ukrainian president vladimir zelensky spoke with president biden saturday evening and two u. s senators asking lawmakers for more weapons planes and stronger sanctions on russia, particularly on its oil and gas industries. both countries agreed to a temporary ceasefire along evacuation routes to help civilians get out. but the piece was short lived. russian forces have been accused of targeting residential areas. ukraine is bleeding, but ukraine has not fallen and stance both feet on the ground. ukraine's negotiators say they will meet with russia for another round of peace talks on monday, this video showing a russian helicopter shot down another appearing to show a russian fighter jet shot out of the sky. in the northern part of the country. president zelinsky wants nato to enforce a no fly zone over ukraine and ask so far , leaders have been unable to grant as they try to avoid a larger confrontation with russia to shut down the skies. escalates it to a point here when we risk going to the next level of a war that we do not want to go to as it relates to a world war. and t

vladimir zelensky again asked the u. s for a no fly zone to limit the bloodshed.ed the u. s will send an additional $800 million in military aid to ukraine, but would not commit to a no fly zone. bart police say crime is down as a result of a combination of officers, crisis intervention teams and ambassadors, helping to make the system safer. this comes as bard is seen an increase in writers more than 115,000 passengers took part this past monday, up by 10,000 over the previous monday, march police chief says even adjusting for decreased ridership violent crime in 2021 was down 36% compared to 2020 sanders, a city leaders are calling for more officers out on the streets and more responsibility from drivers after a series of fatal crashes . so far this year, 20 people have been killed in traffic accidents in san jose. city leaders are looking to add visible crosswalks highlights around traffic signals and barriers to protect pedestrians and cyclists. you're watching ktvu fox two news at 6 30. we have seen it happening across the united states, people from all walks

ukrainian president vladimir zelensky implored the u. s and nato allies to do more to help it fight the russian invasion. and he made his case not just with words but also these images. his halfway through his 20 minute speech to congress, zelinsky played a five minute video montage edited with dramatic ukrainian music. the video showed before and after scenes of cities and people in ukraine suffering, destroyed and terrorized by the war. now, zelinsky again called on the us to enact and enforce a no fly zone over ukraine, but said if that is too much to ask that the u. s can and should do other things like provide more aircraft and military equipment to ukraine. he called on all american companies to leave russia and to close us ports to all russian goods. that's why today the american people are helping not just ukraine. but europe and the world to keep the planet alive. to keep justice in history. now. in response, several members of congress, both republicans and democrats say the u. s. should provide some form of increased military

ukraine president vladimir zelensky brought flowers to patients in a hospital thursday trying to boost spirits as the world health organization told the united nations it is verified 43 attacks on hospitals and warned that russians are blocking deliveries of humanitarian medical supplies. the targeting of civilians and the delivery of humanitarian aid is becoming a growing concern here. the percent concern is huge, all stop core kuna is the director of the humanitarian aid group nova ukraine, based in palo alto , he says, while they have collected some $8 million in donations, one of their vans was recently attacked. and they have had to take steps to keep their operations from being discovered by russian forces. we never share any photos of those people and our reports. we never share any locations, very specific locations specifically because of security concerns. this is very real. the russians started almost from day one. going after civilian targets and specifically collecting information from the web. james hodson is ceo of the ai for good foundation based in the bay area, he say

ukraine president vladimir zelensky is scheduled to address congress directly. ktvu jana katsuyama is in the newsroom now with how zelinski speech and president biden's upcoming visit to europe could shape us foreign policy. janna julie president biden is expected to respond after zelinski speech as well as make that visit to meet with nato allies next week in brussels. for the lynskey, it is critical to get some clarity on where the u. s and nato draw the line with russia's aggression. the death toll is mounting in ukraine as russia attacked western base very close to poland, a nato member ukrainian president vladimir zelensky is addressed to congress wednesday could be a critical turning point in whether he calls for more aggressive nato intervention and what the us is prepared to do. president biden has drawn a line at nato countries' borders, no boots on the ground. and while the congress has the power to, um initiate a war, i don't know if there is the interest in. walking down that path. congresswoman jackie speier is on the house armed services and intell

that is vladimir zelensky, the president _ ukraine.f ukraine describing the president of ukraine describing the war as a people's war, a war for independence, he said, and he was talking about hoping that there would be a number of humanitarian corridors in a number of cities that are currently underfire corridors in a number of cities that are currently under fire and he called on russia to observe the humanitarian corridors along with ukraine. he also spoke of his concerns about what is happening in melitopol where the city mayor has been kidnapped and he is demanding the immediate release of that city mayor, and he is saying that russia has sustained its largest losses in its military in decades. he said that 31 russian battalion tactical groups have been rendered incapable of combats. let's look at how the military situation is developing now. we know that russia has deployed huge forces into ukraine and we also know that, so far, only one major city has fallen to them. so are things going to moscow's plan? i put that question to g

we just brought you ukrainian president vladimir zelensky is addressed to the u. s congress life his please come as russia escalates its attacks in keith. people across the bay area are helping ukrainians anyway. they can how is silicon valley executive is using his skills to help people in that war torn country. plus san francisco educator sleep at the school district's office for the second night in a row all over a payroll error. we'll take a look at this protest and how the bay area's largest school district plans to fix it. from ktvu. fox two news. this is mornings on too busy once again . thanks for joining us. i'm gasia mikaelian the end and good morning. i'm dave clark. welcome to wednesday. it's march 16th. i was liking how the sky was opening up. great big moon little bit. steve paulson sought to he knows about it for ca. i think the four mon saturday. okay i think i am the worm moon. i'm pretty sure after a little bit of a low cloud deck or some fog. we're all set for another nice day as temperatures will be in the sixties to near 70, so no concerns her

ukrainian president vladimir zelensky is set to address congress on wednesday and president biden reportedly planning a trip to brussels to meet with nato leaders. ktvu demagogues joins us live tonight from santa clara with i'll representative khanna says we can help ukraine from 6000 miles away, emma. mike the congressman said that he's been meeting with silicon valley tech companies to support ukraine. he also said a top priority is bringing more weapons and aircraft from the us to ukraine. in a closed door, meaning congressman ro khanna assured ukraine's consul general monday, but he's working with colleagues on the house armed services committee to prioritize sending weapons and military aircraft. ukraine we have to get more weapons, in my view into the hands of ukrainians. weapons can't come soon enough a russian airstrikes along ukraine's border with poland sunday killed dozens and destroyed a large amount of weapons meant for ukraine in a tweet. secretary of state anthony blinken condemned the attack. ukraine's consul general here in the bay area, believes nato will protect convoys on

ukrainian president vladimir zelensky is call for a worldwide day of unity. it's absolutely unbelievable that this is happening in europe in a democratic country. ukrainians say the show of support is vital for their friends and family fighting there now, some of them fighting in the in the bottle with the evil it's important to know that we're not alone that we're not standing alone, and president biden announced a show of unity thursday by joining the european union. in punishing russia with another round of aggressive sanctions. the u. s treasury department listed dozens of russian military defense companies and russia's entire lower house of lawmakers online. the fact is, the sanctions have made this war unaffordable. unsustainable stephen fisher, berkeley professor of political science and an expert in russia, says the impact of the economic sanctions has been astoundingly quick. it's taken only a month for these sanctions to do devastating damage, and they do hurt poaching putin's oligarchs. and, that people in his military establishment on for advice r

this comes as ukrainian president vladimir zelensky virtually addresses congress. acknowledged ukraine will likely not joined nato and said there was some progress during talks with russia. more talks are expected later wednesday. want to express my gratitude depressed? is that joe biden and to all the friends of ukraine and the united states for the new support package for our nation. president biden will travel to brussels next week for an emergency meeting with nato leaders in poland near the ukrainian border. lauren blanchard fox news. all right, lauren, thank you. thomas for 33 of fox news photographer was killed in ukraine and a reporter was hurt. fox news says that 55 year old photographer pierre is the chayefsky, who was killed on monday. outside of t v. when the vehicle that he and reporter benjamin hub were in was hit by incoming fire also killed in that attack. 24 year old ukrainian producer working with the fox news team reporter, benjamin hall is still in the hospital ktvu jesse gary talked to a former war correspondent here in the bay area. about the

ukrainian president vladimir zelensky implored the u. s. to do more to help it fight the russian invasion. hours later, president biden signed into law a new aid package. $300 million in defense of president biden says the aid includes direct transfers of equipment from the department of defense to the ukrainian military, including 800, its stinger anti aircraft systems. 100 grenade launchers, 20 million rounds of small arms, ammunition as well as drones can continue to stop the planes and helicopters that have been attacking their people. and two defender ukrainian airspace. the money and equipment comes on the heels of ukrainian presidenty pp in a speech to congress this morning. that's why today the american people are helping not just ukraine. but europe and the world to keep the planet alive. to keep justice in history. midway through his address, zelinsky played a five minute video montage. edited with dramatic ukrainian music, the video showed before and after scenes of cities and people terrorized by the war. president biden. you ar

in his address to congress, ukraine president vladimir zelensky called for more help. there's no argument. i mean, it's about terrorizing the ukrainian population, and that is the war crime. stanford history, professor norman naimark says while putin seems to have forced alinsky to back away from joining nato, naimark says putin also sees a democratic ukraine as an ideological and economic threat . putin essentially today threatened you know what he called scumbags? i mean, he used terrible words for people, you know who opposed the war? president biden called president putin a war criminal. today the international court has opened up an investigation into those russian attacks on civilian targets. biden does plan to travel to brussels for a meeting next thursday with his nato allies. all right, janet. thank you. and in his appeal to congress this morning, president zelensky made an emotional plea to american lawmakers to do more to help his people. this is a terror that europe has not seen has not seen for 80 years and we are asking for a reply for an answer to this t

ukrainian president vladimir zelensky says his country needs fighter jets now more than anything else, and garcia. we want to help you connect to the many a area groups who are helping the ukrainian people. you can just scan that qr code we've locked at the bottom left of your screen. that will link you to a website with a list of aid organizations. you can help support. alright our time now 79 happening today. nursing home workers around the state are expected to protest for better conditions. the union representing more than 400,000 nursing home workers across the nation, organized statewide protests, including a demonstration in hayward. they say their jobs have become more dangerous during the pandemic, and they're demanding better pay more increased staffing and safer working conditions. it is now 79 this morning. new small boats. safety regulations take effect under a new law. the goal is to prevent a tragedy like the one in 2019 involving the deadly conception boat. and the fire 33 passengers and one crew member were killed when that dog boat caught fire and eventually sank off

. >> ukrainian president vladimir zelensky: candidate to support a no-fly zone over ukraine.e spoke via videoconference to the canadian parliament saying that to date, 97 children have been killed during russia's invasion. >> dear parliamentarians, friends, and colleagues, good morning, and thank you for being here today to welcome a courageous and exceptional leader. >> president zelensky, on behalf of parliamentarians and on behalf of all canadians, it's an honor to welcome you to our house. mr. president, volodymyr,

we should learn from the example of vladimir zelensky, also of modest roots. a comedian, and entertainer that has risen to theoccasion of not just leading a country but leading the whole world . [applause] we just, i would urge the people in this group to set aside their differences for the timebeing . the far right political parties beholden to their gop and the media are willing to cooperate and advance our national security and our agenda, as loathsome as it may be and as many scars as we have fromthat quarter we need to set that aside . we have higher cause here. there's a lot more work to be done. i think the previous panel had some astute assessmentsof some shortfalls with the biden administration and their response. it is not full throated . it is in the vein of 20 years of russian policy and its in the vein of past steps, half measures that may need to be urged on to support ukraine . this is not in the cause of the war or escalation. this is in the cause of averting even more catastrophic outcomes because we've seen defeated. we've been seen to have l

so far, vladimir zelensky is asking the west to transfer one percent of all nato tanks and aircraft tokraine. joe biden in europe agitates his allies to give up as soon as possible russian energy resources, are we here? in order to reduce europe's dependence on russian energy, putin has given you russian resources to manipulate you, and here the question arises for the european union. what to do? after all, this wednesday, vladimir putin decided to transfer payments for gas into rubles. but why should we ask the economic observer of businessmen and malek bagdanov and his colleague from america, lorenz kotlikoff, what is the use of this? now they should open with us, after reading the ruble to you, they should open their representative offices or before opening and this requires these companies. uh, europeans, first of all, at a minus, that is, they cannot overcome this without, uh, the lifting of sanctions for rubles, your opinion. how does it change the market. this will affect the value of the ruble more than a harder currency will appear on the gas market in russia, which can be spe

saying that it zelensky and vladimir putin. saying thatitis zelensky and vladimir putin. it is possible to to men could meet, volodymyr zelensky from ukraine, vladimir putin from russia. that is one line that is coming out as those talks broke up. will these latest peace talks lead to any progress in ending the war in ukraine? my colleague ben brown put this question to the ukraine ambassador to the uk, vadym prystaiko. the intensity of these negotiations and the topics they are discussing is increasing each and every time. i understand that russians now have to come to the table because our military is putting up such a fight and our population is resisting russian aggression, so i do have hopes that this time we will have something out of these negotiations in turkey. and what is the hope, though, initially? just that there is a temporary ceasefire before the delegates get on to talking about a longer—lasting peace? yes, we want to have a ceasefire. we want to also have humanitarian corridors to be opened to be able to evacuate our civilians and to bring food and supplie

ukrainian president vladimir zelensky is now making a direct appeal to russian president vladimir putin asking for private meeting. to negotiate an end to the war by putin has ignored those requests and russian forces continue and all out assault on cities across ukraine. we want to show you video this morning out of ukraine's capital city. it shows people in residential areas taking direct hits from russian missiles. surveillance camera was rolling when shelling hit houses and a shopping center in kiev. rescue efforts now are underway to get people who are trapped underneath rubble to safety. the ukrainian government says the russians have dramatically stepped up their attacks on civilians in recent days. in the meantime, authorities in the ports city of mario paul have flatly rejected the kremlin's latest ultimatum. the russian government had told everyone living in the city to surrender and flee the city or risk further bombardment. the russians had even threatened what they call the military tribunal. but the people of mario paul are vowing to fight on despite being the targets of n

ukrainian president vladimir zelensky to vladimir putin as the humanitarian crisis rages on in that war torn country, also ahead on emotional reunion for ukrainian family at sfo, the sadness one woman describes as she had to flee her country. plus putting the pandemic in the rear view mirror. a look at the latest restrictions being dropped across the state for people attending sporting events or concerts. from ktvu. fox two news. this is mornings onto welcome to ktvu mornings onto it is saturday march 19th. i'm ali rasmus. happy weekend. one and all. i'm frank mallicoat. and we've got something new this weekend. maybe a little rain. that's what we've been waiting for. all week long. here's resume restaurant. tell us about it. yes so it is starting to move in, and we do expect it for the first part of our saturday by the way, the last day of winter. that's right. yes so going to fill the bit like winter out there, including some sierra snow. here's a look at what we're seeing on in and around the golden gate there. you can see some fog and a little bit of soggy weather. the scattered sho

still, ukrainian president vladimir zelensky has become more critical of the west's response. china think about the sense of impunity of the invaders. they announced their planned atrocities. why because there is no reaction because there is silence, not a word, as if the western leaders have dissolved. more peace talks are expected today, but the first two rounds have led to little near the ukrainian border in poland. lauren blanchard, ktvu fox two news ukraine's defense minister says more than 140,000 ukrainians who had been living in other parts of europe have returned to ukraine to fight against russia. the defense minister also says more than 20,000 foreigners have volunteered to come to ukraine to help defend the country. in some cases, people wanting to join the fight say they've been turned away because the ukrainian military says it doesn't have any weapons to give them thomason 75 new this morning, the ronald reagan presidential foundation and institute will announce today that ukraine president zelinsky will receive the ronald reagan freedom award. the foundation sa

uh, to such a very strong desire of vladimir zelensky to meet with vladimir putin, delegations from moscowimes that such a meeting is, of course, possible, but only after it is created a specific agreement and this agreement will be signed by the minister of foreign affairs, but now we can already talk about the fact that the presidents can meet with my ministers of the main types and thus make some adjustments themselves. in the contract at the final stage of its creation, unless , of course, your gesture comes to this. goodwill today decided to do in the russian ministry of defense thanks to the achievement of some compromises on the post- heading block of issues. and, as fomin said today, deputy ministers of defense and our the military may in the near future drastically reduce activity in the kiev and chernihiv regions, so the first results of these istanbul negotiations literally on earth can be seen live by the inhabitants of northern ukraine negotiations. today it was much, even less than 3 hours. because after about an hour of negotiations, the ukrainian delegation left for a rathe

russian forces had bombed in art school that was sheltering some 400 people, ukrainian president vladimir zelensky said today he is open to negotiations with russian president vladimir putin. but if they fail, it could result in a wider war. also president biden and fellow world leaders are preparing for emergency summits in europe this week. nearly 3.2 million people have fled ukraine since the start of the war, and president biden has promised to take refugees but current policies at national borders. means only a small number of ukrainians have found refuge in the united states. reporter erin half met with a family in auburn that is sponsoring ukrainian family hoping to find a new life here in the us peace in ukraine. it's the hope of millions with over 20,000 people. greater sacramento is the home of the most ukrainian immigrants in the entire state of california. some of those families are brand new second day of the war. this is leo need pre snack. what people ? young folks from 18 to 55. they're not letting those guys out at the ukrainian border. they let men leave if they had three or more

ukrainian president vladimir zelensky spoke to the pope about the difficult humanitarian situation. then appealed to italy's parliament. for more help that we are on the brink of survival. president biden warns vladimir putin may now try to step up the offensive by using biological and chemical weapons. he's already used chemical weapons in the past, and we should be careful about about it was about to come something. moscow denies the russian federation. unlike many western countries, including the united states, does not engage in banditry on the state level. president biden is warning us leaders of possible cyber attacks ahead of his meeting with nato leaders in brussels. in krakow, poland. alexis mcadams ktvu, fox two news supreme court nominee. judge catania brown jackson is facing questions from lawmakers today. her confirmation hearing began early this morning. ktvu erasmus has been monitoring the hearing since it started your live now with what has happened and what to expect. garcia this is the second full day of her confirmation hearing and the first day she's taking questi

meantime president vladimir zelensky says his country is prepared to declare neutrality and consider compromise on contested areas to secure peace with russia. this comes as a new round of peace talks get underway today in turkey. the national guard has been helping ukrainian troops on the ground as they defend their country against russian troops. and for one national guard member here in california. the mission is personal. fox news. giovanni luigi has her story. well, that's right. so they've been coordinating their efforts from here inside of this building. but for one guardsman , she traveled thousands of miles to rescue her family. this is anastasia minich of former american army soldier who served in iraq and afghanistan. she's now part of the california national guard. that was my calling. that was something that i love to do because i wasn't there just for myself. the california national guard has worked with ukrainians since the early nineties reviews, and after 2014 we focused almost exclusively on helping to reform the ukrainian military and helping to train their troops

ukrainian president vladimir zelensky criticized nato countries today, calling their refusal to impose a no fly zone over ukraine a sign of weakness. russia has been escalating its attack from the air president biden attacked backed nato's approach to the conflict today. we've been a regular touch. for some time now and coordinated united transatlantic. responses in russian and holding russia accountable for the unprovoked and unjustified aggression against your credit. we're committed to helping ukraine defend itself and um, and supportive humanitarian needs ukrainian people. and we're coordinating everything from sanctions to export controls. and broader global issues of energy, security, climate and human rights. most energy analysts agree. a ban on russian oil imports would mean even higher gas prices across the u. s because it could trigger a surge in oil prices. elissa harrington joins us now live from menlo park and alyssa . that area already seeing prices spiked to over $6 a gallon for guests. tell us about that's right, you know, check out this chevron station right behind me,

in a video address today, ukrainian president vladimir zelensky called on ukrainians to keep up their resistance. meantime russian invasion forces have now seized strategic ukrainian seaport and are threatening to overtake in area where europe's biggest nuclear power plant is located. more than a million people have now left their homes in ukraine . laura blanchard outside a refugee donation center in poland, the first stop for many crossing the border. more than a million ukrainians have been forced to make the difficult decision to leave their homes. ended up here in poland. wef this magnitude in europe. since the mid nineties, a flood of evacuees pouring into neighboring countries. people rushing to safety as russia continues its relentless campaign, intensifying attacks more than 220 civilians dead 15 of them children, according to the united nations human rights council. i must emphasize that the real features figures will be far higher. russian president vladimir putin soldiers stormed the black seaport city of kherson, capturing the first major city of the invasion. the strateg

president vladimir zelensky has rallied the world and support of ukraine for weeks. now he's getting ready to address us lawmakers in a speech to congress wednesday is nearly unheard of unheard of in modern times. that we hear from a leader fighting for his life. zelinski is pleading for more action from the us as us officials warned russia could be getting ready to use chemical weapons to attack ukraine. i want to really go hard on military assistance for ukraine if there's use of chemical weapons. that's time for no fly zone, the white house is threatening severe consequences of president putin uses chemical weapons. there was unclear what those consequences would be. you have to weigh how you can lead the world how you can make very clear that actions are horrific . at the same time, the biden administration is keeping an eye on china's response. national security adviser, jake sullivan met with china's top diplomat for seven hours in rome monday amid concern beijing has signaled it would be willing to give military and financial support to russia. it is incumbent

you can't ukraine president vladimir zelensky thanked president biden tonight during a late night video address. mr zalinsky thank the president for additional military aid being sent to his country, but did not disclose what's in that package . the help comes as the white house delivers another condemnation of russian president vladimir putin, vladimir putin. vladimir putin has launched an unconscionable war against ukraine against the very pillars of international peace and stability. where determined, though, to help the ukrainian people bring an end to putin's brutal assault. and restored peace to the ukrainian people. as ukrainians watch neighborhoods get ripped apart. they have a new show of support tonight from the u. s. congress the house voted today to suspend normal trade relations with russia and belarus. the senate is expected to vote on that matter soon. fox's greg palkot has the latest on conditions on the ground there in ukraine. russia's war against ukraine enters its fourth week it's brutality is unrelenting. main russian forces remain outside the center of the capital

their attacks on civilians in ukraine as president vladimir zelensky prepares to address the united states congress, i think we know what he's going to say, you know, we want to no fly zone me want more weapons. we need more fighter planes. members of congress prepared to hear an appeal from zelinsky and president biden schedules a trip to the region. good evening. i'm julie julie haener mike mibach. the conflict is nearing three weeks and ukraine says ongoing diplomatic talks with russia. will continue tomorrow with president smolinski's aid, saying just today there may be room for compromise. the ukrainian president says russian forces have not moved deeper into ukraine but are continuing their shelling. on major cities . earlier today, russia took hundreds of patients and staff hostage at a hospital and mary paul jana katsuyama joins us now with more on what we can expect from president zelinsky. in the morning, jenna my president. zelinsky likely will raise some big questions about where nato draws the line against putin's aggression. president biden is expected to respond with a state

ukrainian president vladimir zelensky will address congress on wednesday seeking more assistance from the us ukraine's former leader is warning western countries not to try to negotiate with the kremlin. if it was destroying and united. we stop putting if you find out you compromise with putin, putin golf herbert new evacuation efforts are underway throughout ukraine. more than three million refugees have fled since the war began in poland. lauren blanchard, fox news ukraine's president also addressed the canadian parliament today. vladimir zelensky urged lawmakers to help enact a no fly zone over ukraine as well as put greater economic pressure on russia. zelinsky asked canadians to imagine how they would feel if russian bombs were falling in their neighborhoods. and they start to shelve civil neighborhoods falling, they buildings they destroyed kindergartens. to authoritarian prime minister justin trudeau promised unwavering support from canada. president biden is set to meet with nato and european leaders next week in brussels in response to russia's war on ukraine and the presiden

today, ukrainian president vladimir zelensky said that since russia began the invasion of his countryee weeks ago, every day is like 9/11. it was part of an emotional appeal for more help to defend his country against russia. >> right now, theid -- the destiny of our countries being decided. the destiny of our people where the youth -- whether the ukrainians will be free, whether they will be able to preserve their democracy. russia has attacked not just us, not just our land, not just our cities, it went on a brutal offensive against our values. basic human values. through tanks and planes against our freedom, against our right to live freely in our own country, choosing our own future. brent: just hours after president zelensky made the case before the u.s. congress, u.s. president joe biden offered a response from the white house. the u.s. standing strong in its position against any u.s. involvement directly with a no-fly zone, but the president said he was offering what he called unprecedented assistance for ukraine, an additional 800 million dollars in military aid, including dro

also today, ukrainians president vladimir zelensky posted another video on social media.his nation to continue its brave fight against the russian invasion. let's bring in dr george breslauer. he's a political science professor at uc berkeley and has written several books on the relations between russia and ukraine to continue this conversation. good morning to you. morning claudia. so as this all escalates 24 hours ago, we had president zielinski of ukraine, asking us lawmakers to establish a no fly zone. he was requesting help this morning. the eu leader says that's not going to happen because he believes it could start a world war world war three. how are you feeling about what is happening there and the efforts for ukraine to hold back russia? well it's clearly of an extremely tragic situation. uh well, i believe that it didn't have to be in that we drove putin into a corner on the ukraine issue after over the last 15 years. nonetheless he has to take responsibility for the magnitude and brutality of his of his response. uh it didn't have to come to this. there may ye

ukrainian president vladimir zelensky is call for a worldwide day of unity signs showed support for ukraine fighting against the russian invasion. it's absolutely unbelievable that this is happening in europe in a democratic country. ukrainians say the show of support is vital for their friends and family fighting there now, some of them fighting in the in the bottle was able. it's important to know that we're not alone that we're not standing alone across the nation. the ukrainian flag flew in other cities, new york's governor, ordering it raised in the state's capital. and president biden announced a show of unity thursday by joining the european union and punishing russia with another round of aggressive sanctions. the u. s treasury department listed dozens of russian military defense companies. and russia's entire lower house of lawmakers online. the fact is, the sanctions have made this war unaffordable, unsustainable. stephen fisher, uc berkeley professor of political science and an expert in russia, says the impact of the economic sanctions has been astoundingly quick. it's taken onl

president vladimir zelensky says he wants his own meeting with russian president vladimir putin. we begin tonight's team coverage. of the conflict, with fox news trading still in the ukraine capital where troops are working to hold back russian convoys. it's not just northwest of the city of kiev, also to the northeast, where ukrainian troops have pushed back russian forces for a number of days. we were there, speaking with soldiers earlier today, there may be an offensive today they have strengthened their forces each time their column is ready. we hit them to the east of kiev. ukrainian soldiers wait for enemy troops to arrive. a sign above them reads russia. welcome to #### this is the eastern front of this conflict outside of the capital of kiev. just a few days ago, russian forces attempted to bring a tank convoy down this road and toward the capital city. they were hit hard by ukrainian forces who are able to create a new front line. there was a big column of enemy tanks, one soldier says approximately 100 military vehicles. they were shooting at residential buildings. i as

so close to vladimir zelensky.he took the thoughts of the owner of the white house somewhere in the wrong direction. it was expected that he would make a speech in the polish capital, which was compared in advance with joe kennedy's speech in west berlin after the construction of the berlin wall . biden. in warsaw i didn’t call myself at his house other problems, low, rating there was no inflation and record prices for fuel, but why all this if there are sanctions against russia as a result of these unprecedented sanctions, the ruble is practically destroyed and now one dollar costs 200 rubles. the russian economy has split. but why is it that the russian central bank publishes courses , everyone can see the absolute maximum on march 11 of this year, 120 rubles. 37 kop. the central bank rate fixed the day before and valid until monday is now a weekend, well, yes, above 95 rubles. twice with a small tail less than what carried a bayton or something, there he was offered his pizza speeches. and not in money. we know

that the city of mary pole surrender or face annulation and halation and ukrainian president of vladimir zelenskytells cnn that he has opened in negotiations with russian president vladimir putin abc news reporter morgan norwood has more on the war now in its 27th day. the russian assault on ukraine viciously intensifying today russia launching its largest and deadliest strike against the capital city of keith video verified by abc news shows the moment a missile hit a shopping mall on the city's edge killing at least eight people. he now ordering another 35 hour curfew amid fears that russian kill teams may be in the city. despite the aerial attacks a senior us defense officials has russian forces are not making any progress on the ground. looking french concerns that russia may use more devastating weapons and tactics. in person a show of defiance unarmed civilians protesting the russian occupiers in the city verified video circulating online shows the moment russian forces fired stun grenades on the peaceful protesters at least one person reportedly hurt ukrainian president velodimir zielinsky

ukrainian president vladimir zelensky calling on ukrainians thursday to keep up the resistance, did not. we will rebuild every house every street, every city after a second round of peace talks, russia and ukraine could only agree on temporary ceasefires in some areas. to allow for civilian evacuations and a deliveries and chazelle, poland. lauren blanchard, fox news well . today crude oil prices finally started to slip but not before hitting a 14 year high. u s crude jumped to over $116 a barrel early this morning. that is the highest price since september 2000 and eight by late morning crude had turned slightly negative and dropped as low as $107. it closed it around $110 a barrel. some economists predict prices could reach $130 depending on how long the russia ukraine war. last the high oil prices are translating to higher costs at the pump. here in the bay area. prices have risen since yesterday, according to triple a the highest gas prices in napa county. right now, we're drivers are paying an average of $5.11 for a gallon of regular gas. it's san francisco. it's $5.06 a gallon. in

ukrainian leader vladimir zelensky will add dress the summit on thursday. nato announced its doubling troop deployments on the eastern flank. sending four battle groups to bulgaria, romania, and slovakia. in the port city of mariupol', a thousand civilians are trapped without food or water. another residential area was hit wednesday as russian ground troops have not been able to make major inroads to the capitol. >> it was many bombs. >> the biden administration formerly accused russian troops of committing war crimes in ukraine. >> the u.s. government will continue to track reports coming ow of ukraine of war crimes and we'll share this information with our friends and allies. >> so far, russians have fired more than 1200 missiles. many hitting civilian sites, including hospitals, apartment buildings, schools, and shopping malls. in odessa, volunteers are filling sandbags to build barricades in hopes of keeping russian troops out of the city. this ukrainian sea captain came out to lend a hand. >> no matter how bad the situation is now in mariupol', we will

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he met with ukrainian officials in poland president vladimir zelensky lashed out, saying jets and other defensive weapons should be provided to help ukraine defend itself. fox news alex hogan picks up our team coverage of this conflict from lviv, ukraine. sirens sounded sunday night here in la vive. we also visited the location of airstrikes taking place on saturday, where firefighters continue to put out the flames. the mayor of lviv says that the strikes hit a factory and an oil depot both used by the ukrainian military. massive flames and black smoke marked the skyline on saturday. as first responders work to control the fire. the shock of the explosions blowing out windows of nearby buildings as of this week, nato says that between 7000 and 15,000 russian troops have died. the threat of attacks this weekend did not stop ukrainians from honoring those already killed. sunday people who live in la vive both residents and refugees gathered at mass finding comfort in community and the church after the closest attacks in the city since the start of the war, more than 3.8 million people ha

meanwhile, ukraine's president vladimir zelensky is calling on his people to keep up the resistance in this video message. he vowed that the invaders would have, quote, not one quiet moment and describe russian soldiers as coal confuse children who have been used. russia reported its military council tease for the first time since the invasion began last week say nearly 500 of its troops have been killed and almost 1600 vote it and its 40 mile convoy heading to ukraine's capital city remain star. well, congress is rushing to get aid out the door to ukraine as u.s. officials warned violence on the ground could continue to escalate. dc's raquel martin has the latest from washington. good morning. well, president biden has called on congress to pass this multibillion dollar package. >> inside would include billions and humanitarian aid and additional money to help ukraine combat potential cyberattacks from russia. there's also discussion to include more money for weapons. >> as the crisis in ukraine rages on, forcing now roughly 1 million ukrainians to flee their homes. lawmakers in washi

vladimir zelensky delivers a video message to the israeli knesite accusing russia of strikes on the city of uman, cherkasy region in our defense department. once again, the russian military did not strike at civilian objects, especially at places of worship. but the ukrainian combat units, on the contrary, use such facilities. as points for the collection and transfer of weapons. today. we present received from one of the members of the jewish community. reduce the evidence of the use of the zelensky regimes for these purposes, the building of the new city synagogue, located on the highway lane, building 1 on made in march xxi. that is, the day after zelensky’s speech, the photo was recorded in the formation of two columns with nationalists on the territory of the synagogue, i draw your attention to the fact that the property is weapons and ammunition stored in the synagogue building. first, they were loaded by nationalists into the bodies of dump trucks, and then disguised as bags with construction waste, as our ministry of defense emphasized. the uman synagogue intends to be used by uk

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s senators have been invited to meet with ukrainian president vladimir zelensky via video conference tomorrow. president zelensky criticized nato countries today, calling their refusal to impose a no fly zone over ukraine a sign of weakness. but president biden is reportedly on board with that policy when it comes to a ban on importing russian oil. the white house says the tactic is not off the table. we are looking at options we could take right now to cut us consumption of russian energy, but we are very focused on minimizing the impact of families if you reduce supply in the global marketplace, you are going to rise. raise gas prices . you're going to write the raise the price of oil, and that is something the president is very mindful of and focused on. most energy analysts agree a ban on russian oil imports would mean even higher gas prices across the u. s because it could trigger a surge in oil prices. ktvu elissa harrington spoke with a area drivers already seeing prices top $6 per gallon. we'll check out these gas prices at this chevron in menlo park $6.29 for a gallon of unl

on thursday, ukrainian president vladimir zelensky announced that 16,000 foreign fighters have arrived in ukraine from other countries, according to cnn. some americans say they are considering lending their support to considering going erin diesel is a u s. coast guard veteran. i have a lot of search and rescue experience and i was seeing pictures of them trying to search through people through rubble. and i thought that, um i thought they could use a hand. diesel says a friend sent him a text message with a link to a news article and an application for joining the fight. but the application raised some suspicion. the email address was a gmail. um it wants pictures of my passport and some other personal information, so i just wanted to make sure that i'm sending that personal information somewhere. safe the desire to help ukrainians is deep for many in nato countries who want to do something, but the us has not formally entered the war and law experts say that means americans going to ukraine aren't guaranteed protection as us citizens if you are a combatant, which means you're a unif

to speed up a possible meeting between vladimir putin and vladimir zelensky, the second step was announced by the deputy minister of defense. a decision was made to radically reduce military activity in the kiev and chernihiv directions, we proceed from the fact that relevant key decisions will be made in kiev and conditions should be created for further normal work. the general staff of the armed forces of the russian federation will report in more detail on the decisions taken upon the return of our delegation to moscow. well, i would also like to address the representatives of ukraine and urge ukraine strictly abide by the geneva convention. in particular, with regard to the humane treatment of prisoners of war, we call for the exclusion of the practice of torture applied to our russian prisoners of war, and we call for the ukrainian side to take comprehensive measures to eliminate this practice. in addition, russia does not object to ukraine's desire to join the european union, all the details must be spelled out in the final agreement on mutually beneficial terms, in order to prepare

so the delegation agreed that a meeting between vladimir putin and vladimir zelensky is possible, simultaneouslyof an agreement at the level of types for personal meetings presidents can be submitted questions of the status of the people's republics, as well as the crimea disputed issues between russia and ukraine on the crimea, sevastopol, are resolved only through bilateral negotiations. also ukraine requests that the final decision be drawn up at the meeting. we are taking a step towards the heads of state and are talking about the possibility of holding a meeting. heads of state within. uh, meetings of foreign ministers, when initialing a treaty, you need to do this with an andrologist. the ukrainian side confirmed these positions and stated that all controversial issues were more or less discussed. kiev also conveyed its proposals on a security guarantee agreement for ukraine, said members of the ukrainian delegation of alexander i. the key requirements for this agreement are clear security guarantees, which should be similar to article 5 of nato. that is, if ukraine is the object of aggres

already insisting it will not concede in principle on any positions tomorrow, and president vladimir zelensky says he wants his own meeting with russian president vladimir putin. we begin tonight's team coverage of the conflict with fox news trade. yanks who is in the ukrainian capital, where troops are working to hold back russian convoys. it's not just northwest of the city of kiev, also to the northeast, where ukrainian troops have pushed back russian forces for a number of days. we were there, speaking with soldiers earlier today, there may be an offensive today they have strengthened their forces each time their column is ready. we hit them to the east of kiev. ukrainian soldiers wait for enemy troops to arrive, a sign above them reads russia. welcome to #### this is the eastern front of this conflict outside of the capital of kiev. just a few days ago, russian forces attempted to bring a tank convoy down this road and toward the capital city. they were hit hard by ukrainian forces who were able to create a new front line. there was a big column of enemy tanks, one soldier says approxima

meanwhile ukrainian president vladimir zelensky is calling on israel to help the people of ukraine while speaking to israeli lawmakers on a zoom call on sunday, selenski reminded israel of the similarities between their two countries. both of us have the same threat of total destruction of the people stayed culture and even the name ukraine, israel. i want you to feel all of this. while russia maintains the vast majority of its forces, this invasion is not going as quickly as moscow hoped some fear that could push vladimir putin to ramp up attacks on civilians. the war is not going according to plan, as putin said it would that and that the concern for us is that russia that putin is going to be taking more risks. president biden is set to meet with nato leaders this week in brussels, where they'll discuss russia's invasion of ukraine. steve rappaport, fox news for many different groups are working to organize a for the people of ukraine. and if you want to help, just scan the qr code there at the bottom of the screen. once you do that, it will take you to information about the number of