this is cnn breaking news. >> hello and welcome to our viewers around the world and in the united states this hour. i'm hala gorani live in lviv, ukraine. russia is asking china for economic and military assistance in ukraine, including drones, according to a u.s. official. but a spokesperson for the chinese embassy in washington says they know nothing about the matter. meantime, white house national security adviser jake sullivan will meet his chinese counterpart in rome in the coming hours.

sullivan says china was aware that president vladimir putin was planning something before the russian invasion of ukraine, but they not have understood the full extent of the plan. he added that beijing will face consequences if it helps moscow evade sanctions over the war in ukraine without detailing what those consequences might be. we're also expecting another round of talks between ukraine and russia in the hours ahead, even as moscow continues to expand its assault and invasion on its neighbor. the secretary of state of the united states antony blinken spoke about ongoing diplomatic efforts with ukraine's foreign minister while the british prime minister boris johnson spoke with ukraine's president. now despite the relentless assault from russia, volodymyr zelenskyy says his country remains determined and defiant. >> translator: russia also lost thousands of units of military

weaponry. 74 planes, 86 helicopters. we understand they've got more, but we also know that we shall continue defending ourselves. ukraine does not surrender. the army does not surrender. the people do not surrender. the whole of ukraine is fighting heroically. >> well, meantime, russia's offensive is spreading very much into western ukraine where missiles hit a military base. near our live shot position here, the city of lviv. and extremely close to the border with poland, a nato member. a local official says at least 35 people were killed and the white house national adviser -- national security adviser is warning that any attack on nato territory will trigger a full response by the alliance. cnn's sam kiley is on the ground in kyiv with the latest from the ukrainian capital.

>> reporter: there has been a limited respite for the people of kyiv over the last 24 hours, not withstanding the murder of american journalist brent renaud. there have been a reduction overall in the levels of air strikes and bombardments here in the capital. that is because military analysts in the united states and united kingdom have believed that there is a consolidation and reorganization going on within russian forces, possibly with reinforcements from their combat units further east for a push in against the capital city from the east as part of their ongoing attempts to try to encircle and perhaps ultimately besiege kyiv. the road to the south is the main supply route for goods and services coming in and out of the city and cutting that route would be a disastrous for the capital. but this coming as russians have also increased with particular precision the use of long-range

missiles against a location 11 miles just from the border with poland, attacking a ukrainian military training facility there, killing at least 35 people and wounding over 100, using long-range ballistic missiles. these sorts of missiles we've seen used across the country. but nothing like the volume of the dumb bombs they've been dropping, particularly in the north part of kyiv where bomb disposal experts have been disarming what look like old styled second world war dumb bombs. a very disastrous weapon to be using in built-up areas, clearly indicating an intent to bomb civilians with no regard for targeting, simply a decision to try to kill as many people as possible. elsewhere in the country, mariupol continues to be under bombardment yet again attempts to relieve it have fallen flat by as a consequence of the russians not allowing aid convoy in or indeed evacuation of

refugees out. there have been limited evacuations from other cities around the country. but there has been no significant movement forward by russian forces who still are being held up by the ukrainian di fines. sam kiley, cnn in kyiv. >> all right, thanks to sam for that. for more on russia's request for aid, economic and military aid from china, we briefly told our viewers what beijing's response was through our ambassador in the united states, that it wasn't necessarily wear of a specific request. is china likely to come to the aid of russia here when it asks for it? >> well, hala, we have just asked the chinese foreign ministry for comment as well. so far they have not responded. but when they do hold their daily briefing in about three hours, i expect officials to stick to their usual talking points to stress their supposed impartiality in this conflict and likely denouncing the u.s.

effort to quote, unquote smear china and probably again pointing a finger at the u.s. and nato's eastward expansion as the root cause for this conflict, which of course is really a key kremlin talking point as well. now the timing of this leak from washington is very interesting. the u.s. security -- national security adviser jake sullivan is actually going to meet his chinese counterpart yang jiechi who is an adviser to president xi jinping in the coming hours in rome. the chinese have been framing this meeting as long planned, not something easily arranged because of the situation in ukraine. but crane are likely going to be on top of their agenda. because of this meeting and probably in anticipating washington verting more -- so really pushing back at this, warning the u.s. not to try to sow division between russia and

china. but they have also acknowledged it's a positive sign that the u.s. and china are still keeping their communication channels open, especially at such a high level in this time of crisis. now as you know almost since the beginning of this war, the chinese have been trying to strike this almost impossible balance, standing behind russia especially when it comes to parroting their propaganda and some would say disinformation. but also trying to say the right things in terms of calling for peace talks and stressing the importance of national sovereignty. but of course also trying to minimize their own companies' exposure to western sanctions. and in recent days, some analysts have pointed to some subtle signs of changes. for example, beijing is now providing some small scale humanitarian assistance to ukraine, and also there are some companies here based here with large exposure to the west indicating they're willingness to comply with the western sanctions. so hala, at the end of the day, a lot of experts say china's

strategy seems to be saying everything, but doing almost nothing because they're very pragmatic. they're trying to wait things out, trying to have this crisis clarified before they make their decisions, make their moves and cut deals, but no matter how things go on the battlefield, a weakened orbiter russia would probably have no choice but to move ever closer into china's orbit as a junior partner in this so-called no limits partnership. that's why a lot of people are quite skeptical that beijing is willing to get directly involved in this conflict at this stage, particularly by providing arms to russia. hala? >> steven jang, thanks very much, live in beijing. we now have more on that deadly missile strike in western ukraine. >> reporter: we're on the road here that leads to one of ukraine's largest military bases. we've been trying to gain access, of course. but even the roads, these roads are generally public roads that lead to that base have been shut down there.

is a sense of tension after more than 30 missiles struck that military base. it's called the international peace and security center in the early hours of sunday morning, killing more than 30 people, wounding more than 130 others, and really shaking and terrifying the villages that surround this massive military complex. this has huge consequences for the ukrainian military. we're very close to the polish border. so this space was considered a safe forward operating unit sense the start of the russian invasion. we're just about ten miles from the polish border. that gave this area a sense of security, a sense of safety. of course all of that now shattered. and the concern is how does ukraine continue to work with allied militaries in the coming weeks and days? it's in the past years that nato allies have come to this space again, have come to this huge military complex to provide education, support, training,

even u.s. troops as early as last fall were here performing joint exercises with ukrainian military. so this striked at the heart of the ukrainian military deals, yet another blow to ukraine as the russian invasion expands, widens and intensifies. salma abdelaziz, cnn, outside the military base in lviv. >> joining me now to discuss the latest developments is malcolm davis, a senior analyst at the australian institute. what is your thoughts that russia is bombing the facility so close to the polish border. there is the risk of misfife and there is also the risk they might kill foreign military training staff. it's extremely, extremely dangerous -- a dangerous missouri on putin's part, don't you think? >> yes, it is.

and i think when you see this attack and you place it in the context of the warning by the russian government earlier about treating western arms shipments into ukraine as a hostile act, and willingness on the part of the russians to intercept or frustrate those shipments, i think that this attack on that base near poland i think falls into place. clearly, the russians are trying to send a message that they will extend military operations across into western ukraine both to attack the ukrainian government forces but also attack any military shipments and supplies from nato into ukraine. >> what about russia's request to china for more military and economic aid? china is obviously playing it cool, but china can't be happy about what's happening right now. it planned on this year being

its post-covid recovery year. this is really, really messing with its economic recovery because commodity prices are going through the roof. how do you see the the russia-china relationship going forward? >> well, look, as you say, i think beijing is going to treat this very carefully. they won't want to rush in and become enmeshed in putin's war and then be essentially hit with a similar sort of sanctions to what russia is being suddenly hit with. because if they do supply military assistance to russia, then they are deliberately breaking the international sanctions regime providing armed assistance to the aggressor. so that would completely undermine their international posture. i'm struggle to see where the chinese would actually gain from doing this, beyond having putin in their debt. and that might be a potential inducement that you know in

terms of the risks versus the benefits. i think there is more cost versus benefit here. >> when you look at the russian military advance, where do you think it stands? what is the -- a battlefield assessment of how russia's invasion is going from the perspective of the invader vladimir putin? >> i think that they have obviously changed the tactics. they're no longer doing rather foolish rapid attacks that are leaving forces unexposed to ambush. and they're making fairly slow, steady progress in terms of incremental advances in the west -- sorry, in the east and in the north. in the south they are making more rapid advances. and the key question i think coming up this week is about odesa. are the russians going to do a previous assault on odesa?

they deplayed their neighbor forces away from the black sea coast but certainly the russians are trying to extend their ground force campaign in the south. but certainly in the east, around dthey're taking heavy losses. it's not going well for them as they would have hoped. >> and what about from volodymyr zelenskyy and the ukrainians' perspective? what options do they have to not just slow the russian advance, but now stop it? what are their options? >> well, the best the ukrainians can hope for i think is to keep on ambushing the russian supply lines, keep on hitting exposed forces and increasing casualties.

and i think that the best they can do is slow up this steady russian advance that is incremental in nature toe try and stall it and drive up the potential political cost for putin in continuing this war. but it may be that they have to focus very much on defending kyiv and maybe kharkiv in the east rather than controlling the south. because it's becoming more and more difficult i think for the ukrainians to control the south. >> malcolm davis, thank you so much for joining us. really appreciate it. and we told you there a few minutes ago about that u.s. journalist among those killed sunday by russia's war in ukrainian. brent renaud was hit by gunfire in northern ukraine near the capital. his friend and fellow journalist juan arradondo was wounded. arradondo described from a hospital what happened to them. apparently at the time he did not know that his friend had

been killed. >> tell me, what is your name? >> juan. >> juan? >> juan. >> where are you from? >> the u.s. u.s. what happened to you? >> we crossed the first bridge. we were going to film other refugees leaving, and we got into a car. somebody offered to take us to the other bridge. and we crossed a checkpoint, and they start shooting at us. so the driver turned around and they kept shooting. it's two of us. my friend the brent renaud, and he has been shot and left behind. >> and how is he? >> i don't know. >> you don't know? you don't know what happened to him? >> i saw him being shot in the neck. and we got split. and i got pulled. >> and who brought you here? >> an ambulance. i don't know. >> juan arradradarradondo.

kuznetsov was friends with renaud and his brother craig, all pictured on the screen. he said renaud was working on a documentary about refugees when the crisis in ukraine began. >> brent had this ability to go anywhere, get any story, listen and communicate what was happening to people that otherwise otherwise see it. and it is a devastating loss to journalism today. the only thing bigger than brent's balls are his heart. and i stand by that. >> all right. and condolences to the renaud family, brent renaud family obviously during this difficult time and all those who have lost their lives in this senseless conflict. coming up on cnn, waves of refugees from ukraine are crossing into poland still. a report from one bordertown to give you a sense of what's going on there, when we come back.

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ukraine, and some are revealing horrific stories of living through russian bombing attacks. >> translator: we're bombarded. houses were blown up. people have no place to live. we're scared. >> i have friends in kyiv. they stay underground by three, four days. they not see skies. they not see the sun. i can't imagine what they feel, but for me it was enough to one tiny vibration in the house from the bomb. >> well, cnn's ed lavandera is at the polish border town with more on the plight of these refugees. >> reporter: this is the pathway that is bringing thousands of ukrainian refugees to safety and also to a life of uncertainty. many of these people have been traveling from the interior of the country. we spoke with one family that

had come from the hometown of ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy's hometown. obviously has become such a beloved figure among ukrainian people. they told us they have been traveling since 7:00 in the morning on sunday, and it was just after midnight when they finally arrived to this border checkpoint in the cold here in poland. and the uncertainty now comes from the fact that as these families begin to board these buses, what happens to them next is still very much up in the air. they will be taken to temporary shelter in a nearby town here on the polish border, and they will be able to figure out what to do next, where to go next. and that is the question that so many of them are now facing. because many of them, when you speak to these refugees, they talk about their homes in the past tense. so they don't know if they're going home in the coming weeks or even months, or if ever. and this is an operation here in this, the border city offed me

d poland. this is a scene even here in the late hours continues to unfold as thousands of refugees continue to arrive at the border here in western ukraine. a great deal of uncertainty about what happens next. a great deal of emotion, watching what so many of these people and journey they've been through. this is a scene that continues to play out around the clock here in poland. ed lavandera, cnn, medyka, poland. well, ukrainian leaders and citizens obviously alike are desperate to find a peaceful end to the war in their country in this russian invasion. they also remain determined to defend their land until the attacks stop. kyiv's mayor and his brother spoke to cnn earlier about their country's united front.

>> the whole country is highly motivated to stop russian aggression and the war. there is nothing that is possible can break the will of our women and men. we all stand together, and we're highly motivated to defend our country, because this is our home. that's where our children were going to school. that's where our relatives are buried in the ground. this is our home, and there is no other way that we're going to leave. and why? because this is our home. so we will defend the country until the last drop of blood. >> and regarding how much time we have, we have a lot of time. we never lose the fight for our homes for our future, because whole population against russian aggressors. and whole population, everyone, and we never give up. and that way we continue this

war. but the key which can stop this war is the unity of all world. we have it make pressure, political pressure, sanction pressure. and please weapon deliverance to ukraine, we're ready to fight. not just for our city, not just for our country. we're fighting exactly the same for principles. it's this war can touch everyone in the european union, in europe and can touch everyone in the world. . that was the mayor of kyiv klitschko along with his twin brother there speaking to cnn a little earlier. not just staying in the city of kyiv, but fighting to defend it. still ahead, russia expands its attacks on western ukraine

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signaled that they are making progress. not clear exactly what that means. so far negotiations haven't yielded any major breakthroughs. so we'll continue obviously to monitor those discussions. in ukraine, though, and on the ground, the fighting rages on. video from the besieged city of mariupol shows russian tanks firing inside the city. and there you have that video. we're also learning that russia has asked for military and economic assistance from china, according to a senior u.s. official. it comes as the white house national security adviser prepared to meet with his chinese counterpart in the coming hours in europe. meanwhile, russia has expanded its offensive deep into western ukraine, carrying out a deadly strike on a military base just 25 kilometers from poland's border and nato ally. this happened yesterday just about a little more than 24 hours ago. ukrainian officials say at least 35 people were killed in that, and more than 130 injured.

and ukraine's president is warning russian strikes could soon hit beyond ukraine's borders, and he is renewing his call for a no-fly zone. >> translator: if you do not close our sky, it's only a matter of time before russian missiles fall in your territory. nato territory. on the homes of citizens of nato countries. >> well, in the wake of that attack near poland, one american lawmaker is calling on nato allies to double down on military shipments to ukraine. congressman gerry connolly who serves as president of the nato parliamentary assembly calls the strikes a serious escalation and said nato allies need to respond by setting clear boundaries for russia. he also expressed little hope for a diplomatic solution. >> there is not a lot of evidence that putin is listening, or frankly is open to these kinds of opportunities by

the european leaders. it's worth trying, but i think putin has made it very clear, he intends to subjugate ukraine. and if he needs to destroy ukraine in order to do it, he is more than willing to do that. in fact, he is doing it as we speak. and so we have to take that into account. we cannot afford magical thinking about vladimir putin. >> ukraine's finance minister from 2014 to 2016 joins me now from san juan. what needs to be done now? the u.s. and nato allies are saying a no-fly zone is a no-starter. we'll send more weapons, obviously. we will help ukraine in any way we can in that way. what do you think -- what more needs to be done in your opinion? >> thank you, hala. i think we need to do more our

squ gently the things we're talking about, and do them more completely. when we're talking about military support, frankly speak, every day matters. every hour matters. and the nato countries, the united states need to do this urgently and focus primarily on the air defense, because if they're not going to provide a no-fly zone, then provide everything humanely possible to allow ukrainians to close the sky. on the sanctions, we need to finish what we started. we've been doling them out in tranches and we need to be more complete. rather than a couple of selective banks, we need to adopt fully blocking sanctions against all state banks. we move all state banks from the s.w.i.f.t. sanction all the state owned energy companies, the state-owned commodity and transportation companies. with we need to be more complete and more urgent. >> do you think that will have an impact? it seems as though vladimir

putin has not been swayed so far by very, very severe sanctions that have already been put in place that go beyond anything that's ever been implemented before. are you suggesting that the whole energy sector should be cut off? germany, among other countries has expressed its opposition to that idea because it relies so much on russian energy. >> i understand that it seems possibly for germany, for the european union to do this. but not winning this war right now, not defeating putin will be much more costly than what they're thinking about with energy. >> so let's talk a little bit about china as well, because russia is asking china for assistance. i wonder, what do you think that says about where vladimir putin thinks his war effort stands right now? >> i think there is good news and bad news. the good news is he's clearly

needs help whereas he thought this was going to take three days, he is unable to do this on his own. on the other hand, i think it is absolutely of what this is all about. this is the fight of autocrats versus democracy. this is about freedom, and this is the fight for freedom. and it's unfortunate if china chooses to join and to double down on this battle between autocracy and freedom and democracy. >> i mean, it is an autocracy. so politically speaking, perhaps china would be more aligned. but economically, china has a lot of exposure to western economies and to commodity prices. it wanted this year to be its big recovery year post-covid, and this is really getting in the way of its plans. i wonder how you think china is going to position itself based on that fact. >> i would hope that they see the economic costs of assisting

in this aggression would be very, very costly for their economy. but that argument didn't work with president putin. you said it yourself. he seems to not care, at least at this point at what the sanctions are and what the affect are on his people. so i'm not going to try to predict what the chinese do, but i do hope that they take and look at the situation and understand that the unity of the democratic world could affect their economy in ways that they could never have had nightmares of. >> what about the talks, lastly, these talks between the russian and ukrainian delegations? we're hearing some updates coming from the russian side overnight that perhaps there is progress. do you have any faith in that track? >> well, i'm always hopeful, because all i care about is having the war end as soon as possible. but i don't have a lot of hope. i don't believe that president putin wants peace. i believe he wants to wipe out the ukrainian people, the ukrainian state. i look at this as an attempted

genocide against the ukrainian people, and not the first one in our history, unfortunately. >> yeah. >> i think the promises that he could make for us are promises that he's broken already. remember, russia is a signatory of the budapest memorandum promising security assurances to ukraine, which obviously he hasn't respected. >> thank you, natalie, jaresko, the former ukrainian finance minister speaking to us this morning our time. it is past midnight your time. so thanks for staying us late to join us. in another troubling development, the staff of the chernobyl nuclear power plant are so tired that they've stopped carrying out repairs and maintenance of safety equipment according to the international atomic energy agency. that's not what you want to hear. the iaea says the physical and psychological fatigue of working nonstop for nearly three weeks is partly to blame for this. the agency's director general has proposed a plan to deliver

assistance but it must be approved by ukrainian and russian authorities before it is implemented. all right. that's going to do it for me. i'll see you at the top of the hour with more from western ukraine. but for now paula newton, back to you in atlanta. >> thanks, hala. i'll take it from here. still to come for us on cnn, an argument is raging between the head of russia's space agency and one of nasa's most famous and accomplished astronauts.

more than 850 people were detained in anti-war protests across russia on sunday. that's according to an independent human rights group. it says russian security forces are no longer detaining just protesters. in fact, it says they're also trying to identify, quote, unreliable people in the places where demonstrations were announced. now overall the group says nearly 15,000 anti-war protests have been detained in russia since the invasion of ukraine began. now the war is having repercussions in the art world. that's according to reports in "the new york times." and it's raising complicated questions without any easy

answers. "the times" reports that as global condemnation of russia's actions grows, cultural institutions are pushing russian artists to take a stand. in fact, anna netrebko will not perform with the company after this season. she issued a statement against the war, but did not distance herself from mr. putin. meantime, valerie grigorev has been fired as chief conductor of germany's philharmonic. he has been friends with putin for decades. i spoke about how punitive some of these measures have been and how these decisions were made. >> well, i think in many cases actually there hasn't been much of a clear decision-making process. i think a lot of arts institutions have been caught off guard by the pressure to distance themselves from russian artists, and they're kind of making it up as they go along. some are demanding that artists

denounce putin in the invasion before they can perform. others are combing through social media posts to figure out where to draw the line. but i think for many it's sort of a arbitrary process right now. >> arbitrary doesn't seem where we should be at this point in 2022 when it comes to these very complicated issues. russians in many spheres have not been given the option of keeping silent. you know that some people say silence is complicity. yet even speaking out seems to have not been enough. the case of the piano vert oso was stark. his programs were canceled. he wrote himself a message on social media saying why has the world, the whole world rolled back into a state of where every person has a choice between fear or hatred? in that post, and let's keep in mind, he is a young man, only 20 years old. what is he getting at there? >> i think there is a sort of

frustration among many artists about these rules, about these expectations now. a lot of them say that, you know, to thrive in russia, for example, you need to have some sort of involvement with the state. it's sort of an essential part of having a career there. and if they were to speak up, they might face reprisals. so i think there is a sort of frustration among many artists that has spread across the industry, and they're beginning to speak up more and more about these requirements and expressing their opposition to them. >> meantime, retired nasa astronaut scott kelly is in a twitter battle with the head of russia's space agency. it began when kelly criticized russia's invasion of ukraine. he then criticized the russian space official over a video he tweeted. kelly said the video seemed to suggest that an american astronaut who is on the international speculation with two russian cosmonauts will be abandoned in space by the

russians. the russian space official wound up calling kelly a, quote, moron, and at one point in the spat and then blocked him from twitter. kelly says this is the first twitter argument he's ever had, but he insists the american-russian partnership in space is in fact vital, and he doesn't want to see it end. >> the space station has the program for the last 20 plus year has transcended what goes on politically on planet earth. and i think it is worth saving because it is our connection with a country that, you know, we're sometimes not too friendly with, but it allows us to work cooperatively and peacefully together on something that's important to us, and i think if we lose this, then there is really nothing left that keeps us connected. >> interesting. that was former nasa astronaut scott kelly there.

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the past few hours australia announced sanctions against 33 russian oligarchs. business people and their family members. and that includes. the billionaire owner of the chelsea football club. australia is growing adding to a growing list of countries now sanctioning him. and others believed to be close to president vladimir putin. that's of course in the wake of russia invasion of ukraine. the british government also sanctioned him. last week. and halted any potential sell of chelsea for now. chelsea has a long and storied history in the club success on the pitch has made one of russia's most high profile elites. cnn randi kaye has a look at his

uncertain future. >> reporter: that's russian billionaire. celebrating a win by the british football club. chelsea. a team he bought in 2003. for what amounts to about $233 million. >> it's about time that the west really look at where is this money coming from. >> the welcome matt in the uk is gone. he's one of many oligarchs sanctioned for their alleged ties to russian president vladimir putin. >> at in time essentially get a meeting with putin. and very close with him. >> in his case, the british government has banned him from its shores and frozen all assets in the uk. one day before he was sanctioned, he announced plans to sell the football club. and also reportedly trying to unload at least some of his homes in london. which include a 15 room mansion. on what's known locally as billionaires row. >> russian follow garks when they get money oftentimes

through under handed meanings want to park the money in the west. and gain respectability. by real estate and whether it's in the united kingdom or apartment in new york. which he has. buy yachts. this was a way of growing his wealth. >> the british government called him one of russia's wealthiest and most influential oligarchs. saying he's being sanctioned buzz hi wealth and connections are closely associated with the kremlin. his representative didn't respond to request to comment. forbes estimate he is worth $14.5 billion. now he's in jeopardy of losing many of his high priced toys. s super-yachts, luxury helicopters and, cars and mansions. he accumulated much of his wealth with soviet union collapsed in the 1990s. and russian state assets were divided up. >> you had all the state owned companies. that suddenly got privateized.

and he was there. and was able to buy up part of the a number of the companies. and became incredibly wealthy. this is sort of a classic gangster capitalism. in the 1990s. >> he bought an oil company from the soviet union. for $200 million. and later sold it for nearly $12 billion. with some of his remaining assets being seized by foreign governments, his future is suddenly uncertain. >> this is absolutely devastating for him. for his family. many of whom are remain in the west. this is costing the oligarch class tens of billions of dollars. and i think he personally is in the billions. okay. departure for us here. we'll tell you something that many didn't see coming at least

not me. it turns out retirement not sitting well with tom brady. the 44 year-old legendary quarterback says he will now return for his 23rd season in the national football league. it was just last month, it seems like yesterday. he said he was retiring after his second season with the tampa bay buccaneers. on sunday, he said this on twitter. the past two months i realize my place is still on the field and not in the stands. that time will come. but it's not now. okay. buckle up for that season. that does it for this hour. our breaking news coverage out of ukraine continues after a quick break. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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hello, welcome to our viewers around the world and in the u.s. live in lviv, ukraine. russia is now asking china for economic but also military assistance in ukraine. including drones according to a u.s. official. but a spokesperson for the chinese embassy says they know nothing about the request. m meeting in rome t