Ukrainian civilians are joining in in some creative ways. early on, during russia s invasion, ukrainian native vitaly had his air pods stolen from his home, located about 17 miles outside of kyiv. but he soon realized he could track them using apple s find my air pods feature, and, in turn, trace russian troop movements across the region. he posted on instagram when he figured it out saying, quote, thanks to technology, i know where my airpods are now. it was rooted from my home in hostomel. with the russians making a quick exit from kyiv earlier this month, those air pods made quite a journey too. with vitaly tracing them across the border into belarus and then to the russian city of belgorod where vladimir putin s been building up troops to attack the donbas in eastern ukraine. and vitaly joins us now from
Being things are responsive to their needs right now. i think it s important to remember as we move in the weeks ahead, the next phases of this conflict will be characterized by a lot of indiscriminate military strikes, military forces on the receiving end of those things. it s going to be very high. former senior analyst for the department of defense, dara massicot, thank you for joining us this morning. coming up, more on the fighting overseas. we ll talk to a ukrainian man who says he used the tracking feature on his stolen air pods to trace russian troop movements. and later this hour, president biden is set to give an update on the war, including new details on a u.s. aid package. we ll take his comments live. no that s going to be fascinating to see what biden says as he updates america and the world. this fight is so influx right