we are learning new details about the tragedy in connecticut. two officers were killed in the third critically wounded and what police believe was an ambush following a phone 891 call for help. critics say anti- police rhetoric is only making things more dangerous for the men and women in blue who risk their lives daily to keep us safe. correct alexis mcadams is live in new york city which much more on this tragedy. what a shocking thing to happen in connecticut. how many people in that committee are grieving the loss of the families who have to say goodbye to their loved ones but across the country though crime against police is up. and up a lot for the national fraternal order of police funding at all on failed policies and anti- police rhetoric. this comes as crime is more the top priorities for voters right now. just a sense of monday at least 12 police officers have been shot. four of them killed. you can see right there on the map the shootings happened in half a doze
Europeans black made the world zelenskyy says. but they have no chance they won t because ukraine is moving forward. what ukrainian leadership works to defend their country, there are concerning developments as a fears rise early conflict expanding. new satellite images so russian strategic bombers haven t moved close to the finnish border put a mandate nato will hold joint drills in the face of russian aggression. these drills are important because they send a message directly to russian president vladimir putin this type of aggression will not be tolerated, arthel. arthel: trey yingst live in ukraine thank you trait. eric: missile bombardments past week shows why the but they did more antimissile systems u.s. approving of the round of military assistance. secretary of state anthony brink and tweeting yesterday i have directed another drawdown of arms and equipment worth $725 million. the department of defense
Back from mariupol, to donetsk. so they are creating a delay in action, creating more time for the ukrainian military to get here in the donbas region. clint, what exactly is indirect fires m. indirect fires, when we talk about them, you ll hear people talk about russian fires. we re talking about artillery, missiles, and aircraft, essentially, air strikes. they ll use a combination of those three to very devastating effects. this is, one, to suppress ukrainian military. two, to try to atrite them over time. most ukrainian casualties have been due to these indirect fires. and three, whenever you have artillery bombardments, missile bombardments to come in, it allows armor formations to advance, especially on roads when it s a muddy season in the east and they can t get into those farmlands and open areas, it s a way for them to advance armor, because the ukrainian military is pinned down. clint watts, thank you so much for being with us. still ahead, exclusive new
Some of the strikes in just one part of mariupol. but you look there street by street, block by block building by building and pretty much everything is destroyed. they re still trying to get something like 100,000 people out of mariupol. ordinary ukrainian residents who have seen this city completely and utterly razed to the ground. the president of ukraine, vladimir zelenskyy says the russians are impeding those so-called humanitarian corridors and he s even accused them of kidnaping some of the drivers of the busses that are supposed to take people out of there. so it s a terrible situation still down in mariupol grip. we ll keep you posted on developments there throughout this hour. of course, cosgriff. yeah, just such an interesting contrast between what s happening in the south of mariupol, just pummeling from missile bombardments to the battle in mockery of as you mentioned there in the outskirts of key. the ukrainians fighting for every inch.