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Kirby also says that the harsh truth is that russian troops may have been misled about their mission to begin with. >> it is not clear to us that all of the soldiers that russia has put into ukraine realized that that's what they were doing, that they were actually going to invade ukraine. >> this is war coverage remains blacked out in russia after putin signed a law that criminalizes news reporting on his invasion. not even allowed to call it a war. russia's last independent network among the networks having to shut down. it's last words, quote, no to war. outfront is tv rain's editor in chie...

Committing in ukraine? >> reporter: i don't know, howard, the answer to that. obviously, the presence of journalists on the ground is indo dispensable -- din us dense bl, but lives do need to be protected, positions do need to be made as this unfolds. there are lots of images. i mean, i think that the damage to vladimir putin has been done, the atrocities have been well documented to date, and one is more shocking than the next. i think there are a lot of ukrainians on the ground who will continue to beam images via various channels such as telegram, instagram or facebook, and they're been goo...

The features of authoritarian society, censorship, mass surveillance, going after political opponents, the idea of a one-party state, the kind of corrupt gangster regime in charge, you realize all those elements are present in our own country, and so suddenly it's a very different way of thinking about these conflicts. it's not about the fact that anybody is championing putin. no, it's simply about we are asking what are we supposed to be defending one many of the things we deplored abroad are deployed by the biden demonstration at home? >> laura: i want you both to hear this, but have to play...

Strangled. they are shelling these areas indiscriminately, and they are shelling them -- . we have seen this before, we've seen russians do it. and they're doing it now in the northern and southern part of the country. >> and cal, there continues to be reports about poor morale among russian soldiers in ukraine. many don't know what they're doing there, why they're fighting. whether the ukrainian leaders saying they're learning from captured soldiers? what are they hearing from these russians? >> so this is a theme that they are driving home here. the morning news cast has been replaced by war...

The north of the country. in the city, we saw the united nations pull off their first really successful humanitarian corridor. they were able to get food and water restored. food restored to 35,000 residents and water restored to 50,000 residents of that city. that is the first, again, humanitarian corridor that we have seen have najor success. ari? >> that's one note of some poem help for them. cal perry, thank you. let me tell what you is coming up. we'll continue our war coverage. i have something special for you tonight. exclusive reporting of what is going on inside the white house as it ...