the ukrainian town partially controlled by russian forces at this moment. and they are shelling different ukraine positions in the distance trying to increase their territorial gains. this town looks like a ghost town. splintered buildings line the streets after attacks on residential areas. front lines between two towns russian forces are flattening neighborhoods part of a scorched earth campaign used by the russians to kill civilians and push people out of the way so they can move their troops forward and ultimately advance on the capital of kyiv. ukrainian officials this afternoon are accusing russia of striking neighboring belarus. those officials say that russia plans to blame ukraine and then drag belarus into the war. bill: trey, thank you in kyiv. trey yingst. gillian. gillian: russian forces are striking two military air fields outside lviv. mike tobin is there with the
of 12. our coverage begins now. we have griff jenkins at the white house, rich edson at the pentagon. we begin with benjamin halls from kyiv, ukraine s capital city. hi, benjamin. for the last two weeks so much has been written about the 40-mile long convoy to surround kyiv the logistical and supply issues they re facing. we are seeing those pieces spread out perhaps learning from the mistake of the past but perhaps an indication they are getting ready to attack and finally move on the capi kyiv. most worrying is that their artillery pieces are moving into the wooded areas and getting into firing positions nearby. guns trained on the capital city. fighting has increased in the surrounding areas of the city as well as clashes took place nine miles from the city center.
center city of dnieper. a column of tanks and armored vehicles on the move as forces close in on the capital city of kyiv. bill: backed up by new satellite images. shows a huge russian convoy breaking up into smaller units regrouping for a possible offensive. president zelenskyy saying russia s offensive shows no signs of letting up. we are doing everything to save our people in the cities that the enemy wants to destroy. but mariupol remain completely blocked. although we did everything necessary to make the humanitarian corridor work russian forces did not cease-fire. bill: we have complete coverage of day 16. dan hoffman on putin s endgame. mike tobin in lviv. jackie heinrich from the white house. first we begin this hour with trey yingst on the ground in
ukraine military fighting back russian forces. they are ready for an attack on the capital. this is outright terror, blatant terror from experienced terrorists. more families have begun fleeing kyiv the mayor saying is population is half than original. longer than expected for an assault of the capital to begin. now it looks like they ll begin. families who once were going to come to the capital for safety now avoiding it. the time the shooting we hear. we go to kyiv, we try i will be there. i hope. bill: president putin meeting with the president of belarus. air raid sirens going off now. putin saying there was positive movement being made on the
tank video that column got nailed by the ukrainian military. how do you assess the events from overnight, dan? so i think it s important to emphasize that even though russia is engaging in negotiations with ukraine, the respective foreign minister, vladimir putin is not looking for an off ramp. he is barreling down the highway to ukraine s major cities and certainly aware the convoy outside of kyiv was vulnerable and so the some of those vehicles, some of the tanks have dispersed and maneuvering in place. reportedly as close as a few miles away from the city center to launch a strike. russia is looking at scorched earth along the signs we saw in cities. the question for the biden administration is there more we can do? have we done enough? that certainly is a question our elected leaders are asking this administration and rightly so. bill: there are reports he