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Concern. >> courtney just interrupt you, just to point out. if you go to the north of ukraine, just a left, that little red spot there that courtney is talking about. the countries that are around and there are poland and lithuania. there has been a long-standing concern, by both of those nations and by other nato allies, that ultimately russia will try to create land bridge. take some of the areas from poland and or lithuania down towards belarus. you see that dark green, dark green nation right above ukraine. that is one of the concerns. if he takes all of ukraine, that he is just going to k...

Russia. the two governments, ali, there really are in lockstep with vladimir putin right now, our belarus, and the acid regime in syria. as that rush on this shares the dubious distinction of being the head of a president with sanctions from the united states. most of all, what you described at the un security council last night, the fact that china would not vote against the staff resolution condemning russia's invasion and going pass it's via -- which left russia exposed. force the cast a veto on its own. that is a big blow. especially given that vladimir putin has been really courting chine...

Unfortunately on both sides to come in the coming weeks, ali. >> russia would not have wanted to fight in the cities. the idea here, and u.s. intelligence on this has been pretty accurate, but they would've liked to be flying missiles, flying planes, -- taking out ukraine's limited airports capability. they've got more than 100 fighter jets but it's nothing like russia's capability. they would like this to be easier that way. and worn out the administration. if they had the president leave, other go-to lviv under american protection, or go to poland. that is not happening. so they might have t...

Kyiv for us. i want to go to white house correspondent in washington d.c.. obviously, the president fully informed about what is going on here, what is the latest? >> yeah ali, we've been getting periodic updates from white house officials throughout the night. my colleague peter alexander just shared a significant development. i think that president biden is on the phone right now with ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy. obviously, an important consultation at this later. in washington from. but at the very early hours there in kyiv, to show support for our ally at this critical moment. ...

Ukraine. so house -- joining us now is the nbc correspondent ralph. good morning to you, it is morning and ross cow. and russia is facing a little bit more resistance in ukraine, then it thought it would, but it is also facing these little bits of crumbling supports in corners where there would have otherwise always been able to rely on. >> yeah ali, that is right. that amir putin is looking more isolated around the world on the world stage. the fact that kazakhstan, a close russian ally, would not send troops, and would not even do russia the diplomatic courtesy of recognizing these breakaway...