but as you pointed out, you weren t expecting to see people killed by mortar fire. children trying to walk to safety killed in front of you. that s what you saw. correct. is there any question in your mind it was purposeful in the sense of targeting civilians? this is a known civilian evacuation path. there s no question in my mind. i mean the mortars, when they first started coming in, were about 200 meters off in the distance. still pretty close, given that this was a pedestrian evacuation route, there was sort of no place for incoming mortar, but it was still off in the distance. and so at one point my security advisor said, you know, we should think about pulling out. and i said, well, they re actually firing mortars toward where our vehicle was parked. in order to get there, we d have to run through that line of fire. i thought they re not going to start targeting the civilians, so let s just stay here until it dies down. well, in fact within minutes the rounds were coming c
long-simmering conflict. it s been a low-grade war for the past eight years, and that is between ukrainian forces and russian-backed separatists. the russian-backed separatists, according to officials, around this time yesterday started a massive increase in their military activity. they started firing artillery, startled firing mortars, dozens of rounds in multiple locations onto ukrainian troops. and what the separatists have been saying is that they are the ones, in fact, under attack. they ve been providing no evidence to show they ve been under attack, but they say that what is happening right now is not them launching an offensive onto the ukrainian side but that they are on the receiving end. and what we just heard a few minutes ago was one of the main separatist leaders gave speech, a formal speech, a video he released standing in front of
kids going to music recitals and going to concerts. it was an everyday city. this capital city of kyiv, the country was alive, and it was living and today it is so consumed by conflict and speaking with these people who are fleeing their home towns over the weekend was heartbreaking because you see with them they carry what they can. normally one bag with all of their belongings that they need, they carry their kids, pets, whatever they can grab, and they run. literally run away from russian forces and as they were doing that, our cameras capturing this, the russians are shelling them, firing mortars at these innocent civilians, and no other way to describe it, the hell on earth they are facing in ukraine and according to u.s. officials who testified before congress they expect it to get far worse before it gets better. john: a campaign of terror, no question about that, and the institute for study of war, jack keane s organization believes the russians are massing here on the east s
capital. we brought to these images this weekend here we were watching with our own eyes and cameras, capturing the images, is innocent civilians made their way across a bridge that had bombed out just before the advance of russian forces. the russian troops were firing mortars at the civilians. unarmed people. they had snipers lined up in the distance to try to keep the ukrainian troops from assisting the civilians. this is the reality. and the situation on the ground in ukraine. when you see ukrainian president zelensky they re appealing not only to the british, but to the entire world for help, he is saying it because it is needed. it is necessary. if the aid it does not fill in the country in the form of antitank missiles, antiaircraft batteries, and ammunition, this country could fall much more quickly. back to you. emily: yeah, trey pugh those images are so hard to watch. he pointed out in sumy, that was on a residential building. of course, russian propaganda saying that they
0 russian corridor for the first time in the city of sumy along the northeastern border. but mariupol has reports of renewed russian shelling. you can also join fox and the support of red cross efforts in ukraine. head to red cross.org, and also help by calling 800-helpnow. america reports is now. [gunfire] they came to our city, they damaged our infrastructure. and killed innocents. scary to stay home right now. process, out of the country, and others sandra: the sound of suffering from innocent ukrainians caught in the middle of an unprovoked invasion. now president biden is taking a new step to punish vladimir putin, banning imports of russian oil into the u.s.. hello and welcome, everyone, sandra smith in new york. john: good to see you on this tuesday. john roberts in washington. a refugee crisis in europe not seen in a generation unfollowing before our eyes. more than 2 million people have fled ukraine. vast majority heading west to avoid the russians targeting civil