and being shelled heavily and that fight inching ever closer but the capital city will not go without a fight. putin made it clear if he encounters resistance that he will strike with a decisive blow, well, he will encounter resistance and it's fear what the battle will look like when it comes. mike: ben, we talked about the refugee crisis. a million and a half plus leaving ukraine so far. i wonder if you get a sense of kyiv emptying out a bit? ben: the majority are still here and they have hunkered down, they have stocked up on their food and water. there's a curfew at night but in the day you don't see people out. you see them outside of pharmacies, you see them collecting food, but it is an eerie place. it is a city that is just waiting, waiting for what they consider the inevitable attack. the people who you do see at the