u.s. officials say that they had conversations with ukrainian president zelensky about leaving kyiv. he is coming out strong after putin s actions. whalt is he saying? is. yeah. indeed. strong is the word. that televised statement you mentioned he urged ukraine s allies to act immediately while at the same time as he has really all along calling on the ukrainian people to remain calm. you mentioned what he said and it is important. we re not afraid of anything and anyone. we won t give away anything. now he s always said he won t leave ukraine. and there is certainly no indication that he will. he also made that clear at the munich security conference remember a couple days ago. u.s. officials reportedly wanted him not to go fearing that russia would claim he fled his country. he rejected that. went to the conference. as you put it, he was home in time for dinner. he s been firm all along, don, in saying that ukraine will not
problems. logistics and planning. you talked about a potential failure of intelligence to understand what they were up against in ukraine. we think that s true too, but they re also making missteps and stumbles when it comes to just sustaining themselves and their forces. they re running out of fuel, running out of food, so they re having problems of their own in that regard as well. yet the sheer numbers, i mean, a bulldozer without an effective steering wheel can still do a lot of damage and it s clear from talking to reporters on the ground, and i m sure you have your own sources on the ground, that the toll this is taking on the country, 1.7 million refugees and counting, many of them women and children as young men can t leave, i wonder what you say when ukrainians are calling as loudly as they can for the west to do more. what is your response? well, we are doing more. we have stepped up and accelerated and expedited shipments from the president s
so many people right now, thousands, that are fleeing, and the unhcr predicts there could be up to 4 million people that will flee the country. can you tell us about those folks that you ve seen underground taking shelter, the ones that can t leave, they can t afford to leave? i describe it to you like this, imagine someone comes to your door and they say you have to get underground immediately. there s going to be a bombing campaign against your city. what do you grab? and that s exactly the thought process of these civilians that we spoke with. they had to go through this. so when we went to the kyiv metro underground to speak with these individuals, they had with them their pets, their children and just maybe a bag, something they could grab quickly, and they have been living there on any supplies they could bring with them because they are worried. their homes are going to be destroyed much like that apartment building that we saw earlier today. and those who are not underground
flights always dropping their bombs. it is not possible to do, i mean many people will leave who can t leave. russians will destroy ukraine but it is just a step. it is not logical acting. but it is just a step. it is not logicalacting. i but it isjust a step. it is not logical acting. but it isjust a step. it is not logical acting. i know a lot of musicians logical acting. i know a lot of musicians and logical acting. i know a lot of musicians and people - logical acting. i know a lot of musicians and people who i logical acting. i know a lot of| musicians and people who are renowned and well known in terms of the russian music and entertainment committee have spoken out. how bigger difference is there between people who live in russia speaking out and those like you who live in other countries? other countries? there are also musicians other countries? there are also musicians living other countries? there are also musicians living in other countries? there are also music
a secretary general of the norway refugee counsel. and humanitarian affairs. one thing that struck me about this crisis is just how quickly it happened. in four weeks we re talking about 10 million ukrainians either became over night refugees or internally displaced in their own country. talk about how much of a response needed to be mobilized very quickly. to address their needs. we haven t seen such a on slaut on cities in a long time. we haven t seen three million people being displaced per week. ever i think. it s mind boggling. i was in ukraine just before the invasion, there are also millions and millions now in cross fire. who can t leave. so as a we have to scale up inside ukraine.