So thank you for joining us here on the beat. you can also online connect with me @ari mel beer.com and go at the beat where we have the link posted, as well. the reidout with joy reid is up next. good evening, everyone. we begin the reidout with putin s war in ukraine. russia began an all out offensive in the east. in the latest video, the ukrainian leader said the russian military has begun the battle for donbas. a new phase of the war that could see three times as many russian troops in the donbas region including mariupol which russia needs in order to forge a land corridor to crimea. the city bar sieged with 100,000 people remain without food and water but ukrainian forces are