coming from the kyiv region. most of them lost their homes. everything is completely ruined, and they don t know when they can be back and whether any piece of the building or the house is left. so, this is the sign, and actually, the evidence how this so-called humanitarian corridors that i agree with russia are not happening, because russia is violating all the agreements and rules. i m curious what you re hearing from kyiv, because the u.s. believes that russia s trying to encircle the city. yes, it s a very large city, like 11 times larger than the island of manhattan. however, ukrainians, we know, are doing everything they can to fight back. but have you heard about the mood there today? are people confident that ukraine troops can hold kyiv? we absolutely confident that ukrainian troops will protect ukraine and kyiv, but we fear that it will come again at very
and this is what i told him. as for details, or his talks with the russian president, i cannot talk about that, because he should first of all talk about those details and discuss with his own community. i don t have the right to do that. even though i know some things. this is why we have a positive attitude. zelenskyy referencing a call he had with the israeli prime minister, naftali bennett there. zelenskyy claimed russian forces kidnapped a local mayor and residents have been out in the streets protesting that. in just the last hour, the european parliament condemned the reported abduction calling it illegal, cynical and barbaric. ukraine state emergency service say work is under way at a bombed out residential building in kharkiv. this one you re looking at here. they say it was destroyed by russian shelling and their teams have recovered three bodies at that site. nbc news, though, has yet to
russian society. we want to see that our dignity is protected. but as i said, there couldn t be any compromise on our territory. we are ukraine. and we are independent. and we proved to all the world that we are going to fight to the death to protect that freedom. all right. lisa yasko, i hope the discussions you are there in strasbourg for go very well. thank you so much. he is public enemy number one in russia. now jailed kremlin critic alexey navalny has a new message. hear from an attorney who works with navalny. message. hear from an attorney who works with navalny [winter wind noises] you wanna go out, walter? let s go. yeah! mush, walter! pace yourself. whoa. that s incredible. oh yeah, it s a chevy silverado trail boss. this thing s built for off-roading right from the factory.
thank you so much for that. we have some more breaking news to share. today, the president authorized more than $200 million in military aid for ukraine. let s go to nbc s lauren egan in washington for us. so, lauren, welcome. what kind of help are we talking about? yeah, those $200 million can go towards things such as military training programs, weapons, or other assistance that ukraine needs. this now brings the total amount of defense aid that the u.s. has given to ukraine in the past year to $1.2 billion, and it also comes just a day after congress on friday approved an additional $13.6 billion in emergency aid to ukraine. in the past few minutes, we ve also heard from vice president harris. she was speaking earlier today to the winter conference, a meeting of the democratic party, and in those remarks, she addressed the crisis in ukraine. listen to what she had to say. russia s invasion threatens
but there s a growing expectation that the city is headed into a very grim few days or weeks. alex crawford, sky news, kyiv. joining me right now is lisa, member of the ukrainian parliament. lisa joins us from a train station in strasburg, france, there for an eu meeting and thank you, lisa, for joining us in these very stressful times. as you know, vladimir putin today talking with the french president, also the german chancellor. are these the guys you want to be mediating on ukraine s behalf? i mean, do you think ukraine can get a fair deal from these discussions? well, of course, we are very happy when there are any mediators and any possible discussions happening around ensuring ukrainian peace right now. but so far, they haven t seen any progress in any signs from the russian side that they are ready for any common sense peace. now, it s just manipulation, and it s absolutely crazy statements