here. and there s a population like that, especially in the areas of the east that are dominated by these russian-backed separatists. but for the majority of the people here, and we see this in poland, it s not just anecdotal evidence. that is not the feeling. they look to the west, not to kyiv, not to moscow. they are not asking vladimir putin to her rescue them, they do not need salvation from russia. matt, we are going to stay in touch with you, thank you for this, matt bradley for us in kyiv. you are looking at that map there, matt is at the top of it, richard was at the bottom of it. where the sea of azov s. and you can see that the separatists hold some territory around the cities of donetsk and luhansk towards the russian border. but both donetsk and luhansk are central to provinces. or provinces called don t ask and luhansk. and vladimir putin has declared both of those provinces now to be independent states. saying that they have requested military assistance from russia,
you heard that in that woman s voice, i was in ukraine, i was in kyiv three weeks ago. talk to many ukrainians, talk to president zelensky, talk to the ministers, talk to people on the streets. they are determined, they are grindley determined, you heard that in the clip that you played from richard. they are ready, they are preparing themselves, they are training to resist russian occupiers. president putin has alienated, has created on his border a hostile nation for generations. ambassador william taylor pleasure to have you on the program sir, thank you so much for your time tonight. thank you. chris and coming up the clear message sent by voters in san francisco by ousting members of the school board. victoria defrancesco and bill kristol are here to discuss what it means for democrats heading in to the midterms. when the 11th hour continues. when the 11th hour continues
ukrainian fighting men and women. the 150,000 of them, who are largely in the east, which is their frontline. the barrier against the russians. and they are likely going to be defeated in days. at least they will conquer kyiv. that is the main objective and the belief. but it is going to be a long resistance. these people are going to fight bravely. and insurgency as well. and the betting is that russia s taking on a lot more than they can true. and the analysis is that this could be the end of vladimir putin s search for a historic role in his legacy. already, it is just incredibly tragic to see this happening. and it is happening in front of us right now andrea. thank you. i want to go back to southeastern ukraine now. richard engel, nbc s chief foreign correspondent is live in marion poll.
being cut, power being cut, communications being cut. you can see ali i m talking to now i am getting text messages and phone calls on my phone. so none of that has happened. all we are hearing right now in kyiv is explosions, and confirmation that missile strikes are happening in the capital. from this one adviser to the minister of interior. got it, and richard was saying and mario poll, the power is still on. and people are still watching tv, we re looking at live pictures of kyiv the power is on there. however when we did hear from ukrainian officials that there had been some cyber activity. there were a denial of service attacks on a number of websites. there seems to be something going on on the cyber side. that s right, just yesterday there was a number of attacks, denial of service attacks on a number of government websites. that kind of thing is not uncommon here in ukraine. just last week, there was a cyber attack targeting banks, and the ministry of defense
war are completely preposterous. and you know i just pray for the people of ukraine tonight. it is a very difficult night and ukraine. if you look on that map, in that disputed area towards the east of ukraine. just to the south of it on the sea of as of, is a city called mariupol. and we see richard angle who has been there. he is live there now. what is the situation there richard? there are lots of reports coming through from the ukrainian government officials that there have been numerous airstrikes in different cities. in kyiv, the short answer is we re not hearing very much. there have been numerous reports from ukrainian officials talking about strikes and kharkiv, in kyiv, and mary opal. also there are reports from the government of troop troopers they describe them, finding in odessa. which is also in the south here. but aside from some faint explosions about one hour ago and the distance on the edge of the city.