and i don t even think there is a possibility. russia can occupy the cities. it can subjugate this country. they do not have enough manpower. even if russia were to mobilize 1 million man in the reserve, and come in there. you would not be able to subjugate this place. i have been in countries, i have been in wars from lebanon all the way to iraq and afghanistan. each one of the major failures, iraq and afghanistan, where because the people did not want you there. and they gave support to the enemy. the enemy can move freely around. we can own the crossroads, that does not mean that you re going to survive the night at the crossroad. and ukraine is one of those crunch freeze where i jokingly once referred to the ukrainian people as essentially becoming the white taliban. that is not an exaggeration.
cause. of course, taking advantage of u.s. policies and even just the perception that the biden administration would be softer on immigration and the trump administration, regardless of if that is actually in fact true. we have seen smugglers trying to move people towards parts of the border that may not have as many resources. this is certainly, has been a concern of the past couple years. people have said that these human smuggling networks have actually kind of professionalized in many ways. there is certainly concerned that moving forward. sandra: we will keep watch and you ll keep reporting. staff thank you so much for doing this. bill: in new york, russian forces are expanding the battlefield by aaron ukraine, overnight launching missile attacks to the airport outside of lviv in the western part of the country. a closer strike yesterday to the city center in lviv, and our crossroad for refugees fleeing the violence and for others delivering aid and perhaps military aid as wel
the people won t make it out. as the ukrainians get more supplies, morale is as high as it can. we will fight from every basement. and we have to help us out, thank for our lives, from the united kingdom, from the united states, so they will they will loose things every street, every block, every crossroad. now, they are getting more supplies, but in mariupol, which has been very hard-hit. there is no electricity, no water, and supplies are really running out there for those people and this comes at the russian tanks, rather, continue to roll in, pummelling that port city strategically and the attacks have not stopped. listen. today a mosque in mariupol was shelled.
bear down on the capital. we will fight from every basement. they will lose tanks on every street, every block, every crossroad. reporter: according to the uk ministry of defense, the bulk of russian ground forces are now within 15 miles of the city center. on the outskirts of the capital, 14-year-old katerina and her family ambushed by russian soldiers as they tried to flee. se says, we were driving down the main road, and they just started shooting at us. satellite images show that russian convoy once 40 miles long has dispersed, likely to support an attempt to encircle the city or reduce its vulnerability to ukrainian counterattack. zelenskyy saying they have dealt the biggest blow to the russian army in decades. a u.s. official saying as many as 6,000 russian soldiers have died. another 15,000 wounded since the war began. russian president vladimir putin speaking with the leaders of france and germany today. president macron and chancellor
mariupol, the foreign ministry says a mosque has seen 80 civilians was attacked this morning. yesterday, a residential building. today, ukrainian president zelenskyy, making a plea to russian mothers not to send their sons to war. also today, russia sending a new warning to the u.s.. russia s deputy foreign minister, u.s. sending weapons to ukraine, turns convoys into legitimate targets. the white house announcing saturday that the u.s. is sending an additional $200 million in arms and equipment, including missiles for taking out war planes and tanks. we have enough anti-tank missiles, things that we got from the united kingdom, the united states. so they will they will lose stance on every street, on every block, every crossroad. reporter: president zelenskyy, for the first time, announcing 1300 ukrainian soldiers have been killed.