unknown or unthinkable in the russian or soviet way of waging war. already 137 ukrainian troops have been killed according to president zelenskyy, 316 wounded with more fighting certain in the coming hours. as only cnn can we ve got reporting up close. and because there s so much to catch up with let s begin with this from jim sciutto. reporter: ukrainian airports under bombardment, air-raid sirens across the country, explosions still lighting up the sky outside the city of kharkiv tonight. these are scenes of what many thought could not have happen, an unprovoked invasion into ukraine on a massive scale, the
so, let s begin. tony, starting this off with the front page of the sun and how this seems to be the flavour of the stories of the front pages and a picture of an adult and a child running and the headline is running for their lives. that running and the headline is running for their lives. for their lives. that says it all. but i find for their lives. that says it all. but i find interesting - for their lives. that says it all. but i find interesting from - for their lives. that says it all. but i find interesting from the | but i find interesting from the story but i find interesting from the story is but i find interesting from the story is in but i find interesting from the story is in regards to refugees and home story is in regards to refugees and home secretaries and they will accept home secretaries and they will accept all ukrainians under legal routes accept all ukrainians under legal routes which is interesting because in its routes which is interesting because
and machine guns and sniper rifles from the checks. joining us now is eric schmidt, senior writer covering terrorism and national security issues at the new york times. and retired army major, john spencer, and airborne where for expert and chair of the urban warfare studies with the madison policy forum in. eric schmidt, let s begin with this delivery of weapons coming in on the safe side of the border. and then being transported overland into the battle centers of ukraine. what more can you tell us about what is being supplied and how that supply chain works all the way to the front? so lawrence, these shipments are basically the initial shipments coming from 300 and $50 million worth of security systems that the biden administration approved last weekend. and within 48 hours, the first planeloads were arriving in places like you described. airfields in poland, romanian, and other countries to neighboring ukraine.
let s begin, though, with what volodymr zelensky said in his historic address to the united states congress. have a listen. translation: russian troops have already fired nearly 1,000 missiles at ukraine, countless bombs. they use drones to kill us with precision. this is a terror that europe has not seen, has not seen for 80 years, and we are asking for a reply, for an answer to this terror from the whole world. is this a lot to ask for? to create a no fly zone over ukraine, to save people, is this too much to ask? a humanitarian no fly zone, something that russia would not be able to terrorise our free cities. if this is too much to ask, we offer an alternative. you know what kind of defence systems we need, 5 300 and other similar systems.
a sign of how seriously the u.s. and others are taking the situation in ukraine, cnn has learned the white house is now in discussions about the possibility of having president biden travel to europe soon. potentially to meet with nato leaders in brussels at the headquarters as early as next week. cnn white house correspondent jeremy diamond and pentagon correspondent barbara starr both joining us now. jeremy, let s begin with you at the white house. what more do we know about this potential trip for president biden? reporter: well, listen, if it does happen, this would be a very, very high stakes trip for president biden as the situation in ukraine is worsening with more civilian casualties mounting. now, president biden has done most of his diplomacy so far, speaking daily with u.s. allies and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy, via phone, or via video conference. now white house officials are discussing the possibility of president biden heading to europe as early as next w