this way of life. as guests in this remarkable city, so must we. if an air raid siren goes off during the show, when it went off last night and hours ago, we will need to leave this location and go somewhere more secure. now, if that does happen, my friend and colleague, alex witt, is standing by in new york to pick up coverage until i m all set and safe to rejoin you. while a raid sirens don t always mean that there is an imminent threat in the area, these are precautionary measures that we are going to abide by, particularly during the week when everyone here has been on high alert. there s been a concern that russia would mark the first anniversary of the war with an attack that would likely have targeted kyiv. but the skies around the city have actually been eerily quiet. the anniversary came and went without any major new offensives or acts of aggression by russia. fighting, however, continues in the eastern and southern parts of this country, like in and around the city
fresh calls for voting protections. this has been a theme throughout his administration and one in which he will use this opportunity in selma to call for that. again, the white house says that president biden will be delivering remarks when he is there. he wants to make sure that we are not erasing history, we are commemorating it. that s what the white house says about his remarks. also, he will note that voting rights is integral to economic justice and civil rights for black americans. so those are the through lines for his remarks, but he is also expected to cross the bridge. this is something that happens each year, each anniversary. of course, it is an important moment, one remembering 1965 that led to blpolice attacking voting rights activists and he led to the passage of the voting rightsing act of 1965 and it is an opportunity for president biden to call on that while he tries to elevate those calls for voting protections and one in which again, as you mentioned, he
come in and supply ukraine with so much money, and so many weapons. but this is a significant escalation from vladimir putin. the fact that he s calling up the reservists shows that he has no intention of backing away from this war. in fact, in his comments, he framed the war not against ukraine, he described this as a war against the west. and that the west, he didn t mention the united states, but clearly, that s the main power he s referring to, has been propping up ukraine and intends to bring down russia and bring down the russian federation the same way that the west primarily the united states, toppled the soviet union. so he is framing this very much as an existential fight for russia. and in order to fight this fight, he s calling up the reservists and making nuclear threats to show that he is serious and that he has no intention of backing down. so, richard, is there a sense this could lead to some sort of nuclear standoff? i think that is where this is heading.
battle that has onlien intensified the last few weeks and there are, by ukrainian estimates, some 45,000 californians left at the latest count and they are trying to get them out as best they can. we dead thasked the deputy mayo was left. what we re talking about are the elderly, infirm and those that are least well off. they are the ones stuck after this seven-month-long siege and now they are finding it increasingly hard to get out. down to five to ten evacuations a day because they are using dirt tracks to get out of the town given the damage done and the shelling going on of the supply routes. so a dreadful picture. but ukrainian soldiers, ukrainian military saying that they are holding on because, of course, every hour gained is an important degradation further of russia s war machine and, of course, that includes its