and so these guys really have a taste of what the ncaa tournament is all about even though we had a great team in 20. so i think there s been added value put on this one because of what we missed out on in 20. reporter: and it s all going to go down monday night, north carolina versus kansas, 9:20 eastern. as an eight seed the tarhills trying to match the villanova wild cats as the highest seed ever to win the national championship. in new orleans andy scholes, cnn. thanks for spending part of your day with me. i m alison kosik. stay with us. our coverage live from ukraine continues in a moment. real good. all of knorr s high quality pasta and rice sidides are now made with no artificial flavors or preservatives. knorr. taste for good. i m chi lan, i am a mom,
the russian economy. there s already been in the last six weeks, been an acceleration in inflation. russia is headed for double digit inflation in the coming months. there s projections for example by the international institute the russian economy will contract by 15% this year. that s more than the american economy contracted during the great depression. so there are going to be severe impacts on the economy. the problem is that those impacts are coming in the months to follow, and they may not be applying enough immediate pressure to cause the kremlin to change its course. now, there are certainly people, the head of the russian central bank, the russian minister of finance who understand just how much damage it s going to be doing to the russian economy as these sanctions take hold, but it s not clear mr. putin in that very close circle in which he operates are having the chance
weapons, ammunition and determination to win. i can tell you i m almost sure the russians are regrouping and not retreating, he says. besides, we are preparing ourselves to go forward. we re not preparing just to defend here. u.s. and british intelligence say putin seems to have, quote, massively misjudged this situation and clearly overestimated the abilities of his military to secure a rapid victory. this old lady tells us i have seen one war and here we go again. i wish putin would go away. the people of this land remain stalwart and the soldiers remain dug in hoping they can continue to withstand whatever putin has in store for them next. christian amanpour, cnn, east of kyiv. with that let s head back now to new york. alison
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alis alison kosik with other days news. the stories coming out 06 there are heart breaking to hear. you ve done a great job. stay safe where you are, okay? weary ukrainians struggle to get out of war ravaged areas and hope that an end to the fighting is near. just ahead i ll ask a former u.s. ambassador to ukraine if this conflict can be resolved and how. and a ukrainian museum is raising money by selling nonfungible tokens documenting the war. find out how much they raised in the first 24 hours. ver stood a . until, energizer ultimate lithihium. who wants a cupcake?e? the number one longest-lasastg aa battery. yay! case closed.