Mark Hertling

Yeah, on the front lines, in buildings that have been bombed.

This morning, it was 14 degrees below zero in Kyiv.

And their electricity has been shut off and their energy supplies have been shut off because that's the intent of the Russians.

They are trying to hurt the civilians in Ukraine.

And yet we are...

diminished our approach to how we're reporting what's going on.

And Russia has taken advantage of us being, I guess, overwhelmed by events in other parts of the world.

Yeah.

Let me read this note I got last night from someone who's over there.

The Russians have now seized upon a more effective military tactic.

They are firing ballistic missiles, which are hard to defend against, atop hundreds of drones every night into local substations.

The few final miles of power to users in Odessa, Kherson, and Kyiv is a huge humanitarian issue.

The temperature in Kyiv right now is three degrees Fahrenheit.

The weather forecast shows this arctic blast continuing for 14 more days.

Generators are in short supply.

Pipes are bursting.

Civilians are now genuinely scared for their lives.

There are no easy fixes to these strikes, according to very well-placed friends in the military.

It's all hands on deck, but the conditions are vicious and the Russian poundings remain nightly unabated."

One more thing.