lucas tomlinson, thank you. putin may be pummeling ukraine this evening but not all is well in mother russia. crippling sanctions are piling up and an economic collapse under putin's watch seems likely. in fact, it's starting to happen. their currency has already crashed to record low. hyper inflation is on the horizon. russians are actively making a run on the banks. trying to withdrawal all their money while they still can. even the russian state's biggest money makers have become a sinking ship like oil companies, gas who shares plunge almost in half thanks to boycotts from western countries. and putin's out of silver bullets, too. now that the west froze central banks reserves. putin has lost access to a war chest worth close to $650 billion. he was banking on using that cash to stabilize the economy. and now the signs indicate that putin's banking system is toast. what we're watching play out is similar to russia in the late 1990s when the ruble plunged and their biggest banks collapsed and russia went unde

fox team coverage, lucas tomlinson reporting from western ukraine and trey yengst in kyiv. trey, we begin with you. >> harris, air raid sirens continue to sound across ukraine as russia pushes forward with their invasion. we know today in the second largest city of kharkiv two cruise missiles hit a public square killing many people. authorities there on the ground say this was a direct attack by russian forces. ukrainian president zelenskyy today calling it a war crime. here in the capital of kyiv earlier tonight a television tower was hit by a russian missile. that explosion reverberateed across the city as civilians continue to stay underground. we know that 40 mile long convoy outside of the city limits now a major concern to authorities who set up checkpoints around the city putting anything in the road they can, flower pots, pianos and even cars just trying to block this russian advance. we spoke to some civilians today trying to make their way out of the ukrainian capital. heart breaking scenes at the train station here in kyiv. take a look. >> familiar scene unfolds

lucas tomlinson is in ukraine for us tonight, it's just before four in the morning and he brings us the >> hey, tucker. good news, radiation levels at the plant appear normal but as you mentioned it's never good to have ongoing hostilities next to her nuclear power plant. this isn't just the largest nuclear power plant in ukraine, it's the largest in europe, top ten largest in the world, supplies about a quarter of ukraine's power. the good news is firefighters have been allowed to access the plant and if you are showing the photos of the ongoing video youtube channel of the fire, it appears that the fire is not actually on the reactors, six nuclear reactors, but they are actually facing the administered a building so the fire is not at the reactor, it is in the parking lot and the administrative buildings, so that is good news, but it is certainly concerned that there is ongoing hostilities next to six nuclear reactors, tucker. >> tucker: lucas tomlinson, a man who will not be sleeping tonight. we are grateful you're joining us, thank you. so many things going on at once around the wor

lucas tomlinson fox news. we expect to see more american troops deployed to europe because of the fighting in ukraine, a senior defense official told the wall street journal today. an additional 500 troops will be sent. the official did not say where those troops would come from other to say, other than to say they are currently based in the u. s that would bring the total number of american forces in the region. to 100,000, and there are growing concerns tonight about russia's nuclear capabilities. jana katsuyama is here now with that part of our coverage and why ukraine says it should have more protection from the west, jenna. alex and julie ukraine basically gave up its nuclear capabilities decades ago under what's called the budapest memorandum, and now that russia has violated that treaty, it raises questions about the u. s and other nations level of support and whether nuclear disarmament efforts worldwide might be threatened. support us. supporter and not only with words ukrainian president vologda mere

foxes lucas tomlinson shows us how they're getting small groups of fighters involved. the russian navy massing a dozen warships off crimea u. s officials believe this armada will bring thousands of russian marines to assault the beaches of odessa, known as the pearl of the black sea. news of the pending invasion is sent locals scrambling traffic jams leaving town to the west and northwest picked up by image. shad international. before leaving the airport disabled by placing barriers on the runway to prevent russian transport planes from landing and bringing additional forces. it's not just odessa, where residents are fleeing russian forces now massing just outside kharkiv, ukraine's second largest city. they destroyed the school where i studied for 11 years, they also hit my house. all my friends are hiding in their basements after a call with vladimir putin, french president emmanuel macron warned the worst is yet to come in ukraine. he said. russian forces won't stop until the entire country is conquered. us officials say there's a clear willingness by the russians t

lucas tomlinson is in ukraine with the latest families run for cover sunday in europe in just outside keith amid a constant barrage of russian artillery. the city, one of several across ukraine, where efforts are underway to get civilians out of harm's way. the two sides had agreed to a temporary ceasefire to allow people to evacuate, but that window quickly back up. ukraine says russian forces have shown no regard for those innocent civilians caught in the crossfire. clear to us that what they're doing is illegal and it's work crimes. i mean, they they're targeting hospitals. they're targeting schools. they're targeting civilians. ukrainians have been pleading for more assistance from the u. s and nato to establish air superiority. secretary blinken says nato members have been given the go ahead to donate warplanes to ukraine. it's a work around that avoids directly imposing a no fly zone over the country, which would risk escalating the conflict. in fact, we're talking with our polish friends right now about what we might be able to do to back fill their needs. if, in fact they choo

i want to bring in lucas tomlinson who is live in lviv.ant to get your views on the russian mig 29s, there seems to be a shift in the messaging from the pentagon. it's no longer just getting the planes to ukraine, it's that they don't need them, they wouldn't do much good. him what can you tell us about that shift, what is going to happen there? >> the pentagon has slammed the door on this proposal. the original plan the polish introduced they would fly them to ramstad airbase in germany. those planes would fly into ukraine and the pentagon said we need find another plan. today they close the door completely, no polish fighter jets would be coming at all. we talked to the residents on the ground in ukraine, they keep saying the overall thing, close the sky. ukrainians want to stop russian jets from flying overhead, they want to stop the 700 missiles from being flown and had devastating effect as you mention, destroying hospitals and churches. unbelievable effect. let's talk children, the u.n. today said for the first time over three dozen

it is without that we bring in our first reporter, lucas tomlinson, elsewhere in the country. s in the west in lviv and he's going to bring you the latest. lucas, hi. >> good evening. good morning, ben. we learned that the fire has been extinguished at the nuclear power plant in southern ukraine. there is no damage see either of the six reactors. the fired broken out earlier at an administrative building away from those six reactors. we are also learning now that it was serious enough that president biden called his ukrainian counterpart, president zelenskyy, and biden's energy secretary said those six nuclear reactors are being "safely shut down." the nuclear power plant is not just the biggest in ukraine. it's the biggest in europe, one of the top ten largest in the world. it supplies about a quarter of ukraine's power. probably the most serious thing that happened was the fact that there was an ongoing battle next to a nuclear power plant. all indications from officials, there is no change to radiation levels most portly and there's no serious damage to any of the structures

veterans need you. ♪ ♪ >> fox news alert no tensions mounting with ukraine waking up let's get to lucas tomlinsongood morning, ben, we are 15 minutes to sunrise in lviv six hours west of the capital they 6 a vladimir putin's war on ukraine. so far has not gone according to schedule and has not controlled major cities in ukraine. however, three cities under siege. that one massive convoy coming into the capital. some 50 miles away with hundreds of tanks, armored personnel tanks, fuel and artillery. we have a tax on kharkiv the second largest city in the northeast one day after russian special forces unit was massacred including casualties and the south east of merrill after the marines came dancing on the city. it is notable that last night was fairly quiet nationwide but we did not see the 400 missiles fired overall but last night certainly people bracing for what is next, then. >> lucas, thank you for joining us and staying up with us this morning. thank you the world is on edge and vladimir putin's next move, joining us for security expert jason, i just wanted to first thank you for joining us

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i ask everybody to download the untold story with lucas tomlinson. great to have you on set.nk you. >> thank. >> martha: so poland's ambassador to the united states said the world didn't listen to warnings about putin's imperial ambitions that he made crystal clear. my exclusive interview as the kremlin keeps bombing ukrainians and poland keeps calling for more weaponry to ukraine and peacekeepers to move in to the country as well when our breaking coverage continues. do you think the american government should re-visit the question of closing the skies that zelensky wants so much? >> nato countries keep delivering cutting edge weaponry to the ukraine. it's a race against time. we understand the ukrainians need many more weapons right now in order to stave off the russian aggression. veteran homeowners, need cash? at newday you can borrow up to 100% of your home's value and get up to $60,000 or more. we called and got $96,602. that's more than ever. we called and we got $62,810. home values are soaring. now is the best time in history to turn your home equity into cash. we ca

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lucas tomlinson fox news. a couple from san francisco or helping to spearhead an effort to deliver cash donations directly to ukrainian refugees who are seeking safety in neighboring countries. alex furman and his wife marina, able men are two of the volunteers behind the organization cash for refugees. since the war started, the group has raised more than $200,000 through online crowdfunding. several volunteers, including firm in our in romania, right now handing out payments to ukrainian refugees as they crossed the border. those payments range from $100 up to several $100 depending on the size of a family, and there are no strings attached. with that money. the recipients are often in disbelief and always incredibly grateful. it's like a lot of people for flows. eight they don't believe it. actually somebody would just give them money. easy. like the first train. no no would have needed some people like their a lot of tears. it's hard to determine actually who to give it to you like, but some people they we

lucas tomlinson, fox news.oday as investors continue to keep a close eye on the ongoing conflict in ukraine. the dow dropped 166 points, the nasdaq gained some ground climbing 56 points and the s and p closed about 10 points lower. well forget moscow mule. somebody area bar owners are renaming the drink and also clearing their shelves of russian vodka to show solidarity with ukraine. drink menus have changed some bars across the bay area. for example , at bond bar in san francisco's mission district of moscow, mule is now being called the keep mule and madrid in our bar along to visit aero people can order a ukraine mule or vodka mule instead. you know, a nice gesture on our part small, but it's you know, it's about raising awareness. i think for the most part, we will look for a ukrainian vodka in which to feature rather than a russian vodka. people have posted videos of vodka bottles being smashed or being dumped out, and some have refused to buy it in stores stolen vodka, which is actually made in latvia has

we have team coverage live on the ground in ukraine lucas tomlinson live in and we begin in kyiv.

lucas tomlinson joins us live with the latest. hi, lucas. >> hi, martha. that's right. here that a detachment of russian forces five hours north of here in belarus could be headed this way to cut off a vital artery of supply chain to bringing american and european weaponry here as well as vital supplies. also, it's where hundreds of thousands of refugees are trying to escape the country to poland. now earlier, we heard air raid sirens. this is what it sounded like. ukrainian president zelensky said the russians are shelling killing his civilians. >> the country that commits war crimes against civilians cannot be a member of the u.n. security council. they have to be banned from ports, channels and airports in the world. >> martha, curfew has gone into effect about 45 minutes and extends until 6:00 a.m. all out going calls have been banned, this is what martial law looks like in putin's war on day 6. martha? >> martha: thanks, lucas. lucas tomlinson reporting from kyiv. and we have a woman from ukraine who says she will not leave. thanks for talking with us. give us a se

in lviv, ukraine, lucas tomlinson, fox news. >> kevin: lucas, think it's much russian troops to mine power plant where the fires broke out potentially to blackmail all of europe. the staff at the nuclear power plant sending messages to the ukrainian media and government authorities the russian troops are trying to lay down explosives. the idea controlling the power plant and all of europe becomes a hostage. in two discuss this, naval intelligence officer jordan. i appreciate with trace gallagher but i want to follow up on a couple of concepts you touched on most notably. what is your sense of where we are right now with respect to that particular plant and what it could mean for the safety and security not just of ukrainian people but all of europe? >> well, first of all it appears the soldiers doing this are chechens under the control of the russian army. the chechens are known for their veracity and viciousness and willing to do things in the chechen world even the russians made their blood run cold a little bit. but the flip side of russia's nuclear blackmail, first of all they im

>> bret: lucas tomlinson on the ground in lviv. lucas, great job out there.cans are stepping in to help get emergency supplies to ukraine. here in america, to there we will meet a chicago couple trying to help. ♪ >> have no right to do nothing. we need to everything we can to help those people. and yeah. as much help as we can. ♪ ♪ it's the most wonderful time of the year ♪ get fast relief of your worst allergy symptoms, including nasal congestion, with powerful claritin d, so you can breathe better. feel the clarity and make today the most wonderful time of the year. claritin d. where does the stress go when you're driving a lincoln? does it float off into the clouds? daddy! (frustrated grunts) you might have your own theory. but maybe it's better to just let it go. your shipping manager left to “find themself.” leaving you lost. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire >> bret: this evening we take a look at the effort to get critical suppl

lucas tomlinson is live in lviv with the latest. at does the russian military strategy appear to be there, lucas? >> reporter: well, jon, it increasingly looks like attacks on airfields and civilian areas. we've seen some of russia's advanced fighter e jets not dropping smart bombs, but instead unguided dumb bombs and having disastrous effect on these cities and killing innocent women and children which is one of the reasons tens of thousands of refugees are flooding into this town of he vive. here's a young mother with her two children that just arrived. >> translator: they could not sleep, her on edge when they hear the sirens. i didn't really want to leave home, but my children do not sleep at all, and i decided to take them away so maybe they'll be able to sleep at last. >> reporter: more than 200 orphans recently arrived here by train seeking refuge. they raised here from southeast ukraine, home to the largest nuclear power plant which was attacked a few nights ago. reuters said the children left on buses bound for poland. the m

lucas tomlinson has that story tonight. >> we're getting hit by every side. but not all at the same time. >> the volunteer medic, one of thousands of fighters lured to ukraine to fight the russians. the early morning hours when the invasion began, their unit came under attack by russian helicopter gun ships. >> the ground starts to shake. you feel like an earthquake is going on. walls start creating. it gets broken. and like you can feel sometimes that your brood is rushing through your veins. >> the battalion called the georgia national legion has been on the ground since 2014. they've been fighting the russians since 1993. one alongside his father, later freed in a prisoner swap. >> we love freedom and ukrainians, not because we hate russians. >> he has a platoon of american, some 30 in all. the pentagon does not want u.s. citizens here to fight. >> this is not the place for americans to be. >> personify bid the slow-moving miles long russian convoy making one fighter question putin's strategy. >> ukrainians have killed a lot of russians this past week. i'm

lucas tomlinson is there. the sudden stepped up attacks when the russians promised they stopped them, it does feed this other narrative that maybe the talk of doing this was a chance for vladimir putin to sort of, you know, realign his troops and give him time to do what he really wants to do, which is not make peace with ukraine. what do you make of this? what are they telling you? >> it's a good point, neil. the press briefing with john kirby just wrapped up. he said russia sent 1,000 mercenaries to the donbas region to fight the ukrainian forces. a past acknowledgement how poor his forces have done in ukraine. >> a couple of things. they have used contractors in the donbas the last eight years. this is an area where the wagner group is experienced. the point is that it's just another example of how mr. putin is going to throw more energy in to trying to occupy the donbas. >> nato estimates russia has lost up to 15,000 soldiers in five weeks of war. that's how many the soviets lost in afghanistan over a deca

lucas tomlinson live again in lviv tonight. good evening, lucas. >> good evening, bret. the u.n.,000. >> i'm a mother. i just want to protect my son. >> julia, a 32-year-old mother from odesa just arrived in moldova after fleeing ukraine. >> thank god alive. thank god i can breathe today. how can i protect them. >> others were not so lucky. killed by russian missiles, tanks and artillery fire. since the first time since the war began the russian released casualty figures, 490 killed. 1500 wounded. u.s. things number could be four times higher. >> i want to tell those who are shooting here the russian soldiers, i want them to understand that civilians rand children are dying. british intelligence says five cities are now completely surrounded. this as russian forces continue to bombard mariupol to the southeast and kharkiv ukraine's second largest city to the northeast. >> my 3-year-old is in a bomb shelter now. i hate you putin. >> the ukrainian people, this is the first time in the city's long history that kharkiv has experienced something like this. >> this student fled to roma

lucas tomlinson is in the western city of lviv again tonight. vening, bret. along the coast of the black sea, ukrainians bracing for a new battle for the country's third largest city. the russian navy massing a dozen warships off crimea. u.s. officials believe this armada will bring thousands of russian marines to assault the seas of odesa known as the pearlg of the black sea. sent locals scrambling. traffic jams leaving town to the west and northwest picked up image sad international. before leaving the airport disabled by plating barriers on the runway to prevent russian are a transport planes from landing and bringing additional forces. it's not just odesa where residents are fleeing. russian forces now massing just outside of car kiev, ukraine's second largest city. they also hit my house. all my friends are hiding in their basement. >> after a call with vladimir putin. french president emmanuel macron warned the worst is yet to come in ukraine. he said russian forces won't stop until the entire country is conquered. u.s. officials say there'

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to lucas tomlinson in ukraine.s of russian soldiers most heading to the capitol in a 40 mile long caravan. lviv is not out of the woods. those that want to get out and those outside that want to get in and help, it is a key destination. lucas tomlinson has more. lucas? >> that's right, neil. some 660,000 ukrainians are fleeing the country. many of them pouring through here in poland, which is 40 miles to the west. here's two of them. the father cannot leave part of president zelensky's decrease that no military age males can leave. he has to stay and fight. >> nobody wants to be in this situation. [inaudible] >> air raid sirens heard throughout the city a few hours ago, neil, sending people scrambling for shelters. this war creating the worst humanitarian crisis this century. southeast ukraine, the russian defense ministry says the land bridge from the donbas to crimea is now complete. following this amphibious assault, the ukrainians deny the takeover is complete. they say the strip of land remains contested and s

lucas tomlinson "fox news live" lviv tonight.ening, lucas. >> bret, some of our viewers might find the following video disturbing showing a russian missile strike which changed one business woman's life forever in the blink of an eye. >> we don't know when we are going to get bombs or die. >> she owned a coffee shop in car chief second largest city until a russian tank destroyed it on the 1st. >> you lose everything all at once, you know? your friends, your home, your job and your business and your money, just everything. >> russian forces have bombarded the city since the start of the invasion. >> residential houses that are getting destroyed and children are getting killed. >> kharkiv located eastern ukraine. about the size of dallas. many have fled. when russian forces knocked out the power grid. she and her friend decided it was time go. >> this is our land. they killed our people. with will united our nation. actually. we are very strong now. >> olga's mother grew' up under southern rule she sent her daughter to or relevant

lucas tomlinson has that part of the story from lviv. lucas? >> that's right, bret.rainian remind me a lot of my home state of texas. they are fiercely independent. >> paul is a former paratrooper in the 101st airborne division with multiple deployments to iraq. he would only give us his first name. he moved to ukraine over a year ago and is part of the growing number of foreigners volunteering to defend the country against the russian army. >> i'm fighting to defend my home and their home here teaching them what i can in as little time as i can to help give them a chance to survive this invasion and slaughter by russians. >> while the u.n. says over 660,000 have fled the country since the start of the russian invasion six days ago, more than 20,000 have returned, including this man who says he struggled to sleep thinking about innocent people getting slaughtered. >> i can't just stay in poland and let russians destroy our independence, destroy our cities. kill other citizens, kill other children. kill our elderly people. >> volunteers are also lining up in great bri

lucas tomlinson is there. he has talked to some of these refugees about their or ordeal. lucas?vladimir putin's forces. >> he gives -- >> we heard explosions from the other side of the reservoir. the air alarm is on all the time. >> when russian forces attacked europe's largest nuclear power plant, this family was only four miles away and escaped at the first opportunity. >> we want our territory because putin believes that it is historically russian territory and we should be in one state. but our ukraine is a free and independent state. >> valentina's grandmother thinks the military will fail and offered two simple reasons why. >> i think because ukrainians are very strong and they love their people. >> more than 200 orphans also arrived here over the weekend by train. they, too were fleeing the violence at the nuclear power plant. lviv's mayor says 50,000 people pass through the city's train station a day. a majority continue on to poland. >> for the past five days this crew has been working around the clock to prepare 5,000 meals for refugees flooding into the train station

without internet or phone connection after being shelled by russian troops so let's go right out to lucas tomlinson i don't think is asleep and where sun has come up on day 11 of the ukrainian war lucas what can you tell us about the entire region? reporter: well brian i can tell you it has not a good day for russian air force and reports they have lost 5 fighter jets that were shot down over country and four attack helicopters and losses that think it is shelling civilian areas as payback or revenge. and it is also a reason why russia shut down social media that did not want this bad news with the population. also brian, officials tell me because of the -- what they are posting and what communication among antiwar protesters that's another reason why vladimir putin shut down social media do not like what they are posting they want to sever lynx between antiwar protesters also it is not just hundreds of thousands of refugees flooding out of ukraine in fact up to 1.3 million and hundreds and thousands and welcome to west ukraine. people also flooding out of russia as well. try booking train right no

we go to lucas tomlinson. lucas, what's the latest?t's the latest as officials of the plant to there no chance the radiations -- there's no significant damage to any of the six reactors. the fire took place away from the six nuclear reactors and administrative building to the south. officials say the biggest concern is there is ongoing hostilities, a battle at this nuclear power plant but the news is there's no significant damage to the nuclear power plant. all systems appear online. they are thick reinforced concrete. they have come a long way in the 30 plus years since the chernobyl disaster. >> sean: i hope if we have nuclear fallout we know how dangerous that would be for everybody and any bombs bursting near any nuclear power plant is extraordinarily dangerous. our reporting was that in fact there is fire at the plant. we are watching them closely. we'll keep everybody updated. lucas tomlinson, thank you for being with us. a lot of news breaking. please stay with the fox news channel for ongoing coverage. unfortunately that's all

city is dispersing e morning ukraine time here for more on what is happening, we have moved to lucas tomlinsonws who is still in ukraine for us and we are glad he is. lucas, what do you see? >> tucker, for over a week, the pentagon has said that the long russian convoy, they said it was actually 40 miles long, if you could believe that, was stalled outside the capitol. today, u.s. satellite company max r says it is dispersed, don't know exactly where all of those vehicles and tanks went, no longer the capital, this is what ukrainian forces did after it left and they went on the offensive. [explosion] >> about 50 miles northwest of the capital, appear to this russian column of tanks and vehicles drove into another ambush. this unit looks prestaged, like they fired as soon as there is a russian vehicles went into what is called the kill zone, you see these russian tanks all bunched up. officials i spoke to said these are very poor tactics and speaks volumes about the russian military strategy here in ukraine. russian trained forces all bunched up in their tanks walking straight into this ambush.

lucas tomlinson lucas tomlinson further underscore and are pointing at least 20 russian aircraft haven shot down in ukraine. both jets and attack helicopters. experts tell bbc that's likely the most shot down since the falklands war in 1982. indeed, they are experiencing resistance. emily, coming to you. international law, we talked about this on the couch. it does not have an enforcement mechanism. we want to hold him accountable. we want to see action taken against him his generals. how likely is that, given the strength of international laws? >> emily: is interesting. when you say we i think you're talking about us he appeared normal, average americans. i don't see that same resolve was stated commitment from our administration. i don't think our lawmakers did either. which is why they were busy drafting a bill while the administration was acting. it took 14 days for president to now ban imports. when we talk about the icc, first of all we are not a party to them. nor is russian or is ukraine. to me, that's a long term accountability strategy that is sort of, it has a black-and-whi

lucas tomlinson is live in lviv. lucas? while some 670,000 ukrainians are fleeing the country, some 20,000 are returning. these two men want to join them. >> look like they need help with young, strong fit men we can help. so why not? >> putin has lost his mind and i never expected it would become a situation like this. of course those men are not coming back to hand over relief supplies, jesse. they want to fight and kill the russians. could unleash the biggest refugee crisis in europe this century. most are heading to poland, about 20% to return russia. the west is surrounding countries. >> this air raid siren now almost daily site here and sound here in lviv still no sign of russian fighter jets bombs overhead. russia has fired over 400 missiles into the country some landing 12 miles from here. a week ago jesse these students were studying, hanging out, drinking coffee, seeing their friends. now they are making bombs. not just molotov cocktails or small other cocktails. they are making large jugs presumably to destroy ru

lucas tomlinson fox news. amazing. lucas , thank you .ntime, chinese hackers launching attacks on european officials in the russia, ukraine war . let's bring in cyber fauci ceo eric noonan now along with my co-anchor jonathan hunt on the ground for us in the veev. and eric, you believe that we are weeks behind these hackers and they are already in the later stages of the attack. can you explain that for us if you can? well, chris , as we mentioned previously when we saw these these discover attack and when they're publicly acknowledged, that means it's a lagging indicator. we're already probably weeks or in this case months behind in this particular case, it's believed that it was a known vulnerability that has been unpaid for some time that was actually exploited in any of these cases. so by the time it publicly disclosed, it's like coming to the crime scene and trying to put things together after the fact. yeah, my colleague has a question for you as well. yeah, eric, i'm interested. it seems to me that we have been warning about cybera

lucas tomlinson, thank you so much for that reporting. we appreciate it.raine, the price of oil is skyrocketing. we are about to hit $120 a barrel. and people are already feeling a lot of pain at the pump. i'm putting in a lot of money for gas alone. for this to be going up the way it is going up, it is ooof, it hurts. it hurts a lot. >> jesse: it's about to start hurting a lot more. we are already being warned that gas prices could climb, you ready, towards $5 a gallon. russian oil is the only thing that is financing their war. america should ban russian crude imports and increase american oil and gas production and exploration here at home. democrats seem to be on board with half that plan. here is nancy pelosi earlier today. >> push by some democrats to ban the import of russian oil. where do you stand. >> i'm all for it ban it. >> ban the oil. >> boy the oil coming from russia, yeah. >> jesse: joe biden is sitting on his hands and he won't put a ban in place. jen psaki is here to explain why. >> we don't have a strategic interest in reducing the global

more tragedy from ukraine, tucker. >> tucker: lucas tomlinson for us tonight from ukraine.ressure to establish a so-called no-fly zone over ukraine and a group of so-called foreign policy experts are backing there. that would mean a hot war with russia. who are these foreign policy experts? and how many republicans are falling into this trap? it is a trap, it's the most obvious trap ever late for any political party ever, it's a deep betrayal of this nation and many are falling for it. we've got details after the break. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: there are growing calls to make to implement a no-fly zone over ukraine, which of course would be the result in a hot war with russia. matt finn has that story for us. >> group of 27 people calling them selves foreign policy experts have now signed an open letter urging present by to impose a no-fly zone over ukraine and make clear to russia that the alliance does not want confrontation. these individuals include high-level pentagon's data from officials and a former top nato military commando. they wrote in part that they "urge the bite in th

lucas tomlinson is in ukraine with a look at what people there are going through. still gives truth. we heard explosions from the other side of the reservoir. the air alarm was on all the time when russian forces attacked europe's largest nuclear power plant. this family was only four miles away and escaped at the first opportunity. territory because putin believes that it is historically russian territory, and we should be in one state. but our ukraine is a free and independent state. valentino's granddaughter thinks the russian military will fail and offered two simple reasons. why, i think, because ukrainians are very strong, and they loved their people more than 200 orphans also arrived here over the weekend by train. they too were fleeing the violence at the nuclear power plant. aviv's mayor says 50,000 people pass through the city's train station a day a majority continue on to poland. for the past five days. this crew has been working around the clock to prepare 5000 meals for refugees flooding into the train station here in lviv, this makeshift soup kitchen

>> sean: lucas tomlinson, thank you for being with us. biden refuses to take the one action that would try to the kremlin and that is sanctioning russian oil and gas. vice president harris was asked about it earlier today and responded with this rambling word salad of her own. take a look. >> vice president harris: is that on the table? the something the administration would consider cutting off the oil and gas part of the up on my? >> vice president harris: as it relates domestically as well as what we need to do in terms of this issue generally, if we have, as the president said, we have evaluated what we are doing here in the united states that that make sure that it will not have an impact or we can mitigate the impact on the american consumer. >> sean: that was not even the vice president's worst low light of that week. here's how she explain the russian/ukraine conflict in a recent radio interview. this is profound. >> break it down for people who don't understand what is going on and how this could affect the people of the united s

lucas tomlinson, fox news, lucas , thank you . just a few weeks ago our next guest, mark savchuk was a public relations manager doing work related to public policy. now he's the coordinator of the ukrainian volunteers journalists initiative and he is very busy getting military gear for ukraine's military among other mark. thank you so much for coming on . we very much appreciate it. we know that you have kind of been you've had your ear to the ground and been getting pretty good intelligence where you are. i'm wondering because we have talked a lot about this russian convoy on the outskirts of kyiv and is now fanning out going into various towns, smaller towns in the forested areas. are you hearing that they are going into firing positions, mark? defensive positions? what do you know about this breakup of the convoy? look, i'm not a general i'm not a military expert. i just know that they try to encircle kyiv. they try to cut off all the supply lines, all the roads that leads up to kyiv so that we don't have supplies. that's their

lucas tomlinson, fox news. lucas , thank you for the third time negotiations aimed at providing safe passage for ukrainian war refugees have led to dashed hopes and broken promises of russian cease fire . instead, those safe corridors have come under deadliest. there are even reports of the invaders mining, rodway that could provide shelters and hospitals with badly needed humanitarian supplies. with us now, air retired u.s. air force brigadier general blaine holt. he is also a former military representative to nato and he is a man who knows a lot about this stuff. and general, it's always great to see you. you i just go back to president zelenskyy in his address to his people today and he was in his office which appears to be this kind of confident stance, this defiant stance. and he says that his army army is counter attacking. it's inflicting painful losses on the enemy. clearly he's trying to motivate his people and there's a bit of propaganda kind of winding in there. >> but a lot of that is very true . it

lucas tomlinson, fox news, ludus, thank you . latest satellite imagery of the 40 mile long russian convoy that made little movement over the past week now shows a portion of it has has largely dispersed and then redeployed armored units maneuvering in and around the antonoff airport, the gosta male airport ,the same name while artillery units are taking up firing positions in nearby forests. with us now is retired army lieutenant colonel daniel davis . he is also defense priorities senior fellow as well as a military expert. colonel, great to see you again. so they broke off this thing kind of fanning off in different directions. you have some of them going into some of the smaller towns in the outskirts of kiv and then some into forested areas. what's your takeaway here? are are we looking at getting into firing positions? ah, maybe the russians getting into defensive positions. what do you make of this ? yeah, this is something that i was frankly puzzled me from the beginning why they didn't do this right away because this is t

lucas tomlinson live in lviv, love your reporting. thanks. in europe today, probably with the secretary, live in local was capitol city. which. >> was secretary of state arrived a few hours ago with a series of meetings in a few hours when the day starts here. he spent the bulk of his saturday along the polish ukrainian border where he met the ukrainian foreign minister who came from the ukrainian side, a series of meetings and conversations there. first in a makeshift tent along the road between the two countries, hundreds of refugees from ukraine past caring to cases, small children and pets, some using canes and realtors, they walk along both sides of the border showing solidarity between the united states and ukraine. >> we are in it with ukraine one way or another. short run and medium run, warm front. we are in this together. ukraine is going to prevail. >> foreign minister says is thankful for the military aid from the west and says he needs more and fast, fighter jet from poland and called nato's refusal too and from no-fly zone over

lucas tomlinson, fox news. >> the european union wants you going to become a member state as soon as possible and ukraine president president has signed an application for ukraine present membership in that european union. zelenskyy is urging the eu to allow ukraine immediate entry into the union but it is not expected to be a quick process. with us now is the ukrainian parliament, alexey goncharenko. your thoughts on the breaking news from russian media at that these were doors in the country are now open and can be use. what you know about that and what do you think of the news coming out of russia? >> it is not only for russia. it's the official announcement -- a city of half million people are suffering and suddenly i am very happy that people now can leave the city. they have time and they will have five hours today to leave the city. they can do up by buses, by municipal buses and also by private cars is that people can move their own cars to leave th city and i'm just very happy about this. thousands of them just suffering . just a bit of a don't have electricity, no connectio

we are joined by lucas tomlinson live in ukraine with the latest.t seems quiet by you, but everyone else not so much. >> that right. president zelensky spoke to president biden a short time ago. he made an urgent address to his nation and here is what he said. >> our people, the ukrainians are not retreating. we are not giving up. they shout to the sock piers, go home like a russian ship. push them away from our territory. block their way. >> this gunship was shot down by an anti-aircraft missile. u.s. officials say if you want a no-fly zone give the ukrainians stingers. the white house won't allow a no-fly zone because they say it would mean going to war with vush with nuclear warheads. it's not libya or iraq. it's not been a good day for the russian air force. there are reports that five jets were shot down. they have to fly at a lower altitude due to a shortage of smart bombs. >> no one should be allowed to take out buildings full of men, women and children, just to take over a country. no one is a -- no one is allowed to do that. >> the nearest

lucas tomlinson, what can you tell us tonight? as: it is the first time we have heard those air raid sirens so early in the morning. earlier, u.s. officials tell me that several russian warships are underway from prime. headed northwest to odessa, ukraine's third largest city. they those amphibious -- they think an biggest assault could take place in odessa. the president described the hell. >> translator: they have the order to erase our history, our country, and all of us. >> lucas: five ukrainian cities are now surrounded. one was just captured in southern ukraine. the russians claim to have captured the city. now, russian forces have their first prize in the black sea russia fired over 450 missiles in ukraine. this is kharkiv regional university on fire. the ukrainian government says ukraine and have been killed and 1 million have fled the country. not just stingers. he wants bombs and the air force "right now. russia's defense ministry has -- 490 russian soldiers have been killed. 1500 wooded. u.s. intelligence says those numb

steve: let's go to lucas tomlinson in lviv. you have the latest intelligence assessments.elty so far in this war. >> that is right. a new intelligence assessment since over 4500 russian soldiers have been killed fighting in ukraine since the start of the war over ten days ago. >> is has a lot about the russian. steve: keep going. >> it says a lot about the russian strategy. we've seen attacks on airfields in civilian areas. with really interesting we sell videos in advance russian 34 attack jets, the modern jets in the russian military inventory carrying gun bombs and shelling the civilian areas which is leading to this massive migration over 1.5 million ukrainians have fled the country and here in lviv we've seen tens of thousands come through at the train station earlier. it is heartbreaking seen tens of thousands of people including orphans, many hundreds of children fleeing the town with a nuclear power plant was under attack. every day ukrainians having to decide in short notice when the city becomes under attack. to grab everything and make a run for the border. the

we go now to fox's own lucas tomlinson. lucas, what is going on?er night of martial law come another night of curfew in western ukraine. earlier, president zelenskyy addressed the rest of the continent. >> interpreter: if ukraine does not survive, the whole of europe will not survive. if ukraine falls, the whole of europe will fall. >> thousands of supporters poured out into the streets of prague to hear president zelenskyy's address. two hours north of ukraine's capital city. after the u.s. embassy in ukraine called the rush attack on the largest nuclear power plant in europe a war crime. a former senior intelligence officials tells me putin is resorting to a level tactics throughout the country. this is what that miles long -- we remain stalled. can't see russian soldiers in the satellite images, reports they have run out of food and stealing from others from locals and local supermarkets. here in western ukraine, we left to visit a training camp with numerous fighters, normal citizens filling sandbags and checkpoints throughout the city to prote

. >> lucas tomlinson, thank you very much. >> shannon: the war heads into the second week. president biden had his first official state state of the union address. kevin corke has all the key moments for us tonight. good morning. >> good morning, shannon. from start to finish it was, as most of them are, a rallying cry for the party faithful that was inspirational. it also let others bored to tears. speaking of today president state of the union address, despite the president's. best efforts. >> i've come to report on the state of the nation, the state of the union, and my report is this, the state of the use and is strong because you, the american people, our strong. >> that's the positive line you would expect. so tonight the president called vladimir putin's attack on ukraine premeditated and totally unprovoked pretty knows the us airspace would be close to all russian flights pretty also said the us would join global partners to police about 60,000 barrels of oil from reserves around the globe. and from there he went on to more or less took off a laundrie list of items

lucas tomlinson in the western part of ukraine joins our coverage and begins a new hour. ng now? >> bill, the u.n. says over 650,000 people have fled this country and this crisis is rapidly approaching the worst this century. majority of the people fleeing are going to poland 40 miles to the west of where i'm standing. about a fifth of the people are going to russia. now after that speech the european union president zelenskyy addressed his own country. >> the country that commits war crimes against civilians cannot be a member of the u.n. security council. this country has to be banned from all the ports, channels, airports in the world. >> the convey with 15,000 russian soldiers and armored vehicles and fuel bears down on the capital. this is a siege. in southeast ukraine the russian defense ministry claims the land bridge they have been seeking from donbas to crimea, one of putin's military is complete following the amphibious landing of 2,000 russian marines. they deny the takeover is complete and they call it contested. shelling in kharkiv the special forces unite was