will the european union held an emergency summit to discuss the crisis in ukraine? the president of the commission outlined the strategy being taken to confront russia, bombs, falling on innocent women, men and children. they fear for their lives and many are dying. and all of this happens in 2022 in the very heart of europe president put in chose to bring back war to europe. this is a fully fledged invasion in ukraine. and this fund mentally puts into question our piece order. but today i also say the european union stance united tonight, european leaders were fully aligned in condemning the atrocious and unprovoked attacks. now we have to meet the moment. we will hold the kremlin accountable. american sanctions are also targeting rushes financial system. the us president joe

biden saying last night he wants to impede russia's ability to do business. white house correspondent, kimberly help picks up that angle after consulting with his national security council in the white house situation room, and the virtual meeting with chief 7 leaders, us president joe biden made good on his promise to inflict massive costs on russian president vladimir putin. for invading ukraine, prudence is the aggressor prudent jose this war. and now he and his country will bear the consequences. the new sanction target major russian bags and russian league, and in coordination with allies representing more than half the global economy, are designed to cut off russia from the world's financial system. russia, assets and the u. s. are also now frozen. we will limit russia's ability to do business in dollars. euro's pounds and yen export controls to curtail rushing high

tech imports are also being opposed to cripple russia's military and high tech capabilities. the moves are backed by top, congressional democrats, like senate leader, chuck sure, who condemned russia invasion and pledge support for ukraine. ukrainians are tough and resilient. i know they will not give up their country. they will fight fiercely for it. but senate republican leader mitch mcconnell is blaming biden for the crisis. i think the precipitous withdrawal from afghanistan in august was a signal to put and movie to chinese president. she as well. let america wish and retreat across america, demonstrators protested hooton's invasion after a generation of fighting in iraq and afghanistan. most americans are war weary in to how do you define success or can support the u. s. playing

a major role in the russian ukraine. conflict biden has promised us troops won't be said to ukraine, but if the conflict spreads to a nato country, us soldiers already state russia at war thursday, fight, and reaffirm that commitment to collective native defense. united states will defend every inch of nato territory with a full force from american power. president biden has announced a nato summit will be convened on friday. the purpose to affirm support for ukraine and map out the next steps necessary to strengthen the nato alliance. kimberly, how can al jazeera, the white house, my kind of joining us live from washington as well. hi there, mike went to the sanctions kick in well, they virtually a media. the saw another trans sanctions that the by an administration is

introducing. but the nature of these particular sanctions is an incremental one when you are looking at financial sanctions aimed at institutions such as gas problems such as russian banks as well as sanctions against individuals close to let me put in these type of financial sanctions. take a while to take hold to gain some formal traction so the actual impact of them will take a while before one sees exactly how effective they are. certainly on the face of it, they are far more comprehensive than the sanctions that were introduced in 2014 after russia's invasion of crimea. and also the biden administration saying that there are still more sanctions that it will progressively impose at keeping them back as a form of the parent, which is a line that it's been using in recent weeks, saying that there will be per the sanctions to come. but not specifying exactly

what form or what nature the sanctions will be. is the administration's posture from here on in, like, i guess for the foreseeable few days, or perhaps the few weeks still to follow. basically, watch and learn, observe. so they can react because they don't want to make themselves a guess a hostage to fortune by telling us what they're going to do militarily, because they don't want to do anything militarily beyond a support and service role. so that's very correct because sir the white house press secretary, for example, has been asked about details of what kind of military assistance the u. s. will be given or once again that is pushed away as national security information. they don't want to talk about exactly what kind of assistance is being given. now we have heard from the secretary of defense, lloyd austin, who gave a briefing to lawmakers a few hours ago late yesterday evening. and he said that part of the problem,

as well as the logistical issue, now very, very difficult to get any supplies into ukraine because russia is containing such sways of land. he also said incidentally to the law makers that he believed that the, a russian troops were some 20 miles 32 kilometers away from kit at that particular stage. so clearly moving closely, he was specific that they were mechanized battalions, but he also added that they may be the question of training ukrainian soldiers remotely. now what we do know, and the one thing that the united states has made clear, is that there will be no u. s. soldiers going into ukraine itself, although more soldiers are being deployed to nato's. ready eastern flank to assist there are nato allies there, but that is appears to be the case that yes, it's going to wait and watch and see. and the kind of assistance that the biden administration has given is all but exhausted at that is that military existence

assistance that is very difficult to get in. let me just add as well that the white house press secretary says that there's some 15000000 dollars in humanitarian assistance, which has been given in recent weeks. once again, you've got that logistical problem with exactly how you get through any further humanitarian assistance. mike, thank you very much, mike. hannah talking to was live her out of d. c. in conversation with a brief party, a chief strategy officer at rasmussen, global breeze. i know you were listening there to that reporting from. kimberly alcott and other correspond in dc. my kinda, let's talk about sanctions the next minute or so. sanctions kicking almost immediately. this is a multi country, multi agency tranche of sanctions from brussels to london to washington to cambra to tokyo. so they want to make sure that the russian federation i, mr. puts in, cannot trade or do business in dollars, pounds, euros,

or yen. but the reality is the distance between sanctions and the brake pedals inside the russian tanks is a big distance that's a long shot to go for. so the real impact on the conflict day 2 of whatever this is we're seeing unfold because they to a phase one isn't over yet. that distance is so huge as to not stop anything that's going on on the ground at the moment. when you say exactly the problem we have we're facing right now. thanks, shawn. i important 1st as the signaling, a feature of, of the result of the west to push back on on what putting russia is doing. that like you said, this is just a different sequence. now we end in a much more immediate kinetic sequence of a military operation and section to flex way down. the longer

impact logic if you want compared to what is happening on the ground. and so gone the story of, you know, major countries operating under section start can, if you run, you can see the big countries, especially those will have natural resources that he run like rush can can take called quite significant amount of sanctions. and they could be pressure and have a residence to them. and let's not forget that russia seen the 20142015 function has been the 2nd video to me because to me, many of the only gosh, i've read, allocated the assets away from, with some trying to ship centers to, to other, to either back hold russia or to other investment and, you know, the friendship between rush and china might also be the could be client saving line that would keep the rationale couldn't be going. so i think it's important

politically, but operationally, like you said, this is not going to make a difference right now. right now, what would make a difference is to have, i think, a smarter, broader military strategy that is not just about necessarily about putting boots on the ground like present of beta and say they clearly this is not an option. but it can be about indirect military pressure, like for example, a barry tied blockade, the baltic, the black fees, and let's not forget russia, trade, 70 percent of russia straight trying to via the boat. so if you start to kind of close that see, you start to really hurt significantly, not only the military operation, but also the economy the day to day. going to be russia for the people, the priest that do your job, or what used to be your job as a nato planner. is there a worst case scenario? because if, if one has followed the logic that vladimir putin applies down the ears, he doesn't do lateral thinking. he thinks in a linear way. he plans tactically in

a linear way. but we were talking on, on use our shows this time yesterday to various analysts who are saying, look, he might have half an eye on latvia and lithuania nato members. is that the worst case scenario for nato chiefs? people like young stilton burg? people like us, you lavonne delay on because if he goes into or starts growling at a nature country, that takes us into uncharted waters, takes us to a very dangerous place. i think it's a, it's not an impossible scenario, but it's still a very remote scenario because he knows that the moment he crosses that line, there will be a response from most of the united states. and so for him, this is obviously the cost would be probably too high. what is clearly doing is just re cost for the day thing. what the cost for that was he's or was rush as

before the soviet union collapse. and so always he has had this double game of making a scared of selves which you might do against the both the countries of poland. why said the fact he's really focusing on ukraine? georgia has ex, done on the immediate neighborhood. and he noticed that you see me yet never who we are not willing to fight to, to put us at risk. and this is, this is where he's always outsmarted us, february's good to get your thoughts as a thank you very much for reaching out to you to, for me to strategy man, talking to us from the in spain. ah, welcome. if you're just joining us, you're watching al jazeera, we have got eyes and he is covering what's going on in the russian invasion of ukraine for you this hour on this channel to stay with us. these are the main elements so far this our brains,

foreign minister saying the capital p f has suffered terrific. russian rocket strikes over nights. the ukrainian army says russian forces fight on civilian areas, but air defense systems repelled those attacks. russian troops moving closer to the capital key, if, even as the west museum with more sanctions on russia, but ukraine's president says that's not enough to stop moscow. let us show you some of the latest pictures coming to us out of key. if it's people taking refuge inside the public transport system, they're going down into the metro system that chimes with. what andrew simmons are correspondent and kia was telling us people are doing. people go there when they have gone through the loop of going to a supermarket, trying to stock up, going to the bank, queuing and queuing and taking out as much cash as they can. if they can, those people of possibly trying to get out of the country by train doesn't work, get out of the country by car. it doesn't work because all the main motor ways out

of cities like key f have been turned into basically newly designed, newly formed parking lots because the most ways out of key f r gridlocked, that is the safest place for those people. they believe as a day to at this operation carries on well, the us is reinforcing nato forces in europe with $7000.00 additional soldiers. patty cool haine has more on that from the pentagon. in washington. senior defense officials here at the pentagon are increasingly talking about a concern that ukraine isn't the end of it, that they could advance towards nato countries. that's why you repeatedly hear officials here and at the white house say that they will enforce the nato treaty, which basically says an attack on one is treated like an attack on all to that. and they are sending an additional $70000.00 soldiers to germany. they're part of an armored brigade combat team. they're coming out of colorado. and they said from germany, they could be moved to other places within europe. this is on top of other soldiers

that they've sent in the weeks leading up to this, or now there's a total of $14000.00 additional troops. they are not to mention the 10s of thousands that are permanently stationed there. and they've also sent equipment. we know that the announced today that for each of these countries to f $35.00 fighter jets, i have landed in romania lithuania and estonia. attack helicopters are on the way and they're not ruling out the possibility that they're going to send even more forces. even more equipment to reassure the allies, but also they say, to send a message to russia when they say the back they back the nato treaty. they mean it? well, the president, france is the only western leaders who have spoken to vladimir putin since he launched the offensive. however, emanuel micron says their conversation was brief and it was unproductive. june anesha, i had a frank direct quick exchange with present prudent at the requests of president zalinski to ask for an end to operations as soon as possible. and also to ask him

to talk with president zalinski immediately, who had requested that because he could not reach him. it didn't have the desired effect because the russian president has chosen war ramifications of this crisis spreading of a wider while other countries imposed sanctions. china is boosting russia's economy by ending restrictions on wheat imports. the australian prime minister condemned beijing's decision. china sake supply i positive for all in world affairs, thy size i seek place. and i welcome those sentiments and i welcome their comments which talk about trying to get to a position where these, these bottle of x can. but that said, you don't gallon, throw a lifeline to russia in the middle of a period when they are inviting another country that is simply unacceptable from the reports that we have seen. and i would urge all nations decide this is not a time to be using, tried restrictions with russia. we should all be doing the exact opposite. well,

russian police are spent yesterday and last night arresting hundreds of anti war protests. similar scenes repeated in saint petersburg, thousands rallied in at least 50 cities to condemn mister putin's invasion order. bernard smith has that story from moscow just a few hours after launching the biggest invasion of a european countries in the 2nd world war. it looked like business as usual at the kremlin. pakistan's prime minister was the guest. but my vladimir putin's mind have been elsewhere. as the 2 men talked, russia's military was advancing in ukraine. these trucks were headed from crimea to the cranium border, part of an army that had surrounded a country of 40000000 people, a country that rushes president has said he doesn't think should exist in an address to russian than ukrainians. putin said his aim was to demilitarize ukraine, and he made clear his antipathy for the government in kiev,

doors and abilities the equal. i have to also address the ukrainian military. dear comrades, your father's grandfather's great grandfather is fought against the nazis defending our coleman motherland. not for today's neo nazis to take power and key. if you took the oath of allegiance to the cranium, people not the job to robin ukraine and bullying its own people, do not follow its criminal orders. i urge you to immediately lay down your weapons and go home. russia's defense ministry says it's met all its targets for thursday, destroying 83 ground facilities of the ukrainian military. and it insists they're not targeting civilian areas. there was no modern, with the high precision weapons of the russian armed forces on destroy the military infrastructure. these are objects of fair defense, military airfields, of ation of the armed forces of your grain stage to video of human with mass casualties. amanda civilian population was filmed in ukrainian cities. there have been some attempt in russia to protest against the invasion,

several 100 turned out in mos hey, the shouting know to wall, judging the russian public reaction is difficult because it's almost impossible to protest freely here. but vladimir putin's approval rating was at 69 percent in the build up to the wall. this is a full blown invasion. and the president puts you, not you a couple of days before outlined in his speech. what he wants to get from ukraine watching ukraine should do. and that included therefore, i talked, oh, demilitarization of the country. at an afternoon meeting with businessman, no one admitted to vladimir putin any worries about sanctions. russia central bank says it's got $631000000000.00 in cash reserves to cushion the economy. because if it's closed off from the global financial system, if you are in a late night phone call on thursday, the french president told vladimir putin, he was exposing himself to massive sanctions. the kremlin said putin and emanuel

macklin had a serious and frank exchange of views. whatever was said, it was unlikely to have been enough to stop the russian military advance until bernard smith, al jazeera moscow. similar demonstrations had been held in various other countries . sonya gay go reports from london. oh, from start come to berlin, tokyo ah, and bay route. this is the anger over russia's invasion of ukraine around the world. in london, a crowd outside the prime ministers, downing street residence, making its demand loud and clear. calling for a complete economic isolation of russia. worry that many, hey,

have for their families back home. i was shocked. my mom called me it was 5 o'clock, 4 30 in the morning here. it was top issue was like rationalist attacks. really did . we're watching minute by minute. what's happening there and lots of them are not safe. oh, wow. oh god, i went so far is johnson said that unprecedented measures have been prepared to punish russia many here feel that it is too little too late. and while the rest of the world may be shop of your brain, when you creating a living abroad in from home to some 30000 ukrainians, hundreds gathered outside the russian embassy in paris. singing others shouted for an end. the invasion and many more gathered elsewhere in the city or condemning the assault by like many others around the world,

determined to show the solidarity with ukraine clinic. i will, i'll just sarah london. while refugees from ukraine arriving in slovakia by car and trains. lucky of government has left it all. corona virus restrictions for ukrainians escaping russians, rushes attack. it will open more border crossings if necessary. ah, blan is good, but i hope everything will okay. and one to week may be coming back at home. because we're not in my building. 05. yeah. now i live with this. so what i can do for brita, drew with her friends will come for us and then we'll see what will happen in ukraine. nobody knows what will happen next. al jazeera balkans reporter marian verse. it shows the latest from the border between ukraine and slovakia, floods. premier, what a failure they call you minister of slovakia. it would have said that all slavic

should show a lot of compassion and understanding towards refugees. he says his country is ready to receive as many refugees as it takes at the border crossing. there are a lot of people with small children, parents trying to play with them, entertain them, and people with children are given priority. others have to wait several hours. they all hope this is just temporary, but the vacuum interior minister says the situation is stable for now, but it's late and cold. people are freezing while they wait. not far from here, the already started building refugee centers. the you was ready for this afternoon stories warning that could happen. vakio send about 1500 soldiers to build these refugee shelters. we've seen lots of cars and buses. people arriving here told me they were looking at cell phones following the situation, deciding to leave. poland will also be under pressure. the polish prime minister says his country's ready to accept a 1000000 ukrainian refugees. they all hope it's only temporary too. well the head

of the un says the protection of civilians must be a top priority. un humanitarian efforts and ukraine aren't being increased, however, until you get harris repeated his call for russian troops to withdraw immediately. the decisions of the coming days will shape our world. and that actually affect the lives of millions upon millions of people. in line with a chart that it's not too late to say these generation from the skirts of what we need piece. well, the war and ukraine is causing stock, market volatility worldwide. russia's main stock exchange close 33 percent down yesterday and the rubel suffered record losses. the price of oil increased more than $100.00 per barrel threatening, higher energy cost worldwide. gabriel elizondo has more from new york. the customary cheering at the opening bell on wall street could a mask. the fear built by many investors at the start of trading news of russia's

invasion of ukraine cents. stocks tumbling following a global trend that also hit asia and europe. the dow and s and p were deep in the red most of the day. and despite elite rally, investors for the long term are fearful. in russia stock spell over 30 percent, and the rubel drops to record low. i think dr. brewton, as essentially decided to put glory and imperial conquest, and also revenge ahead of the economic prospects of his own country and fellow russia. that's the simple calculation he's made. making matters worse. the global economy was already unsettled, still trying to recover from that. you can amik affects from the pandemic. inflation continued supply chain issues and slower growth. and now a war. in many ways, it's the perfect storm. oil prices reached over $100.00 a barrel for the 1st time since 2014. russia is the world's 2nd largest exporter

and analysts predict that along with supply chain issues, the war could push prices at the pump even higher than they are now. prices for european natural gas, most of which is supplied by russia, skyrocketed 50 percent wheat and corn prices jumped their highest point in a decade. both russia and ukraine or major producers, and consumers might ultimately pay the price in more expensive food products. with the global economy now shaken from war, the question is no longer if there will be a downturn. but now how deep. and for how long? gabriel's condo, l, jersey to new york. one story of course, dominating coverage here on our, to 0 less wrap up this our, with the latest pictures coming to us out of ukraine and get you across some of the latest developments. the french government, in the past hour or so saying that,

let me put in wants to and i could take ukraine of the map of nations that ukrainian army is being reported. a saying, fighting is going on between russian forces and ukrainian forces outside. now, the capital kiev, russia intends to take the whole of ukraine, but the russian army failed to deliver on the 1st day of its invasion. that's, according to the british defense secretary ben wallace. he was flanking the u. k. prime minister, yesterday in the house of commons, as far as johnston announced a tough 2nd trunk of sanctions. the ukrainian president landscape speaking to his polish counterpart, asking for the defense assistance. we'll have another live out for you when we come back at 8 g. do stay with us here on out to 0. we'll see you soon. ah. sentiment and development have altered the course of them or done it no longer

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rapidly changing the world we're living. what do you think's been driving to volatility market? counting the cost on al jazeera. ah ah, it rains capital under attack has russia continues, it's assaults, the ukrainian foreign minister says kia has suffered horrific strikes overnight. ah, logan like peter, they'll be you're watching l 0 without continuing coverage at the events in easton, you frame international condemnation with the u. s. and e u leading sanctions on russia, but ukraine's president says that's not enough. just.