good idea. will: vladimir putin is willing to risk the economic page of his people for what he sees as his moment in history. steve: absolutely. will: what do ukrainians have to say about it president zelenskyy is now banning males age 18 to 06 from leaving ukraine. steve: that announcement comes as citizens across the country are sheltering in place taking up arnlsz and learning how to build bombs in their kitchen. ainsley: mike joins us with more. good morning ainsley, steve and will. four times here today in the city of lviv, people scrambled for cover. four times today the skies over lviv lit up with the sounds of air raid sirens. here is what it sounded like. [siren]
february 22nd, or the 22nd it depends on which calendar. ainsley: they deer baiting that? steve: he has got two birthdays but then it all got kind of confused because now we celebrate it on yesterday on presidents day. the third monday in february. pete: another patriotic note to this day is it was july 4th, 1776 that pluto was in the exact same position it is today. ainsley: it s national margarita day. pete: is it really? ainsley: burger king is doing some specials. a lot of bars are going to make prices a little cheaper. steve: as an homage to national margarita day. some guy is selling t-shirts that says not your average taco tuesday. it s is nacho average taco tuesday. remember, when we used to write checks? today would be the easiest day of to write 2/22/22.
graffiti, it s absolutely out of control. we are very, very concerned. that s why we are extending the olive branch to the mayor so a listen, let s work together, let s move away from the defunding nonsense and it seems like right now he is at least taken the public safety situation serious. ainsley: the politicians they really did this they wanted to defund. now they are central bling and in the a bad position. they were offering bonus opportunities or bonus checks for cops a year ago with the last mayor. that money ran out. what are the politicians saying now? are they regretting calling for defunding? well, right now it s clear that the mayor is trying to pivot to improved relations with the city council as the police budget is tied to the council. it was the council that pushed the defunding nonsense. now we have seen an election take where we have new i guess new people in the council in terms of trying to change the message there. and that s the whole goal. let them underst
only have to fight against the ukrainian soldiers that are dug in, they have to fight against the memory of the 13 slaughtered ukrainians who said russians go f yourself. that s the kind of spirit i was looking for. i m enormously gratified to see it get this and understand this nobody is coming to help the ukrainians for all of the platitudes, for everyone saying bravo, ukrainians, are they are on their own against one of the most powerful militaries the world has ever seen and so far all i can say from a distance i believe me i wish i was there from a distance standing their ground capital city stands intact. their president is still free. he is still speaking to the ukrainian people. rallying the people. i see no signs of panic. let the civilians out. they shot down the russian jet. i think putin may have builten off more than he could chew will, steve and ainsley.
kyiv. steve: pete, do you have one more map that shows how the russians retreated when we hit them in the sanctions? pete: i don t. i will get to that. excellent. thank you very much for explaining. by the way, pete is going to be at cpac this weekend, right? pete: that s right we are doing all access live on fox nation myself and kayleigh mcenany host for three days and catch every single speech. it s a big one. including the 45th president of the united states on saturday night all live on fox nation. we will be covering every angle of it. you guys will be stuck in new york i will be in orlando. ainsley: are you still going to do the show? pete: i m going to still do the show. remote hold i will join you a couple times. will: i think joey jones will join us. keeping you up to date on all the details. ainsley: thanks, pete. next guest ukrainian journalist who like many doubted any reality of war. she penned an op-ed it is titled