the mig-29, i get it, it s complicated, but we need to get this quickly. that would be the quickest path to creating real damage to the russian war machine in ukraine. michael, why are they going after civilians, despite saying that they re not? is it because they cannot win against the ukrainian military? i think that is part of it. i think they re trying to break the will of the ukrainians. they want to encourage more refugees, more miserable people that will ultimately pressure zelenskyy and the others to sue for peace. the russians floated several ideas today. they want the so-called independent territory they want ukraine to recognize them as independent. they want ukraine to acknowledge the crime era is part of russia. these are a long way for the ukrainians to go, but i think it s the plan of vladimir putin
thank you both for joining me this evening. oleg, academic adviser to president zelenskyy. moving forward, they were enjoying life, tonight, nearly 2 million ukrainians are literally running for their lives. we re going to check in with my friend and colleague, and partner, ali velshi in hungary for more on the humanitarian crisis on the 11th hour, when it continues.
russia. and to me, steph, the most remarkable number and your economist is a numbers person, it s look at the german defense budget over the course of 48 hours, vladimir putin has effectively caused the germans to double their defense budget and at the end of the day, the germans are going to end up spending 100 billion dollars a year on defense. the russian defense budget? 70 billion. germany will be spending more on defense than russia. that is a sign of change in europe waking up to the threat of russia. a big change. thank you both so much for joining us this evening. admiral james treatise, and michael allen. coming up, you just mentioned it, as americans are facing soaring gas prices, ukrainians are suffering to what they call the worst humanitarian crisis since world war ii. or on how war is impacting the world. the 11th hour is just getting
ukrainians continue to seek refuge as russia increasingly targets residential neighborhoods. the united nations now saying at least 400 civilians have died, and that number is expected to climb. my good friend ali velshi is back on the border tonight. this time from hungary. ali it is good to see you, what happens once these refugees get to hungary? yes they are safe, but are there jobs for them, are there schools, where do they go? really good question. most of the refugees are going to poland, they have a better system there established for what to do with them. here in hungary, the eu is extending temporary protection protected status to them. that means, if they have papers, these are not like syrian refugees who didn t and many cases have those papers. because they couldn t get them from the government. right now ukrainians are still controlled by ukrainians. they can get their documents,
what is anna s future? our future so everything will be okay, definitely, ukraine will win. there are so many children of this war. like young alexander showing me his teddy bear, and his language skills. how are you? who is your teddy bear? i m fine. i m not sure if he heard or comprehended the weight of what his mom told me. i go in poland. do you know where you will live? no. it is also achingly sad. they have escaped the chaos and war and the missiles. but now they face the chaos of escape from their home country. most of them, their lives surrounded in uncertainty. tonight, the un refugee agency reports 1. 7 million ukrainians have no crossed into central europe. of that number, unicef now believes 1 million of them are children.