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These pictures show a huge russian military convoy advancing towards the capital kyiv, thought to be around 60 kilometres long. the russian defence ministry has warned kyiv residents that it is preparing to hit targets there. the mayor of kyiv gave this televised address. translation: dear friends, our. situation is complicated, the enemy is close to the outskirts of the capital, our armed forces are fighting heroically for our land. we are preparing to defend kyiv. there are fortifications at the entrances to the city, checkpoints or install, i urge everyone to keep their composure, do not go out unnecessarily, keep shelter at the sound of the alarm. sviatoslav yurash, became ukraine s youngest mp just a few years ago and now says he is preparing to defend kyiv with a kalashnikov in hand. he spoke to us from the capital. ....
Russian has warned kyiv residents that it is preparing to hit targets in the capital. meanwhile this huge russian military convoy is advancing towards the capital kyiv, thought to be around 60 kilometres long. the mayor of kyiv gave this televised address. translation: dear friends. our situation is complicated. the enemies close to the outskirts of the capital. our armed forces are fighting heroically for our land. we are preparing to defend kyiv. there are fortifications at the entrances to the city. checkpoints are installed. i urge everyone to keep their composure. do not go out unnecessarily. keep shelter at the sound of the alarm. sviatoslav yurash, became ukraine s youngest mp just a few years ago and now says he is preparing to defend kyiv with a kalashnikov in hand. he spoke to us from there. ....
Putin was going to invade ukraine i said it would happen on january 2nd. it s harder where do we go from here in the russian war effort has not gone as planned. they are showing significant signs of being bogged down, even with the inadequate armaments that they have received from the west, the ukrainians are fighting heroically for their freedom. and, of course of the the russian economy is cratering dr. is a chance victim, palace coup if the failure is big enough. now, i don t want to erouse false hope but i do think it s worth paying tribute to the performance of volodymyr zelings and ukrainian people in fighting a superior force. ....
Tremendously powerful russian army. it s not doing well. we ve said that many times. the ukrainians are fighting heroically, but putin still has most of his forces available and he s still moving forward. he is creeping towards where president zelenskyy is sitting in his bunker today. so he is going to ask for more weapons to help him stop putin s army. and, of course, congress has approved $13.6 billion. people i speak with, i m sure you ve spoken with, many people telling you this, as well, there are armed shipment going in there that we don t know about, that nato, that the west does not want putin and russia to know about. what more can we do? well, it s good we don t know about it. i think, you know, if you go back to the whole mig-29 fiasco, and that is not over as far as what i ve heard in the biden administration, but the problem with that whole decision was it was so public, it was a fight ....
translator: russia lost 74 planes, 86 helicopters, and thousands of items of equipment. we know that they have more, but we will continue to defend. ukraine doesn t surrender. the military don t surrender. the people don t surrender. ukraine is fighting heroically. ukrainian president zelenskyy with a sharp message to his people and the world. ukraine does not surrender. earlier today he visited wounded soldiers, awarding them with medals for their courage. new reporting from politico finds that in december, the white house blocked a plan to send special ops trainers to ukraine as russian troops amassed on its border, fearing that could escalate the tensions with russia. with me now, one of the reporters on that piece. betsy woodruff swan. she is a national correspondent for politico and an msnbc ....