Also, russian media reporting on a military convoy moving through the troops of what it says is donetsk. what do you see here? what is your assessment of the next few hours? the next thing that will happen is the russian troops will move in. i noticed there is a no-fly zone russia has called. so maybe there s going to be an air strike that comes in or maybe russia will bring its forces in, wait for a couple days in donbas, four days, and manufacture more provocations from the ukrainians justifying an offensive. the russian generals could go in with the forces they have and seize kyiv but they probably would rather start the action in donbas, draw ukrainian reserve forces. there are about 30,000 troops in the front lines in donbas for the ukrainians. they would like to see 60,000, 80,000 come up there, show they
The russian media reporting that the kremlin has proposed a cease-fire in multiple ukrainian cities. clarissa, which cities are included in, and does anyone have any reason to believe the russians will honor something like this? an agreement like this? reporter: well, the five cities are the cities that have really been getting hit the hardest since this conflict began ten days ago. kyiv, where we are, kharkiv, in the far east of the country, also, chernive where some of the worst has been taking place. in the very north again. we ve seen a lot of terrible videos that we ve been able to geo locate coming out on social media. and finally, the southeast city of mariupol, the city where they had attempted the international red cross to evacuate some 200,000 people in a humanitarian
It s off my checklist now. martha: it toppled tree and power lines. a lot of those people have seen that thing often, but that is quite something. bill: russian media reporting vladimir putin will suspend all russian flights into egypt. this is happening as a u.s. federal watchdog says security need to be stepped up at airports here at home. layers of security were simply missing. new york congressman peter king, the chairman of the subcommittee on counter-terrorism and intelligence. let s start with the news out of russia. putin has been pushing back for days on the suggestion it s terrorism. but now if it s true that russian flights are not going to egypt.
Sheikh bound for st. petersburg, russia. russian media reporting that the pilot radioed to report technical problems and requested a landing. cnn cannot corroborate some of the details. a metro jet. the airline plans to fly relatives to egypt. russian president, vladimir putin, has declared a day of warning for sunday. let s bring in cnn aviation analyst, peter goals. he is the former managing director for the ntsb. peter, good to see you. it is difficult to discern what s a verifiable information. this took place in a difficult part of egypt. egyptian military may have gotten to the crash location to retrieve some of the bodies, something like 15 or 16 bodies
Cetera. christine, in nmoscow, there is an emphasis on two issues. the u.n. special envoy on syria is discussing with a number of people in moscow some type of efforts toward a political solution. just a few minutes ago, the russian media reporting quotes from the foreign ministry saying they were welcoming news that the syrian government is naming people to what they are calling working groups. working groups they set about some type of political solution in motion. not a lot of details on this. obviously that s what russia does want to focus on. president putin said that the whole idea of his military action is to get to a polite soluti political solution. something is happening, but very slow. jill dougherty in moscow.