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Entire part of the region in order to have control over this incredibly strategically important area. and yet at the same time, they are still struggling up in the north around kyiv. we are hearing that they are still trying to encircle kyiv from the north and really struggling with that. do you think that that is still a military priority for russia, and will they be able to actually achieve it? >> abby, it is a military priority, yes. its the capital city. if putin cannot control kyiv, hes not...

Point, putin cannot let the russian military be embarrassed in ukraine. >> thats the difficulty that hes put himself in. hes basically boxed himself in and the russian people along with him. and so i believe the response will be lets toughen up, lets toughen our resolve, the colonel who was killed is a hero of russia. therefore we will move forward in his name. thats the kind of message that i think they will, you know, seek to disseminate among the population in russia, and a lot of population ...

Allies in that recent speech. now beijing has to measure, is it going to be the worth the potential economic pain, secondary sanctions havent kicked in yet, but those could really impact china. and europe, the u.s., and asean countries who largely are honoring these moves against russia, theyre chinas largest trading partners so what im watching for is when china starts distancing, well, if it starts distancing itself from putin, then hes really politically finished. >> kim, you look at these me...

Keeping mission, and denaziification mission using putins words. what is really happening here is the elite forces of russia, the parachute regiments, this would be something like losing a colonel in the 82nd airborne division. this is the kind of thing that really gets to the core of a professional military in russia and its decimating their ranks and basically a waste of their military talent. >> let me ask you this, you can read this two ways, this cows russia, the losses so severe, it thinks...

Trying to encircle the capitol of kyiv. the mayor of kyiv says they have enough supplies to last a couple of weeks. this morning 12 humanitarian corridors were set up to try and get even more civilians out of ukraine and ukrainians of all ages are pushing ahead, like 84-year-old valentina just outside kyiv praying with every step she took. >> translator: dear jesus, she whispers, let us live through the day and destroy putin and let live ukraine. >> about 2 million people are displaced inside uk...

Dirty work suppressing protests in russia for quite a while. now theyre in ukraine in kherson. thats very troubling for a lot of civilians who have occupation to look forward to after bombardment. >> another ominous sign there. matt, please continue to stay safe. john, as you know, so far the pentagon has ruled out this idea of sending fighter jets to help ukraine. but this morning you had more than 40 senate republicans calling on the biden administration to transfer them. this is what senators...

Central east of the country. so these are places far from the front lines that avoided the most damage. it troubling for ukrainians to see them now getting attacked. what does this mean? we cant really know. it looks as though putin and his army are doing what theyve drop in other cities now, softening the ground, preparing for troop advances and what weve been seeing in other places. theyve been bombarding these cities, sometimes often in civilian areas and going around them and choking them, c...

Russian citizens are marching in the streets and protesting putins war of choice. and even russian state tv pundits, putins own propaganda arm have called forputen to stop the military action. this is why we didnt object to holding todays meeting. todays meeting has confirmed our predictions revealed russias objectives to the world and expose their lies for what they are, a melicious effort to cover for the atrocities committed by russia as part of their unprovoked attack on ukraine. >> weve bee...

Meantime president biden back in the white house facing new criticism, of course, saying that vladimir putin cannot remain in power during his speech in poland yesterday. go to nbcs mime memoli at the white house. in general, mike, hows washington reacting to the presidents remarks? >> reporter: well, interesting about this, we have seen the president really hasnt been reluctant to use charged language about the russian president. in the last few weeks called him a war criminal. yesterday even b...

Towns. hopeful moves for some military troops trying for weeks on end to gain back to him territory. we have seen as of friday, the russian troops have moved more military members further east. thats a hopeful sign for people who are, as mentioned in some towns outside the capital. >> sandra: alex, thank you. president biden and his administration now walking back his comments that putin cannot stay in power. the off the cuff remark during his speech saturday in warsaw catching allies and u.s. o...