Defense ministry says, you invade a country, you drop bombs and missiles on its cities, civilians are going to die. we have seen that by the thousands here since the invasion. matt rivers in kyiv, thanks so much. bianna? cnn has confirmed that an american citizen, 22-year-old marine veteran willy joseph cancel of tennessee was killed while fighting alongside ukrainian forces in ukraine. according to his family, he was working with a private military contracting company when he was killed on monday. his mother tells cnn he believed in what ukraine is fighting for, and wanted to help contain the conflict, quote, so that it didn t come here, and it may be our american soldiers, excuse me, wouldn t have to be involved in it. his mother says cancel s body has not yet been found. just a tragedy there. john kirby, this morning, acknowledging that his death and the fact that he is a father of a 7-month-old baby. let s bring in retired general wesley clark, former snato supreme allied comma