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viewers from all around the world. i'm michael holmes coming to you live from ukraine. and our breaking news this hour. a ukrainian government official telling cnn that ukrainian intelligence indicates belarus is prepared to join the russian invasion. that comes as ukrainian and russian delegations will meet for talks in the coming hours near ukraine border with belarus. of course a key russian ally. but has bitter fighting continue ukraine president appears to have little hope the conflict will be resolved. >> as always i don't really believe in the result of this meeting. let them try. later on, no citizen of ukraine would have any doubt that i, the president, did not try to stop the war when i had a chance. small as it was. >> all right. so far ukrainian forces have managed to defend the capitol

kyiv. despite being out gunned and out manned. i'll show you video now. released by ukraine armed forces. showing a drone attack on russian forces outside kyiv. russian troops are pressing forward. and new satellite images show a military convoy stretching four kilometers on a road leading to kyiv. to the south, russian forces taken control of the town on ukraine coast. that is home to a small naval base. according to the town mayor. meanwhile russian president vladimir putin is not backing down. on sunday he put russia's forces including nuclear arms on high alert. a move swiftly condemned by the secretary general of nato. >> top officials in leading nato countries have allowed themselves to make aggressive comments at our community. therefore i hereby order the minister of defense and the chief general staff to place the

russian army deterrence force on combat alert. >> this is a behavior which is irresponsible. and combine this with what they're doing on the ground in ukraine, waging war against the independent sovereign nation, conducting pull fledge invasion of ukraine, this adds to the seriousness of the situation. >> world leaders are condemning putin's actions and ramping up support for ukraine. the eu says it will provide $500 million in lethal assistance for ukraine. european commission president calling this a water shed moment. as it is the first time the eu is financing the purchase of weapons to a nation under attack. germany making its own historic show of support. pledging more money for defense spending and vowing to arm

ukrainians fighting russian troops. cnn is covering this story from every angle. with correspondents across ukraine. and around the world. white house reporter in washington. with how the u.s. is responding. moscow, dubai. and we'll start in ukraine. >> battles are happening outside many o ukrainian towns at the moment. and we visited one of them. it was extraordinary to see the determination the heroism. but also to try to understand what on earth moscow forces are trying to do. fighting their way into densely populated areas. >> the bridge here hasn't been raised for as long as they can remember. neither has the town been invaded. the clap clap is likely exchanges with russian troopers who were told landed nearby. locals struggling to keep up

with their world collapsing and soldiers edging. the fear here russians like these who suspects thrown to the ground by soldiers. then the sirens go off. it's back in the basement for mothers and cats. here the noise of what russia would do to the towns in the name of political gain. police trying to turn lights off it seems in businesses. but closed in a hurry. life persisting. caught between hoping this is short lived and wondering if it may go on forever. >> whind it all. empty streets. the fear they may be over run. whether each huge blast will be

the decisive strike that lets troops enter. the shelling just went on and on. the next morning, we saw where it hit. it's likely a missile tore off the ukrainian tanks. nobody left broken. >> how do you feel? >> good. very good. >> yeah? >> yeah. >> they tried to come into the town? >> the russians tried to come in last night. but the town beat them. and you can see what it looks like here. look around here. i'm asking how do you feel li living here looking at this. the windows blown out.

>> saying they're not going to hit civilian infrastructure. he's repeating that back to me. saying look at this. they're say they're not hitting civilian infrastructure. look at the damage. >> putin rockets may have shattered glass. but not dented the anger here. as they take stock. you have to ask yourself, why moscow ever thought these towns would gladly be occupied and what russia's end goal is? tempers fray here. blood has been spilled. but despite russia's overwhelming fire power, they did not pass. come sunday night, we heard from the mayor of the town. telling people to organize and circle at the fence of the town and get molotov cocktails. a sense it's facing another onslaught. you can see in that report how

serious they are about defending their homes. >> fights continues in kyiv. one couple has taken to social media to show what it's like being stuck in the ukrainian city. joining he now, roman. first of all. perhaps give us an idea how life has been in the past few days. with the bombs and the worry of russian troops coming in. i can't imagine how stressful it's been. try to give us an idea. >> it's been -- i don't have word to describe. we are trying to take things. but it's stressful. in way. i think everyone can cope with what's going on in different ways. i think both roman and i are lucky we can take things with calmness. even though you are calm and

know that you are trying to take things or like processing it, in the way that this is what's happening, try to keep calm. and make the best decision. your body is stressed out. i don't know if it makes sense. you can eventually like yesterday we could finally feel it. that i had like this over all accumulated stress. over all, we are keeping positive. we are positive. in our household. we truly believe it will be over. and we hope the best for ukraine. but it doesn't mean we're not saddened by what is happening. >> roman, in this country now if you are age 18 to 60 you can't leave. and i assume that is part of the problem for you. how are you feeling?

>> yes. definitely. since the first day the borders got closed for people from 18 to 60. and feeling stressed. and saddened by the situation. innecessary suffering. and yeah, it's a tragedy to be honest. >> yeah. back to you. i read on -- i want to read for people i read on your instagram. something you posted. which is actually very hard to read. i'll read now. you said to family and friend quote i have to be honest with you all, it no longer feels right to tell you that we are safe. that we are okay. i mean, it must have been so hard to realize at that point that is what you needed to tell your family. >> yeah. yeah it's true. the thing is that during the

period, i know it's relative because it's been this is our fifth day. and when i say relative i mean in term of time. but it feels longer than five days. it feels like it's been i don't know, like one day -- we don't catch that much sleep. we're like kind of all the time attentive and alert. i have been receiving lots of messages from family and friends. abroad. from back home. i'm originally from bolivia. i have been receiving messages. i have also family in the u.s. and at the beginning i was trying to do my best to keep them preoccupied and know i'm safe. everything will be okay. and because they had also asked me at some point like before it

all started. they were like, i think it would be good for you to leave. and we were looking at the alternative. before thursday when this all began. and we were not -- not had the possibility for reasons. and i was telling them i'm okay. i'm safe. and then certainly yesterday i was like it all came to me. and i was like i'm not -- we're not safe. we're not okay. nobody is. you are talking to friend and talking to people like every morning starts with checking the status of our friend. still in kyiv. our friends that are at the border trying to get out. so it's just like how can we say to people we're okay. when in reality it is a war. there is -- you are --

explosions. there are -- there's stress. >> right. i want to -- we're almost out of time. i want your thoughts on this. as a ukrainian, i talk to them every day. they say similar thing. did you think it could ever come to this? russia invading a major european capitol. your country. it must be difficult to believe there is a chance that russians will put in a government here and run your country. you must be disbelief of this. >> i mean, it's unbelievable. this is happening. in 21st century. obviously we're we want it to be prepared. when this started happening in november, december. up until the last moment, nobody could believe it. you cannot believe a war can happen in a major european country in the 21st century. it's just not how things are

resolved. it's like, it feels surreal. it's something you cannot really believe or fully comprehend. i have no words to fully describe the feeling. it's something you don't expect. ukraine is a peaceful country. we don't have claims towards anybody. >> i hope we can stay in touch. and reach out to you again. and talk some more. really appreciate you taking the time. try to stay safe and strong. a lot of people will be thinking about you. thank you. >> yeah. thank you, thank you. we're staying strong. all right.

the ukrainian crisis has led to rare bipartisan agreement among u.s. lawmakers. about expanding sanctions on russia and standing united with america's allies. >> there's certainly more we can do. we ought to be sanctions not just putin and the oligarchs. but their families. this behavior, this aggression against ukraine is something that the world simply cannot toll rat. sanctions ought to go further. we have made progress so far. >> united states responds has been stronger because we have actually brought our european and other allies along with it. also unify the vast majority of us in the senate. democrats and republicans alike. >> which has been difficult. >> with the ukrainian people and nato. and he's going to pay a high price. >> more on the u.s. reaction.

cnn white house reporter live from washington. today president biden said to hold a call with allies on their response. coordinated response. including more sanction perhaps against russia. what's on the table? >> that's right. look, no doubt a big part of the conversation that president biden will have with his allies and partners tomorrow in the situation room when he returns home to washington from his home in delaware is going to be about the new threats from president putin about nuclear capability. and the white house has been trying to today to really deescalate things and a lot of different ways. and said taking a step back saying these threats from putin fit into a wider pattern of basically unprovoked escalation. they have seen from him over the past week and months plus. also manufactured threats. white house press secretary summed it up very well.

the administration position when she was in an interview earlier today. >> this is really a pattern that we have seen from president putin through the course of the conflict. which is manufacturing threats that don't exist. in order to justify further aggression. the global community and the american people look at it through that prism. >> she added the u.s. of course has the ability to defend itself but it was important to focus on calling out what the white house views at putin's play book. it this comes after putin has seen a united front from western allies. condemning russia and sanctions that are coming in waves that you spoke of. really as a u.s. says they have been put in place stronger and stronger each time. proportional to russian aggression. now while the u.s. is taking the new threat from president putin very seriously, they wouldn't

update reporters when asked about the current nuclear alert level. the u.s. has ability to protect itself. no doubt all this plus potentially stronger sanctions are going to be a part of the conversation. as the u.s. and western allies continue to try to put pressure on president putin trying to get him to stand down. and at least if not that, trying to make him and russia and the economy face really consequences. if they continue to go on. >> all right. appreciate the update. live in washington for us. as we enter a fifth day of fighting the humanitarian toll in ukraine becoming more apparent. just ahead we'll look at the human cost of russia's invasion.

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now the humanitarian crisis in ukraine is growing. let's have a look at some of the numbers. they are incredible. according to to the ukrainian government figures at least 350 people have been killed. among those at least 14 children. nearly 1,700 have been wounded. more than 100 of those are children. leaders in the european union considering how to best help refugees likely headed off to eu states.

>> we are witnessing what could welcome become the largest humanitarian crisis on our european continent. in many years. the needs are growing as we speak. one priority should be the assistance to people affected by this war. >> in the coming hours, talks are expected to take place between russian and ukrainian delegations. unclear what if anything will come of those discussions. even the ukrainian president has set low expectations. for more on this, let's bring in a former prime minister of ukraine. for security reasons. we are not disclosing your location. thanks for being with us. talks today between russia and ukraine. what are your hoping for something, anything really, substantial and importantly something acceptable to

ukrainians. >> here's the thing, first of all let me thank you for the job you are doing. you and cnn are telling truth to the worl. this is a strong weapon against russian aggression. in terms of the talks, i believe these talks are no more than the smoke screen. putin is a liar. he's a killer. i don't believe that putin wants to negotiate. he has a huge opportunity and big window opportunity to solve these problems. solve this crisis. not to wage this war. but he'll lie to the world. to us and you and his people. i don't expect anything good out of the talks with the russian federation. >> what do you make of putin -- putting nuclear forces on high alert. sorry, continue. >> i do respect the decision of

president zelenskyy. to participant in the talk. we are showing our goodwill. showing we are ready to negotiate. once again going back to russians the only thing that putin is ready to is invade ukraine. to conquer ukraine and change the structure of the worl. that's his intention. we're not allowed to make him succeed. >> what then about this putting nuclear forces on alert, using them obviously in ukraine. would hurt his own country. presumably some of this is for show. what does it say about his state of mind that he would even put those weapons on alert? >> i don't know whether you saw the talks that putin had. with his military command. and this so called national security counsel. that he holds a few days ago. i strongly believe that putin is unhinged.

he's in a very i would say specific psychological situation. on the one hand this would be a he's raising the stakes and reply the u.s. administration provided is the right one. not to increase the escalation. but on the other hand this is a completely belligerent state. he's dictator. and we can expect everything out of these war criminal. i want to indicate putin and his cronies are war criminals and have to be brought to justice. they will be behind bars in international criminal court the time will come. >> if let's just say, i know you wish this won't happen and hopefully it won't. if russia prevails and manages to get a pro-russian government

installed in this country, i presume given the history of the country that wouldn't be the entd of it. do you imagine ukrainians would continue to fight perhaps as an insurge si? >> i don't have to have any kind of deliberation. over the existential issue of ukraine. ukraine existed, exists and will exist. ukraine will survive. and we actually showed it to the entire world. neither putin nor some countries in the free world expected these kind of strong result and resilience. out of the uricen people and ukrainian nation. we are survive. >> former prime minister of the country. thank you so much for being with us. a sign of the tensions here in a undisclosed location. all right. we'll take a quick break.

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i'm michael mahomes in ukraine. it's after 8:30 in the morning. minus eight is the temperature s celsius. 17 degrees fahrenheit. a government official telling cnn new intelligence indicates belarus maybe prepared to join the russian invasion. in the coming hours, representatives from ukraine and russia are expected to hold talks at the belarus border. the fighting inside ukraine rages on. the un general assembly also set to hold a special emergency session on the crisis. speaking with ukrainian president zelenskyy. about strengthening the country's defense capabilities and announcing for the first time ever, the eu would fund the purchase of arms for a country under attack. meanwhile germany who will also deliver weapons to ukraine announced it's boosting its own

defense spending. we have seen intense fighting on the streets of ukraine second largest city kharkiv. video shows how ukrainians forces were able to repel a russian advance. we have the details. >> reporter: a russian unit moves cautiously through the out skirts of kharkiv. the goal to seize a nearby military airfield and factory. slow progress makes them an inviting target for ukrainian defenders hiding nearby. suddenly an ambush. the russians fall back. soldiers trying to shelter behind their vehicles. their chaotic retreat seen here from another angle. one more example of the still resistance the russians are encountering. from ukraine mobile units that know the lay of the land. they run into trouble apparently surrounded.

at least one of the trucks is disabled. a resident telling a journalist one of the russians was killed in the fire fight. >> after we killed this one the others run away. they were some 12 to 15 people. that is it. we will win. they won't take kharkiv. they have run back to where they came from. >> ukrainian soldiers surround the abandoned vehicle. celebrating a small victory and conflict where they should have no chance of holding off the enemy. off camera, one says -- that's how we meet the russian army. but this ukrainian platoon day is not over. the enemy is still in the area. the dash forward to fire off. a rag tag army that is holding off a far superior force. but for civilians here, the russian offensive is terrifying.

this apartment block hit by artillery fire on saturday night. thankfully most of the residents were she woultered in the basem. one woman was killed. he says all the apartments are damaged. it's very bad. even as ukraine resists, its people are still suffering. >> a russian attack has destroyed the world largest aircraft. this is a satellite picture of the hanger in ukraine. where that plane was stored. the massive transport plane was parked in an airfield the site of intense fighting. the aircraft is called dream in ukraine. ukrainians foreign minister says russia may have destroyed but they will never be able to destroy our dream of a strong free and democratic european state. all right. let's turn to cnn contributor in

moscow. she's monitoring the kremlin reaction to its military campaign. against ukraine. explaining it doesn't appear to be going as planned. >> several events here in moscow that may indicate that the kremlin is more and more concerned that this military operation in ukraine is not going as they expected. number one, president putin ordering his military to put his newsom nuclear deterrence forces on high alert. the russian president saying he was doing it because of aggressive rhetoric coming from nato. and also from the sanctions. that have been levelled by the united states. the white house did respond in a measured fashion. saying simply that the kremlin is manufacturing threats that do not exist. and there was no indication at least at this point that the

united states is changing its nuclear posture. another sign, the military, the daily briefing by the russian military admitting to the very first time that russian soldiers have been killed and wounded in battle. in ukraine. no numbers given. and the military spokesman saying that it was fewer than the ukrainians had suffered. but still a significant. that first example of their admission that people are dying. in this military operation. then finally another statement. this time from a former russian president. saying that there is no need, no particular need to have diplomatic relations anymore. he said we might as well padlock the embassies and look at each other through gun sites and --

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i'm michael holmes live from ukraine. after days of punishing

sanctions levy on moscow. russians have been spotted forming long lines at atms. worried the bank cards will stop working or banks will limit cash withdrawal. >> since thursday, everyone has been running between atms to withdraw cash. some get lucky. some don't. >> the u.s., european union, uk and canada announcing saturday they would expel certain russian banks from swift. that is the international payment system that connects financial institutions around the world. other sanctions include freezing the assets of some of russia's biggest banks. russia invasion of course has investors and every day people worried about the affect the crisis could on their wallet. inflation was already a concern for many. and now in the u.s. we're seeing fuel prices spike. crude oil prices surging amid-global supply concern.

cnn joining me now. live from dubai. good to see you. russia attack on ukraine sent oil prices soaring. brings us up to date. >> here's the thing, russia is a really important producer of oil and gas. if you thinking about shunning or ostracizing russia out of the international market, that's going to have a significant impact on the oil price. and manifesting in crude over $100 a barrel. the prognosis is you're going to have much higher oil prices and that will result in inflation. as you say. it's going to have global ramifications. in terms of uncertainty this is causing to markets. market participants are on edge. this is incredible uncertainty. people rotating out of stocks. because inflation equals to lower growth environment. and economic pain. and into more of the sort of

risk assets. gold is doing bell. this is going to be significant. again you are ostracizing russian banks from engaging on the swift platform. and makes it difficult for any country or company that is doing business with the russian institution. even making payments for oil and gas is going to be difficult. that is why some european countries were actually against impleme imple implementing the swift sanction. it was going to have big ramifications. we're seeing lines in russia and people going to the bank. it's down 30% over the last few days. you have to remember russia has around $50 billion worth of reserves and will try to intervene in the currency. it's not going to be enough. economic pain is going to be enormous. you get to keep in mind pension funds are exposed to russian

assets. n trying to pull back on exposure. because they are invested in russia. bp relies on russia for 20% of the oil and gas out put. also pulling back on some of the investments. so when you say russia has sanctions and going to hurt putin and businesses, it is also going to hurt the international community significantly. and here's where the miscalculation came in. he didn't actually an 'tis pace the west and europe is willing to shoot itself in the foot. to some degree. in order to try to squeeze putin at this point in time. >> a lot of flow on affects. effects. appreciate it. thank you so much. we'll take a quick break. after that, anna my friend and colleague will be back with more. >> thanks so much. many around the world are rallying behind ukraine. condemning vladimir putin and

russia's war.

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welcome back. china's reaction to the conflict in ukraine has some chinese citizens there living in fear. the country has not condemned moscow's actions and has relaxed port restrictions, lessoning the blow of western sanctions. we are joined from beijing with more. steven, china walked a tightrope with russia back in 2014 when putin invaded crimea. it's repeating this act, but is that sustainable with the condemnation against russia this time around? >> it's an impossible balance for them to strike. on one manned they are trying to maintain or strengthen the alliance in russia, and the partnership being described as having no limits by the leaders, and obviously russia will rely

on china to reduce or minimize the unprecedented severe sanctions because of the invasion, and there's still lip service to the territorial integrity. as of now, china still recognizes ukraine as a sovereign nation even though that pledge obviously turning increasingly hollow given what is going on and their response so far. of course, given china's enormous trade volumes with the u.s. and eu, dwarfing that, and all of those are impossible to juggle and that's why experts say they cannot avoid making a hard choice. according to many, they have, indeed, decided to side with

russia despite their public insistence of being impartial, judging the matter in trying to play the role of a peacemaker, and they are really -- they have adopted a lot of the russian talking points, and the foreign minister last saturday after his phone call with his german counterpart, he called a nato to abandon its cold war mentality and voiced opposition to all forms of sanctions. >> we appreciate the analysis. thank you. around the world we are seeing displays of solidarity with the people of ukraine. this is tel aviv with thousands of israelis including many of ukra ukrainian descent took to the

streets to protest the war. from spain's ukrainian community were wrapped in ukraine's national colors, yellow and blue, while condemning russia's aggression. and these images from rallies across the united states over the weekend, and protesters gathered in major cities including chicago, houston, washington and boston. ukrainian americans and their allies are finding solace in church attendance. they are seeing an increase in the attendees of some wanting to pay their respect. paul sandoval has this report. >> church leaders estimating 5,000 parishioners, and 80% of them are ukrainian immigrants and we have seen in the last several days many coming here and uniting in prayer. faith playing a massive role for so many ukrainian americans, and

we met several of them including this woman that attended church sunday morning, talking about the sense of unity that she has not seen just in the church but around the nation. >> it made me feel connected to a community. i am ukrainian american and i was born here and to be connected to a group of immigrants and people born here, it made me feel a lot better. i do feel like coming to church is the best we can do and it's all we can do right now. >> outside of sunday services we have seen people showing support with the small memorial formed at the steps of the church, and also in attendance was new york cardinal, timothy dolan saying he's not only praying for the community but praying with them

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key russian ally could be joining the russian invasion. we are learning belarus renounced its nonnuclear status now, and the new rules could allow russia to place nuclear weapons in belarus which is already being used as a launch pad for the russian military. ukraine's president has little hope the conflict will be resolved. >> translator: alexander asked for the delegations to meet on the river and i emphasized this without any condition. i don't have faith in the result of the meeting but let them tr