fire. missiles are raining down on the country as russian forces push deeper and deeper inside. closing in on the capital. vladimir putin has his eyes set on kyiv and reports say it could fall by this weekend. while the death toll rises by the minute, fox news correspondent trey yingst is live from kyiv, ukraine, with the very latest. jesse, good evening, we are getting some new numbers from ukrainian president volod zelenskyy who said tonight that 137 ukrainians have been killed since this uptick in violence began. and this larger russian invasion into sovereign ukrainian territory. we do know at this hour the russians are continuing air and ground campaign against a number of ukrainian positions across the country there were some key battles today for an airfield just outside the capital of kyiv. additionally over some land north of the ukrainian capital in chernobyl.
regarding ukraine despite the close economic ties to moscow. vladimir putin continues to enforce his siege warfare strategy around ukrainian cities. president zelenskyy is pleading for more fighter jets, airplanes and missiles to recapture land north of kyiv. mariupol remains a critical area let s bring a fox news contributor david perkins and retired u.s. army and doctrine commander and retired four-star general. you ve seen some of the video out of the team of bucha near kyiv where it appear sibling is had their hands tied behind their backs and executed. should russia be prosecuted for work crime and julio prosecute? is very disheartening to see your report about bucha and what s gone on its illustration