Quote, the fight is here, I need ammunition, not a ride.

That statement, from Ukrainian President Vladimir Zolinsky to the U.S.

embassy came two days after Russian missiles began raining down on his country.

After weeks of speculation and warnings, Russian President Vladimir Putin had declared war.

At the same day, Zelensky turned down the evacuation offer,

he struck a defiant tone on the streets of Kiev.

We are all here. Our soldiers are here. The citizens are here. We defend our

independence. That's how it'll go. The expectation was that the Russian assault would be quick, devastating, and

decisive, that the Ukrainians would not be able to withstand the attack. Take this military expert,

interviewed on Sky News in the early days of the war.

I think it's a bit early to draw conclusions about the success or otherwise of the Russian campaign.

We are actually only four days into the conflict. I think it's possible

that the Russians have some logistic issues and it is likely that the Ukrainians are fighting

back hard, but I also think that at some point it's likely that the Russians will take

control of Kiev, but not without a fight.

Today Kyiv has not fallen, fueled by grit, patriotism, and billions of dollars from the US,

Ukraine has waged a fight no one expected they could. But nearly two years in, that could be changing.

U.S. aid is stuck in Congress.

This week Russian forces captured their first city in nine months

and that pleas, Alinsky made for ammunition back in February of 2022 he's still making it at the Munich

security conference Zolinsky just linked losses on the battlefield directly to the lack of weapons.

He's saying, we don't have enough weapons, especially enough long-range weapons and Russia has them.

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