as you can see, all those people are unarmed. those warning shots, it seemed fired in the air at the beginning. but cnn found estimate that at least one protester was shot in the leg there. we ll continue to find more information as we can. what they were saying there was, ukraine, ukraine, shouting their country s names to those russian soldiers. joining me now, retired army lieutenant general, the former commanding general for europe as well as the seventh army. good to have you on. you ve made the point that the maps that we look at that show where russian forces in the area is misleading because they don t control all of those areas or many of the areas that they re in. and i wonder as you look at that video there, does that give you that sense? when you have people with
these type of things, and i am absolutely confident that we will fight in every single house, in every single street and every single quarter. reporter: ukraine s current president still pushing nato to impose a no-fly zone over his country while warning his entire nation has become the front line of the war. translator: this war, a difficult war, has truly united our nation. you re asking me how s the situation on the front line. there s a front line everywhere. reporter: the u.s. is also looking to keep that economic pressure on russia. house speaker nancy pelosi says the house will vote next week on a bill that would revoke russia s most favored nation status, a move that has wide bipartisan support. pamela? arlette saenz from the white house tonight. and joining me now retired general mark hertling who was the commanding general of europe and the seventh army. general, russia has relied
russian army is trying to attack and planning attack on the capital of ukraine, city of kyiv. obviously territorial defense as well as military are standing together against this russian aggression and senseless war where children, civilians are getting killed. not to forget, ukraine is under huge threat and the world under huge threat. we cannot count days, weeks, not even hours, minutes. so, the shooting is constant. in city of kyiv, when you go to bed, you hear the explosions and launching of the rockets to defend the city as well as landing from bullets to rockets here on the territory of city of kyiv. so, this pressure is nor mouse
critical moment when as arlette was saying president biden is planning to go next week to europe to be alongside other nato allies for that incredible leaders level summit. pam? all right. thank you so much. as diplomats work overtime to end the violence in ukraine, the russian military shows no sign of easing off, especially in kyiv. still, former president of korean poroshenko wants president biden to visit there, as we were talking about earlier. let s bring in military analyst retired lieutenant general mark hurtling, commander of europe and seventh army. you heard what was reported, that administration officials say, look, this is unlikely given the safety and logistical issues. what do you think about what poroshenko put out there, inviting biden to go to kyiv now? truthfully, i d consider that a non-starter from the very beginning. yes, i ve been in war zones
russia. and we learn everyday and mobilize everyday. and i could feel the spirit of the ukrainians that are coming back from the other countries from the western world, doesn t matter where they are in the world, coming back home to defend their homes. today is international woman day, not to forget. i have seen a lot of ukrainian women stand in arms with the men to defend this country. vladimir plich koe, thank you for that interview. the pentagon tells cnn that it does believe reports that vladimir putin is trying to recruit foreign fighters specifically from syria to fight in ukraine on behalf of russian forces. they think this is true. joining us nous is retired lieutenant general mark hertling, cnn military analyst and former army commanding general of europe in the seventh army. what do you think about this?