nuclear fears into the conversation. we ve heard a good deal of that in the last week, as expected. what we should pay attention to is if russia can t advance, trench lines like donbas in 2014, what will the western coalition, make working with chi that do, to bring an end to the con applicant? analyst for nbc news and msnbc, clint watts. we ll see you at the big board during morning joe later on. thank you. up next, there is creeping doubt about president biden and his 2024 re-election bid. we ll have new reporting on some democrats trying to come up with a plan b. then, coming up on morning joe, live reporting from ukraine and moscow on the eve of the one year anniversary. we ll also hear from the u.s. ambassador to ukraine. also ahead, the israeli and palestinianian conflict after the military launched air strikes on the gaza strip. morning joe a few, short moments away. it?
it remained under ukraine control. it was under siege since february. that is important. it prevents russia from advancing on the ground of the agent and heavily fortified city of odessa. that is right here on the black sea. odessa is a city that putin has been publicly pining for. he described the ukrainian black sea territory. russia can t advance on odessa by sea. ukraine isn t putting heavy losses on russian naval assets. that includes, you might remember, the sinking of russia s black sea flagship, the moskva. russia does not plan on stopping at odessa. this is important to know. that is odessa, disses the ukrainian border. they continue to this little part in red over here. this is a tiny swath of russian occupied land. it is technically part of a different country, moldova. as you can see, taking control
its bombardment of military and civilian targets in ukraine, it warned that ukraine s security services, communications facilities would be hit. to quote, suppress information attacks against russia. russia can t help but see that it is losing the narrative. the information war with the world rallying to ukraine s side and rejecting russia in diplomacy, sports, business and on and on. in the leadup to this russian invasion, there was a lot of speculation and fear that russia would try to shut down communications, shut down power, impose a blackout over ukraine. they have not been able to do that almost a week into this war. but in hitting this tv tower and announcing they would be attacking other communications targets, that may be changing. while russia claims to not be targeting civilians, tuesday s strike killed at least five, the government says. the deadliest in the city of
hot air balloon pilot. his wife and daughter have fled the country for safety. the russian rockets on tuzla anded all around rostislav. first two, followed by two more. i saw them personally where they were coming from. i was standing next to the wall over there. reporter: as russia ramps up its bombardment of both military and civilian targets in ukraine, it warned that ukraine security services, communication facilities would be hit to, quote, suppress information attacks against russia. russia can t help but see that it is losing the narrative. the information war, with the world rallying to ukraine s side and rejecting russia, diplomacy, sports, business, and on and on. in the lead-up to this russian invasion, there was a lot of speculation and fear that russia would try to shut down communications, shut down power and impose a blackout over
th reporter: this was the moment the russian missile shot the tv tower. we were shown around. he joined the civilian forces just last week. the 38-year-old is normally a hot-air balloon pilot. his wife and daughter have fled the country for safety. the russian rockets on tuesday landed all around rostislav. translator: first two followed by two more. i saw where they were coming from. i was standing next to the wall over there. reporter: as russia ramps up the bombardment of both military and civilian targets in ukraine, it warned that ukraine security services and communications facilities would be hit to, quote, suppress information attacks against russia. russia can t help but see that it is losing the narrative.