20 days into the war, and Russia has yet to carry out its central mission capturing the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, but not for lack of trying.

Russian forces continued bombing Ukraine's capital overnight, targeting civilians and moving closer to the city center.

Plus, a show of defiance from a woman who stormed the set of a

Russian state television news broadcast to protest the war as she called for fellow Russians

to speak out. Meanwhile, the U.S. warns China against coming to Russia's aid, saying there will be consequences.

This, as the White House considers sending President Biden to Europe as a show of support

for Ukraine and NATO.

And several allies are to arrive in Ukraine this morning.

The prime ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovenia, say they will meet with

President Zelensky in Kiev sometime today to express the European Union's unequivocal support

for Ukraine and to offer financial help. Wow, closing in. Good morning and welcome to morning,

Joe. It is Tuesday, March 15th.

columnist and associate editor for the Washington Post, David Ignatius, is with us. And before we dive

right into the latest developments, Joe, I mean, this march to Kiev is brutal. It's not going

as planned. Well, it's just been brutal. And David Ignatius, the headline of the New York Times, the screaming

headline of the New York Times this morning says it all. Russian advance appears to stall

despite bombardment. The Russians have been reduced to just terrorizing citizens and bombing apartment buildings

because they are not able to advance on the ground the way they expected.

Joe, the Russian performance in military aid just simply has not been what was expected.

Their tactics are poor, their leadership is poor, their command of control, all the things

that Putin had tried hard to improve after the Russian assault on Georgia in 2008.

He hasn't made much progress. That's what we're seeing.

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