we ve been doing, the support for ukraine is real, profound, extensive, the security assistance that we just talked about, that continues to go in. the humanitarian support that we continue to build and in response to the humanitarian horror that russia has wrought as well as economic assistance. unfortunately this is not like flipping a light switch. it takes time and when you haven t in the case of russia, and president putin s russia, a country that is prepared to go to excessive means to achieve its results, it is a real challenge. but not only are we at it every day, i think the ukrainian people could see is virtually the entire world united in support of them, in support of their cause, in independence, terri territorial integrity and freedom by the meetings today
a senior u.s. defense official believed that russia has 92% of the combat power restaged for this invasion now in ukraine. russian ground forces are achieving more in the southern part of the country than the stalled out convey north of kyiv. the city of kherson has reportedly fallen to russian forces. and there is now fighting in nearby mcolie. people in mary opal, they are facing a humanitarian catastrophe according to that city s mayor. joining us now is mike lions, major, welcome back. let me start with a question that the secretary of state was asked just a few minutes ago. should the west, should nato be doing more than we talked about the stingers, should there be jets supplies in comparison to what we re seeing this escalated
speaking in brussels, belgium. he s meeting with a number of different countries belonging to nato. as they continue to try to figure out what they can do to help ukrainians continue the defense of the country that they have been showing. joining us now is cnn s natasha bertrand in brussels. also joining us is former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, steven pheifer. what stood out to you in terms of what secretary blinken said? well i think the secretary outlined the cost that have been posed on russia and i believe that in this conversation today, both with nato, the european union and also with the g7, they re looking at ways to apply further pressure on russia. but unfortunately we don t see much sign that the russians are prepared to back down. nat ash bertrand, the secretary also talked about
shielded, thick concrete containment buildings. small arms fire likely shelling will not do much damage at the site of the containment area. the much bigger concern about fighting is that the electrical power systems that a plant relies on to cool the fuelling event in the event it is shut down could be damaged by shooting, by fire, by small munitions and this is a problem because ukraine has four nuclear power plants in the country. 15 reactors in total. the very worrying things that we saw last night at this particular plant could be rebeeted with significantly worsened at other plants around the country. is it clear, if they wanted to take the zaporizhzhia plant completely offline, would that what would the electricity needs would that cut electricity to most of the
and the 141 countries that came together at the united nations to make that clear. so, there is a huge tide of support for ukraine. there is a huge weight bearing down on russia. let s see what the impact is. hi there. thank you so much for so we heard this morning at nato that the situation will get worse before it gets better. so tell us what do you know that we don t and is the no to the no-fly zone considered or would you consider that as massacre and just to follow up, would the europeans trust in russia to opt for diplomacy? thank you so much. when we say it is likely to get worse, it s unfortunately based on everything we know about president putin s methods when it comes to seeking to subjugate another country to his