saying that russia has launched the second phase of its invasion of ukraine. shelling coming from the donbas. president zelensky says the battle has begun for the donbas today. there are attacks all across ukraine today including in the western city of lviv which is been largely, relatively spared. seven people killed there today. according to ukraine there were eight civilians died across the country in this new round of shelling including four who were trying to flee a small town which has been taken by russia today. it s another grim reminder that this war is very, very much
fighting in the donbas today, and the fight that s coming we think in the days and weeks to come. reporter: we heard from john kirby talking about the why. but let s be clear some of the high power weaponry just a few weeks ago some of the biden administration officials were against sending them, they felt it would be too escalatory. viewed by russia that way. and things have changed down the line and it s something that russia appeared to have noticed as they sent a diplomatic note to the state department protesting formally the ongoing shipment of weaponry to ukraine, warning of unpredictable consequences if this should continue it s as they prepare the $800 million of weaponry, some of the first shipments expected to land in the next few hours. thank you so much. coming up, text messages reveal how two trump gop
we re tailoring the package to meet the needs they have today, because they are fighting in the donbas today, and the fighting in the coming days and weeks to come. there we heard kirby talking about the why. some of the weapons approved in the latest shipment just a few weeks ago, some biden administration officials felt they would be too escalatory to be sent. too escalatory viewed by russia. now that has changed. one thing i want to say is that it seems like russia has noticed as officials say they sent a diplomatic note to the state department protesting the ongoing equipment, weaponry sent to ukraine. saying to stop it, there would be consequences. and this came as the u.s. was preparing that latest $800 million shipment of assistance that is expected to be delivered in the next few hours here. jasmine white, thank you so
negotiation team. starting us off this hour, cal thank you stay safe my friend. from that we cross the border where we find msnbc s ali velshi, stationed near the hungry ukraine border. ali, it is good to see you my friend. if there is some kind of cease-fire or at least a humanitarian corridor that is established, it will mean that at the place where you are standing, going to see an influx of refugees. what have you heard from people on the ground there over the past couple of days? and if in fact that influx happens, whether they have the capacity to deal with it. yeah. the people have been coming here. more people have been going to poland and hungary. but hungary is getting the second largest of people. but 12 and a half percent of all people leaving ukraine. and they are not coming from the closed parts of ukraine generally speaking. we are talking to people from kharkiv and donbas today. and dnipro. they re coming all the way from hungary. and if this humanitarian corridors op
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