he s a beast. martha: we re also getting some dramatic new video from outside of kyiv. reportedly shows the after math of a ukrainian fuel base used for ukrainian defense. russian forces claimed to have destroyed it using cruise missiles. as it stands in the west, many russian forces are now being pushed out of key locations throughout kyiv. and ukrainian forces are now on the offense. neil? neil: thanks, jeff. be safe. now to peter doocy traveling with the president who had a chance to meet with soldiers, also refugees as they address the crisis that is now gotten out of control. what is the latest, peter. the latest is that there s no change to the president s strategy. he is not going to send u.s.
reassurance biden also extended to poland. we take article 5 as a sacred commitment, not a throw away, a sacred commitment that relates to every member of nato. now, the explosions in lviv came hours after russian military officials claimed they would shift priorities in ukraine to focus on the donbas region. today ukrainian officials report ongoing air strikes on military and civilian targets in donbas. they say while there was agreement to open ten humanitarian corridors for evacuees, more than 100,000 people remain trapped in the southern port city of mariupol. russian military officials meanwhile released video showing what they claim were cruise missiles launched from the sea. they say it struck a warehouse where ukrainian ammunition and weapons were being kept as well as a fuel base. nbc news is not able to verify when or where this video was actually recorded. we ve had this breaking news in
really wanted u.s. cooperation. he did. in fact, he came out to silicon valley, as you may remember. he wanted very much investment in russia. a change from a fuel base that is natural gas and oil economy to something much more. he came to washington, met with a few senators. we had a very good-humored meeting with him. i would just say simply this was medvedev s time. but things changed. i think at this particular point, i wouldn t overstate this. for example, although i was not successful in gaining a continuation of a so-called umbrella agreement, a treaty was signed by ambassador sesliak here. but it was signed more or less in secret. because the russians didn t want it publicized. no, so it went back ton president putin and president