is prepared to send soldiers into ukraine in support of the russian invasion. that s according to ukrainian intelligence. the russian leader, vladimir putin, placed his nuclear deterrence forces on high alert. the white house calls it a manufactured threat. there are visible signs of russian setbacks. in kharkiv, russian military vehicles going in reverse. you see it there. retreating from ukrainian forces. and the video of a drone attack that they claim hit a column of military vehicles north of kherson. according to the u.n., the latest toll for civilian deaths in ukraine stands at 102 with 304 people injured. the agency acknowledging that true figure could be arably higher. the u.n. also say 422,000 ukrainians have fled the country with more than half of them
i was crouching down by a grenade. i didn t see that. let s move away from that. in matthew and his team are safe. we will check back in with them in a little bit. but the important theme of that story is the ukrainians are having success in many different locations purring the country back. admiral james foggo at the navy league of the united states, distinguished fellow at the center for european policy analysis. admiral, that was right here, just north of kyiv we saw forces destroying the convoy. we have reports here on the black sea coast, mike leif. and here in kharkiv. how are the ukrainians doing. why are they having these examples of success. they are motivated fighters. it starts from the top down from their president who has shown some real grit in this fight.
blinken gets tonight s last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, russia s attacks on civilians escalate. more ukrainians kill with the death toll rising. now close to 2 million people fleeing their country. more children leaving alone. what s happening overseas, now sending gas prices surging as russia sinks deeper into isolation. plus, every day americans are stepping up to join the fight against putin as the 11th hour gets underway on monday night. good evening, i m stephanie ruhle. we are entering day 13 of russia s war on ukraine, and it becomes more brutal by the day with a dramatic escalation of the shelling of civilian areas.
military yes. it s powerful, and it s big. but it is not built for a fight like this across ukraine against probably several hundred thousand ukrainians who are armed in the field, whether direct resistance or out along the roads and in the forests. this is this is only going to get so, they re now amassing, and they re trying to finish it because time is not on their side and try to blast their way in front of the whole aghast world to try to get the ukrainians to submit. but after seeing president zelenskyy back back, if you will, in the presidential office today, which was the ultimate snub to the russians, i think it i think they re in the ukrainians are in it. it s gruesome that they re paying this price, that the russians are in deep trouble now.
situation, but i think we ve got to double down, help the ukrainians as much as we can so that they might be able to eventually have some leverage to get to a negotiating table with putin. , just mentioned it. the administration trying to convince poland, obviously a nato ally, to send its big fighter jets to ukraine, but they are running into some resistance. why is that? well, let s face it. if you are poland and you are watching the russians march across ukraine, you start to get pretty nervous. my response to the polls would be look, you have the golden membership card. you are part of the nato alliance. we out spend russia 15 to 1 on the nato side. we have 25,000 military aircraft. they have 5000. that s 5 to 1. we have 4 million troops under arms.