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It help if the ukrainian air force, if the ukrainian pilot such as yourself had access to more aircraft, would you be able to take the fight to the russians and perhaps prevent some of what weve seen in some of these areas. take back some of these russian-controlled parts of ukraine. >> oh, yeah, definitely, my obtaining more air to ground defense and fighters, well be able to keep their bomber jets away from their territory and we will create better ground for our ground forces for them to adva...

Rupgs russians out of their country. >> we have new reporting about the u.s. providing more weapons, more tanks, i believe. do you think that that is, that well see more of that, i guess, in the coming weeks? >> yes, we need to see more of that, and im very glad to see it. there was the announcement friday of $300 million that did not include heavy weapons, but did include some more track drones. now this announcement of tanks, artillery. thats something that is essential at this stage. and i ho...

From russian forces, pope francis now says he is considering a trip to kyiv. if he made the trip, the 85-year-old pontiff would be the most high-profile world leader to visit the war-torn country since russias invasion more than a month ago. here with me now is vatican correspondent for the national catholic reporter, christopher wright. christopher, so nice to have you this morning. ukrainian president -- great to have you. ukrainian president zelenskyy and kyivs mayor have both now invited the...

Like to see more of the horrors of their occupation of these cities and towns. how difficult will it be to get an accurate and detailed accounting of any possible war crimes, russia may have committed in this invasion. >> well, people right now, ukrainians and those from nato, the west, nato countries, are keeping track of all of this. so the records are being made, therell be documentation done, but there will be no bringing people to justice for war crimes for year. this is something that is p...

And remember, part of this war is putins vision of restoring the russian empire. so odesa was a partially russian-speaking city, part of the former empire of russia, part of the soviet union. so its a target in thatceps. from a military perspective, it seals off the black seacoast, so that russia controls all of ukraines southern coast, from donbas, mariupol, crimea, odesa, and all the way across to romania. so that is important for them to cut off ukraine that way. >> mr. ambassador, throughout...

>> one of the things the pope is really encouraging christians and all people of goodwill to do is toing welcome refugees. there are over 10 million that have fled the country. this is something the pope is saying everyday people can do as an act of solidarity. and i think in doing that, his thinking is that by encountering the person and seeing the face of those fleeing war, its a way of shaping their hearts and minds and perspectives of whats really happening on the ground. >> what was his dis...

Shortened this war as much as possible and helped ukraine win the war and get the russians out of their country. we just have to stay focused on going forward. it is great, everything that were doing now, and we need to keep pressing forward. i recognize that theres an absorption capacity on the ukrainian side. they can be overwhelmed with how much support they get. most important is we do this on a sustained basis. >> ambassador volcker, thank you so much for being with us this morning. appreci...

Train rails are over there. you see all of these people in these high-vis jackets. they want every single family to see a friendly face, to be offered some help as soon as they arrive. theres a reception point over there for people to sign up, get a nice warm cup of tea, have a nice, friendly smile speak to them. and thats really the goal here at this train station. because many of these people come and they simply dont know what theyre going to do next. and thats what im going to show you over ...