Good morning. I'm Ali Velshi. It is 7 a.m. in New York, 1 p.m. where I am today in a village in

Eastern Hungary called Tisabetch, on the border with Ukraine, a country that has been fighting to

maintain its sovereignty ever since

Russian forces invaded it 11 days ago. The border crossing nearby has been one of the entry

points for some of the more than 157,000 refugees who have escaped from Ukraine to this country, Hungary.

Roughly 24 hours ago, a ceasefire was announced in southeastern Ukraine

to allow a humanitarian corridor to allow civilians to evacuate. That ceasefire, however, collapsed

with Ukrainian officials accusing Russia of violating the agreement. This morning, we have breaking

news. They're giving it another shot. The city of Mariople announced that

there would be another ceasefire currently in effect to allow more people to leave. We're keeping a

close eye on that one to see the progress this time around. In the Ukrainian capital of Kiev,

President Volodymyr Zelensky spent the weekend calling attention to the violence that his

country and his people are experiencing. Yesterday, he met virtually with American senators and a couple

of hundred members of Congress, and once again, he repeated his pleas for a no-fly zone above

Ukraine to protect it from Russian attacks. A number of lawmakers have voiced support for a no-fly

zone, but the Biden administration has refused to commit to it, citing the likelihood that such a

move would prompt a direct war with Russia. Zelensky has also raised something else during his

meeting, whether sanctions could be imposed to cut Russia off from using Visa and MasterCard.

Hours after that meeting, Visa announced it was cutting ties with Russia due to its, quote,

unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. And minutes later, MasterCard echoed the sentiment.

That means that cards issued by Russian banks will no longer work anywhere in the world,

while cards issued by banks in other countries will no longer be accepted virtually anywhere inside Russia.

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