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Residents on kyivs outskirts continue rushing toward transportation hubs seeking escape. there are shows of resistance and patriotism. the kyiv classic orchestra playing the national anthem and ode to joy in the square. ♪ ♪ >> there is growing evidence the russians are committing war crimes in ukraine. the people here continue to brace for bloody days ahead. bret? >> bret: trey yingst live in kyiv. thanks. getting new reaction of the proposal from poland to send migs 29 fighter jets for use ...

Lethal assistance. this is going to get more difficult as the russians escalate they started attacking supply lines near the border. we cant back down russian pressure. i would like zelenskyy to lay out exactly what he needs talking particularly about the role those migs 29 could have played. the other thing i would like to him to address and i dont know if he goal there the role that china is playing in all of this in supporting russias slaughter in ukraine. the biden administration needs to st...

A seminar particularly addressing how to resolve conflicts within the party. just a very ironic interesting day. bret? >> bret: i would say. aishah hasnie on the hill. thanks. lets bring in nebraska republican senator ben sasse a member of the budget finance committee. senator, thanks for being here. >> thanks, for inviting me. >> bret: is there a committee you are not on? thats a lot of committees. put the intelligence hat on first and talk about these mig 29 planes, these jets from poland. tak...

Just limited but also eliminated long term. >> bret: juan, i want to get to this mig 29 back and forth. you heard senator sasse say its botched and kind of all over the place. national review also calls it that. they say the statement from kirby yesterday about poland was disingenuous neither poland or germany it would be ukrainian, not american pilots flying the migs into ukraine. in essence it was fine as poland as a nato nation to take a risk, when that risk however remote extended to the u.s...

Undermine russia and, again, further justify what i think is unprovoked aggression by russia towards ukraine. >> bret: i get that juan. you dont think that putin lumps in flowing in 17,000 stingers and javelin missiles? you dont think thats equal to mig 29s going in? where is the distinction in putins mind the line is wait a second this is going to escalate it? >> well, he said, bret, that he considers, you know, a no-fly zone just such a provocation. he has never said that about the other steps...

Migs to ramstein is logistically not tenable and risks broadening the conflict. >> intelligence community has assessed the transfer of mig 29s to ukraine may be mistaken as escalatory and could result in significant russian reaction that might increase the prospects of a military escalation with nato. >> president zelenskyy says its time for nato to do whatever it can. >> listen, we have a war. we do not have time for all these signals. this is not ping-pong. this is about human lives. we ask on...

>> the ukrainian air force currently has several squadrons of fully missioned capable aircraft. we adding aircraft is not likely to significantly change the effectiveness of the ukrainian air force relative to russian capabilities. >> the weapons that are having the biggest effect in stopping russian forces are the 17,000 javelin anti-tank missiles, stingers and shoulder fired man portable air defense missiles the u.s. has sent to ukraine in recent weeks. russia still has powerful air defense sy...