Valentine’s Day is bittersweet holiday for thousands of Ukrainian women who have lost their friends, lovers, husbands, and relatives to Russia’s war of aggression.
arms. we walked out to a base where that is happening, but they are very crafty and they did not want their picture taken. things are tense out here but you have long lines of veterans quite willing to pick up arms and become part of the resistance. one thing you know about the ukrainian resistance thus far, it has proven to be a little more difficult than russians anticipated. the russians are making gains consistently, but the experts say those gains more slowly than anticipated, guys. carley: mike tobin, thank you so much. let s bring in melanie podolyak. she is on the ground and lviv where mike tobin was just reporting. monia, tell us what the 24 hours has been like for you. thank you. the last 24 hours have been extremely difficult and it has nothing to be here on the ground. but if a thing relatively okay except for the sirens that we hear every morning.
online right now. carley: i understand they will be honored by zelinski for their bravery which they absolutely should. melanie, stay safe. we are praying for you and your country so much and thank you for sharing your perspectives this morning. thank you. todd: meanwhile biting to obtain a summit. more troops could deploy the eastern europe if putin takes this invasion further than ukraine. carley: from the pentagon with details rich edson. carley and todd the pentagon sending 7,000 additional troops to europe to bolster nato. according to the pentagon, these troops are going first to germany but next destination is unknown. the officials say it will not be ukraine. and part of all of this nato said it is increasing president on the eastern part of the alliance. ukraine is not part of nato and the biden administration has stressed no american troops are going to ukraine to fight in this ward.
There is a lot that U.S. media is getting wrong in its coverage of Ukraine, only leading to "psychological terror" for Ukrainians, according to Ukrainian journalists