that official also warning this is just the first of multiple phases of the large-scale invasion plans. sandra: we have fox team coverage on all of this. general keith kellogg will be warning us. peter doocy on the ground at the white house. trey yingst is an kyiv with the very latest from there. sandra, good afternoon. some concerning developments in kyiv. we are learning from the office of the president that that airbase just about a 45 minute drive from where we are standing right now has fallen into the hands of the russian forces currently on the ground. ukrainian soldiers fought all day, trying to maintain control of this critical base that will now give the russians the ability to fly in x-ray equipment and military vehicles as they planned for that offensive that we expect against the capital of kyiv. some other concerning news to report, as you noted, the
training, leadership. brian: that s a four star general. if this fight comes down to morale and leadership. i m going to go ukraine no doubt about it and the points. what other option does vladimir putin have left? let s turn to former navy seal congressman dan crenshaw of texas. congressman, your take on the state of the war and the urban fighting in mariupol right now? look, i largely agree with general kellogg. putin appears to have gotten in way over his skis. he is losing this war. the only reason he is at the negotiating table whatsoever, i think zelenskyy is doing the best job he can and making public statements, for instance, that he won t give back donbas and crimea. now, in the end, will he? not sure. he is doing the right thing as far as negotiating with putin. putin is now more and more negotiating from a state of weakness. and losing support domestically as well. and i also agree with the other statement. what putin is trying to do is
there s a lot going on outside of this war with ukraine that is going to have ramifications based on what this administration is doing right now. general kellogg and colonel davis, a couple of guests on the faulkner focus. it could be a tipping point of a mistake that gets us into world war iii. that is the problem with taking a shot ten to 12 miles outside of a border were 2 million people have just taken refuge. you know we have people on the ground there. we are part of the humanitarian effort paired whether it s red cross, whoever it is. the fact that we don t have demographics on the westerners on the training base, if any of them were from nato countries, then what? it did not cross the border, but as the ambassador said in the general agree with, it caught way too close. it could not have been an
he is imagining a future that would include some sort of new alliances at this point. and i think about the video that was just played here right this is a savvy politician. when it comes to the informatio were, ukraine is clearly winnin that. general kellogg and dan hoffman as they join our discussion, your initial reaction to what w just heard from the president i kyiv. he has weapon eyes the english language and he has jus been powerful in his delivery. you re right about the information were, he s captured it well. that video was incredibly powerful. he s also challenged president biden, he said are you the leader of the free world? you must respond to that. and president biden has a hard task now in front of him becaus he has to lead the world.