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Not significant of least will put rubble in the streets and make it easier for ukrainian forces to defend kyiv. in the end however, putin's objective to take the city, claimed victory and install a puppet government and all of the rest, it has necessitated and increased violence against give. and that is why you see so many armored vehicles on the road, on their way to kyiv. if, and when that happens, russia still has the problem of having to fight a rump ukrainian army and gorillas in the countryside and elsewhere and other cities. and so this is not turning out to be as easily done as putin ...

When you see these videos on social media of a man with the cigarette taking -- the spirit of resistance, that you've seen in the city's captured by russia, people are going up to russian tanks and saying, you know, a few. go home. singing the ukrainian national anthem. and that's just in terms of the division. this is what's called unity of division. so in his responsibility -- >> yes, and that's a very good point as. well but the resistance and the defiance of the ukrainian people, max, live in moscow. joining me now from kyiv, is carroll. she is a member of the ukraine's parliament and lead...

Ukrainian officials believe putin's plan right now is to circle kyiv, overthrow the ukrainian government. what do you see when you look at russian military forces as they take the capital? you saw those russian special forces nearby as an example. what do you see when you look at everything you've been able to video in kyiv? >> i think you are seeing a full scale invasion of ukraine. the first is a series of movements toward the capital from the north. there was at the beginning of the operation, seized airport. it seems like they were repelled. if anything, they were probably stalling for the...

Citizens there in the military. so, if he insists on pursuing this. if the decision is moving into odesa and further west, i will circle kyiv and taking the western part of the country, he will do it. the numbers are not in favor of ukrainians. and what that means is a very, very dark picture of ugly picture for all of those trying to prevent this from moving in. but again, you have to look at the calculus. what is he thinking? why at this point would he negotiate a cease-fire? what is the upside for him? that is part of the problem. as long as that continues, that is a good thing, the dialogu...

These economic sanctions. clearly, it seems from where we sit here in new york, that the pressure is beginning to build on vladimir putin inside of russia. . >> i think that the center of the pressure makes it very difficult to tell exactly what's happening. there is a really proper polling about this. there has been protests about 6000 people who have been arrested since the war started. various protests across the country that we can't be definite up. but what you can say is that the kremlin is really -- most of the war in the ukraine isn't even happening. the horrible things that happened i...