russian forces continue to be bogged down, and they are relying on longer-range artillery, which is having a devastating impact on you ukraine civilians. putin has now committed nearly 100% of his prestage combat power, firing 625 ballistic and cruise missiles since the start of the invasion. that s an additional 25 missiles in the past 24 hours. mostly short and medium range from mobile positions inside ukraine, according to the pentagon. u.s. officials say there is no consideration being given to setting up a no-fly zone, which would have to cover 230,000 square miles and would put the u.s. at war with russia. defense secretary also ordered an additional 500,000 troops to europe. kc 135 tankers and air defense systems to poland and romania. there are now 100,000 u.s. personnel deployed to europe, about 19,000 more than when putin began preparing to invade.
and talking about bringing people out by bus, these are towns with populations of 400,000, so it s a lot of busses. a lot of work to get people out through a combat zone, john. john: mike, thank you. we ll check back with you a little later on. sandra: john, ukraine has asked for more military supplies, the pentagon is working with poland to backfill the military with jets so they can supply some of the fleet to the ukraine air force. jennifer griffin has the latest at pentagon for us, hi, jennifer. defense secretary lloyd austin ordered additional 500 u.s. troops to europe to augment those there. and kc-135 refueling tankers to europe, air defense systems to poland and romania. includes an ordinance company and maintenance team, to help those already there. now about 100,000 u.s. personnel
0 country that he invaded unprovoked. white house press secretary has a briefing coming up at 2:00 p.m. eastern. before we go, kennedy, you brought up help. by 7:00 p.m. eastern tonight, you and i will work on getting a list of n.g.o.s, fox business on your show you ll have them so people can help out. absolutely, i know people want to help out, it s a great country, we will help you watch them. thank you for watching. america reports now. we can t riot anymore, we have to fight here. there is no electricity or gas, nothing. we live in cold house. so you lost everything in our homes. we love our country, but we left to, so our children would have a future. ukrainians fleeing for their lives as russia s attacks on civilians show no signs of letting up. despite a humanitarian ceasefire agreement. hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: hi again, sandra, another week on this, john roberts in washington. russia accused of war crimes for airstrikes