but you have a lot of material flowing through poland into ukraine. indeed. that s right. a lot of support comes through the west. and of course there are supply chains that extend from the western border to the front lines in the east. so hitting these support locations could in theory, although they don t talk about it in detail, have an impact how they parade, at least altering the way they operate in order to avoid these sorts of impacts. phil, thank you for that. really appreciate it. we can confirm this. russian missile strikes targeting the port city of odessa over the weekend. it makes it strategically vital to ukraine after other coastal areas have come under russian control. earlier i spoke to the mayor of odesa. hello, mayor. thank you so much for being with us. can you tell us what you re experiencing there in odesa?
capital of ukraine tonight. three russian warships carrying troops, tanks and other armored units have entered the black sea. some fear this could be another invasion force, possibly targeting the port city of odessa, ukraine s third largest city in a major tourist hub. french president emmanuel macron arriving here in kyiv, one be day after sitting down with russian president vladimir putin in moscow. the kremlin said the meeting ended without a deal. ukraine s president said macron faced an up hill battle. i don t know any entity in europe today that would be able to put strong pressure on russia. some think this diplomatic push is just buying time for putin to continue building up his forces on ukraine s border. now some 140,000 strong. we factor in ground, air and naval forces. for a second straight day russia flew a pair of super sonic bombers over belarus capable of launching nuclear weapons. the russians have moved short range ballistic missiles and fourth generation air
martha: that sound is no longer allowed in canada s capitol where the freedom convoy has been protesting vaccine mandates. a judge ordered the truckers to stop blaring their horns after it was called psychological warfare. he s asking for more police to almost double the size of the city s force. molly line has just arrived on scene in ottawa. hi, molly. what are you seeing there? molly is not she s seeing a lot but she s not able to tell us at this moment. a shot breaking up there. a considerable amount of people here. the streets are still blocked. the demonstrators have formed a
to focus on. the third area is south around mariupol and potentially an amphibious operation against odessa as well. yeah. some reports that that is happening in mayriupol in terms of marines operating there. putin says he does not plan to occupy the country. he says he wants to, quote, demilitarize ukraine. do you buy that? and could he hold the country if he wanted to in the bigger sense? i don t buy that, because if he doesn t occupy the country, and he withdraws, the ukrainians will take back russia s lost gains. so i don t buy into what putin is saying there. i think certainly he tends to use overwhelming brute force to physically destroy the ukrainian military through massive artillery and rocket barrages and assaults and so forth. but at the end of the day, you
earlier today, ukraine s president made the following stark admission. i don t know any ten tiny europe today that will put strong pressure on russia. deoccupation of our country is still not happening. at the same time, president zelensky was meeting his french counter part, three russian warships carrying tanks entered the black sea. some fear this could be another invasion force targeting the port city of odessa, ukraine s third largest city. others think this push is buying time for putin to continue to build up his forces. now some 140,000 strong. the factoring ground, naval forces. russia flew another pair of bombers over belarus capable of launching nuclear weapons. the russians have moved short range ballistic missiles and fourth generation air defense