Technology as well as cutting off access to the global financial system. it s had a profound impact already. profound impact already for a country that has over a hundred billionaires, it s really incredible when you think about it. ukraine s president and president biden did speak about the fire over the nuclear power plant being shelled by russian troops the white house saying it s urging russia to cease its military activities in that area to allow firefighters and emergency responders to access the site. we continue to follow that story because we ve seen some reports that say yes, they ve had some access and some fires have been put out. obviously, it is a fluid situation, even at this hour, shannon. kevin, i will see you at the end of the hour for some good news, some hope. much-needed see you soon. let s discuss tonight s developments in ukraine with retired navy seal commander welcome back to both of you. thank you for your service to our country and thou lending us
Could very easily end up in a world war three if things aren t handled correctly. i pray for wisdom for our leaders around the world every day over this. from the and for the safety of the ukrainian people they are in a dire situation and it is the russian people, they re suffering, too, to really turn on putin. mark, thank you both very much for 84 service for be withing us tonight. thanks, shannon. thank you, shan. we re checking back with our reporters on the grown in ukraine after a quick break. stick around. we re a different kind of dentistry. one who believes in doing anything it takes to make dentistry work for your life. so we offer a complete exam and x-rays free to new patients without insurance - everyday.
Americans, obviously, the europeans would threuive think that that convoy is stalled because of collapsing morale and logistical supply issues. there may be some truth to that. president putin on the other hand saying everything is going perfectly to plan. he said that live in a television address yesterday. the truth, shannon, as always, probably somewhere in the middle. yes, the russians are having some difficulties, but yes, too, they are moving forward as we are seeing so obviously so brutally in some of these terribly disturbing videos and that is happening hour after hour. the russians are still on the move, shannonen. yeah, and it s good that the world can see and know straight from the ground there. thanks to you and our team. thank you. let s get some further perspective a member of their parliament joining us live. exceptionally difficult.
to all people who know the word chernobyl who know how much grief the eg explosion of the nuclear power plant brought it was a global catastrophe. russia wants to repeat this six times more. our fox news at night team of reporters has all the angles covered here and at home and in ukraine and that is where we begin with benjamin hall live in kyiv. good morning, benjamin. good morning, shannon. this news that has broken out in this nuclear facility is truly worrying. of all the things that are happening in this country the idea there may be some nuclear accident does not bode thinking about. this is the largest nuke nuclear plant in ukraine. fighting broke out there, russian forces were trying to take it, and there was shelling involved. what we know is that shells hit that facility, fire broke out in one of the reactors. it was a reactor that was not being used but still had nuclear fuel in it. for a while at least, firemen were unable to put it out
40-mile long convoy, some of those are trying to go to the east here, but they are getting resupplied from belarus and evey they re going to be removed. whether they ve essentially been stalled. that convoy has been a focus, but really the focus of all the fighting the real intense fighting has been in the south and up in kyiv in the northeast. shannon b, we ll send it back to you. brett, thank you very much. take new steps tonight to avoid a potentially disastrous miscommunication, putin s forces continue to push further into ukraine, putting ukrainian civilians increasingly in harm s way. shows us that side of the story tonight. good evening, matt. good evening, shannon. u.s. defense officials are warning as russia is becoming more aggressive its targeting might become less