to state the obvious, you are taking your chances if you protest in russia right now. you are taking your chances of getting a police night stick in the face. of being arrested. but more than that, of being prosecuted for rioting, if you re lucky, for terrorism. if you re unlucky. and that could carry a criminal record that will follow you for years, and years, and years. making a very difficult to get a job in this country. and i think it is a sign about how strongly the portion of the russian population feels that they were prepared to take those risks. it is been interesting listening to cal in the other colleagues in ukraine. they described a sense of disbelieve that this is actually happening. and i would say, this feeling of disbelieve exist here on the other side of the border in russia to. people in have lived under vladimir putin for 22 years now. whether they liked it or not, people thought they knew him. and they thought they knew that
kelsey safe cal perry live for us in the border safe of lviv in the border of ukraine. kazakhstan, is a huge country we do not talk about very much but it is very very big. like ukraine, like russia, it used to be part of the soviet union. the country shares a massive border with russia, and is considered to be like belarus, one of russia s closest allies. nbc news is reporting that kazakh tan has refused a request from russia to send its own troops to join the war with ukraine. they also asked kazakhstan to join them in recognizing the two parts of ukraine that russia wants a claim for itself. kazakhstan also said no to that request. also, hours ago, china unimportant member of the un security council, abstain from going with russia. calling to an end for the meeting of the war against
expecting. and in fact, ali, that alice has posted a fresh video on twitter, above ground, that there is a lot fake invasions out there saying that the army should put down the arms. but here s the thing, i am here? and we will protect our weapons and our country. and that will go out to the ukrainian people. the other thing that we have had from the office of the president, is that we knew that tonight would be difficult because the russian federation has used all possible things to cause harm. that is failed, we are full control of the country territory. that has to be the headline this morning. there was an assault on the city of kyiv that has been going on for the last 14 to hours. but ukrainian citizens and civilians have at least, for
ukrainian army vehicle check to see their ideas as part of than martial law policy that they are who they say they are. so you have this year that has grown. the fear that there could be insider attacks. this is something the ukrainian government has been talking about for weeks and months. that is not just the threat of invasion. that these attacks can destabilize the country. so the city has a completely different identity than the thought that they would have as the start of this conflict. for a long time they were planning on basing here, then they tried it saying back and forth from poland. it became untenable. so now they re in poland. the other diplomats are declining to give situation about it makes their jobs all the more difficult. you just don t know where they re there consulate or embassy is located, it can t help. so it s becoming dysfunctional as this conflict grows.
artillery barrages, which were meant to soften up the ukrainians, had far less affects than the other wise word. and, then when the rushes came across the border, and they ran into stiff resistance. the russian plan is clear. they came in on the, east into the russian-speaking areas of donetsk and . established on what is called a blocking force. to keep those ukrainians in the east occupied. and then, came in from across and two major points from the north, and two major points for the south, and where it a link up somewhere in the middle of the country. that would effectively try for kate the country. it would isolate the forces in the east, and in the center of the country. the only people who could escape are the ones who were