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Two. as far as his exhaustion level, i was talking about this last hour. what sense did you get to see him in person, how hes physically doing through all this. >> he was quite calm and looked like he had been staying in the same location for a long period of time. the first time i talked to the president since this war erupted. we spoke with him about three weeks ago in the southern city of kherson, and this area is now controlled by russian forces. it gives you a sense of how quickly things ha...

You need to push back this russian offensive? >> we have good contact. i can tell the truth and it began after the beginning of this war, but we have it and appreciation to him and his team. >> no doubt that he wished he had been receiving these weapons and more support before the real invasion began, he did not get it, and now they are playing catch-up. but on the ground we are seeing the escalation here in kyiv, at night, tends to be artillery shelling and the concern is that russian troops ar...

Why dont you pick up the phone and call them. they can tell you how the leases work. >> sandra: and you and i both know if they saw profitability there, and a perfect world, they would certainly tap into those leases. so a lot of it is knowledge and a lot is getting on the phone. we have a pipeline engineer i spoke to this morning is going to join us next hour, explain what he is seeing, especially over the last couple weeks as far as the purchases. something is changing and it is worth noting a...

John roberts in washington. good thursday afternoon to you. >> sandra: sandra smith in new york. ukrainian and russian officials meeting with little common ground between them. as vladimir putin continues in unrelenting assault on kyiv. [bomb sounding] >> sandra: plumes of smoke, a brewery taking direct fire from russians. >> john: some breweries in making molotov cocktails instead of beer. cell phone video coming in from a town about 40 miles west of kyiv. the harrowing footage shows debris all...

Rest coming from the black sea. there are reports russians are planning for mass executions in town squares after they take the cities, but a senior u.s. defense official was unable to elaborate on reports, john. >> john: one area of the country as we come to the touch screen where the russian forces appear to have been fairly effective in gobbling up territory the south. a two-pronged invasion from crimea where regular forces were staged and did not have to be brought in. up to the northwest, r...

>> well, i think all eyes are on kyiv right now. you still have this ominous convoy that is parked on the edges of the city there, and we are all wondering when it will do something, if it will do something, and usually with nightfall you get a lot of pounding in kyiv, in kharkiv, and now you have the offenses beginning and after they have taken kherson, apparently taken kherson, you see some of the offensives spreading out to some of the other coastal towns. >> sandra: mike, on the ground in lv...

And bases in crimea. they are relying on those and so kherson is not that far from crimea. the lines of communication are still intact, but what we are told is they may, in fact, leave kherson or just hold it, not spend a lot of effort in kherson and move down on odesa by land, not necessarily by sea. >> john: one area we are seeing a lot of death and destruction, northwest of kyiv. we have seen apartment buildings reduced almost to are you able, uninhabitable, to bring the resupply lines and ar...

This war. thank you. >> john: bring in lieutenant general keith kellogg, former national security adviser to vice president pence, senator american security, touch screen, general. the overview of ukraine and we can see the amount of red on the screen that represents the areas under russian control is beginning to increase. potentially here down in the south of the country, where forces coming up from crimea have taken the city of kherson, and moving toward mariupol in the northeast, mariupol, a...

Kherson, idea they are going to push west into odessa to try to capture that black seaport as well and past kharkiv and through kyiv and maybe out to the west of the country, you are a marine, you are a reservist, three tours, called to active duty three times, including a tour of duty in afghanistan, where do you see this going ultimately? >> well, look, its grim, and you mentioned the armor, that they are moving into these urban centers. when you have armor battles in urban centers its carnage...

Play out. kyiv, silent the last few hours, we have not seen any flashes, we heard some bangs earlier, but you wait here, you wait to see whats happening, try to get as much information as you can about the movement of russian forces. it seems as if they have been more successful in the south, talking about the cities they took over, kherson, population 280,000, strategically important one and you look at the map how they are coming from the north, the south, the east. but whether or not his mili...