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Picking off russian attackers, unclear how long theyre able to hold them off. so many here are defiant. >> they are losing, thats why they are shelling our cities, try to strike fear in our hearts. but thats not going to happen. >> reporter: and president zelenskyy is set to speak with u.s. senators at 9:30 this morning. its unlikely hes going to get the support hes asking for. pete: benjamin, thank you. were trying to get a sense of whats going on. you know, the shelling seems a lot more intens...

Emphatically said they were going after what they call mercenaries, foreigners who are coming in to fight the war. so, yes, theyre fighting on all fronts and all sides of this country as we saw today. benjamin. benjamin if: and so with that in mind, what is the feeling on the ground there? i gather that a few days ago it was relatively peaceful. it felt like life was normal in that city. have you seen a shift in how people are behaving? >> reporter: a bit of a shift, benjamin, yeah. we heard the...

Away from the nato ally of poland. national security adviser jake sullivan reiterated again today that if even one of those missiles were to go off course and hit poland, in article v or of the north atlantic alliance would be triggered, and that could mean war with russia. very, very dangerous game, benjamin. benjamin if: very dangerous, potential for escalation. well all be keeping an eye on that. greg, that part of western ukraine where you are now has been largely peaceful. i just wonder whe...

We need to be able to supply our allies when they need it with the munitions that they need. this has been an ongoing channel for our country whether we were fighting in the middle east or even now. weve got to have the munitions, weve got to have a defense which clearly our adversaries fear. most certainly mr. putin is testing us right now. hes doing everything he can to get as far as he can without getting us involved along with the threat of suggesting the beginning of a world war iii. hes go...

Quote, worst case scenario for hundreds of thousands of civilians if they are unable to receive humanitarian aid. the agency says the citys residents have, quote, endured a weeks-long life and death nightmare and are facing shortages of field, water and medicine. -- food, water and medicine. and an american journalist has died and at least two others hurt after russian forces fired on them in irpin just outside to have the nations capital. filmmaker brent renaud was 50 years old. the white house...

Award-winning journalist who died here doing what he has done for so many years, and that is to bring the story to the people caught up in this conflict to you, the viewers at home. it is such an important job and a reminder that people are out here risking their lives to do that. he knew what he was doing, he was experienced, but still a tragic day, and our thoughts go out to his family. and the other story today, the attack on the western base near lviv. significant because it appears an attem...

Kyiv. benjamin: it is a tragic day because russian forces continue their march across this country because they continue besieging towns and cities leaving hundreds of thousands without water, food, electricity and medicine. and because the indiscriminate bombing of civilians continues. also a tragic day, because as you said, brent renaud, an american journalist, 50 years old, died today not far from where we are. brent was 50 years old, he was an experienced journalist. he he won a pea body awa...

Throw to our colleague greg palkot whos in the western city of lviv. the cruise missile attack there may have serious ramifications. greg, you were able to get near that base today. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, benjamin, i can tell you that the war here in ukraine just got a bit harder and a bit wider with big ramifications for all those involved in the conflict. take a look at what we saw, what we heard today. western ukrainian town early this morning just about 2 miles behind us wa...

Benjamin. benjamin: yeah, another sign of ukrainian resilience. theres no way theyre going to let, from what weve seen, the russians take over. i want to pivot to another story, jennifer, because this is something weve been following in iraq. missiles fired early this morning out of iran, the u.s. consulate in erbil, northern iraq. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: well, u.s. officials do confirm that the ballistic missiles that were fired at erbil in the kurdish section of iraq came...

Ex-pats; that is, ukrainians who have lived abroad and feel they have to come back. thats one of the many stories that were just amazed at, the patriotism, the nationalism, the feeling of oneness in this country now against what they see as their number one enemy and the number one thing thats trying to break them up, thats russia, thats vladimir putin, benjamin if. benjamin: yeah. and i think it must be hard for anyone watching the images that we see on our screens every day not to try and want...