms of aid? not just military, but on the humanitarian side? >> well, absolutely. the figures that you already set of people who fled the country is nearly 1% of the population. so, we can expect continued mass displacement of people, in this horrible assault. we need to surge our support to them right now. i am glad that this usa

administrator, samantha power is meeting, along with state department officials in belgium, poland over the next couple of days to talk about the u.s. and our allies response. congress needs to increase humanitarian aid for refugees, and for people who have been internally displaced. we need to increase the cap for refugees to settle in the united states. most will settle or hang out in europe nearby. but we need to take our share. and we need to increase financial assistance to make sure that the un refugee agency has whatever resources are necessary to house people, to care for people, to feed these ukrainians who are fleeing. >> the images are heartbreaking. congressman, thank you for your time. >> thanks, lindsey. take care. >> coming, up some video that stunned the world, a missile,

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happened to residents in apartment building during a russian siege on kyiv. the ukraine foreign minister says that this play mint was struck by a russian -- on one side. according to the emergency service of ukraine, two people were killed, six people injured. joining me for more on this is alexei more so, one of the residents of that building. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> you, your wife, your kids. you've been in a bomb shelter for days. you've only been able to assess

damage to your home from pictures. how are you guys doing? have you been able to gather any more information? >> yes. we stay in shelter. me and my wife, and three of my children. we stayed here for three nights. we stayed last night, when the missile shot hour house. these terrible damaged flats, one of them is mine. so we stayed this night in a shelter, and we all survived. >> thank goodness for that. that means, alexei, even if you're able to leave the shelter, you have no home to return? to >> yes. of course my friends and my parents are all over me. offer me a place to come to. and today, we have restricted access to the street. we cannot --

our army restricted us from entering the streets. we have to stay here one more weight at least. >> i'm sorry about your home. we did report on the two fatalities as a result of that strike. i believe they were your neighbors? >> yes. we have a special vibe or chat. with our neighbors. and of course, just after the missile hit our house, we had lots of posts here. to know what happened with our neighbors. as we know from president time, all of our neighbors have for me, that i live. but several of them have serious injuries. >> alexei, talk to me about

what it's like right now in the bob shelter. can you hear any attacks from where you are? and you said you spent three nights there with your family. what is it been like for you guys? >> okay. now, we -- of course when we stay in the basement, we have limited information. but we have a government channel. who senses the special alerts when the air attacks threats exist. in case of our house, cool it also worked. and lots of my neighbors have some time to go downstairs and hide themselves. in the shelter. >> and the shelter that you're in, alexei, is the basement of your son's school.

how are you explaining this to your children? >> the yes. we are located now in -- of my boys. and the basement the basement is downstairs. when the if air force attack starts, we go downstairs to hide. >> well. how much longer -- you listed when night, how longer do you think you're gonna be listed in the shelter? and what do you guys need? >> we stayed here three days already. and maybe one or more nights, we will be there. but it mostly depends on the situation. >> yeah, alexei, i know information is limited right now. it appears the ukrainian

resistance is holding off troops right now, but how concerned are you that they will take over your city? >> every time we hear by the government's channel that lots of the groups, the russian groups and turkey eve. and our military forces are located inside kyiv. they tried to catch them and neutralize them. this is the information that we have now. >> alexei, our best wishes to you and your family. please stay safe. >> thank you. >> as thousands of ukrainians flee to poland, many are either turning back, or simply staying put saying kind of fight. tom's talks to those who are picking up guns and ready to fight. one of the most sophisticated militaries on the planet. we want to show you some places

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millions are facing an agonizing decision. stay and fight for their homeland, or flee the safety. president zelenskyy calling from people around the world to help defend ukraine. here's nbc's national correspondent tom jonas. >> in ukraine right now, everyone is in the middle of a battle. even families, fighting to escape the war. >> you can actually see there pushing the gates open trying to get past anyway they can. and you notice, there's no men of fighting age here. because anybody, regardless if you're father or whomever you are, if you're the age to fight the war, you're staying back here and you're taking the russians head on. >> in the cities under siege, where ukrainians aren't just

the ones wearing uniforms. volunteer fighters, civilians, armed with assault rifles, patrolling central kyiv, ready to defend their country and protect their families. this video shows a ukrainian throwing a homemade molotov cocktail at a russian fuel truck. this video posted on facebook, but not shot by nbc news, shows a ukrainian man kneeling before a russian tank, in an attempt to stop it in its path. other civilians seen handing out weapons. the former president of ukraine, calling on anyone who can to join the fight. >> i don't have a weapon in my hand, yet, but i have it with me. and i do it with a great pleasure to protect ukraine. >> former heavyweight champion and current kyiv mayor, the vitali klitschko, and his brother, also a former prize fighter, wladimir, stepping up well. please, get into action now. don't wait. act now! stop this war. >> enlisting in ukraine's

reserve army earlier this month. back in the u.s., peter dunk, a father of six, desperate to get his family out of ukraine. a pastor, his church back home, working to drive families, caught in the chaos away from danger. dunk says through a translator, he'll do anything to keep his kids and everyone safe. >> i'll go into battle. i'll go into that mess to help people. >> as families flee, so many others city to fight, showing russia, ukraine's greatest weapons is its people. on the border, the >> we are also seeing the business and sports world reacting to what is happening in ukraine. fifa, which governs international soccer say they condemn russia's use of force, and is watching the situation. and multiple european teams say they refuse to face russia in a world cup playoff game. the governing body of european soccer has pulled this year's champions league final out of st. petersburg. that game will be played in

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president donald trump to the crisis in ukraine. in remarks to conservatives at cpac, trump once again praised vladimir putin calling him smart. although he tempered his praise with a sharp condemnation of the russian invasion. nbc's ron hillier was at the event in orlando, and filed this report. >> lindsey, there are a lot of years opened tonight at cpac is the former president addressed the thousands of conservatives here in florida. he repeatedly used the word weakness to describe the biden administration, nato and its response to the russian invasion into ukraine. and of, course we have to look earlier into this week, on the former president himself referred to those first russians that moved into ukraine as quote, peacekeepers and called vladimir putin savvy.

this is a former president, during his own administration, attempted to have a warmer relationship with the russian dictator. of course, we find ourselves here in february, 2022, in which russia has now moved in. i want you to hear from the former president. because he did call you canyon president slinky quote, brave and at the same time, this is what he said about nato and the u.s.. >> they are not so smart. they are looking the opposite of smart. if you take over ukraine, we are going to sanction you, they say. well, that is a pretty weak statement. putin is saying, or they're going to sanction me? they have done this for the last 25 years, you mean i could take over the whole country, and they will sanction me? you mean they are not going to blow us two pieces, at least psychologically? the problem is not that putin is smart -- which of course, he is smart. but the real problem is that

our leaders are dame. >> yesterday, i caught up with secretary mike pompeo as well, who also came under scrutiny when he referred to vladimir putin as savvy, and said he had enormous respect for the russian leader here. yesterday, he was quite clear in his repudiation of the russian dictator as well. of course, these images we are all burying witnessed you are now undeniable. lindsey? >> van, thank you. now joining, me miles taylor, former chief of staff of the department of homeland security during the trump administration, and executive director of the new america movement, also with me msnbc political analyst and democratic pollster. so, good morning to both of you. miles, we have trump condemning the assault. but why do you think he continues to praise putin when the rest of the world is trying to isolate him? >> well, lindsay, his backpedalling is simply not believable. this is the same donald trump, who during this administration refused to punish putin when we bring him options to hold the

russians accountable for their behavior. in fact, he was infuriated with us when we would even propose things like sanctions against the russians for trying to meddle in our elections. so now, him trying to pivot, this is totally unbelievable. i can't fathom that folks like mike pompeo are still defending trump, defending this saying, but a trump administration would have been tougher. it is simply not the case. donald trump went super soft on putin and was bright into his international security cabinet, i want him to hold the kremlin in moscow accountable for their malicious activity. i think lindsay, he is still doing, it still praising putin, even after pretending to criticize the russian government. because he likes putin, he sees in him what he wants to be. that is not just speculation, we would sit in the oval office with donald trump, and he would wax philosophical about how dictatorial leaders had the powers he wish he had.

he will talk about this on a regular basis, whether it was president xi jinping in china, putin or kim jong-un in north korea. he like these dictators, he wanted to be like them. >> i am at a loss for words, from all that information, miles. but we know that the invasion of ukraine is taking a backseat at cpac, why is that? >> well because myles alluded to it, lindsey, it's a subject that republicans simply cannot really talk about in good faith. because we have seen the evidence over the last several years, where it has taken a posture that embodied in donald trump, is very pro putin government, pro actions of russia, and it becomes a political pickle. as miles talked about, it is not just unbelievable, the comments of donald trump. they are profoundly un-american. let's again remind the viewers of what he said. he called vladimir putin smart, called the invasion of ukraine

a sovereign nation, a free democracy in the region, ingenious move, and in the same breath, cause american leaders done, as american leaders are now taking actions to try to rectify the crisis. i do not think it is a stretch to suggest that given these types of comments, it is not difficult to confuse donald trump as the spokesperson, or even the ambassador for the putin government here in the united states. i think this is why the republicans, fundamentally have a russia problem. and i think they are only counting on this idea that perhaps, we still do live in the united states of amnesia, where they can quickly offer up a cheeky soundbite to try and now wash away the years of praise of putin, praise of the russian regime, as the world is now united against them after this invasion of ukraine. >> miles, what do you make of the biden administration's handling of all of this so far, how they have been working with their allies to punish putin? >> well, in two ways.

first, i think that fifth direct response has been a very robust. i think the biden administration has been undertaking really serious action, and at the same time, trying to prevent this from, frankly, escalating into world war three. i know that sounds hyperbolic, but this is how these things happen. if he miscalculate and make one wrong step, you find yourself in a war with another great power. i think they have been very deliberate about that. but what i would like to see, is even more robust response, especially arming the ukrainians with what they need. the biden administration did recently, on friday, approve another $350 million in lethal and non lethal aid to the ukrainians. that is a good, important step. they are trying to work in lockstep with our allies. so look, i think the president is approaching this again, very deliberately, very thoughtfully. but there is going to be a tipping point, in the next few days, it will be clear what

they need to survive, and repel an invasion. i hope the administration is ready to supply. it is also a home front response, politically over here. i am glad that the current president has pushed back against the ex president. it is not just a russian invasion of ukraine, there is a russian propaganda invasion here in the united states, that the administration is having to push back against. because putin is seizing the minds of elites. and one of the united states major political parties, the republican party. lindsey, as he showed, we had an ex president praising him, members of congress praising putin. and frighteningly, 41 million americans are now believed to be qanon believers, in a study that came out last week, the qanon movement is strongly supporting putin. there's a big russian propaganda problem in this country, and that's a big national security problem. >> miles, for non, we'll have to leave it there. still to come, an update on the human toll on the russian invasion, and this anti-war protests, as they break out globally, we will take a look

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got an update from an official for human rights that claims that over -- have been killed, and 1100 have been injured. the international reaction to this invasion has been strong. here is a split screen with eight different protests of the russian invasion of ukraine. india, germany, japan, taiwan, australia. some of this natural outcry is because of images like this. within the last half hour, it shows a children -- that was supposed to move to a bomb shelter. in the video, you can hear one mother tell her child, we are living here now, this is our house. and that, is leading to this. all the images you see here are from russia. where thousands have gathered

in several cities to protest the invasion since it began. according to -- a group that monitors the protest, people have been arrested for being at these protests. -- is a senior adviser for the center for strategic and international studies. and sent more than 30 years in the rim marine corps. are you surprised to see so many russians openly opposed to this invasion? >> surprising. because the russian move into crimea had been very popular. the move into the donbas back in 2014, had been popular. on the other hand, russia is not china. they are independent forces. putin has worked to oppress them, but they're still there. unlike china, which destroys all political forces. so you do see protests. it will take a while for these

protests to affect public policy. right now they are significant, but remember, the experience of movements in the united states. it takes a long time for them to build, to organize, and then influence public policy. the big thing will be casualties in the length of war. >> even some russian lawmakers are speaking out. the ap reporting that these statements to the crimea invasion -- to the members of the communist party which usually toes the kremlin's line, spoke out against it on social media. how dangerous is it for a lawmaker in putin -- 's to make statements like that? >> well it has been dangerous in the past. so the fact that they are doing it is significant. but as i noted, anti war movements take time to mature.

a lot will depend on the length of the war in the casualties. as the work goes on, the movement will likely grow. that does pull some pressure on the military to -- . it is very clear the russians are sensitive to casualties. the soviet union took immense casualties during its wars. the russia thing look more like us in this respect. the russian government, of course, has not put out the information on casualties, but the word gets out, and as casualties grow, people become aware of them. and it will add to the anti war movement. >> countries are normally friendly to moscow, are mutinous over the invasion. there are troops going to ukraine. hungry deciding not to black thorough sanctions against russia. >> well it will increase putin's isolation. with hungary, that was a

significant step. it speaks well to the biden administration's diplomacy that they were able to get a unified front from nato. and we had good relationships with -- and the russians. so on the diplomatic front, it will put some pressure on. but putin has clearly discounted that. and he knew it was gonna happen when he could launch his attack. it depends on what happens with the fighting on the ground. whether they are able to succeed. or whether they get caught in the stalemate. >> colonel, i got it be quick with you on this, but when you say it depends on casualties, depends -- on. are you talking days or weeks? >> well, we are going to see. two days ago it said that the war was going to ramp up quickly, but now they seem to a bogged down. they have not been able to take

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2022 midterm election cycle is just two days away, in texas. the focus of the primaries as in the voting itself. the republican-led state legislator, totally overhauled texas voting laws. the new york times reports, largely because of those laws, election officials in the most populous counties have rejected about 30% of the absentee ballots they have received as of wednesday. gary graham back is live in houston this morning, talking to voters. gary, what are they telling you? >> good morning, lindsey. yes, i think one thing we have all learned over the last week's, we can't be taking the democracy we have in this country for granted. in the past 24, hours we have had conservation's with more than a dozen people are camera here, in houston, who did not even know there was a primary election happening over here on tuesday. according to state data, two and thousand people, both democrats and republicans have voted early in the 2022 primary

over here in texas, in harris county, specifically. that's out of a population of more than 4 million people. that's less than 10%. voting advocates say one of the reasons for this low turnout is because they say, it is now harder to vote in this state because of the controversial sb1 bill, signed into law by governor greg abbott late last year. included in that bill are restrictions on mail-in voting, as it relates to what needs to actually go on the ballot in terms of the information you need to provide. it also bans drive-through voting, and 24-hour voting over here in harris county, in houston specifically, which voting advocates say disadvantages the minority populations are, who have to work all day and are not able to vote in person. so we spoke to one guy by the name of joey, he would not give his last name, but he did have apathy towards voting. take a listen. >> and one of the people who don't think my vote counts, even though of course it does, i don't feel like it does.

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velshi starts right now. reports, i'm lindsay riser velshi >> good morning, i'm ali velshi, 7 am here on the east coast of the united states. 2 pm in kyiv, ukraine, as the country endures day number four of russia's invasion. just this morning, emergency crews were on the scene of an explosion in the northeastern neighborhood in kyiv. the blast damaged windows and balconies from the first to the 15th floor of the 16th floor building. according to the kyiv city administration, no casualties have been found, although some people have sustained injuries. as the attacks continue, the capital city of kyiv is still under ukrainian control, according to the first deputy head of the kyiv city stayed administration. the ukrainian minister of defense praised both the army and the thousands of citizens who have taken up arms to defend the capital city. earlier, ukrainian president

volodymyr zelenskyy appeared to people around the world to join the resistance against russia's invasion. he said in part, quote, this is not just russia's invasion of ukraine. this is the beginning of a war against european structures, against democracy, against basic human rights, against a global order of law, rules and peaceful coexistence. zelenskyy says his country is ready for peace talks with russia, but not in vladimir putin's proposed location of belarus. and zelenskyy instead has named warsaw, bratislava in slovakia, istanbul in turkey, budapest, hungary or baku, azerbaijan as alternative enters, but made it clear that ukraine will not accept russia's selection of belarus, ukraine's neighbor to the north which served as a staging grounds for its invasion. there may in fact be belarusian trucks, soldiers and vehicles that