as ofl. michael. >> very active situation to say the least. alex marquardt in kyiv, thanks so much. let's turn to jasmine wright in washington. jasmine, what are you hearing from the white house as it monitors what's happening in kyiv? >> reporter: well, michael, the president spent his weekend in his home in delaware, but a white house official just told me he is being regularly updated on the developments happening in ukraine and of course keeping in touch with his national security team. but no doubt that white house officials are watching what's happening on the ground in ukraine with really great concern. for weeks now, we have gotten these intensified warnings from white house officials about what could happen in ukraine, and more often than not, they are seeing some of these predictions come into focus here. so no doubt they are concerned not only for ukraine and the ukrainian people and of course the stability of his government as russia looks like it is enclosing to the capital, but also for president zelenskyy himself.