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Facing shortages of food and fuel and that the russians are looking to re-group before a major offensive on that city. kyiv is home to nearly 3 million people. the pentagon also adds they have indications that some russian troops werent even told they would be in combat. the prospect of an escalation of a war is leading to a rapidly growing flow of refugees out of ukraine. and thousands packed into kyivs train station hoping to get to western ukraine and many from central europe. at this critica...

The northwest of the city earlier on today. >> right within the past few hours there has been a ferocious battle here on the outskirts of kyiv. this is the frontline, the battle for the ukrainian capital. the russian column that has come down here has been absolutely hammered. trucks and armored vehicles reduced to twisted metal, as ukrainian forces dig in, catching the kremlin and its invasion force off guard. >> look at this. i mean, what kind of munitions does it take to do that to a car, to ...

The globe will be astonishing and the collateral damage to the infrastructure of kyiv will be enormous and the loss of civilian life will be devastating. so putins got a real problem. hes got an incompetent military going on. theyre going to be firing -- not 25 or 100. so hes on the verge on further sticking himself into a perric victory in ukraine. >> general, what is the sort of nuanced analysis of the ukrainian soldier? i mean, i understand the fuel shortages and those seem like failures in p...

They were going to ukraine for training, they were going to the border for training exercises. pentagon official said this morning that part of the reason why this russian convoy that weve heard so much about, these three access lines that they have going into kyiv and kharkiv and even in the maripol where russian marines did an amphibious landing, they did so, and they still havent reached maripol, which has given the ukrainian military time to set up for defending that city. but theres been --...

They do know at the end of the day the russian military does outpower the ukrainian forces that are fighting there. i think thats the concern theyre paying attention to. you are seeing the united states and other countries still agree to send security assistance, military assistance to ukraine. but its getting a lot harder to get that assistance there. just in january and in december, we were seeing it being flown directly into the airport, into kyiv. and now of course its a lot more difficult f...

Its so infuriating somebody wants to come into our home and steal, steal our future from us. >> how long can kyiv hold out? how long can -- can you hold onto the city? >> im not ready to give you a clear answer. so long -- so long time if we still. >> mr. mayor, do you have a message to vladimir putin? >> we want in ussr. we dont want back russia. we see our future as democratic, modern european country. thats it. no discussion. its our goal. were fighting for that. were fighting for our country...

They havent changed that at all. they believe putins efforts here are unjustified and unnecessary. so, i think youre seeing this effort, a deliberate effort by the white house and by the pentagon to try to deescalate when it comes to that. when president biden was asked today do americans need to be worried about the prospect of a nuclear war happening, he flatly and bluntly said no and didnt add anything else. >> appreciate it. i want to get perspective from ambassador taylor from the ukraine. ...

Exist. putin tells us that we dont have a right to be independent or to have an independent government. he says our culture doesnt exist, our language doesnt exist. well, we disagree. we are a nation. we are an independent, proud nation, and we know how -- we want to live our own life, not just be appendage of this nuclear superpower that just wants to take over the world. >> hi again, everyone, its 5:00 in new york. midnight in kyiv where a 40-mile russian convoy is currently making its way to ...

>> mayor klitschko, what is the situation in kyiv right now. >> there are russian troops ready to attack kyiv, and they non-stop we listen to explosion every hour during last night, all last night, last four days. people were very nervous, spent a lot of time in bunkers. and right now so many groups in our city, right now is pretty strange. its russian aggression groups. >> how effective have the civilians who have taken up arms, how effective has that been in defending kyiv? >> we never ll surr...

Units trying to get into kyiv, they dont look very good. part of it may well be a lack of morale. i dont believe some of the stories coming out. they said one of the parent troop commanders trying to seize the airport thought he was on a training exercise, didnt know he was in ukraine. i dont believe that. by the way, id be skeptical of that 5500 dead russians, too. that would imply 35,000 casualties. there hadnt been that level of ground combat yet. there will be if they plunge into kyiv. so i ...