the ukrainians are defending with a vigor that has placed them in the admiration of the entire world. the russians have got a problem. those units, those mostly mechanized units, are road bound. the thaw that is slowly starting to take place over there is really going to impact their ability to maneuver those mechanized units in those open fields that we also get pictures of. we used to call it general mud or marshall mud. it s real. and what you have is a beautiful modern tank that s going to go nowhere if it gets off the road. and all that makes for ukrainians is a much easier targeting situation. so, this is going to continue with the if the russians are going to try to invest or lay kyiv or any of the other major
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country, an emotional and painful journey with no clear destination. putin, monster. putin is a monster? yes. he just kill. for those staying behind to fight, the toughest days may still be ahead. as we speak, a 40-mile-long convoy of tanks and arp mored vehicles is closing in on kyiv less than 20 miles from the city center, ukraine s capital bracing for the worst. it s vladimir putin s latest attempt to showcase russian power and demoralize ukrainian resistance, something he has not been age to do so far. the exact opposite, in fact, seems to be happening. ukrainians and the world rallying against vladimir putin. just a few minutes from now, secretary of state antony blinken will address the u.n. human rights council. nbc news has exclusively learned that blinken will question whether russia should be kicked
morning. chris jansing picks up the coverage right now. i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it is tuesday, march 1st. we have so much to cover including an extraordinary speech from the ukrainian president, pleading with european leaders not to let down his country. that speech coming under the dangerous and deadly escalation in the war in ukraine as russia, frustrated by a lack of progress six days after it invasion, is stepping up attacks on civilian areas. this is video from this morning, a shell hitting an apartment building in a southern city where there s been intense fighting for days now. and it appears to be a russian missile hitting a government building in kharkiv s freedom square in the heart of ukraine s second largest city, a city now surrounded. at last count, roughly 660,000 ukrainians have fled their
necessary to help them defend themselves. that is clear. also we have to provide humanitarian assistance to ukraine, and the european nations which are dealing with the influx of refugees right now. so that s what we have to do as well as using the economic and other tools to hold russia accountable for its treasonness actions. there s the military side of this, and of course congressman, the humanitarian side. there s a growing movement for the biden administration to offer ukrainians protected status so they don t have to worry about being deported back home in the middle of the war. half of your district was born in another country and you know the challenges. should ukrainians get temporary protected status? yeah. i would lean towards saying absolutely at this stage of the game. i am planning at some point to try to go to the borders myself and see what s taking place there.