that any proposal that the chinese would put forward would be one sided and only to russia s advantage, in particular john kirby talked about the possibility a peace proposal would include a cease-fire plan saying it would only serve to effectively ratify russia s territorial gains and allow the russians to regroup and then attack the ukrainians at a time of their choosing. certainly the white house is not mincing words about the potential of the chinese to use this meeting with vladimir putin next week as an opportunity to present themselves as some kind of honest broker in this conflict. at the same time the white house is still encouraging the chinese president to speak directly with the ukrainian president. we saw those reports emerge earlier this week about the possibility of a phone call there and the u.s. position is effectively it would still be good for the chinese to hear directly from the ukrainians on this matter. as of yet the only thing on the schedule is for the chinese
hour. it s not clear at the moment where the any evacuations are happening. although the regional governor says the corridors there will remain open. on tuesday, roughly 5,000 people left the city. that s according to the ukrainian president office. earlier in the day, the scene of devas devastating carnage. air strikes killing 21 people including two children. the cease fire plan is supposed to cover kharkiv. ukraine second largest city. it has seen some of the most damaging strikes from russia. since the invasion began two weeks ago. ukrainian fighters putting up stiff resistance. and the southern city is under siege as well. capturing video of the explosions lighting up the night sky there. city leaders are asking residents to bring tires to every intersection to stop the russian advance. or at least slow it somewhat.
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most besieged cities could soon get underway. cities like kharkiv, which you are looking at right now, where entire homes and apartment blocks have been reduced to rubble by russian air strikes and artillery. russia proposed a cease-fire plan which would start in the next 90 minutes or so but right now, unclear if either side will actually adhere to it. now, this comes as russia s attacks on ukraine intensify with heavy fighting reported monday near the capital kyiv and around cities to the south. one senior-u.s. defense official saying, nearly all russian troops who were once massed alongside ukraine s border, are now inside that border in this country. now, the red-striped areas there on that map show where russian troops are now present. meanwhile, the united nations reporting more than 1.7 million refugees have fled ukraine in less than two weeks. that is a staggering number in a very short timeframe. the eu warning that the number
you need another plane to shoot the plane. we need migs or us-25 to put down their planes so they don t bomb our children and women. is she right about the migs? i believe she is. i really do. to be honest with you, i grew up in a marine corps that if the commander on the ground, this case the commander being the ukrainian people, wants something, needs something baldly, it s not up to some bureaucrat somewhere to second-guess their decision. i think it s high time we go ahead and facilitate in whatever way we can getting those migs into the hands of the ukrainian air force. angela, throughout all of this on the nonmilitary side, negotiations still ongoing between russia and ukraine, in fact, the financial times reports they re working on a cease-fire plan that would include ukraine renouncing any hopes to join nato, but in the