it will be satisfied by nothing short of ukraine s surrender. chanting no to war, this russian man shouts before he s carted away. independent monitors say 5,000 people were taken into custody over the weekend at protests in dozens of russian cities at a war that you re not even allowed to name. russia is now stepping up its repression, silencing all opposition, virtually all independent media in the country has ceased to function. and a new symbol has emerged to signify support for president putin s war. the letter z first appeared on tanks and military vehicles, but it s now also on bus stops and businesses and elsewhere. and the winner of the bronze medal. look carefully, and you ll see it even on this gymnast s chest as he took bronze at a world cup event in qatar. it was ukraine who took gold. the quick victory moscow had hoped for in ukraine
i have always been proud of talented russian people, of our cultural and athletic achievements, but now i feel that a line has been drawn that separates the before and the after. well, since speaking out against the war is off limits inside of russia, some ordinary russians are taking a stand abroad. this week a large crowd attended an anti-war concert in istanbul headlined by a top russian rap artist. and as jomana karadsheh reports, no one there missed a beat in criticizing the invasion. reporter: to protest putin s war, top russian rap artist oxxxymiron canceled concerts in russia. on tuesday, he kick-started the first of his russians against war charity gigs in istanbul. proceeds from this concert streamed live, he announced, will be going to ukraine, and
are responsible for this carnage. in the capital, kyiv, russian shells hit a 12-story apartment building, wounding two people. the attack sparked a major fire and damaged another residential building nearby. kyiv s mayor had these words for russia. putin says he s only targeting military targets. bull [ bleep ]. sorry. vita lirks i klitschko there. most recently in wednesday s address to the american congress. the u.s. and nato are concerned that either action would risk a wider war with nuclear armed russia. but as fred pleitgen reports, ukraine has been able to hold russia back through other means. take a look.
cnn, at the pentagon. joining me now live here in lviv is a senior fellow at the atlantic. counsel, thanks for joining us. we were speaking earlier, and you argue there s a need for not just an overall no-fly zone but a potential humanitarian no-fly zone over some parts of ukraine. i don t think we see the political will right now for the west to do a complete no-fly zone over ukraine. let s look at past history where in other theaters of war, i think this was done where you have a humanitarian no-fly zone over a certain part of the country, in this case over western ukraine, where there are displaced people seeking shelter and protection. i think that would come across, i think, to the west and to mr. putin as less of a confrontation. this is purely for humanitarian reasons. but whether, again, the political will is there in the west is difficult to tell. because you d have to enforce it. it would have to be enforced. but the other thing is
i don t think there s some sort of sad fate in store for me, but i m hoping that i won t face criminal charges. i wanted to show to the world that russians are against the war. the majority of russians are against the war, and even if they support the kremlin policy, they are pacifists. they hate war inside themselves. everybody in russia is scared by what s going on. everybody is confused. our life changed overnight. russians are really scared by what s going on, and their faces show fear and confusion. i don t yet what to do next, what my steps will be. at the moment, my children are