being attacked with kyiv seen as the prize for the russians. so volunteers from all over the world have been drawn to help. when i saw it, i obviously booked a flight for california and came here fast as i could. if this isn t the fate of democracy and freedom. it s very strange to look at european union, don t want to close the skies, what [ bleep ] sorry, and [ bleep ] to protect, to fight with russia, with belarus. what are you doing? it s not, protect not under our country. protect all europe. reporter: bracing themselves for many more civilian deaths. for those here, far too many already. alex crawford, sky news in irpin on the edge of kyiv. bring in retired u.s. army general barry mccaffrey and an msnbc analyst and in high esteem. wa is your read where things stand today given the latest attack so close to the polish
provisions, food, things like that. touchy, feely portrayals of russian troops. the tone is very sarcastic towards america and the west. so they actually play a lot of fox news clips, because that channel has a more negative view of president biden. we all understand what that s about. yeah. so they do. play a lot of tucker carlson. just watching today. they played another tucker carlson segment and the shows this very kind of humiliating looking editorial cartoon of president biden kind of begging at the feet of venezuela and saudi arabia for oil now that he doesn t have russian oil. so the tone is sort of very, like, yeah. i would say sarcastic towards america. great. okay. olga, thank you for watching state tv and letting us know
they have like no food, no water, no electricity, just in mariupol, in besieged mariupol, 2,187 civilian people were killed since the beginning of the occupation. and around hundreds bombed were exploded just in mariupol. so we urgently need to evacuate people. so those are extraordinary numbers here, and i will say that i don t know that nbc news has confirmed them, but i appreciate your sharing your perspective there. let me ask about how long you had before you left kyiv? how close were you to the start of the russian incursion? and what made you say, i have to go right now? can you explain the question? so how long did it take you to decide? was it something you d been thinking about? you were preparing for a long time. or was there something that you said, i need to leave right now?
alliance. to what extend to europeans or americans have in intensifying a war direct against the russians? a question mr. biden and his senior advisers have to address. and as you know the biden administration spent about $1.2 billion so far on financial and military aid to ukraine. let s remind viewers. it is not a nato member, but after four years of donald trump scolding nato for not spending enough on its own defense, what s your assessment today of nato s ability to fend off russia militarily? it is enormous. the russians would be squashed if they tried to attack poland, romania, never mind a massive movement to take western europe. it s not even in the cards. however, what is in the cards is that nato has now pulled itself together in dramatic fashion. i think the biden s team been brilliant in the way they handled this. moved forward as an alliance,
ukraine officials say they were russian bombs and anti-aircraft defenses that shot down several of them as well. and nbc news has not verified the missile strikes and no information about victims immediately available, however, officials say americans were not at that facility. meanwhile, new video shows ukrainian soldiers evacuating citizens from irpin, near kyiv. civilians forced to try to escape while under attack. we should also mention the new york times reports an american journalist was among those killed there today. 50-year-old brent renault a documentary filmmaker. in the south, making gains to attempt and siege the city of mariupol. conditions dire with civilians trapped with limited food, water and electricity. president zelenskyy says help is on the way. translator: our humanitarian convoy is now soon hours away