emmanuel. state and i am alicia acuna, eric and arthel are off today. the russian army advancing slowly but steadily despite fierce ukrainian resistance. reports indicate putin s forces outside of kyiv are fanning out into new but for us and towns. assigned they could be preparing to surround the capitol city. this comes as russia is inflicting pain on even more ukrainian s, bombing sittings and towns far from the front lines. analyst say putin is trying to break the will of the ukrainian people. but ukrainian president zelenskyy says their resolve is only growing stronger. mike: ukraine the apogee center since world war ii bread by first two trey yingst live in kyiv as russian forces inched closer. trey, how significant is the shelling right now? and michael, good afternoon
is what he seeks pretty think he also seeks and we know this matters what happens there to also others. we have been concerned about his expansionist desires and what he has stated bradys targeting kyiv he is targeting odesa. he d like to have the port of odesa. i would say as long as their military operation is sustained, which by the way has not been doing well, there is no incentive for any kind of diplomatic kind of result here. i do not see it. mike: ambassador paula dobriansky. thank you for your analysis and your time today. thank you mike. alicia: they say a picture is worth 1000 words. we have some incredible new images to show you from the war in ukraine. including an elderly couple who held their ground. that is next.
democratic congressman says he is working with the state department to try and get brittney griner back home. she was detained on the 17th at the moscow embassy has requested counsel are accessed are the same they would for any american that has been detained or incarcerated abroad. that is not been granted now for over three weeks. that is extremely unusual and extremely concerning. very concerning to her family and friends due to privacy considerations the state department is not giving specifics on griner s situation. they said they do provide every possible assistance to americans detained on foreign soil including in russia, mike. twenty-seven christina coleman thank you very much. alicia: russian showing reported just outside of kyiv today as potent forces advanced for the capitol city. stay with the fox news for complete coverage on the war on ukraine. serena. matrix.
you mentioned mariupol in the south is a city of 400,000 people. it s currently surrounded by russian forces. you can see in this video tanks in the streets firing on apartment buildings. it really just shows the level of destruction and disregard for human life these russian forces have. something ukrainian president zelenskyy spoke about earlier today. if they kill all of us, then they will enter kyiv. if this is the goal then let them enter but they will end up leaving out alone in this land certainly without us. they will not find friends among us. it might, throughout the capitol city there are checkpoints set up ukrainian forces are worried about russian saboteurs making their way deeper into the capitol to try to gather information and ultimately help those forces on the outskirts before the assault the city, mike. mike: trave heard the horror stories of them turning off the water in the south and also
of fleeing ukraine and seeking safety and neighboring countries. you can join fox and supporting a red cross relief efforts, donate now by going to redcross.org/fox. so far you have raised more than $5 million to assist the red cross in ukraine, keep it up, mike. mike: with vladimir putin s war in the third week diplomatic solution looks more remote by the day as the russian army continues its relentless assault negotiations to end the bloodshed basically going nowhere but joining is now a former under secretary of state for global affairs, ambassador welcome. thank you so much mike i am delighted to be here. i want to pay a clip free from vice president harris in romania yesterday. in terms of your question about offramp, from the beginning the united states has been attempting sincerely to