have the logistical support nor wherewithal to do something like that. dana: an interesting point. zelenskyy s team will be going to talk with the russians in belarus but i don t see how they can do that with any confidence if belarus is saying they ll join with russia in fighting them, general. yeah, well belarus is in the orbit of putin. he is the longest serving dictator in europe. as he was being threatened by his people to run him out of the country putin put troops in there. belarus president owns his existence to putin and do his bidding. if they will put troops into ukraine it is because putin wants it to happen. he will march to his drum. dana: right. general. thank you so much.
their jobs, their memories, fleeing with only the things they can carry on their backs. most don t know where they are going. there has been a massive outpouring of support for the fleeing ukrainians. countries are opening their borders, and rallying together to help. many cannot get out and see just one way to end this. have putin, kill him. sandra, you asked trey about the supply routes into kyiv to get weapons. supply routes for fuel, medical supplies, cash. those are dwindling, and the u.n. fears the number could top 5 million if this war continues much longer, if putin continues to escalate his use of weaponry, targeting civilians. right now most people have no idea what putin will do. a fear he could move further to the west. the next few days will be a good deciding factor. john: hey, benji, ask you
the border with belarus. they came across the border and wanted to hit the northwestern edge of kyiv and northeastern edge of kyiv. they seem to have done that rather successfully but still they are several miles outside of the city center and so far the capital city is holding. i mentioned the south. let me pop down there quick. crimea was taken by russia in 2014. remember that, right? they crossed this irrigation canal the other day and met very little resistance and able to go to the east as far as mariupol. a half million people in that town on the sea. putin wants to take and occupy and keep for his own. this whole area is something we ll watch through the coming weeks. that s the state of play as we understand it right now back here at home in new york. dana has more now. dana: for more on this michael allen is a former senior director for counter proliferation committee.
i think it s a real area of concern here. the ukraine army has to be ready. the potential for the russian military to take a corridor and connect the occupied area in the southeast across here possibly to oh december yeah odessa in the west. this here in the north, here is the capital city of kyiv, the border with belarus. all the russian forces staged in southern belarus for the past 60 days has paid huge dividends for putin so far. this town is 160 miles as the bird flies from kyiv where the talks are underway now. what comes of them no one knows. one more thing. trey was showing us this long column of supplies and tanks from russia. they are double parked along this road. based on the reporting we re getting they run for three
bill: thank you, general jack keane. we ll speak later today, general. thank you for that. a few things from over the weekend. i don t think anyone saw what the new leader of germany we barely know his name and the speech he gave was historic. wall street journal ukraine leads the world is the important point. putin is trying to restore make himself a dominant global power. if he succeeds in ukraine breaking nato will be his next ambition. the people of ukraine are showing a too complacent west what it means to fight for freedom. i think putin scared the hell out of europe s leaders. so many of them were ambivalent. it was debated will he go in or playing for time? we know the answer now. dana: we have seen not only the significant historic change in germany s position in terms of providing lethal weapons.