my china and the far east and so forth. this is another tool to constrict russia s ability to function in the world s marketplace and that s an important tool to limit the financial resources that vladimir putin has and the money he has is a war chest to fund this war. that s what we expect the president to talk about today. jose. kelly o donell, thank you very much. now on day 16th of war. russian forces moving closer to the capitol and prepare to circle the city. our senior u.s. official says it could take the russians one or two weeks to encircle the city and another four to six weeks to take control of the capitol. russian strikes have hit military airfields and factories
and can be integrated even temporarily, the better for them. yeah. it really is. i mean, it is key, and it is key to look at this as this long-term effort. really quickly too, in terms of immediate needs,ic we think a lot about injuries sustained from someone there on the ground, something happens as they cross into another country but people may need daily medicines. are you able to meet those needs say for hypertension or diabetes? it s a great question. i think you re right. when we think about war, we think about the traumatic injuries but we forget about insulin and antibiotics and right now, we re shipping into various areas in ukraine and positioning ourselves in the host countries to make sure those are needed. it will be a strain on them and we re prepared in positions and actively supporting those systems as they absorb the regular health needs of these people fleeing violence.
i don t know if you can still hear me because i think i lost the connection with you guys but look, the other thing happening here in romania, they are very concerned about that shelling and the rocketing that you guys are experiencing in western ukraine right now and romanians especially in the north, very aware and even in this area, very aware. great concern that the war may come here. back to you. understandably, jim, you were saying you were woken up by the cy sirens overnight. thank you. as we look at what the needs are both inside and outside of ukraine, several humanitarian organizations, of course, have been mobilizing to help refugees, both the folks left ukraine and folks in ukraine dealing with the attacks from russia. project hope is one of the organizations. tom coder, their director of response of emergency preparedness is with us now. thank you for joining us this morning. set the scene for us.
ministry of health recommend destroying high threat pathogens to prevent any spills. more about them, how they spread and how they make people ill or what about them makes people ill. obviously in war, there is heightened risk of these type of pathogens escaping, whereas in those facilities to be hit. the w.h.o. is saying it has offered ukraine its help in offering pathogens. not clear if it is taking it up, but we reached out to the ukrainian authorities, trying to get in touch with them right now. just so you know, this first came up at a w.h.o. press conference on wednesday when the head of health emergency was asked whether people should be stocking up on iodine tablets given the potential risk around these nuclear facilities and the answer, for the record, was no but of course, governments should be worried. all of this comes amidst the backdrop of the ukrainians, specifically, president zelenskyy saying that he s
lays out the stakes today. that headlines reads here is what a cyber war with russia may actually look like. let s bring in a cyber expert and senior fellow with the atlantic council. u.s. officials have told me this week there is a multi-phase russian plan to try and debilitate the u.s. energy sector. they say it is actually underway right now. phase one launch before putin even invaded. that s right. i think with russia being the most sanctioned country on the planet a real risk they ll retaliate in cyberspace and not take it lying down. the energy and financial sector will be their top targets and we should not be lulled into thinking that because they are incompetent on the battlefield in ukraine they will be incompetent in cyber face. cyber forces carry quite a punch. gillian: 16 days in now yesterday i learned that it turns out i want to get this right. russian ran someway has been