Ukraine, the president of ukraine says hes preparing to welcome a high level u. S. Delegation. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Secretary Of State Antony Blinken and lloyd austin will visit kyiv today. I shall be meeting with the State Secretary mr. Blinken and the Defense Secretary, and we will be waiting for the time when the Security Situation allows for the president to come and talk to us. President zelenskyy says hell welcome blinken and austin with a request for specific weapons and assistance. And he says leaders, quote, should not come here with empty hands. We need to point out the u. S. Has not confirmed this visit by Secretaries Blinken and austin. Meantime, the most intense fighting remains in the eastern and southern parts of ukraine where uk intelligence sources say Ukrainian Forces have successfully repelled numerous russian assaults in the donbas region. Russian officials confirm last week that their goal is full control of the Eastern Donbas region, and to build a l
Ceasefire to Ukrainian Forces holed up in a steel factory in the city of mariupol. But Ukrainian Commanders call it a surrender and have vowed to continue to fight despite being surrounded by Russian Forces on all sides. This Drone Footage of the steelworks aired on russian state television. Ukrainian Officials Say up to 1,000 individuals, including women and children and the elderly have also taken shelter inside that facility with food and water now in short supply. Translator this is our statement to the world. It may be our last statement. We might have only a few days or even hours left. The enemys units are ten times larger than ours. They have supremacy in the air, artillery, and units that are dislocated on the ground, equipment and tanks. We appeal to the World Leaders to help us. That same ukrainian commander says there are about 500 wounded there, mostly ukrainian fighters who have been left to rot without medical care. The rest of mariupol is also in ruins. On tuesday, Russ
To get off . Russians who are calling putin out for his lies. Lets go outfront. Im kate bolduan in for erin burnett. Thousands of Russian Troops on the way to eastern ukraine. Thousands of troops are on the way to donbas region in addition to the soldiers who have made their way into ukraine in the last few days. The Russian Foreign minister calling this the next phase of putins invasion. Tonight, the new mass of Russian Forces is ramping up the assault, and more strikes across the country including the Southern Region of nikolaiev, and now the mayor is making the unsettling request for 200,000 gas masks to protect the innocent. And now, ukrainian officials are releasing communications they say were intercepted that putin said to level everything where ukrainian defenders are held up. Translator we are expecting surprises from russia here. Translator what kind of surprises . Translator three 1 tons from the sky. The man went on the say that so moving on, and we do want to warning that
Street station, n, d and r lines. Cell phone video capturing the chaos has emerged on social media. A warning, the video we are about to play is disturbing. John passengers screaming and running for their lives as smoke pours out of the train. Those Injured Hobble off the train, helped by fellow riders. Bryan has the latest for us. Sunset park, brooklyn. Police just did wrap up a Press Conference, more details about the suspect still on the loose and a manhunt is continuing more than four and a hof hours after the incident happened. About 8 24 this morning just before 8 30, at rush hour, on the n train as it was pulling into the 36th Street Station here at sunset park, brooklyn, heading toward manhattan, a man took out a gas canister from his bag, unloaded it, the smoke filled up the train as the train arrived to the platform and opened fire on people on the train as well as on that platform. We now know at least 16 people were injured. Ten people with gunshot wounds. We had others tha
were killed in all. u.s. forces surrounding him early thursday morning in the syrian village not too far from the turkish border. witnesses describe a standoff pun khau waited by a blast. john kirby briefed the press on the raid a short time ago. we have no doubt that his death will have a blow on isis and their potential to conduct future operations. i do want to remind that they are still a threat, and we re not nobody is taking a victory lap here. we re going to stay at this. they still remain a threat and they still espouse this extreme ideology and intent to kill, to maim and terrorize. he was named the top leader of isis in 2019 after his predecessor was killed in a u.s. raid. the president addressed the special forces operation from the white house earlier this morning. this operation is testament on america s ability to reach out and take out a terrorists no matter where they hide around the world. a strong message to terrorists around the world. we will come an