Welcome back. i m john vause live in lviv, ukraine. russian forces striking targets in eastern ukraine, ukrainian civilians being warned to evacuate that area ahead of a major assault. a regional military governor says a russian strike has destroyed the airport in the city. where he says the airport and nearby infrastructure have been demolished and rockets continue to fly. latest images show a nearly eight mile long rigs convoy heading towards east of kharkiv. intelligence chief said friday russian troops are regriping for an expected attack on since. chancellor says he ll meet with the russian president vladimir putin in moscow in the coming hours. first european leader to meet with putin since the invasion began. the chancellor organized the trip during his stay in ukraine
Remorse for it, but he appears to be regriping in the hope to prosecute it more successfully. as opposed to regrouping in the hope of just backing away and making it not happen. and so, you know, i think it is important of course for steps to be taken that can be taken and there certainly is more the west could do to punish vladimir putin in ways that may ultimately have negative consequences for putin and that includes definitely banning energy imports from russia because that remains russia s claim in the world economy. the problem is that you have china and india and various other countries in the world who are not a part of the coalition against russia and as long as there is a market for russia s energy, then russia can keep it s war machine going and keep its killing going. well let s talk about that, colonel. because one theory is that vladimir putin is preparing for a protracted war. and another is that putin will