regime and make a difference here. i even think that zelenskyy s plea last night and rushed into the russian people because he couldn t reach vladimir putin by phone was somewhat for that as well to instill in the hearts of russians that biden is not listening so it s up to you, you know that you do not want to kill your slavic brothers. it s up to you guys to start telling your leadership enough is enough. we don t want this, trace. trace: you wonder because you brought up a great point earlier in that you watch moscow and at such a bustling city and you pointed out, listen, these people are thriving here. all this energy coming into russia, you know, the economy, it s not the greatest economy on the planet but the economy is stabilized at least to a certain extent and people were kind of getting through to them, living the fruits of that, and all of a sudden you talk about getting your legs cut off. these sanctions at the very
0 ukrainians are prideful, passionate, strong people. the russians do not have that will to fight but you cannot imagine the conflict people are going to having to kill their fellow native russians in ukraine. trace: we have to go. thank you all for coming on. thank you. trace: continuing coverage right now. the sovereign nation of ukraine this morning under fire as russian forces unleashed a violent and massive military attack. at this very hour, explosions can be heard rattling in at least three ukrainian cities be air raid sirens blast across the capital city of kyiv paid moscow claims it s already knocked out ukraine s air defenses. the country now under martial law and its only beginning a war we ve been fearing for months. good morning, everyone. it s trace gallagher continuing live team coverage of the crisis in eastern europe. it s now midnight here in los angeles, 10:00 in the morning in kyiv. dark morning for people there and around the world. for months we were told th