that was alex crawford reporting.s believe russia conducted nearly 810 cumulative missile launches since the beginning of its invasion, and we are seeing something unusual, russia is conducting air strikes on military airfields in western ukraine where they had not been striking, unusual because it had not happened yet. and joining me is retired army colonel mike lyons, and in desert storm he was awarded a bronze star. thank you so much. major, let's talk about what we are seeing. i think a lot of people are taken back by the ability of the russian forces to achieve their goal quickly at the outset of this, the assumption was they would overwhelm ukraine very quickly and be able to take over cities very quickly. that was vladimir putin's assumption as well. why has it been so difficult for them? >> katy, first of all they have not really combined their efforts. they don't own the airspace. that's very important right now, the fact that is still contested two weeks into this means all the difference in the world. you a

and alex crawford reports from the city now cut off from the outside world. just a warning that her report contains images of shrapnel wounds. >> reporter: this is the last route in or out of chernihiv across an open field where every vehicle can be a target. the city surrounded on three sides by russian troops at this point and there is a stream of cars ferrying the civilians out of the combat zone. the window to getting across the last remaining pedestrian bridge is rapidly closing but the russians have spotted this escape route and minutes after we arrive, they hit it. [ shelling ] >> reporter: the shelling is very close. get out, everyone, get out. don't worry, don't worry. there is a mad scramble to get out as the attacks keep on coming. >> go, go, now. >> reporter: the russians have used this tactic repeatedly in this war. last thing we want to do is have an accident. lines of civilians lay on the grounds as the shelling goes on. and pick themselves up to walk through these bombings. they have no option. only chance and a prayer will get them through th

. >> sky news' alex crawford on the ground in ukraine. witnessing russia's attacks on civilians first hand her must-see report moment away. >> seeking to overturn the election the attacks of the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas and what democrats are calling for. >> it appears to be a terrible tragedy. >> a teen falls to his death during a freefall ride at an amusement park what we are learning about the investigation. >> the fbi stops an isis-inspired bombing plot reckless homicide or honest mistake. a nurse learns her fate. nike strikes a new deal to continue kobe bryant's legacy. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> live from cnbc the facts. the truth. the news with shepard smith. >>> good evening new signs tonight that russia's invasion is failing and the ukrainians could be turning the tables on vladimir putin russian forces have lost full control of kherson, a key port city in southern ukraine according to a senior pentagon official this could be a huge strategic blow for putin and controlling kherson, it was the first major city that russian tro

. >>> our coverage of the war in europe continues inside kyiv, where sky news alex crawford reports up close on three separate attacks on the capital city >>> but first homeless men shot or stabbed, some killed in new york and in d.c. police say the same man is responsible, a multistate manhunt under way. >>> and a stock market for used cars the new trick of the trade designed to move inventory and get people into the car they want >>> but first fox news announced this afternoon their correspondent benjamin hall was injured while news gathering outside of kyiv earlier today. the fox news ceo said the company had a minimal level of details at the time, as she put it, but hall was hospitalized and that their teams on the ground were working to gain additional information benjamin hall has covered wars for many years in the middle east and africa. first on british television channels he wrote a book about isis that was published in 2015. that year he joined fox news, first based in london and covered the wars in iraq and afghanistan and others before this, the russian invasion of ukraine.

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for the news, i'm alex crawford. >> let's turn to p.j. crowley now, former u.s. assistant secretary of state for public affairs under president obama. p.j., you know, watching alex crawford's absolutely incredible work there and seeing what has happened, it is really hard to process. >> it is, shepard, but this is modern warfare warfares are no longer fought in defined battlefields they're fought in cities and among populations. those populations suffer the most. >> this battle between the u.s. and russia is playing out at the gas pumps now. how could that impact what happens in ukraine >> well, it's a test of will, right? putin probably has not yet changed his strategic calculations he's still betting that over time, the ukrainians' ability to resist will be diminished and over time the costs that ripple from ukraine into the global economy will create pressure to try to resolve this on terms that vladimir putin will find acceptable. >> you know, the peace talks are ongoing, but who thinks vladimir putin actually wants peace >> well, the peace talks will have so

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alex crawford, sky news, kyiv. >> these are very trying times for chelsea fans. jackie has stopped crying them a river just long enough to tell us the very latest. there is a slightly extended period for people to get their bids in. >> yeah, the situation seems to evolve, but sky news understands that bidders for the chelsea football club have been given extra time to submit offers after the decision to sanction abramovich. and reports of the club had several of its bank accounts temporarily suspended. so let's talk to a couple of chelsea fans quite well-known ones. i'm joined by a former winger and also sports journalist and author. rob beasley is also a chelsea fan i think fair to say. we'll start with you, rob. >> we're strong. >> i'll take your word for it. rob, as a fan, as someone who has been involved in the club for a long time writing about it, are you worried about what has happened in the last few days? >> well, you can't help but be worried. i think that it has been -- i don't think that there is anybody who has got a problem with the assets of roman

from kyiv, our special correspondent alex crawford reports in the fight for the capitol. >> the russian troops are getting closer and closer to the capital. they're now only eight kilometers away. but the ukrainian with the ukrainian military desperately try to stop russian soldiers were pressing into the center of urban areas. the sounds of street by street fighting and the threat of war is a constant inside the town. and in the middle of this all, there are terrified civilians. hundreds, gingerly making their way across a bombed bridge, hastily patched together with a makeshift walkway. most are women and children. holding there are things close. many elderly, having the only possessions they managed to have. it's all they have left in the world now. there are ukrainian soldiers trying to guide them across. they know they are just ahead of the advancing russian troops and the window to get them to safety is narrowing. >> you see that putin attack children. he's attacking elderly people. putin attacking women. this is not any rules of war. he is a military crier. >> there's no humanita

alex crawford, sky news, kyiv. >> sky news understands that bidders for chelsea football club have been and see in their desire to submit offers, following the british government's decision to sanction roman abramovich, all this following a turbulent day at stanford bridge, after a report that it had several of his bank accounts temporarily suspended. jacqui is here to talk us through the latest. as we were discussing last night, there is no shortage of interest in parties, the longer this goes on, the more difficult because for the club. >> absolutely, because if you just look at their wage bill, for example, that's 28 million pounds. they can still receive tv money at the moment, but they can't use that money to pay wages. they can't sell tickets, other than the tickets they've already sold to season ticket holders and presold tickets. so where do you raised 20 million pounds on a monthly basis, if you if you're not -- >> sofas. >> i don't know what kind of sauvÉ you have, but i don't have anything like that behind my sofa. they can't even sell programs, which they parted for tomorrow

alex crawford, sky news, and give. all right, a reminder of our top stories. the mayor in lviv in western ukraine, where many ukrainian refugees have gathered set the missiles up hit an area close to the city's airport. the uk's ambassador for the united nation across as russia of the attack on the theater was was shot in mariupol. and president, love the michelin ski has warned foreign missionaries that fighting in ukraine would be the worst decision of their life. on of their life more than 150,000 people have registered for the uk's home for ukraine-scape with preparations well underway to welcome refugees right across the country. on the program opens today with madeleine ratcliffe speaking to two people who planned to give shelter to those feeding this for. >> asked the homes for ukraine schemes -- preparations are underway to welcome refugees across the country. some, on a bigger scale than others. we've required our own pub and it's been closed for sometime. we're going to reimagine it as a co-living space for women and children playing the conflict in

. >>> let's head to kyiv where we will find alex crawford. alex, very good morning to you.nes of destruction around you, it is very clear that kyiv and many, many other parts of ukraine have been taken apart by the russian bombardment >> reporter: this is the northwest of the city, it's not too far from the center of, say, a few miles, maybe 10 kilometers, the missile seems to have landed right in the middle of a quadrangle of residential apartments, many people were still inside. we arrived soon after. it's decimated. they told us -- residents told us that they have two strikes, not both in the same place, but the first one was slightly further away early morning, about 5:00, next one there was silence and two hours later right in the middle of this quadrangle of residential apartments the far one is not yet built but all the rest of these are fully built and had people in them, many of them elderly people who had decided to stay behind. you can see they're still coming out with relatives helping them with a few belongings that they can rescue. there is a playground in the

sky news, alex crawford, reporting from kyiv. >> the capital skyline, is very different right now.church, but with a backdrop of battle which is getting closer. amongst those at risk of being trapped in the capital, or scores of surrogate babies. there are so many, the nursery is a constant hub of crying demands for attention. the babies are being cared for in a basement, which has been turned into an underground shelter, by a small team of babysitters. these women have left their families, to look after these little ones, after the baby's actual parents could not reach them, because of the war. >> you have to understand, this is war, this babysitter says. not everyone is able to come. the airports are closed, so their parents just cannot get them. >> we love all the babies, another says, she explains, they become part of our hearts, our families. when the parents do take them away, we cry, she tells us. but, with heavy fighting around the capitol, it meant that the women look after the babies here, also, are all that stands between them, and the bombings. there are so many acts of

alex crawford, sky news, outside chernihiv. outside chernisome breaking newe uk ministry of defense, and uk defense intelligence has just published its latest updates on the war in ukraine. it says, russia continues to besiege a number of major ukrainian cities including kharkiv, chernihiv, and mariupol. as we've just saw showed you, and also in mariupol as well. russian forces are proving reluctant to engage in large-scale urban infantry operations, rather preferring to rely on the indiscriminate use of air and artillery bombardments, in an attempt to demoralize defending forces. and, it warns, as it's likely russia will continue to use its heavy firepower in urban areas, and as it looks to limit its own already considerable losses at the cost of further civilian casualties. sticking in ukraine, the foreign secretary has confirmed that the uk will provide 2 million pounds in vital food supplies for areas like chernihiv, encircled by russian forces. our chief political correspondent john creighton has the details. >> a special

sky news alex crawford, filing this report today, from kyiv. >> the capitals northern suburbs, under attack. the skylines increasingly clouded, after rocket strikes. the russian military, trying to push closer into the city, but they had to get through three small communities in between. one russian checkpoints, the shells land here without warning, causing flurries which ripped through this area. they know that there are the ones not holding the line against the russians. they've been digging trenches, and bolstering positions. you have already been hit several times. the attacks have left yet more people with homes. workplaces, and businesses, have been left shattered. but, the main supermarket is still operating, despite being shelled earlier. the staff are just wiping down their supplies, and carrying on, regardless. we even know how to protect ourselves, to something's incoming, she says. we lined, out and cover our heads. the sounds of russians nearby, seems constant, once we are here. >> they are nazis, he says. and there is another attack. they wait to hear their landing clos

our special correspondent, alex crawford, reporting now from the edge of kyiv. >> they arrive, stuffed and car boots, and in the back seats. they have taken terrible hits trying to stop the russian troops entering the ukrainian capital. they lay on blood soaked stretchers. the soldiers have just been shelled on the front line, creeping ever closer to kyiv. , and it is the nearest hospital, now, entirely turned over to dealing with the war wounded. these aren't army medics, is the town's doctors, and nurses, who two weeks ago, or dealing with births, and bone breaks. now, there are plunged into a new world, and of soldiers, and civilians, torn apart by bombs, and bullets. >> it's world war iii. >> it's world war iii? >> it's world war iii. it could be stopped here, or it could move through the rest of the world. just help us stop it here. >> they are shell-shocked, and shaking. so far, the politicians peace talks have gone nowhere. hospitals are protected locations under international law, but no one here trusts that to be observed. yet, there is an astonishing resilience, and perhaps,

diplomat said russia essentially demanded a surrender but as fighting rages, so does resistance alex crawford with sky news is in kyiv reporting from a hospital for ukrainian soldiers. >> reporter: laid out on already blood soaked stretchers. the soldiers shelled on the front line which is increasingly ever closer to kyiv and the hospital entirely over to dealing with the woundede hospital entirely over t these aren't army medics, but the town's doctors and nurses who two weeks ago were dealing with births and bone breaks. now they're plunged into a new world time with bombs and bullets. world time >> it's world war iii and it could be stopped here or move. please help us to stop this war. >> reporter: they are shell shocked and shaking. and so far, the politicians peace talks have gotten nowhere. hospitals are protected locations under international law, but no one here trusts that to be observed yet there's an astonishing resilience and perhaps a realization they have no optiong it's not difficult for us to fight, he tells us, we're defending our land and will continue to protect it but a r

sky news special correspondent alex crawford shows the terror putin is wreaking on kyiv, the capitol and heart of ukraine. >> reporter: this is what the russian authorities insist is not happening, adamant their military is not hitting homes in the ukrainian capitol or elsewhere because attacking civilians is an international war crime and president putin insists he's doing everything he can to preserve the lives of civilians. that's in direct contradiction to the evidence we and many others are finding on the ground in the center is a playground, around it, residential blocks, peoples homes, schools they've been pretty much reduced to rubble. and these are some of those who used to live in them they've lost everything. >> translator: it's not human to do this. to attack the children >> i don't have the words -- >> reporter: they grab whatever they can in plastic bags pets, tvs, this is all they have now. right next door, there are 2 schools. one is a kindergarten. schools have been suspended for the time being in the capitol. these classrooms would have been full of pupils these att

our special correspondent, alex crawford, is in kyiv. hi alex. what's happened?rning k, morning everyone. look at this site. the building is still smoking. this huge residential block was hit by a round of all to hillary shells. we are in the north of the city. that is only seven miles from the city center. they are still trying to retrieve their belongings. we believe all the people have been taken out. we are not sure about the injuries or the deaths. but this is quite clearly a residential, very much, a residential area. right in the heart of a whole group of housing is where it sits. right next to a school is where the playground is. so this is absolutely nowhere near any think that would constitute a military target. the fire engines are about five or six who have been trying to get them. out we've spoken to some of the residents inside. one of whom who have sub said that the attacker 84-year-old mother out who had been cut -- you can see what it's done to the building. imagine if you're inside that, still sleeping, as most people would've been at 5:00 this

alex crawford, sky news, kyiv. >> a live music venue in london has launched an appeal aimed at raising money for the british red cross working in ukraine. here to tell us a little bit more about it tristan mott fit, the operation director at the piano works. good to see you this morning, tristan. it must be an early start for you. tell us just a little bit about the appeal and why the hospitality industry is getting behind the efforts to support those in ukraine. >> thank you for having me on. yeah, good morning. basically, like millions of people across the country and thousands of business, we are -- for the people of ukraine for the that i've had their lives turned upside down by this terrible situation. so the piano works is a business spearheading campaign where we're calling on all -- hospitality industry to come together to raise money for ukraine. in short, the piano works were going to be asking our guests to donate an optional one pound per dining -- to ukraine and we will match their donations. pound for pound. so we're hoping to raise about 4000 pounds a week. and if that's

alex crawford, sky news, interruption at the edge of kyiv. >> a familiar face has returned! sophie reaches back this morning. and she joins us, live from westminster. sophie! great to see you. hope you're well. i do want to remind you, you need to do the sunday program these days. >> obviously. it's a shut down from -- . but it's me you have to put up with for an hour as well. it's good to be back. to be honest, nine months ago i never thought this would be the reality i was returning to. such a devastating story in ukraine. across the un, estimating 2.6 million people fleeing that country. and of course, the latest that goes the -- uk has taken more than 1300 -- in this program today, and really gonna find out if that's gonna change. and why it has been so sluggish to this point. we're joined by michael who is the man in charge of this now. and we've got some of those clinical voices from ukraine as well. >> sophie we will be with you at half past, it's lovely to have you back. you say, we'll see you soon. coming up, we'll have -- with jackie. coming up after this. ng up af

our special correspondent alex crawford reports. >> reporter: they were running for their lives. frantically trying to keep their families together, amid the mayhem and gunfire. desperately handing over their toddlers to soldiers and strangers. scrambling to get away from the firing and shelling, even as they fled. many have spent days under fire, trapped in their homes, until they realized it was run or die, with the russians getting closer. >> reporter: on the outskirts of the capital is being relentlessly shelled, and there's no escape, not even for the civilians you can see at the top of your picture, running with their cases to get away. this is an entirely residential area. two children and their mother were killed outright. but this area is filled with families, utterly powerless against this attacking army. the bombed bridge is now a target for the russian troops. and those trying to escape came under fire several times. the ukrainian soldiers tried to shoot down drones,. itting the positions of the fleeing families. [ gunfire ] those rushing to get out are the most vulne

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for "the news," i'm alex crawford. >>> the worst of this war may be in mariupol. the city of more than 400,000 people, mostly russian-speaking, in the donbas region of ukraine. it's the area putin declared independent before he started destroying it and killing everyone today the city council there sent out this video of what they say is a strike on a drama theater-turned-bomb shelter for hundreds and hundreds of people. just look at it. the russians bombed it and destroyed the door to the underground bunker the number of dead untold, but the worst to date anywhere, officials say. and look at this it's a satellite photo of the place from two days ago. see the letters written in the parking lot. it's on both sides that reads "children" in russian, a suggestion that russians on the ground were alerting russian bombers that kids were inside mariupol is so bad, we're not even there no international journalists are there except for two from the associated press misty slauv cher nov, and evgeni maloetka the story they filed today after more than two weeks of shelling is

alex crawford, sky news in irpin on the edge of kyiv. >> bring in retired u.s. army general barry mccaffrey and an msnbc analyst and in high esteem. wa is your read where things stand today given the latest attack so close to the polish border's what do you think putin is trying to accomplish? >> well, he's widening the war. he is going to go after the west resupply effort to ukrainian armed forces and humanitarian aid also coming in out of poland and romania. he has reverted to essentially the center of gravity of his military campaign is now to terrorize the civilian population, and hopefully through that means to force president zelenskyy and his military to capitulate. at a tactical level, the russians are doing very badly against a smaller number of extremely aggressive ukrainian fighters. but as we back off, putin is steadily inexorably increased attacks on ukraine looking for a reaction. there really isn't any pushback so far. i think he's approaching the limit of endurance what europeans can tolerate once we see the takedown of kyiv, the capital. >> whic

alex crawford, sky news. >>> what to do to punish president biden said the ban on russian oil and gas will deal a powerful blow to putin and weaken russia. he said he's warning americans that prices at the pump will go up. >> if we do not respond to putin's assault on global peace and stability today, the cost of freedom and to the american people will be even greater tomorrow. >> the president putting all the blame on putin for the predicted surge in gas prices. he's calling it putin's price hike cnbc white house correspondent continues our coverage from d.c. >> reporter: the united states gets only a small fraction of its energy from russia a senior administration official acknowledged today's actions could darken the overall inflation picture. and tonight landing in american oil country, president biden, when asked about the impact on retail gas prices, did not mince words. as americans united behind ukraine, they may not mind as much 79% of correspondents support banning russian oil even if it means higher prices. among republicans, 77% support and 72% support among voters plannin

sky news's alex crawford reports from kyiv. >> reporter: this is what the russian authorities insist leader is adamant his military is not hitting homes in the ukrainian capital or elsewhere. because attacking civilians is an international war crime, and president putin insists he's doing everything he can to preserve the lives of civilians. that's in direct contradiction to the evidence we and many others are finding on the ground. in the center is a playground. around it, a residential block, people's homes, schools. they've been pretty much reduced to rubble, and these are some of those who used to live in them. they've lost everything. it's not human to do this, she says. to attack the children. they grab whatever they can in plastic bags. pets, tvs. this is all they have now. right next door, there are two schools. one is a kindergarten. schools have been suspended for the time being in the capital or these classrooms would have been full of pupils. these attacks are killing, and they're not soldiers or fighters. this was an elderly man, one of many who felt too frail to leave t

alex crawford, sky news. >> that was alex crawford reporting from a small town northwest of kyiv whereeing amid heavy russian shelling. those families, they are lucky, will join the more than 1.7 million refugees, mostly women and children, who have fled ukraine since russia began its invasion 12 days ago. all of this migration and less than two weeks makes this the fastest-growing refugee crisis in europe since world war ii. according to the un high commissioner for refugees, and with russia potentially targeting more population centers across the country, millions more ukrainian refugees will likely flee and need someplace to stay. refugees like this 11 year ukrainian boy named, hassan, who arrived at the slovakian border alone this weekend. he traveled about 600 miles by himself, with only a backpack, a plastic bag, his passport, and more importantly, a phone number written on the back of this hunt. let's go back in ministry of interior says that volunteers were able to use that phone number to reach the boys relatives who arrive to pick him up. today, we met with the internal minis

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alex crawford, sky news, irpin. >> incredible. let's bring in michael mcfaul, former u.s. ambassador to russia, he has met and negotiated face-to-face with putin. ambassador, as always, thank you. attacking civilians trying to evacuate is a war crime, plain and simple, and it is standard fare for this maniac he did it in chechnya, he did it in syria, he's doing it in ukraine. it's indisputable. the question is what might be done to help people get out safely >> that's a very hard question it's just horrible what was going on fantastic report you just showed the russian and ukrainian negotiators are trying to get some agreement about humanitarian corridors and they should pursue that the last time they tried, by the way, the russians suggested three corridors that lead to russia for those people leaving so that shows you their sincerity. i think they have to keep working on that and there's a role for the united nations to get directly involved in humanitarian assistance and humanitarian quarters. that's not been attempted yet. i think they should get involved. >> what do y

we begin with alex crawford of our sister network sky news on the outskirts of kyiv. >> reporter: claiming back territory isn't the same as it being secure the soldiers moved into irpin cautiously, despite in the president's words, they'd liberated the town. >> is irpin liberated? is it free have you reclaimed >> reporter: only so-so they tell us. this commuter town near the capital has been the focus of intense russian attacks for more than a month none of these soldiers are taking anything for granted, despite the first major russian concession since the start of invasion so the area is clearly still not secure, and they're going in to try and find out just how much further the russian troops have been pushed back the sounds of war rumbled on while the peace talks continued. under ukrainian martial law, we're not allowed to show this location but any scaling back of russian military operations around the capital come at a tremendous cost, with terrible destruction done to small towns like irpin, which has been bombarded for weeks. those still holding the lines around the capital are very

alex crawford, sky news, kyiv. >> joining me right now is lisa, member of the ukrainian parliament. lisa joins us from a train station in strasburg, france, there for an eu meeting and thank you, lisa, for joining us in these very stressful times. as you know, vladimir putin today talking with the french president, also the german chancellor. are these the guys you want to be mediating on ukraine's behalf? i mean, do you think ukraine can get a fair deal from these discussions? >> well, of course, we are very happy when there are any mediators and any possible discussions happening around ensuring ukrainian peace right now. but so far, they haven't seen any progress in any signs from the russian side that they are ready for any common sense peace. now, it's just manipulation, and it's absolutely crazy statements from the russian side when they want to replace the government or they approve and confirm that they are bombing maternity wards and they say it's fine. so, at this stage, it looks very, very painful for us, but we'll keep pushing for an opportunity, of course, for the direc

medicine in some cases coverage in depth from our sister network sky news and special correspondent alex crawfordburb of kyiv where families are desperately trying to get out of the country. >> reporter: they were running for their lives. frantically trying to keep their families together amid the mayhem and gunfire, desperately handing over their toddlers to soldiers and strangers scrambling to get away from the firing and shelling, even as they fled. many have spent days under fire, trapped in their homes until they realized it was run or die. >> that was the loudest we've heard. we've got to go out now. there's a lot of incoming now and it's getting a lot closer. >> reporter: the russian military is pushing forward towards the capital and is taking ground, killing and injuring as they do so and a lot of the casualties are civilians, hurt by shrapnel and mortars fired in heavily populated, built-up areas. attacking civilians and noncombatants is an international war crime and multiple families gave us firsthand accounts, many who only just survived themselves. >> translator: i was helping peopl