they are also banning russian flights from eu air space. they are looking to ban russian media from european air waves. so they are clearly in solidarity with the ukrainians and they have continued to communicate that message very clearly to kyiv, but the ukrainian president over the last several days has said we feel that we are fighting this war alone. and we need the support of nato. we need the support of the eu in order to effectively deter russia from potentially taking over the capital of ukraine, kyiv. brianna? we ll be watching these conversations and appreciate the report, natasha bertrand. thank you. next we do have more details on this, this is a 40-mile long russian convoy headed toward kyiv. what ukrainians are bracing for. plus, cnn s clarissa ward speaking with some fearless ukrainians who are doing whatever it takes to defend their homeland.
stepped up its support on ukraine. they have signed off on $500 million worth of equipment that they plan to deliver in the coming days and weeks. certain member states within the european union have decided to send lethal weaponry to ukraine to help them fend off this aggression. germany has agreed to send anti-tank missiles, defense missiles to ukraine and sending nonlethal equipment up until now. the e.u. has closed air space and imposed sanctions. they want to ban russian media from european air waves. so they are taking all of these steps to try to isolate russia from the rest of the world, including financially. zelenskyy who is going to address the european parliament in a couple of hours is urging them to expedite ukraine s membership into the bloc. however, it remains to see how fast it could actually happen,