that is still leaving short of 2 million who have stayed. we had a 35 hour curfew this week we thought it was quiet before, it was a deathly silence during that day and a half, the streets were completely empty, there was no traffic, and it was a nervous time, punctuated by the sound of distant explosions. those who have stayed, you see people grabbing a shopping bag, heading out, some shops are open, but very limited stock, pharmacies and a few other places are still open, people still need medicines, and of course, as ever, you have military checkpoints, barricades, armed volunteers, soldiers and digging trenches in places where they weren't before, piling sandbags where children once played, for example. this is a city still on guard, still in defensive mode, and the resolve is deep to hold. president biden will urge china not to provide russia with military equipment for its war