Top News Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Kyiv's mayor imposes blanket curfew until Monday

The once vibrant European capital cave is living under a blanket curfew right now the residents have been asked to stay off their streets some Russian forces have entered the city, so anyone on the streets will be assumed to be members of the enemy the evening started with blaring air raid siren overnight Russian forces punted the capital with artillery and cruise missiles the dead of the night streets were left empty this was in contrast to the columns of vehicles choking roads in recent days tens of thousands of residents fled west continue to do so in hope of evading the aggression those still in took shelter on makeshift beds in an underground car parking officials issued warnings to stay away from the windows and take precautions to avoid flying debris and bullets here just like that government people of cave are also full of will to keep fighting warm people so close to each other because we help each other in the last couple of nights many people have spent sheltering in basements underground parking garages subway stations Russia claimed that its assault on Ukraine is aimed only at military targets reports claim otherwise bridges schools residential buildings have also come under attack western leaders verge Vladimir Putin to choose the path of diplomacy, but after Kremlin ordered its troops to barrage to barge into neighboring country diplomacy took a back seat of course Kiev has maintained that it is always open to dialogue in a statement Russian defense ministry claims that Ukraine rejected the negotiation process after which Moscow ordered to broaden its offensive from all directions the later statement by Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky said that presidents of Azerbaijan and turkey have organized talks with Russia meanwhile Ukraine's deputy prime ministers called on the international red cross to help repatriate the quote unquote thousands of Russian soldiers we'd like to inform our viewers that due to rapidly changing ground situation we will continue to bring you all the latest from this we ask the international red cross to help us repatriate the bodies of Russian soldiers to Russia there are thousands of invaders bodies this is a humanitarian need, and we ask the invaders to leave Ukrainian territory and go back to Russia we call upon Russians again to make it that there are fewer bodies of your sons of your men otherwise there will be thousands of them I say it again victory will be ours now Middle East analyst and co-author of the nuclear sphinx of Tehran mere Jared is joining us live from Tel Aviv now thank you so much for joining us citizens of Ukraine have taken up arms Russian forces continue to pound the capital how do you assess the strategic and military capabilities of Ukraine to hold off the forces as we know president Joe Biden has also approved more military aid for Ukraine how do you assess the effectiveness of this um the victory of this war in this war will not solely be determined by the military power of Russia um the Ukrainians seem to be putting up a fight but what's very important is that uh the economic sanctions being imposed against the Russian president look um he's in a serious buying now because if this situation continues for a month two months three months the diplomatic pressure against his regime is going to be very, very strong the economic sanctions are going to be backbreaking and uh and probably the morale of the Russian soldiers fighting in a foreign on a foreign land on and on an excuse made up by the president is not going to hold up so yes the Russians are going to continue to attack, but I think that Ukrainians are going to put up a resistance because they're putting their fighting on their home turf but also the rear guard action by the international community with the economic sanctions is going to extract another heavy toll on president Putin you know I really wonder if Mr president Putin thought this thing through um I sometimes have to wonder if he suffers from a god complex because of the way we saw he humiliated his own intelligence minister um I mean what was he thinking he's going to invade another country which was not attacking his country because he didn't like the government that he was that it's ruling there he thought nothing's going to happen and what did he think he's going to invade Ukraine and then all the sanctions are going to be removed from his regime you'd have to be living in a parallel universe to think that, and you know Russia has very bright analysts and experts he has one of the world's finest intelligence agencies I'm sure they told him this, but it seems that he didn't listen, so it brings back brings me back to my original question does Mr Putin suffer from a god complex right in fact that brings me to my next question Russia's military operations started in the east are swiftly moving in deeper in Ukraine now what do you think of Russia's plan of action what can we expect in the days to come look they're going to continue Mr Putin is in a serious bind because if he shows any compromise now then he will be uh you'll, you'll be viewed as weak um, so you'll have to continue but the more he continues actually I think the more the international community are going to be rallied around the president's look I'll give you an example of how badly this has gone for the Russians again because of the lack of strategic thinking behind this decision Mr president Zelenskiy did not have a high approval ratings before this invasion according to this according to a New York Times article you know the majority of Ukrainians before this conflict did not think that he's fit to manage a war and look at him now he's he's an international hero because of the because of this war because again president Putin has made a huge mistake and the president Putin will it will be going in, but he is it's like going into quicksand he's in quicksand now he has no choice but to keep on moving and the more he moves, the more he sings this is um this is not the 19th century anymore this is the 20th first century and I buy that I mean unlike the 19th century when countries want to have spheres of influence the British want to take over India as the sphere of influence and the Russians to cover the Kafka countries the big difference today is that the world's economy is interconnected and if you take such actions you're more economically right we seem to be having a problem with that line we will get Mr Mir J for uh soon back online again uh once again letting our viewers know the Ukrainian capital is under threat it is under attack Russian forces have entered the city anyone on the streets will assume to be a member of the enemy forces, so residents have been asked to stay off the streets now they pounded the capital with artillery and cruise missiles uh once again uh we're being joined by Mr Amer thank you for joining us again now you say that Russia is going to keep going on but don't you think that would prove to be counterproductive not just for Russia but also in this war we know that diplomacy has failed to yield any results Ukrainian president has said that Azerbaijan and turkey have now organized talks with Russia what can we expect on that front um look it really remains to be seen whether my president Putin is willing to make compromises um you know as I said before he's in quicksand he's its like somebody who's walked into quicksand the more he moves, the more he's going to sink and um I don't know if your viewers heard me but uh he president Angela Merkel said president Putin is a leader of a 21st century country, but he thinks like a 19th century leader you know in the old days these kind he wants to have spheres of influence this is something that belongs to three centuries ago when Britain took over India and the Russians took over Kafka in order to have spheres of influence there's a big difference between the 19th century and the 21st century and that is that the world's economy is interconnected Russia's economy is far more vulnerable now he's being he's going to be punished severely economically for what he has done he has not powered his tracks economically Russia is very, very exposed on the economic front um, but I think you know right now for him to show any compromise is going to cost him at home in front of an in front of a very um reluctant Russian population against whose wishes he seems to have launched this war, so I'm not very hopeful that we're going to see compromise from the Russians in the future there will be talks, but I'm not sure Mr Putin is ready to make compromises right uh Mr Jared thank you so much for joining us with all your insights on this beyond is now available in your country download the app now get all the news on the move