as russian forces take aim at their homeland, ukrainians are taking up arms to defend their nation. i want you to meet now sviatoslav yurash who has armed himself against the russian assault on his city. he also happens to be a member of ukraine s parliament, the youngest ever, and he joins me now tonight from kyiv. thanks, sviatoslav. thank you for joining us. i appreciate you being here. how are you doing? what is the feeling tonight? the point is clear. this is our capital. and we ve defeated every incursion so far. russians have tried to get in time and time again. every single time, the populace of kyiv has repulsed them and destroyed every piece of machinery, every piece of equipment they are sending at us. that s why they are throwing cruise missiles at us. that s why they re shelling us.
that s why they re trying to destroy us in every single way. and the point is we will not let them. we will bring together everybody, millions of people in this town and push them away. i hear you re determined. how long do you think you can hold out against this russian army, this onslaught? because they are preparing now to increase, ratchet up their fighting. my great grandfather fights we can fight whatever they throw at us. the first phase is tragic. we had unfortunate tragic, unbelievable history in 20th century. so if we survive stalin, we can survive putin. you have sviatoslav, you are the youngest member of parliament ever, and now you re joining your fellow countrymen on the streets of kyiv to defend your country. tell us how much life has changed there in the last week. immensely.
it s an attempt to label your enemy as something unacceptable. this is the man facing down putin ukraine s president volodymir zelensky. a former comic actor, he d only been in politics ukrainians have answered their president s call to resist. should be fine now. oh, well done, sviatoslav, it s jane here in london. 26 year old mp sviatoslav yurash is organising volunteers. i m, at the moment, trying to get more weapons for various people who are appealing to me, er, to try and join the fight. and the point here is that we are giving everybody who wants to defend ukraine the chance to do it. this is the battle for our survival, our resistance.
possibility she s being used as a political pawn in all of this. do we know what, if anything, the white house is trying to do to get her out? sandra: the secretary of state, you know, he commented on this. he gave a very general statement and saying that they can assist in any way that they can, and that they always try to do so when there is an american who has been detained in another country, they try to provide as much services as available. but that is pretty much all they are saying at this time. but again, you know, we are hearing from her wife, we heard from the wnba, her team, the phoenix mercury, all of them saying they are trying to get her home as soon as possible. john. john: christina coleman from los angeles watching the story. thank you. fox news alert to begin a brand-new hour, 9:00 in ukraine,
your neighborhood is like, not where you are. don t tell us where you are, but what your neighborhood is like now. is it abandoned? you know, is it struggling? like are there people there? what is it like in kyiv where you are? well, it s transformed basically. it s empty on one hand. the other hand, the recruitment stations are full. on the other hand, you have plenty of military equipment here and military presence, and the point is the city is now under martial law for the reason that russians are basically sending their spies and their saboteurs all the time to the city. and we are trying to lock down the access to the city for the russians, and we are pushing them, trying to capture them and trying to control what s going on in the town. sviatoslav, do you have supplies? do you have food? do you have water?