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Welcome to Scam This. I'm Alex Carr. We're going to start this week with some updates on

where things stand in Ukraine. Russian forces are continuing to advance on Ukrainian cities,

and attacks have started to intensify. Russia has made key advances mainly in the southern part

of the country and has reportedly captured hairpsohn, a city home to about 300,000 people on the Black

Sea coast. But so far, Russian troops have been circling but not able to take the capital city of

Kiev, which is currently being rocked by explosions. Russian officials say almost 500 Russian

troops have been killed, but experts say it's probably a lot more. And apparently almost 3,000

Ukrainian troops have been killed. Meanwhile, the toll on civilians is mounting, with Ukrainian

officials saying more than 2,000 civilians could be dead, as more than a million refugees have

escaped the country. Today, we'll break down two crucial components of this war, the refugee crisis,

and the financial war that's underway. We're also going to get into some other news,

from what we learned from President Biden's state of the Union speech to what on Earth is going

on with Major League Baseball. We're here to make you smarter, and the news less overwhelming.

All right, let's get into it. As the war in Ukraine continues, over 1 million people have fled

the country in search of safety over the past week, as Russian forces attack more cities.

You've probably seen photos of crowded train stations, or lines of cars as people try to reach

the border. People have been finding refuge for now in places like Poland, Romania, and other

neighboring countries to the west. But this is just the beginning. The initial estimates were as

many as 1 to 5 million people, and I've heard more recently, more like 5 to 8 million people,

of a population of 40 million. This is a huge, huge displacement.

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