jennifer griffin, that there is a campaign taking place in the southern part of ukraine by russian forces from the sea. this is a multi-prone approach by the russian military. it makes it extremely difficult for the ukrainians to organize and then launch counter assault against these russian troops across ukraine. martha. martha: we expect that we will hear of more from the pentagon in terms of that additional air support that might be provided. or antiaircraft support that could be provided from nato. and how quickly he could get there. it certainly feels like time is getting very short. for kyiv in terms of an assault. brought by the air and likely, ground assault as well. trey, thank you very much. you can hear those sirens again. martha: absolutely. we will go back, as things develop and kyiv. joining me now and the phone from a bomb shelter is michaela linsky who was a professor at kyiv loyola academy and the ukraine peered his live in the ukraine for almost 20 years and he
make sure it gets here soon. we don t want to be caught in bureaucratic stuff for the weekend is coming. that might be a weekend for western bureaucrats, not a weekend over here. martha: it s really not. michaela, thank you very much. we wish you well. we pray for all of you. thank you, sir. all right, without, a spring in case mcfarland, national security advisor and the trump administration. and dan hoffman a former cia chief was served in the former soviet union and was based there. could have both of you with us. kt, when you hear that michaela was on the ground they are in a bomb shelter, talking about russian paratroopers wandered around the street asking ukraine is for directions, what goes through your mind on that? or anything else you have to tell us? i think to go things prenumber one, this is vladimir putin s biggest nightmare. he expected this real quick, easy peer he expected perfection. martha: hold that thought for one second.
made in rushmore about the 2014 push back of the rushing plays president in ukraine. michaela, please tell me where you are, or give me a sense of what it s like where you are i should say. what is going on? i just heard a reporter talk about the fact that there is an unconfirmed report of the thermal electric power station being hit by rockets. i can t confirm it. i am real close. so yeah, it was definitely hit. we had a bit of a scare. i m not sure that there has been any casualties specifically. i cannot comment on that. it has not been destroyed completely. but yes, there has been hit on it. that indicates that the russians are now going after not just military targets, but also critical infrastructure like for example, heating and electricity. which is something that we were expecting really. the one thing i did want to say, martha, is i ve been listening
to your. [inaudible]. martha: michaela, i don t know if you can hear me, your line is breaking up a little bit. if we can reestablish it, we would love to hear the rest of that sentence and hear what you have, what you are under there. excuse me? all right. you know what, john kirby is at the podium now the pentagon here let s go find out what s going on with this native element with nato. and what the united states president may have assured president zelensky of. the pentagon. again, if it is deemed that they are needed and wanted, and they are ready. if they aren t, well then they will and can be used unilaterally to support and reassure our allies. for the president and for the secretary, this was very much about trying to lean forward. i don t have any specifics to say today, specific units or
them to the level of specificity that we can. as we did again yesterday. but the way that the process works in nato, is you have to approve a defense plant first and then the activation comes second. that happened today. the heads of state approved defense plans. which then gave general walters the authorization he needed to authorize activation of the nrf. now it goes to the nations to fulfill those needs. we have to be in consultation with nato about what those needs are. again, to my answer to bob, it s not unlike a request for forces. we are not waiting on anything. as a matter fact, quite the contrary. the secretary s orders authorized. martha: we will get out of this for just a moment here but we will get back. listen closely, i just want to get back to our guests, a professor of the academy in ukraine. michaela, can you hear me okay?