we re trying to alleviate some of the pressure on those hospitals in the more were affected areas. and be able to facilitate the referral of patients to hospitals that have quite a bit more capacity at the moment. now, the un refugee agency reports that over 5 million refugees have fled ukraine since the war started. and more than 7 million have been estimated to be internally displaced. the un refugee agency has declared the crisis in ukraine as a level three emergency, the highest level they have to assign. your organization has done a remarkable, heroic work in ukraine so far. but how long can doctors without borders continue to assist in ukraine? how much more can you handle? well, i would say the real credit goes to the ukrainians, medical professionals, who are working in their communities, staying with their people, and for leveraging all this gets into capacity they have. we are just there to reinforce
that, if in fact this meeting is happening. it was potentially happening, we saw violence against violence again in the eastern part of the country, the southern part of the country as you mentioned. multiple strikes in just the last two hours a. in the donna screech in, they killed at least eight people. two of them children, ages five and 14. in the city of kharkiv we understand two people killed in and around that city. the violence is continuing across the country. you are looking at pictures of odessa, where we had a strike yesterday as well. all of which is the backdrop potentially for what would be the highest level u.s. delegation to visit here in the capital of ukraine, happening as you mentioned, not just on the team of that adversary of the start of this war, but on orthodox easter s will. thank you, cal perry in ukraine. joining me now is congressman ro khanna, democratic california and a member of the house on the services committee. congressman, thank you for being wi
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remarks that the eulogy, you and ben crump being there from that family. there from the congo. this is all new to them. new land, they were refugees. there s a need to pass this. i m gonna continue to say would i say, and i know many of my friends on the senate side don t want me to say this, but i can t call it any other way. they ve got to find a way to make sure that the bill gets on the floor for a vote, and that means using any means necessary in the parliamentary system in the united states. thank you and thank you for your comments. thank you for being with us, congressman kweisi mfume. before we go to break, we have breaking news out of ukraine. the ukraine presidential advisor has confirmed that u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken and u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin are currently meeting with the ukrainian president zelenskyy. coming up, some of my own guidance to you when it comes to masks and booster shots.
executive director of doctors without borders. avril, thanks for joining us today. avril, your last joined our show in late march, about a month ago. the humanitarian crisis in ukraine has worsened since then. can you talk to us about the challenges your teams have felt, trying to get aid, to get the enormous needs of suffering? thanks for having me back. i was in ukraine for a month, and just returned a couple of days ago. and what we see now is just with the increasing bombing of civilian areas of residential areas, you will always hear that it s a special military target, and that sometimes the case. but we ve seen time and again that presidential neighborhoods are getting bombed. and so, the challenge to deliver aid is that the hospitals have to pull all the staff and the patients into the underground areas, into the basements. many people are sheltering in