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Thank you. we ve got some breaking news now from the white house. president biden says he s imposing new sanctions against russian oligarchs. president tweeting those sanctions will be one of the topics during his cabinet meeting, which is scheduled to begin, really, at any home. i want to take us to kaitlan collins at the white house who s following all of this. what do we know about these new sanctions? reporter: yeah, these are going, anderson, after seven more of these russian oligarchs and their family members. we know that this has been a target of president biden s and of course other governments worldwide as they try to squeeze president putin s inner circle, often aware of the fact that he does not hold all of his wealth himself but potentially passes it off to those in his inner circle, and so that has been a big focus ever since this invasion started and so today, the united states is adding seven more of these russian oligarchs and their families to this sanctions list. t ....
Russian forces at bay, but that they are completely encircled, and there are claims by the mayor that some schools and other residential areas have been shelled, that in some areas, in that town, that water and power have been cut off. obviously, what we re going to be watching closely for, anderson, is who is in control of that nuclear power plant and for now, that is unclear. and ukrainian government leaders have been pleading to close their air space for no fly zone. so far, obviously, it remains open, and it seems little chance of that actually occurring. reporter: yeah, we heard president zelenskyy again today really pleading. it was a very emotional plea to europe, to nato, to put a fly zone a no fly zone over ukraine. now, for now, the skies over ukraine are contested. russia obviously has better capabilities when it comes to helicopters and fighter jets and aerial bombardment, but ukraine ....
That is around 660,000 gallons, a huge plume of black smoke going up from there after that strike. and then closer to kyiv, anderson, there s an area which is northwest of here and i should note that s about 15 miles or so from that column of russian vehicles that we ve been watching closely coming down towards kyiv, and the video from there is just absolutely shocking. it is these blocks of residential buildings that have been reduced to debris in some places, that are blackened with ash in other places, a hole punched right through one of those buildings. we understand from ukraine s foreign minister that over the course of two days, that many people were killed. so, the shelling and the attacks on civilians continues. right in the center of kyiv yesterday, we saw a strike right near the central train station. that s where people have, of course, been going to evacuate to get out to safety, so, those attacks increasing, certainly ....
Not just on the military targets but on civilian areas as well, anderson. there s also new reporting that russian shelling has increased near ukraine s largest nuclear power plant. reporter: i think what s disturbing about this new reporting is that it is farther inland than we ve seen a lot of the russian troops. it is just north of crimea. it s really in the middle of the country, right on the main river that splits ukraine, east and west. and the other thing that s worrying is it s just a small town. the real strategic value there, real value there is this nuclear power plant. the biggest in europe. and we understand that two days ago, the russians claimed that they controlled the area around there. now we re hearing from people in the town saying that they are in control of much of the area, that they have created a perimeter. they have checkpoints and tires that they re burning that they have managed to keep for now the ....
Sunday, after a mortar, a russian mortar hit and killed a family of four people. today, we did see that traffic, if you like, that pedestrian traffic, people crossing that bridge on foot, starting to move again. but still, you could hear some artillery in the distance. there are a lot of people who are still trapped, and that is a picture that we re seeing across the country, anderson. the one convoy that was able to move out today was in the northern city of sumi, where again, there has been just horrendous bombardment, but other parts of the country, those humanitarian corridors were not able to be opened up in the same way, and people are continuing to wait in the dark, in the cold, under fire, to try to get out to safety. jim, here with me in lviv, ukrainian forces have obviously been putting up a determined fight. the advances continue by russia. there are continued calls for a ....