russia doesn t have a great firewall keeping outside information out. so you can still russia has during the war actually gone to new lengths to block information online and in particular incredibly popular in russia, including for news and activism. and they ve blocked a number of independent news websites, but things like telegram, the social messaging app, those are still accessible, and so for people who are actually interested and, you know, who think critically, they can get the real story of what s going on, and there is a lot of content available in the russian language. but i should add, though, things have changed, really changed in the last couple weeks. a ton of russian language media outlets have been shut down in russia, so it s become much harder for people to get that information. and we want to ask you on the other side of the break where they have gone.
movements over the weekend, seen walking around in kyiv, going to a hospital, giving that country s version of it looked like purple hearts, medals to soldiers injured in the fighting. i wonder if you could talk about you ve done so much incredible reporting about civilians buying weapons and taking up arms but talk about this military. ambassador bill taylor described them as the best trained and most experienced military in europe. reporter: so, and they have leadership now that we ve seen emerging, not just president zelenskyy, but we re seeing real battlefield leadership there from his commanders whom are a part of these videos, and i don t think it can be understated, these videos and the leadership we re seeing from president zelenskyy. the way this war is being presented to the ukrainian people is with a great deal of thought, a great deal of planning and strategy. i watched the morning programs here, and for, you know, before the war started, they were like
today marks the 19th day of war in ukraine and answers about when it could end and what vladimir putin s ultimate goal is remain elusive. as we were just discussing with pentagon press secretary john kirby, that is the focus of some new reporting in the new york times, which explores what could still lie ahead for ukraine. in that piece, quote, the russian attacks in western ukraine over the past two days underscore putin s continued determination to control the entire country. starting with kyiv. it remains unclear how he would find the forces to occupy it, which could require a bloody, years-long guerilla war. all the while, the u.s. and our allies have been working to support ukraine as much as possible, but without putting troops on the ground there or enforcing a no-fly zone, which experts believe would be the beginning of the next cold war. congressman adam kinzinger was on morning joe earlier today on how he would approach where this goes next. i just worry, and i believe
earlier and are expected to resume tomorrow. on wednesday, ukrainian president zelenskyy will speak virtually to members of the u.s. congress about the appearance. speaker pelosi called it a privilege for us to hear from this champion of democracy. that is where we start this hour. cal perry joins us now from lviv, ukraine. cal perry, earlier in the show, igor nobikov, a former advisor to president zelenskyy, who is somewhere near kyiv, said the sounds of war have changed, that us sounds different. the strikes, the constant nature of them, getting closer to kyiv. and he also talked about gray-haired 10-year-olds. it sounded like something you might also be witnessing there in lviv. reporter: yeah. i think this is a nation that is now war weary. i think you have people who are engaging in things they never dreamed they would engage in. that s true on the front lines. that s true where i am in the sort of far west of the country and as we talk about these cities, we re talking about th
and capability to capability. but we are trying to help with that coordination function. and the brits have been, too. in fact, they ve been very vocal about their efforts to help coordinate and work through that and we re grateful for their assistance. jim? two questions, really. the russians have occupied a lot of area in ukraine. do you know if the if the ukrainians, is there any assessment if they ve gone into a guerilla war in these occupied areas. and a separate question. i mention the russians have to have captured ukrainian service members, are they treating them as captured pows with geneva protection i don t have any information about captured soldiers on either side and i certainly couldn t get into into how