up. do you know where this nuclear power plant is? that you just mentioned? we re looking at a map of ukraine right now. just so my viewers have some sense of where in the country this maybe. it s in this is according to says thank, oh and advisor to ukraine s interior minister. he said this yesterday. we re not sure what s going to play out. ukraine still holds most of the main cities, but as the same time russia still has more troops. even though they ve had more than expected they still many more of. them there s still many more of. them, eager to talk to you. again igor konashenkov it s an editor and reporter with the kyiv and dependent. coming, up this weekend vladimir putin became a member of an exclusive club. one that he deathly doesn t want to be a part.
myanmar, are all members via a technicality. on friday, russian president vladimir putin became a member of this club. as the exclusive club of world leaders who have been sanctioned by the u.s. government. i say the president of zimbabwe, iran and myanmar are only members by technicality because they are all already sanctioned individuals, who became leaders of the country after they had already been added to the sanctions list. it s a big deal for the head of our country to be sanctioned while they are the head of that country it basically means that the u.s. believes there is no longer hope for diplomacy with that person, and their country. the personal sanctions levied against putin were not just taken by the u.s., canada, japan, the united kingdom and the european union all took similar actions against a russian leader, as well. australia has said it may follow the lead of those countries unsanctioned putin directly. this is an incredible united front, personally sanctioning
ukrainian populations. it is a little bit more difficult to deal with these folks. for example, ali, we know that in moldova, they have set up tent cities. people are having to stay intense over there, in the cold. but over here in poland, the infrastructure is a little bit more solid for people who are coming in from ukraine. kelly, thank you very much. we will stick close to you through the course of the morning over there. kelly cobiella for us in eastern poland, on the ukrainian border. now joining me, is curable rick, a member of the ukrainian parliament. also, she is the leader of the political party. thank you for joining us this morning. i wanted to just read a tweet of yours that caught my attention. it is you, holding a weapon. you have said, i planned to plant tulips and daffodils in my backyard today. instead, i have learned firearms, and i m ready for the next night of attacks on kyiv. we are not going anywhere. this is our city.
supply chains, organizing support for each other, working together. so this is an amazing time, just in terms of morale, and in terms of knowing that we will never be the same again, by that we will be back there. kira rudik it s a member of parliament in ukraine, member of the holos political party, and for this weekend for the first time, learn to use a firearm. we wish you the best of luck, thank you for being with us this morning. please stay in close touch with us. kira rudik, who we just heard from, is one of the many extraordinary, brave ukrainians who have heeded the call to defend the country, displaying remarkable strength and courage, despite the odds, pulling together to make a stand to defend their land in the face of russian brutality, and barbarity. like this individual, this man, who literally tried to stop a russian tank convoy single-handedly. russian tank convo
smith, he s a former senior adviser at the u.s. treasury department office of asset control, in the former director of multilateral affairs and president obama s national security council. they offered brief congress in the private sector on sanctions policies. adam, good to see you, thank you for being with us this morning. good, morning thank you for having me. let s talk about this club that vladimir putin is a member, of this idea of personally sanctioning larry putin. people wear that, rich who are dictators, who are autocrats, all the people on that list don t have bank accounts like you and me. where they go in and give their passport, drivers license, and they get their account. they have very complicated financial structures, that often don t correct directly to them. somebody in the middle either get the commissioner some kind of preferential treatment for handling their money. how do you, with those personally sanctioning vladimir