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And it is, again, the places where people are going to get food. the world food program here says at least 5 million people are in immediate need of food assistance, and that does not account for the folks who are still sheltered in these bomb shelters. we know last week one girl died of dehydration. you can expect to see more and more of these reports, again, as we see the russians targeted not just bread lines but the marketplaces as well, the places sustaining what remains of these civilians ...

People who are standing in line to get bread. all of this brings to mind to all of us that these really constitute what are to be considered a war crime. >> and given russias actions in ukraine, as were just mentioning, targeting civilians, in bread lines, art schools and theaters, how concerned are you that vladimir putin will unleash chemical or biological weapons on the ukrainian people? >> you know, this is something were concerned about. the russians called for the audacity of the russians ...

Country. north of kyiv, the u.s. embassy in kyiv is reporting russian forces opened up fire and shot ten civilians as they waited for bread lines. in these places, you have a run not just on food but medicine. you have places that are without power. in mariupol, which is becoming the face of the devastation, it is becoming the aleppo of this war, you have 10, 11 days where there has been no green zone corridor to get supplies into the city. two days ago, 20,000 people able to get out. the russia...

Going to face when he came into a country that is pillaging to conquer. thats the point about the hospitals and schools and targeting the bread lines. this is about conquering a foreign land to him. >> cal, this number thats out today, confirmed by nato and u.s. intelligence, of 7,000 dead russian soldiers is in line with the estimate -- i think the ukrainians gave us the figure 6,000 to 8,000 a couple days ago. i wonder, with it stipulated that its difficult to get the truth into russia, im jus...

Will grow and people will become more informed and it will be difficult for him to explain away the things that have happened, you know, in front of the world press in ukraine. things that he was able to get away with in syria because the world press wasnt camped out as maternity wards were being bombs and people assassinated in bread lines. theyre heinous things for people to believe for long. >> martha: i want to play this from antony blinken, the secretary of state. if he feels like his end g...

Hospital there. this is a woman who was part of the revolution in 2014. she was in the downtown square in kyiv providing medical treatment to civilians. she then went to the east for eight years and was a part of that sort of front line against the russians. you have these emotional targets, as colonel vindman said, now being picked up by the russians. its not clear under what circumstance or why except to say, when you put all this together, the bread lines, the medical facilities, the hospital...

>> how are you staying safe? >> i think a lot of how we stay safe here is to do with the experiences that we have had before. knowing how dangerous or how mighty the russian military can be. and so, we try to be very purposeful in the decisions that we make, the places that we call. asking ourselves, is it actually worth it to go to certain places? it is the border graph worth risking this trip to a certain place? what we are also seeing in ukraine is that russian military is doing exactly as th...

This as russia is hitting markets, bread lines, schools. is this all part of the russian strategy to try to inflict maximum pain on ukrainian civilians? >> i think that is. i think theyre going to a war of extermination and theyre trying to extract, or inflict such pain on the ukrainian people that they hope to break the will of the ukrainian people. but i think what were seeing is the exact opposite. that even as they are besieging cities, sort of 15th century tactics with 21 century weapons, a...

Since then i have seenl humanitarian corridors and bread lines. and what does constitute a war crime? >> so, first off, a war crime is a violation of the rules of war. there are laws that apply under international and a national law and it makes it a crime to do things like targeting civilians, abusing prisoners. committing any acts of sexual or gender-based violence. they can be prosecuted by courts. the particular kiem you referenced where very difficult to prove.

There was someone really steering the wheel. rachel: youre right about trumps unpredictability but you see his hopefulness there. i used to be hopeful like that, like donald trump about america. i would say in one year whats happened i dont know if america can survive another three years of this rapid of a decline. were talking about food shortages. were talking about people in bread lines. talking about people cant feed their children in america, let along the global famine we might see if this...