The Heat: Ukraine Crisis

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeals for more help from the European Parliament as Russia steps up its military operations against Ukraine.

The Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has been bombarded over the last few days, resulting in many casualties… while Ukraine says a strike on the main TV tower in Kyiv killed five people. Meanwhile, a Russian military convoy some 65-kilometers long is on the outskirts of the country’s capital, and Ukrainians are preparing for another possible attack. CGTN’s Nawied Jabarkhyl reports.

To discuss:

Nicolai Petro is a Professor of Politics, University of Rhode Island
Pavlo Kukhta is a Ukrainian economist and politician
Pavel Felgenhauer is a defense analyst and columnist for Novaya Gazeta
Remi Piet is a Senior Partner at Embellie Advisory.

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Satellite images show a 40-mile-long Russian military convoy approaching Ukraine’s capital Kyiv https://t.co/q6wUstZrhv pic.twitter.com/kTZ5p5y2tn

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 1, 2022

Thousands of Kyiv residents crowded the train station hoping to board trains heading towards western Ukraine as a massive Russian armored column bore down on Ukraine's capital https://t.co/Vuf1khfxPw pic.twitter.com/K47KuDIsia

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 1, 2022

"I am angry, because this is a big, beautiful city, my city, and they want to wipe it from the face of the earth"

Residents flee as rockets rain down on Kharkiv https://t.co/EFYTSxtKtJ

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 1, 2022

A large explosion struck Freedom Square in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, on Tuesday, directly in front of the city’s administrative building. At least seven people were killed, officials said. https://t.co/6gQ6t429JZ pic.twitter.com/Opda9ZESgO

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 1, 2022

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