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Forces to try to surround kyiv and ultimately cut it off before moving deeper into the city. we know as of yesterday the ukrainian president when he spoke to us here in the capital has pledged to stay and fight. the images coming in from across the country, not just enerhodar, the southern ukrainian town where the nuclear power plant is at, but mariupol and other cities intense fighting and shelling. outside of kyiv, damage to civilian areas how destructive the russian strikes are. but people are pledging to fight back. new video of civilians making molotov cocktails, destroying bridges, anyth...

There are not more people across the border, in eastern cities of kharkiv, and others, it's impossible to get to western ukraine and across the border into poland. but if the ceasefire in certain areas takes hold and the humanitarian corridors are opened up, we could see hundreds of thousands more people, if not millions fleeing suddenly for that border with poland. >> exactly. it's a really good point. if you think about this particular family, for example, that's three days at least, right, since they left. they are from kharkiv, so they left, they make it to kyiv and then they finally make ...

To do that. the question, john when they encircle kyiv entirely, if that happens, and perhaps ultimately just the weight, the quantity of russian forces has a quality of its own, even the quality overall is pretty marginal, that's going to be the concern. can you still get them through to the cities that are besieged by russia, in particular kyiv and kharkiv, and odesa as well. >> john: general patareus, thank you, we'll speak with you again soon. appreciate it. >> pleasure, john. >> sandra: brand-new video seen for the very first time right now out of ukraine. brian on the breaking news for u...

The main roads to cut off odesa. >> absolutely, it's the plan of the russians to move forward from crimea, they have gone through kherson, the city in the south, and they are going to be able to take over the cities pretty quickly once they move more forces in. what they are trying to do is establish a clear front line here in the south. it will give them not only a supply line but also easy movement of russian forces. from there, experts believe they will try to make their way north and connect with the forces who are working their way down from places like kharkiv. that will take many, many ...

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