everyone rallying around, but the mood in dnipro has darkened today. the pressure on everyone is increasing. sarah rainsford, bbc news, dnipro. ukraine s president vlodymr zelensky has been a visible figure, ralling the ukraine resistance in kyiv. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, is there and told us more about the role he s been playing. he very much started the dayjust before 9am recording a video just in front of an interesting art nouveau building in the ukranian capital, right next to the presidential office, saying the russian forces are not in the city. don t believe the fake news that i have told my armed forces to lay down their guns. we are not going to go anywhere, we are going to fight. of course, he is also addressing
first european country to send military aid to ukraine. last night, many other countries joined in sending and pledging to send military assistance, we are starting to see that growth. what we need to do more you asked if we need to do more you asked if we need to do more. the answer is yes. we need to make sure we play this much tougher economic sanctions, including swift. ukraine s president vlodymr zelensky has been a visible figure, ralling the ukraine resistance in kyiv. ukraine s president zelensky has urged all citizens to resist the russian invasion of their country. and as our eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, reports from the city of dnipro, people from all walks of life are answering the call. this was saturday in dnipro. women making molotov cocktails in the park. housewives, businesswomen and lawyers, all now preparing for the defence of their city.
white house seeks to cut the $25 million budget in half for the federal flight training program. the obama administration has had institutional hos stillty toward the concept hostility toward the concept of arming pilots since the beginning. panel hosted today, supporters of the volunteering program that trains the pilot, copilot and navigators to handle and carry handguns say it s cheaper than checking a single suitcase. to protect an aircraft, to protect possibly the potential of thousands of people, the federal flight deck officer costs $15 per flight. one pilot warned history might repeat itself, ralling they carried funs in the 90s. we lost 3,000 americans.