might say. sandra: the battle for existence, you say, and continue to say as you continue to fight. thank you very much for joining us. we will check back in with you again soon. thank you. always a pleasure. thank you. john: we are going to go to the touch screen, a little bit of news. in a statement today, german chancellor olaf scholz threw cold water on the idea of banning the sale of russian oil saying europe has deliberately exempted energy supplies from russia for sanctions at the moment. the heat generation, power, supply, industry, cannot be secured in any other way. so the idea of putting a stop to the sale of russian oil is off the table, at least for the moment. plenty of other things on the table. retired general, former nato allied commander and chair of the middle east institute. i have on the touch screen advance of russian forces. an extra bit in here, too, from
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russian made s300, 4 nato allies have exportable versions available to give to ukraine. they are croatia, romania, slovakia and bulgaria. in terms of a no-fly zone, nato would need to establish it over 230,000 square miles if they wanted to cover all of ukraine. those nato war planes will not stop, however, a ballistic or cruise missile launched from belarus or russia, and then there is the issue of nato war planes being shot down, the air space is still contested over ukraine, this morning on my way to the pentagon, sandra, i drove past the russian embassy here in washington and can confirm there is now a street sign that has been erected in front of the russian embassy on wisconsin avenue renamed president zelenskyy way. finally, a senior defense official tells us that reports
water, if they need a change of clothes, there are loads of donations, piles behind this warehouse of clothing and toys for kids, anything that could bring a smile to their face. also a medical center inside for anyone who has been hurt along the way. it s a very dangerous journey. the woman we heard from earlier who says her train was shot along the way. a lot of the roads have roadblocks, they could not pass, and these are kids who are making this journey. children who just about a week and a half ago were safe in their homes, they were with their friends, people were going to work, they were going to school, it s hard to imagine how different life is for them and many of them say they have not had time to process this just yet. if anything, they are slightly numb. at first their entire focus is simply getting to safety. now that they are safe, the entire focus is on staying strong. it s exactly what mothers say they need to do for their children right now because in these kinds of m
possibility she s being used as a political pawn in all of this. do we know what, if anything, the white house is trying to do to get her out? sandra: the secretary of state, you know, he commented on this. he gave a very general statement and saying that they can assist in any way that they can, and that they always try to do so when there is an american who has been detained in another country, they try to provide as much services as available. but that is pretty much all they are saying at this time. but again, you know, we are hearing from her wife, we heard from the wnba, her team, the phoenix mercury, all of them saying they are trying to get her home as soon as possible. john. john: christina coleman from los angeles watching the story. thank you. fox news alert to begin a brand-new hour, 9:00 in ukraine,