kevin corke is standing by in washington with reaction from our nation's political leaders and amy kellogg will join us from moscow as the european union prepares to face one of its biggest crises in decades. first, let's bring in fox news correspondent lucas tomlinson standing by. lucas. >> for the fifth time this morning you can hear air raid sirens. not seeing any russian jets or bombers but clearly this is more than a test. it might even be a warning to the people here. as you mention, the russians are claiming they've taken out all of ukraine's air defenses. certainly some air defenses in the western part of country. right now these air raid sirens are on. one of the things i think it's important that we go back to was the russian response to the u.s. the letters that went back and forth between ambassador sullivan and the state department in russia. i was thinking just before we went on, something that was in that letter, an 11 page letter delivered to the u.s. ambassador in moscow that said if putin does not get his way on nato and the security guarantees, he will be forced to take

amy kellogg in moscow. jacqui: and to witness this russian aggression firsthand on the front lines with the ukrainian military. it aired on fox news this morning. here is a replay of part of that report. >> guys, right now artillery rounds, guys right now we're moving back from the front. the ukrainian unit that we were with started it take incoming artillery rounds from russian-backed separatists in the eastern part of the country. you can see some of the other journalists and soldiers with us on the front lines here and you can hear that explosion there. let's move a little quicker. we're good. we've got to keep moving here, stay with us. and keep moving. you guys can still hear us, off to the right there there's a lot of incoming artillery. the fire that we have coming in right now is being fired from just a few kilometers away and russian backed opposition, started hammering heavily with artillery. you heard a second ago, the explosions in the difference incoming rounds and that's what the ukrainian mil

amy kellogg but we'll get back to you as news breaks. russia using an onslaught of cyberattacks to undermine ukraine's defense abilities. the next question is are we next? with us now is matthew shoemaker, former intelligence officer under the trump administration. i guess the question here would be, you know, are we or should we be concerned? we look at this 5,000 miles away like, oh, the poor people of ukraine. should we be concerned about cyber activities, mellon tended cyber activities, agree to cyber activities aimed at the united states? >> thanks for having me. off the bat there is a cause for concerned to make sure that it gets localized to ukraine and keep it focused there. at the same time too, the same reason that putin is doing this and even allowing these activities whether it be cyberattacks or just kinetic activity that's going on right now, it's because putin thinks he can get away with it. he didn't think that he could accomplish his goals, he would not be undertaking these activities. when it comes to the cyber side of

trey yingst live in kyiv and amy kellogg is on the ground in moscow where vladimir putin wrapped up his remarks. we begin with amy. >> hi, trace. a few days ago, the recognition of these two break-away republics in the eastern ukraine was considered too provocative by the kremlin. but tonight they have. for anyone that said that putin doesn't really want ukraine, i think they have been proven wrong. the bulk of his very lengthy speech tonight was a treatise about how ukraine is not really a legitimate state, how it belongs to russia through family ties, through historical ties and how the communists screwed things up. russia got a wrong deal by the way the union was configured. so he wants to have something back. he basically also said that ukraine owes something to russia, not only monetarily because he speak about $250 billion that were pumped in to the ukrainian economy in the first decade of this century. but again, he ties about the ties of history. he said russia built modern ukraine and it would by the way not in the hands of oligarchs. the new was the highlight, the recognition

bret: amy kellogg live in moscow, amy thank you.e going to have team coverage on the ground from ukraine is ukrainian forces brace himself with a tense night different parts of ukraine are preparing for war. we now go to benjamin hall, joined us and you caned cultural capitol of lviv, benjamin. >> hi brett. we spoke a lot of experts over the last few days to talk about russian occupation of this country how it would not be sustainable for them it would bleed them dry. the cost a lot of money. one of the reasons is a civil defense forces are prepared for resistance. yesterday spoke to one of the potential leaders of this who would step in if that were to be the case. take a look. we drove to the outskirts of lviv dumb bumpy roads are nondescript house on the edge of a field. they are, we met natalia, a mother and it consultant said they into the middle of this invasion now coordinating the civilian resistance brickwork so what if you could just describe to us what exactly is happening with this coordination this rising up of the peop

amy kellogg is a life in moscow with more from the story, amy. >> hi arthel birdwell, western leadershey like about what is going on here. but the only person who really knows exactly what comes next is sitting right here in moscow. and today we have not heard a word from him publicly. at least about ukraine and nato and the standoff going on. however, president putin's hands were quite full overseeing the nuclear exercises quite dramatic video of missiles, cruise, hypersonic, not clear how long it advances were planned. but in this week of heightened tension and confusion about drawdowns or buildups of russian troops, that shirt sent a message. putin sat with alexander the president of belarus has been hosting many of russians or troops as close as a few miles from ukraine's borders of the last ten days for heavy exercises for the two countries have been moving closer together integrating on many levels military economic and have made shared declarations in recent days about their strengthening partnership. clearly, note need to talk out of applying for nato membership rate russians

amy kellogg is live in moscow with a closer look. was the kremlin expecting so many russians and ukraine supporters to take to the streets in protest? >> reporter: let's be clear. these are not very big protests. protests are illegal here. those who have come out have done so against the odds. upwards of 2000 have been arrested. you can get picked up for holding a piece of paper with a sign with a message on it against the war. they were expecting people to turn out. the city of moscow, police cars and police vans and i am sure that is the case in st. petersburg as well but possibly more significant in terms of public sentiment is a lot of members of the artistic community and entertainment community who have a lot of influence are going on social media and expressing their concerns about the war. their shame, their grief. that is a meeting space. social media. as such, russia is trying to squeeze access to social media and is very unhappy with the way the west is covering this war in ukraine and squeezing the local press as well. th

if that is not a message for amy kellogg why with the details live in moscow. hi amy. >> hi eric.ly looks like russia is building what many would call a serious case that ukrainian soldiers are committing crimes against citizens in the region of eastern ukraine. interfax news agency tonight is reporting, eric, the russian investigative committee is sending specialist to interview people who are evacuating the area as they arrive there. now, no word from putin today on the claims yesterday by president biden that he is certain potent is planning to invade ukraine. instead a show of force, large military skill exercises like nothing we have seen in these last tense months. president vladimir putin walked from his situation room together with l.a. president alexander lukashenko across russia or loss. these are the self-proclaimed people's republic and today they were urged to do so yesterday by their local leadership which warned of an imminent ukrainian invasion for the state department calls this call for people to flee part of false flag activity going on to build a pretext for ru

though the remarks are expected in russian according to our own amy kellogg, so we will see. more details to come asap, she says. on all of the talks that have been happening leading up to this moment, he said this this morning. >> this whole idea of let's talk again, it is not going to work. we should go forward with ours. >> sandra: okay, i'm getting a little more information from our own amy kellogg appeared to that remark from general kellogg this morning, to that, you say what, dan? >> general kellogg would have something in common with president putin. the exactly the same thing, that they have gone to a dead end. that is the conclusion that russia has drawn, but while putin says that, putin has also asked that his foreign minister will carry on these discussions. he was supposed to meet with secretary blinken, and they are turning out the idea of a summit. they have turned down both lines of operation at the same time. but from a position of strength where they are threatening ukraine just designed to give them the leverage to practice the coercive diplomacy that they

amy kellogg is there in moscow with more. hi, amy. >> hi, dana. 1800 people were detained in those protests and they were fairly large by russian standards because, of course, protests in this country are banned and those who defy that ban can expect to be roughed up. we haven't seen street protests since those in support of a man were put down last year. high profile individuals have been censored. one journalist was kicked out of the kremlin pool and another had his tv show pulled. one author wrote a post this is a predator war unleashed by a mad tyrant and he expects repercussions. >> things more substantial than this. for instance, how are you going to live further if you know exactly the day when you acted like a coward? >> he won last year's nobel peace prize. it says russia period, bombs, period, ukraine. we consider the war insane and the key articles were written in ukrainian and russian. some last-minute details here about possible ways out of this debacle out of this disaster that is that xi spoke with putin today e

. >> carley: amy kellogg joins us live. in munich high-attacks talks with zelenskyy. lot of movement, good morning. >> amy: a lot to work through, carley and todd. we are getting reports from the eastern region of ukraine backed by russian-backed separatist, there has been showing by ukrainian forces in recent hours. we are treating the reports with extreme caution, but they are out there. the euphoria that russian troops were withdrawing from the border of ukraine now seems to be it appears opposite may be taking place. satellite technology has been bringing images of troop build-up for weeks say they see signs of heightened -- including construction of pontoon bridge in belarus. and russia added 7000 troops to the mix. despite the defense video we saw of troops heading back to bearics issue the state sees no sign of deescalation sdmrchlt we have seen the opposite in recent more russians forces, not fewer, are at the border. they are moving into fighting position, this is cause for profound concern. >> amy: ukraine president is trying to ensure preparedness should the

>> bret: amy kellogg live in moscow, amy, thank you.warning of higher prices for gasoline here in the u.s. during the ukraine crisis. obviously they are already getting high. republicans are criticizing the president for america's continued reliance on foreign energy sources amid concern over climate change. this occurs against the back drop of the midterm election season. our latest fox news poll indicates republicans are the preference for registered voters by a 49-45 count. that is a 3. gain from january. congressional correspondent chad pergram son capitol hill tonight with the latest. good evening, chad. >> good evening, bret. the price to fill up could climb higher after the russian invasion of ukraine. voters higher gas prices on president biden at 63% of all americans say he is to blame. this spurs the g.o.p. to push bills to bolster energy production. >> i think it's a great strategic opportunity. the legislation will lift the various regulations republicans to lean on america and not moscow for energy. >> if rereally ramped it

. >> sandra: amy kellogg is in moscow, and you have heard about the journalists trying to speak the truthting punished for it. >> sandra, as you know it's never been easy for journalists here in russia but things are much worse, and the head of the state duma, recommending a 15-year sentence for anyone who publishes a fake, and that's broad, and a journalist kicked out for writing an open letter and other cases of crackdown. also the state media watchdog has said that the words war and invasion cannot be used when covering the conflict in ukraine, sandra. >> sandra: ok, amy kellogg from moscow. important situation there to monitor as well. thank you. john, another jam-packed breaking two hours of news as we continue to cover now day five of the invasion in ukraine. >> john: and it will continue throughout the afternoon and evening as well, i've been through enough of these things to know as busy as it can be during the day, nights can be even busier, and to our team of reporters in ukraine and the surrounding area, we take our hats off to you, you are doing incredible work bringing the st

amy kellogg is live in moscow with more on this.been curious about what the reaction is from inside russia. >> absolutely, dana. the nobel laureate last year was the editor of -- he said the staff got together to express grief and shame and he said that their next issue will be published in both russian and ukrainian to show ukraine that they don't consider their language to be the language of the enemy and he is also encouraging russians to get involved in anti-war protests now. but that is risky business. we understand that 60 people already today have been picked up. you can't have a big demonstration here. people going out with a sign are crossing a red line in some cases. the -- this is to show opposition to what putin is calling his military operation. at one moscow theater the actors have been warned that anything critical that they post will be considered betrayal of the motherland. putin tries to simultaneously carry on with business as usual meeting with pakistani prime minister just hours after he declared his military in

bret: amy kellogg and moscow, thanks.tion ukraine bring it back to the map. we have the areas that russian is essentially holding. there are no major cities as of this hour that russia is holding. you have obviously kyiv is a center here we just heard from the mayor saying it is time the evacuations cannot go forward because they are surrounded by all sides according to the mayor of kyiv. here there was a major battle going back-and-forth with ukrainians with ukrainians pushing back on russian forces. they have been funneling in from russia this way. and then the area there have been advances by the russians here. there is a big area down here by crimea. i want to show you up close. a big fight, russian forces destroying a dam that was built to stop the flow of water to crimea. there been a lot of airstrikes in this area. just here, ten siblings of greek origin we are told or taken out and killed in that area over the past day. this area you see right here this is along the border to the north and east. this has been a ma

. >> carley: amy kellogg was reporting something interesting earlier this morning and she said the senseere, russian are shockd and disgusted by vladamir putin's actions right now. it seems like putin may not have the support of his own people in this? >> steve: it is a good point and you really have to ask the question in the short term what does that matter for putin? i think it underscores just how much russia is a one-man show. without preparing his own people, without public support for this in what could be deadly war, he has moved ahead in the view of many recklessly, he is able to do that because he makes all the decisions. it is one-man rule in russia, we'll see if that is the case after this ends? >> carley: steve harrigan, we'll check back in soon. we're ark waiting response from the white house, president biden expected to speak with g7 leaders and announce a new set of sanctions. >> todd: dr. rebecca grant is here live, great to see you. that geets -- g7 zoom call, what do you expect to come out of that when it comes to sanctions? how onerous are the sanctions? will we impac

amy kellogg has the latest from the kremlin. >> reporter: so many people have been asking me what is people trying to get a better sense. people close to government say putin, doesn't always know what is on his own mind or as one person put it doesn't run the country but events run him. a lot of people say they were taken aback by that long speech, the tone and the content. putin's concern is preventing further nato expansion. it seems he's laying claim on ukraine, that message did come across in parts of that speech. that is gone down well over here but russians questioning the logic and tone and what it means for the security of the country that putin is doing everything to protect. his warning of consequences if he did not stop unrest, calling them in a legitimate regime perceived as bellicose statements and the underlying anger struck one of his former advisers who said he noticed a change in the man over recent years. >> there is something incomprehensible in this dangerous rhetoric. he's never spoken so much about humiliation. he talks about how they offended us which is not no

what's interesting about fox is we have not only myself, but amy kellogg and steve harrigan who boastwe were really well positioned to be able to analyze in realtime a lot of the lies that putin was presenting, particularly that very distorted take on history that he presented a week ago monday to justify his invasion. howard: right. there's been a lot of media chatter about why didn't president biden prevent invasion, why didn't he send troops to the border of ukraine in advance. is that a reasonable critique? >> i don't think so. i think if you look at what you are dealing with, this did not surprise the western intelligence. back in october they got an indication of it. they began working behind the scenes to come up with a strategic plan that did not end up with nato, the u.s. and russia all nuclear powers in a war. if you started to send troops prematurely to the border, that would have given putin a pretext. this was a very careful chess game that we saw played out in real time. the sanctions that you've seen rolled out in the last few days, you know, i continue to hear some dis

amy kellogg in moscow, thank you very much, indeed, amy. back to yaw later. of dan hoffman is with us later, a former cia station chief of who actually served in moscow. all right, dan, who gets the blame? >> well, there's a lot of blame to share among successive administrations. you know, historically -- and this is not, by the way, an intelligence challenge, it's just vladimir putin, first thing he did was to launch a war on chechnya. after that he struck out against georgia in 2008, invade ised ukraine, annexed crimea in 2014, and then he deployed troops overseas for the first time since the collapse of the soviet union to buttress dictator bashar al assad's efforts. he's won every single one of those wars. he's made it clear that ukraine is russia's enemy. and he put 70,000 troops on the border back in april, and what he got was a summit with president biden. so we've noted throughout the program, you know, this was a very clear, there was clear indications and warning of a what vladimir putin intended to do, what he could do, and we never effectively det

standing by and watched him with reaction from our political leaders in amy kellogg will join us fromly as the european union prepares to face one of its biggest crises in decades. but for the very latest from ukraine let's go live with steve. they break, what you see? >> try to give you a sense of the mood here, it is certainly a terrifying warning for the 3 million people who live here. i'm just watching cars right now pull out. a lot of people who live here didn't believe that this would ever happen. they didn't believe that ballistic missiles would be exploding inner-city, that is what is happening we have heard two dozen explosions and you can see the orange glow come up from them. the russians are saying that they are precision weapons, they are not targeting civilians. but the russians upset a lot of things throughout this crisis and most of them have been lying. we are seeing people drive out, head west, and direction of poland just to try to get out of here. it has been loud noises and now into the day. explosions, likely targeting command-and-control centers in ukraine. mili

amy kellogg, thanks very much, indeed. >>> u.s.nd. >> good morning and good afternoon also. stuart: great to have you with us, sir. do you think poland is directly threatened by the russians at point? >> unfortunately, everyone is threatened because we see that mr. putin has absolutely proven what we have been warning about, we have been telling everyone in europe, in nato that he's simply lying, he's simply telling whatever he wishes to tell but, in fact, it's full aggression. he started this, he attacked an innocent country, and he obviously can wage war against anyone he wishes to if only we will not stop him. now, obviously, he is engaged with ukraine, but this is a pattern we've observed since 2008 when he attacked georgia, then he attacked ukraine in 2014. he went about killing his political opponents, and we have been warning about this. so, yes, we are threatened, baltic states are threatened, whole europe is threatened by russia. stuart: your country is right next to ukraine. i mean, you're right there. it occurs to me tha

amy kellogg has the latest from there about restrictions on social media. amy?[silence]. >> yes. facebook is going to be restricted now because the watch dog group said it is known to violent basic human rights and freedoms including those of russian citizens which is ironic language begin what is going on here and of course in ukraine for the last few days. facebook is an important social media tool here. we have been hearing for a long time about the restrictions on the press in russia. they went after telegram and there has been a wave of labelling people who work for independent media as foreign agents. russians have been up against it for a while. facebook so far has been free and accessim for them. they use it a lot as americans do. people around the world do. this appears to be perhaps a move to keep people from organizing rallies. last night and even tonight. they were out on the streets if relatively modest numbers. still, there were crowds on the streets. i say modest numbers because the last time we saw big demonstrations here across the country in su

amy kellogg has the latest on that. >> reporter: there are a lot of crackdowns.ar or an invasion of ukraine. they call it a special literary operation and sent out strict warnings to the few independent media outlets that exist here telling them they must not use war or invasion. those warnings have gone unheeded. it is a different narrative from moscow. state television shows a different story of what is going on. it is diametrically opposed. i want to show you footage russian tv was saying, ukrainian soldiers surrendered and how they were treated so well, they were given food and water. they were put on buses heading home to their families. that may be the case, those are pictures of what is going on. that is not the story we are seeing when we get images out of ukraine and we've seen pictures one by one on social media of russian soldiers being held captive, prisoners of war in ukraine. and the situation is very different. they are being sought by their mothers and families who have no idea where they are. a lot of soldiers and it up in russia not knowing wher

if you want to call it that from vladimir putin that he is opening to talks with the ukrainians, amy kelloggthat has been much debated. whether it would change vladimir putin's behavior it is affecting average russians, we tried to order some food and got a message that you couldn't use google pay, if your credit cards are linked to the big banks that have been sanctions, and russia and a lot of young to middle-aged people use those payment systems, a be running rubles yesterday over $1 billion worth of rubles withdrawn from cash machines which president putin summit his business community to show a game face before sanctions were laid on this we. he voice a short mutual support but that with for the camera. who knows what the said when the cameras were turned off. people took to the streets last night to show dissatisfaction of the war and one official was quoted as lambasting them but they only care about their own comfort level. the people i engaged with our genuinely devastate on a war waged against the ukrainians. some people say russia is a gas station but it has strong agriculture ind

amy kellogg with the very latest, well the impact of these financial hits that russia keeps taking now day by day. amy? reporter: yeah, neil, people here are so on edge. obviously it's not like what's going on in ukraine but not only do people not believe the war, whatever happened but i don't think they understood such hard and fast sanctions could come, even though it was all warned. when i first started coming here for fox, neil, about 20 years ago, it was 30 rubles to the dollar. today it is at 103. so that has spiked by 40% in the last day or so and then it went down another 20%. but still it has been so volatile. people are really in a panic about their savings, about their ability to pay their bills, make ends meet. those who have a bit of money about the chances of ever traveling again. we're hearing anecdotal stories about stores being closed to change price tags. about the few tourists who are in moscow running to luxury stores to buy things out when the ruble is as weak as it is. the interest rates have doubled. neil: amy, i apologize right now. we want to go to ukraine, the

amy kellogg is in moscow with the very latest.very latest. >> people here in russia are getting anxious about what all this means for them of course. in the meantime new satellite imagery of further russian logistics teams, soldiers and a whole lot of hardware being placed upon the borders with ukraine provided by max our technology, satellite company that we relied on its an american company but they have been putting out the images of russian troop deployments all around the borders of ukraine for the last few weeks. the latest shows new troops, tents, shelters and field hospitals. defender of the fatherland day in russia. their version of veterans day. vladimir putin in defense minister of the unknown soldier on this gray and drizzly day on moscow. on the occasion president putin put out this on the common website he said our country is always open to a direct and honest dialogue and ready to search for diplomatic solutions from the most public issues. i want to repeat russia's interest in the security of our people are uncondi