may cross the border and that would 1 to five million refugees may cross the border. i want to read this again, when the european union says that we are going to throw these targeted sanctions to europe he leaders, approval means that we will do a hand raise here and for those who have arguments and debates about this, it could take longer than the 5 minutes it needs to take. your thoughts? that s absolutely right. the longer it takes, the greater the opportunity for putin to exact political pressure and economic pressure. russia has the ability to inflict economic pain by tightening up the gas bigot. that ll have an impact on the calculus of european leaders. mark to the point, sanctions of even the most stringent type has
0 ukrainians are prideful, passionate, strong people. the russians do not have that will to fight but you cannot imagine the conflict people are going to having to kill their fellow native russians in ukraine. trace: we have to go. thank you all for coming on. thank you. trace: continuing coverage right now. the sovereign nation of ukraine this morning under fire as russian forces unleashed a violent and massive military attack. at this very hour, explosions can be heard rattling in at least three ukrainian cities be air raid sirens blast across the capital city of kyiv paid moscow claims it s already knocked out ukraine s air defenses. the country now under martial law and its only beginning a war we ve been fearing for months. good morning, everyone. it s trace gallagher continuing live team coverage of the crisis in eastern europe. it s now midnight here in los angeles, 10:00 in the morning in kyiv. dark morning for people there and around the world. for months we were told th