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These satellite images reveal the intense russian buildup. this field, once empty, now filled with russian military equipment. the u.s. also saying russia is moving in field medical units and blood supplies in a tell-tale sign that action may soon follow. as war appears to be closer, the european union expanding its sanctions today to russias defense minister and an institution known as putins personal bank. japan and australia now joining the u.s. in imposing sanctions against the kremlin. in a...

Defence minister said if the russian soldiers come to your area and they are in the suburbs in the north, prepare your molotov cocktails. if you are in kyiv and you have some combat experience, come to us with your passport and pick up a gun. donate blood. there was even an announcement saying, are you a hacker, come and join our underground so you can fight russian cyber attacks. underground so you can fight russian cyberattacks. it underground so you can fight russian cyber attacks. it is the ...

Get there. >> with no backup or safety net from the u.s. government, the risks are enormous. nevertheless, he is ready and willing to be part of the bravest armed forces and joined the international legion of territorial defense. which is ballooned to 16,000 volunteers from across the globe, says president zelenskyy. they arrived to defend freedom, defends life, he added. we were there as bennett began his paperwork at the ukrainian consulate in new york. the form advising people to be fully sel...

System. just one of tactic that ukraine is using to fight back. joining us now is retired air force general, thank you for taking time. what is your assessment of the fact that russia has been holding back on their air superiority and does that concern you? >> it doesnt concern me. i understand the tactic or strategy on this. its a pleasure to be with you tonight. i just say before they knew what they were getting into, they probably wanted to hold back a lot of airpower assets. they didnt do we...

The donbas in the christian ukraine and since then have been trained by armies ended in recent weeks there has been a constant traffic of arms, ammunition, same equipment and communications equipment come into kyiv and other places in ukraine from nato armies. there are no nato troops on the ground the causes some bitterness here. ukrainians feel under president is often said that when it comes to despite the ukrainians were doing it so you have the most advanced of nato weaponry but then you ha...

War is indeed hell, as they say. and i applaud the bravery, i applaud the motivation. they need to know what they are in for. if they have combat experience, excellent for them. they may not have -- they may get accepted and they may not get into what they want to get into their. the logistics are and clear to this. but its a sad sage of affairs, alicia. were talking about a need for a volunteer army to help a non-nato country because we simply have drawn that line about not putting boots on the...

Around the city, how war has pulled life from kyiv. people have taken over pulled life from kyiv. people have ta ken over two pulled life from kyiv. people have taken over two underground shelters like this or have fled or they are picking up a gun to fight. i spoke to bradley bowman who was senior director of this and on and political power in the foundation for defence and democracies. i asked whether he degree cranes defensive capabilities have improved. there were some legitimate, has improv...

You know, there were legitimate criticisms of the ukrainian military in the 2014 time frame. it has dramatically improved since then lets not forget they have been combat hardened since that time because they have been fighting the russian backed separatist movements of this is a better military that has combat experience and my review of history tells me you should never underestimate the will and strength of a free people defending their homeland. d0 defending their homeland. do ou defending t...

Country, the strikes against ukrainian bases, ukrainian military fortifications, all from a standard short range ballistic missile, caliber cruise missiles. where did russia perfect this technique? in syria. their interaction in syria began in 2015. a lot of people look back at the russian experience in syria and say this was their proving ground, their testing ground. most of russian fighter pilots had combat experience thanks to deployments to syria. i interviewed a retired lieutenant general ...

Import. >> you mention china and id like to borrow some of your expertise on that, do you think when the president came out and said he was a grins russia goin into ukraine, that was a lie? >> so he got his tacit approval but this horrible the messy invasion, this is not china styled. china wants to do business and slink into our economy. also, this just put prudent and russias military way up top. china has zero combat experience . theyre a big military threat but theyre looking at russia going...