a town outside of the capital is another territory taken back. bridges are blown up and 50%, half of the town, is destroyed. those who were too frail or too old to physically leave have been hiding there for weeks and today ukrainian troops went in carrying many of those elderly civilians by stretcher so they could finally make it out to safety. ukraine government is also speaking about how this war has been especially brutal on the most vulnerable. so far in the last five weeks 148 children have died. sandra. 4:12 in the afternoon there in lviv. the man of the moment standing up to vladimir putin and his brutal army and attacks. be sure to watch special report tonight. exclusive interview with ukraine president zelenskyy will be happening with bret baier. watch it right here on the fox news channel.
the other piece, bill. that potential cross-border strike is we can t overstate the significance of that. it presents a policy choice again for the white house. they have made this distinction between offensive and defensive weapons out of fear of escalation. if zelenskyy is in a position to start using the weapons that we re giving going cross border into russia to effect the fight there, does the white house then start pumping the brakes? they let fear of putin and fear of escalation drive our policy. let s let zelenskyy win. there was a moment that struck me yesterday when we had a chance to catch up with admiral kirby at the pentagon. i asked him and said what are the current efforts on the part of president biden to engage with vladimir putin? and specifically reach out to the kremlin. here was the exchange. we have tried on numerous occasions in recent days and weeks to reach out to our counterparts, the chairman of the joint chief equivalent in the russian military and bee
the u.s. and a concern on capitol hill especially. i think the other thing that s interesting to point out is that these sanctions that have been put in place are not working effectively. the russian oil company is making more money now than it made at the beginning of the war according to several experts. they re leaky. in other words, there are oil tankers that are not tagged russian that are selling oil to europe and other places. there are sanctions that are not affecting the banks dealing with energy in russia until june 23. so this is not really kicking in and russia is not really feeling it while we are at the pump. bill: you will speak with president zelenskyy on friday. we ll watch that interview on special report. president biden spoke with zelenskyy last night said to be 55 minutes in length. a statement from the white house take reads like this. president biden informed zelenskyy the u.s. will provide the government with $500 million in aid and reviewed the additional san
today between the neighboring nations and the kremlin says this strike could impact those negotiations. the talks will largely center around the evacuation corridor of the eastern city of mariupol. russia yesterday confiscated 14 tons of humanitarian aid sent on 12 buses. also blocked 45 buses of residents trying to escape. only about 600 people managed to make it out by private vehicles and russia s ministry of defense says today it will open up the route. little space in the words on the ground. ukraine president zelenskyy last night warned that residents of mariupol, kharkiv and the donbas should expect ramped up bombings. outside the eastern city, the battleground is littered with blowup army vehicles of some of the retreating russian forces. while this land has been won back this is what they come home to. hardly the image of a victory.
have been arrested many with a prior criminal history. just a few weeks out they removed over 20 something guns off the street. but here is the interesting number. 70% of those carrying guns had prior violent offenses. dana: he says the neighborhood safety teams are just one part of his plan to curb the spread of gun violence across the city which is up 17% compared to the same time last year. bill: that s it? president zelenskyy last night emotional pre-recorded message at the grammys. with us now jimmy failla host of fox across america on fox news radio. he said what is more opposite than music? the silence of ruined cities and killed people. yes. it was a heavy speech. he was supposed to appear at the oscars the week before but decided to go with the grammys