ukraine s military has so far held off russia s invading army from the edges of the capital city kyiv and on tuesday ukraine s defense ministry claimed it had taken back makariv, but the next day the washington post reported that makariv is still contested as a front line. writing, quote, as a team of washington post journalists passed through the checkpoint on wednesday, ukrainian soldiers warned them to leave the town warning them of russian rockets or artillery. minutes later they heard the sounds of bombs following. he joins me now from kyiv. you were reporting on the fact that these battle-type reports of who s in control of what are not playing out in places like
the right direction and they end up in this international legion created by ukraine. this is not to say there aren t experienced veterans coming here, people who had experience in afghan and iraq wars but there s quite a large number of people coming here with who are not and i think we have lost him. he is around kyiv all right. we ll try and reconnect with him in a little while. a correspondent at large for the washington post and an msnbc contributor. when we come back we ll talk to a member from parliament saying, quote, a woman from mariupol came to hungary with four kids, her own, her sister s and a child of a dead neighbor. she was running on the street
going to deliver a major address, speaking to, quote, the stakes of the moment, the urgency of the challenges that lie ahead. what the conflict with ukraine means for the world and why it s important the free world sustain unity and resolve in the face of aggression by russia, end quote. within the next hour or so, he s running a little late, biden will meet with refugees at the pge national stadium here in warsaw. he ll be accompaied by poland s prime minister and the mayor of warsaw. this was a day after meeting troops in warsaw, joining some for a slice of pizza. biden made several important announcements, including the united states would provide a billion dollars in humanitarian