we re getting from jennifer griffin realtime during the program. we have a desire to see our children alive. i think it s a fair one. yesterday 16 children were killed. again and again president putin is going to say that it some kind of operation. nobody is going to break us. we are strong. we are ukrainians. harris: you heard him. nobody is going to break us. president zelenskyy saying putin is unquestionably guilty of terrorism and war crimes. russian forces are shelling homes and apartment buildings in ukraine s second largest city of kharkiv. satellite images of that 40 mile long convoy of russian forces bearing down on the capital of kyiv and it s critical. they are hitting now reportedly with bombs that go against the geneva convention. ukraine s ambassador to the u.s. is pleading for more help.
are mechanisms to take russia out of the swiss system to go after individual oligarch fortunes and above all to go after oil and gas, which is the beating heart of the russian economy. number three, relating to the alliance, if putin is going to fully continue this invasion, expanded, more throughout the country, i think the logical response is going to be a resistance, and you may see the zelensky government leave kyiv and move to the far west to lviv in the far west of ukraine government in exile, and then run and resistance. much like charles de gaulle did in france in 1940, in the 1940s. we need to facilitate that. arm it, train it, the quid it, make it a very difficult move on the part of putin. there s diplomacy, economics,
tonight. ukraine s capital preparing for battle as russian forces have reached that city. explosions and air sirens rang out all day throughout kyiv as its mayor says the city has entered a phase of defense. ukrainian president zelenskyy, who has refused to leave kyiv, posting a video earlier alongside government officials saying this, quote, we are here. we are defending ukraine. that follows an acknowledgment by zelenskyy overnight of that grim intelligence he received that, quote, the enemy marked me as target number one and my family as target number two. they want to destroy ukraine politically by destroying the head of state. according to zelenskyy, 137 ukrainians were killed and more than 300 were wounded in just the first day of fighting. today, we heard a significant announcement from nato. for the first time in its history, it is deploying elements of the nato response force for collective defense and deterrence. however, that does not mean that
either can you hear me? thank you. you are showing us those powerful images of the people sheltering behind you in the garage of your building. and you are describing for us, perhaps some, trying to get out as russia continues to move in on kyiv. go ahead, continue with your description. i was saying that many people have to leave, but have to fight their families. because the families don t want them to leave. and they do not want to leave themselves. they are trying to make this very difficult decision. some people have cried. at the prospect of having to leave kyiv. but the threat of russian military pushing in and possibly making this escape impossible later, it s something people are considering. what are you and your fellow residents bracing for in the coming days? we have heard from the ukrainian president say that there are sabotage groups there, as you described, a second
but the ukrainians are putting up a great defense on their own. the supply lines and the logistics are too far extended for putin to carry this off without some real difficulty. alicia: i m going to bring in my colleague mike emanuel who also has questions. mike: volodymyr zelensky has been offered free passage to leave this country. what are your thoughts on that. when the state department offered president zelensky an escape plan to leave kyiv. that was a slap in the face to every ukrainian. he was smart enough to see that. that will make them a unified country. a good move on zelensky s part,