kyiv, the capital, kharkiv and mariupol here in the southeast. sam, thank you so much. please stay safe as we see increased bombardment there in that area. thanks. joining me now is cnn s chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. i think what s notable overnight in terms of the strikes, these are places we haven t been talking about. tph dnipro and lutsk. to hit airfields here expands the air campaign, the missile campaign. but it also makes me think when i saw two airfields, one to the north and one to the south of us, it makes me think russia is looking for supply routes. they look at these as airfields would be a natural target for them. they call them military targets.
it was right before the air strikes in syria. it appears there is now frustrations with this president with president xi that more has not been done. the president reached out, to president cc asking them and making sure they would implement the secure council resolutions. and also trying to get four nations to crack down on allowing north korean guest workers in their country including china. that s one way they re able to get that access to foreign currency to bring home and propel or fuel this missile campaign. the u.s. and south korea have answered, what other options does the u.s. have in order to end this crisis or to try to