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Business. the shot from the west had failed. there had been a massive amount of poverty and hunger throughout the country, disarray, and crime was up as well. this was one of the weakest moments in russia's history. the currency devalued, defaulted in the 1998 financial crisis in russia. this was all leading up to where he was taking this conversation and that train of thought. that is this country is in disarray and needs order, and order is where he took that country quite literally. >> jake did a nice job yesterday, given a guy who loved totalitarianism from the beginning, how much the unit...

17,000 anti-tank weapons and 2,000 stinger anti-aircraft missiles. that's just so far. more than 1.7 million people at this point have now fled ukraine to neighboring countries. this morning ukraine is pushing back at russian planes and opening up humanitarian corridors in four cities, in part because russia keeps attacking the areas where those corridors are supposed to be. we're watching that development as well as this third round of talks between ukraine and russia expected to begin within the next hour. i'm joined by cnn chief national security correspondent jim sciutt o -- highly sophist...

Civilians. it is just over the bridge where clarissa ward was reporting over the weekend. this is raising questions about whether the russians were intentionally targeting that route used by civilians. president zelenskyy is warning ukraine's third largest city, odessa, which is on the black sea coast, could be targeted next. he's expecting imminent bombings. also under assault, mariupol where there has been no water or supplies for several days. >> you can see the aftermath of an attack right there. according to a senior u.s. defense official, russia has now fired 600 missiles since the begin...

Appreciate it. joining me now is retired brigadier general mark him mitt, the former political secretary of state for political and military affairs. general, on the read you can see where the russians have made gains. it's increased a little bit over the last two days, but not too much. how do you think ukrainians should be fighting this battle? >> well, we seem to be focused on no-fly zone, bringing in mig aircraft, trying to fight the russians like the russians fight them. one thought would be to go to your own strength, look at where they're having success. they're having tremendous succ...

Is now a new weapon under consideration, and that sending fighter jets in from poland, soviet -- aging back to soviet times, but the kind of jets that ukrainian pilots know how to fly. until a few days ago, i heard a lot of opposition from nato partners. now you have the u.s. secretary of state saying he's working on that deal to help bolster the ukrainian air force. >> former president poroshenko said he wants to see those migs in ukraine as soon as possible. jim sciutto, thank you very much. thousands of ukrainians are now fleeing that area near the nuclear plant, the russian troops shelle...