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center. rescuers evacuated 37 people. they say two were injured. and meanwhile the city is under a curfew until thursday morning. russia intensifies its strikes on residential neighborhoods. mainly the out skirts of the capitol. and against that backdrop ukraine president zelenskyy will deliver a virtual address to the american congress in the coming hours. expected to ask for more military aid and no fly zone over the country. he's asked for ha repeatedly. but nato resisted from the beginning. source tells us the u.s. will announce another $800 million in security assistance. president biden traveling to brussels next week. will discuss russia invasion of ukraine with nato leaders. and extraordinary in person summit. despite the fighting in and around kyiv, the prime minister of poland and czech republic made their way to the city to

meet with president zelenskyy. they took a train. they wanted to let him know ukraine is not alone. in its fight against russia. >> you are fighting for your life. your freedom. we know that you are also fighting for our lives and our freedom. and it's for us very important. we are bringing here full support for your future. not only european but membership. >> the next couple of days or weeks and the candidates status should be given to the end of this year. >> meanwhile outside the relative safety of that very secretive meeting, russian forces blasted a number of neighborhoods once again. local officials say at least four people were killed when shells hit this apartment

building. kyiv mayor wore a jacket as he walked through the streets surveying the damage. >> we never seem to leave. it's our home. we defend. our children, family. our buildings. our city. and our future. >> the curfew in kyiv is intended to prevent civilian casualties. people are not allowed to leave their homes without special permission. unless they are heading to bomb shelters. authorities in the eastern city of kharkiv say one person was killed in strikes on tuesday. officials reported 65 instances of shelling in a single day. with 600 residential buildings destroyed. to the south, the deputy mayor says russian forces are holding doctors and patients against their will at a hospital there. >> the russian army used the doctors and patients as hostages

in this building. so we do not have access to them. and of course it's war crime. >> ukrainians are fighting back in. these satellite images show the airport where ukraine military has destroyed at least three russian helicopters. and a number of vehicles. the russian advance is stalled in parts of ukraine. even as russian forces pound cities with shelling. western observers say moscow initial play book for invading ukraine had not gone according to the kremlin plan. we look at why this invasion is not unfolding the way russia predicted. >> russian still having a devastating impact on civilians in key cities.

in the capitol kyiv. russian forces are still making little progress. advancing across ukrainian territory. the core u.s. assessment hasn't changed. >> the kremlin forces remain stalled in many areas. >> experts agree almost three weeks in, russia is in trouble. >> it's not going according to plan. the plan was bad. >> the key question, why? >> i would argue it's a mix of everything. it is a failed botched concept of operation. with plenty of wrong assumptions about the very nature of the battlefield. russia believing in way that ukrainians would capitulate or crumble. >> revealing another major flaw in the plan. >> russia is out of available combat forces to put in the fight. >> analysts say russia limited forces are divided between taking territory and laying siege to major cities.

reducing the ability to do both tasks effectively. and that means russia must be reassessing what victory looks like. >> at this stage we are still talking about limited gains and goals. there's simply not enough troops potentially coming from russia. or elsewhere to do a sort of massive full scale invasion of ukraine. keep the territory, hold it. and finance a counter insurrection war. >> they're seeing early efforts to boost troop numbers with foreign fighters. >> we believe that out of syria. perhaps small very small groups of people that maybe trying to make their way to ukraine. >> how the next phase of the war plays out will be significantly determined by russia intentions in kyiv. trying to take the capitol would likely involve months of bombardment and urban warfare. >> that's going to be a tough

order of business. ukrainians know every single alley and back room. every road, every intersection. the russians are going find themselves in a hard fight. >> slow russian progress can help ukrainian forces. by allowing them more time to prepare and be resupplied with advanced weapons from allies. experts say it could also inspire grater brutality from russia. a willingness to escalate and destroy. in order to compensate for its stalled invasion. phil black, cnn, london. for more on president zelenskyy address to the u.s. congress. let's bring in a member of the ukrainian parliament. joining me live from western ukraine. thank you for joining us. we know that president zelenskyy and other political leaders in ukraine have asked from far for a no fly zone. nato allies have been explicit in the rejection of the idea. what can the west do now do you think to help ukraine short of

that no fly zone? >> i have to to be honest. there's not much that can be done. if the no fly zone is not imposed. that is as clear as day to the military command here in ukraine. and to every day citizens. we need the no fly zone. otherwise the russians will not stop bombarding cities. killing our people. and destroying the infrastructure. no fly zone is crucial. for the survival of the ukrainian state right now. we are not asking for the major states to intervene directly. we understand they are not willing to get involved. we do have tough feelings about that. that's different story. we can impose this no fly zone. as long as we get the equipment necessary. the jet ands air defense systems. that can help us cover our sky. >> so you can impose a no fly zone yourself but you need

additional weapon ri and help. is that -- president biden is expected to announce further aid. is your expectation that part of the package would include surface to air missile and that type of heavy weapons that you need to impose a no fly zone? i assume you also welcome fighter jets for instance the ones that poland was willing to give you through an american base in germany. >> yes. we very much hope that we shall be getting. that is the major thing that we need. all the other things are additional. if we don't have the no fly zone or the jets and air defense systems that can help us establish one. and doesn't really matter. that is actually the crucial. we are doing quite well on the ground. that ukrainian army is pushing the russian army further from the major cities.

they pushed the russian army on the ground from kharkiv. the russian did get into the city on the ground. they continue to bombard and destroy from air. bombarding and destroying maripol from air:. that's pain in my heart. they're trying to bombard kyiv. the air defense is better than other major cities. we see missiles hit by the ukrainian air defense system every day now. three days in a row. another residential building has been hit from hair. we need the air defense system and jets. it's a the polish jet situation has been taken so long to get resolved. we could have got the jets. and saved lives. within the last week if we got the jets earlier. >> so, where do you see --

what's the best case scenario for you know obviously the nato allies have said they will not enforce any no fly zone. the weapons you need to enforce it yourself that puts you in a much better defensive position. let's look fard to a potential -- exit here. from this horrific conflict. what form could that take if the ukrainian military is able to defend itself against russian jets and air strikes? what'sth possible off ramp here. in your opinion. >> only way for us to survive is to win. in this war. there's no other way. we need the russians to surrender and accept they are losing this war. and the no sense war. we need to win. there's no other solution to this. every time we do try to make some sort of peace agreement with russia, they take it as a

sign they can go further. this is what happened in 2014. when they annexed crimea and didn't get a tough enough reaction from the west. this is happening now. we need a win in order to ensure we can continue building our country. rebuilding it now. >> i wonder did you expect the russian invasion. so few people actually did. because of exactly what you're laying out. it doesn't make much sense. ukraine is a huge country. on the ground the russian military would have a hard time holding any territory. did you expect vladimir putin to go this far? >> i'll tell you this, we were getting many reports they were planning to invade. week ts leading to the invasion. i did make plans to my son. i talked to his father saying he make sure our son is safe. if the war starts. we were kind of preparing to that. on the other hand it did feel unrealistic. it still feels that way.

three weeks ago exactly i had my life. i was living in my house. with my son. i was living a regular life. i was building for 20 years in kyiv. and now it's all gone. i cannot stay at my place. i haven't seen my son for three weeks. my boyfriend is with the army. i don't know where he is. and i'm able to see him again. it feels surreal r. that is just making so very little sense. i would say that we knew that the russians hate us enough and the fact that we are trying to build a democratic state. close to the russian border. they hate it enough. we could never imagine missiles hitting the city of kyiv. that's unthinkable. we could think they can try to go further in don bas.

donbas. all russian speakers over there hate them now. >> it does seem surreal. even for those of us not ukrainian. just watching the situation unfold. thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. i hope you can stay safe. reunite with your family as soon as possible. the white house says president biden is a big believer in face to face diplomacy. that's what his aids said. to that end he will travel to europe next week to attend the nato summit in person. expected to discuss deterrence and defense efforts with nato leaders. and measures to impose more economic punishment on russia. humanitarian support for the million of refugees and also on the agenda. in brussels at nato headquarters with the latest on what we

expect from the meeting. >> yeah, this is a very last minute hastily arranged meeting of the nato leader. here at nato headquarters next week. and president biden will also be meeting with european leader. all in effort to discuss of course the latest assessment of the russian military operation in ukraine. when they meet next week it really is going to be a discussion of what are we seeing on the ground. how is this affecting potentially nato security, european security. and how can we try to deter any potential aggression by russia against the nato member states. we know that countries have been sending in weapons. to ukraine. steadily over the last several weeks and months. ukraine wants more. they have been asking of course for the fighter jets for the surface to air missiles. heavier weapons they hope can make a difference in the conflict. importantly president biden is expected to announce additional

$800 million in security assistance to ukraine. today when he's going make remarks following president zelenskyy speech to the u.s. congress. we are not clear yet on what that security assistance will entail. officials have declined to preview what the new systems and weapons will include. we are told they could include armed drones. that is something president zelenskyy has been asking for. that would bring the total if he does announce $800 million in security assistance bring the total to $1 billion that the u.s. allocated to ukrainian security. just in the last week alone. 2 billion in the last year. pretty significant. obviously president zelenskyy and ukraine are asking for additional assistance from nato. including the no fly zone. it doesn't seem like that is going to happen. there's a defense minister here today at nato. they will be discussing of course the latest assessment on the ground and of course how

they can potentially deter aggression against nato member states. this is really the extent of it. they are not going to put nato forces on the ground in ukraine. or set up a no fly zone. the discussion this week and next with centering around keeping the eastern countries feeling secure. reenforcing the troop presence there. and humanitarian assistance flowing into ukraine. >> all right. thanks very much. quick break, when we come back ahead new details about the fate of the russian journalist who staged this dramatic antiwar protest during a state tv broadcast. your mission: stand up to moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and take. it. on... ...with rinvoqoq. rinvnvoq a once-daily pill can dramatically improve symptomsms... rinvoq helps tamame pain, stiffness, swelling.

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welcome back. the russian journalist arrested after that dramatic antiwar protest on live tv is speaking out about what she endured in police custody. >> indeed difficult days of my life. i spent two days with no sleep. the questioning lasted 14 hours. i wasn't allowed to contact relative or friends. i was not provided with legal assistance. i'm in quite a difficult position. >> so far she's been spared prison time. she was fined 30,000 rubles. $300. that fine wasn't for breaking onto the tv set. it was for message she recorded before the protest.

>> the russian people think it's only in our power to stop all this madness. go to the rallies. do not be afraid. they cannot arrest us all. >> her protest on monday came with a crack down on antiwar messages in russia. a new law passed earlier this month allows up to 15 years in prison for anyone convicted of spreading what the kremlin considers fake news ability the invasion. for more i'm joined in london. is she -- is that the extent of what authorities will do to her following her on air protest? do we know? >> we don't know. people are concerned about this, as you said. there are two charges. one relating to the prerecorded message that was after her arrest. after that protest on the main evening news on russia. she was fined 30,000 ruble.

the equal of $280. as a result of that charge. which she pled guilty to as a charge of organizing an unauthorized event. then of course there maybe other charges against her for breaking onto the tv set. with of course that message including alleges the kremlin now decree to be fake news. remember the kremlin is saying that what's happening in ukraine is a special military operation. conducted by russian forces. she of course had a sign that said no war. the kremlin talk of the invasion of ukraine as an invasion or war as something that they can punish with three and 15 years in jail. according to but the new laws passed by parliament. the spokesman for the vladimir putin said it was -- she's

attracted the attention of the french president. who may move to offer her asylum in france. her some kind of diplomatic protection inside the french embassy in russia. he pledges to speak with vladimir putin about her fate. this point it's unclear whether or not she may the new rules. so far she's free after the 14 hours worth of questioning. and not having been able to sleep for two days or speak to her family or friends. >> all right. thanks so much. a lot more to come after a quick break. we continue the breaking news coverage. volunteers from a small ukrainian town say they're ready to face russian forces if needed. we'll show you how the community banded together to protect what they hold dear. this is how you imagine your dishwasher. but it may not be as clean as you think. built up grease and limescale could be hiding in your pipes.

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welcome back. live in lviv, ukraine. our top story this hour. cnn crews in kyiv reported a busy night of multiple explosions in the capitol. air raid sirens blare through the night. and now we're learning that russian strikes have hit a residential building. another one. not far from the city center. kyiv is under a strict curfew until thursday morning.

the mayor says residents will only be allowed to leave home if they have a special permit or headed to a bomb shelter. meanwhile ukrainian president zelenskyy will address u.s. lawmakers in the coming hours. expected to ask them for more help including additional weapons for ukraine. and no fly zone. something that has many of you know the u.s. and nato have ruled out so far. cnn has learned that the american president joe biden is expected to announce even more security aid. after zelenskyy's speech. the white house also announced tuesday that president biden will travel to europe next week to meet with world leader and discuss russia's invasion. on tuesday several european leader traveled in person in to ukraine. on a train. meeting with zelenskyy and reaffirming their support for ukraine's fight. ukraine president said their visit sends a powerful message.

>> i would like to thank you for what you are doing. during such a difficult time. your help is greatly appreciated. these ambassadors of wonderful independent european countries have come to ukraine during a full scale invasion by the russians. you do not fear anything. >> former ukrainian president says russia's president has under estimated a lot about ukraine including the unity of the ukrainian people. now faced with losing everything, they have every day citizens are coming together to stand against the invasion. >> reporter: dawn breaks over the city. with an air raid siren. the ground war has yet to reach this city in central ukraine. but locals aren't taking any chances. this is the entrance to a village on the out skirts of the

city. a check point protected by volunteers and excop. fireman and electrician. >> look at this village is protecting itself. homemade tank traps. which the locals call hedgehogs. netting and put up sandbags. around the wall here of this check point, they have boxes of molotov cocktails ready. this is all locally made. these are improvised defenses. and this is just one ukrainian village. just down the road i meet who seems like a sweet 71 year-old grandmother. >> by the way. she says if she saw vladimir putin she would strangle him with her own hands. >> yeah. i'm ready. if by god the russians come here i'll shoot them all. my hands won't even shake. i'll throw grenades at them.

>> there's seething anger here at the moscow invasion. at the same time examples of tremendous generosity. stacked inside a garage, humanitarian assistance trucked in from europe. personal donations of clothes and food. for the struggling people of ukraine. aid that will then be shipped off to front line cities. >> i want to say thank you for the rest of the world. for the world. and i want to -- we need help. we need them. >> are you ready if the russian military comes to this city? >> yeah. and other cities. we have two weeks to make good defense. today we ready. but we don't want this. >> the war effort extends to his

farm. where workers labor listening to news of the war. donates free food to self-defense forces. >> he says he's doing his part to help with the war effort. he's planting more crops, and going to try to grow more food to feed ukrainians who maybe in need in the weeks and months ahead. >> one of vladimir putin's stated objectives for his war on ukraine was to demilitaryize the country. instead he mobilized farmers, grandmothers and electricians to form a grass roots resistance. against the russian invasion. >> that does it for me in lviv. i'll turn it over to rose mary church in atlanta. >> thanks so much.

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beijing says it will continue its economic relationship with russia. despite threats from the united states. on tuesday, a spokesperson for the chinese foreign ministry said his country shares mutual respect with russia. beijing has come under fire for not denouncing russia's invasion of the ukraine. pushing back against what officials call a attempt tos to smear its reputation. more from shanghai. >> beijing fighting back against the u.s. warnings not to help russia. in its invasion of ukraine. today, a foreign ministry spokesperson strongly urging the united states not to under mine china's legitimate right ts and interests when dealing with u.s. russia relations. adding china and russia will continue to conduct normal economic trade cooperation. might that cooperation soon include military support. >> they think of it as a tight rope walk.

from the perspective of most they see beijing as being an active support for moscow. >> both beijing and kremlin deny russia made a request for aid. sources they russia asked china for drones and prepackaged military food kits. and a seven hour meeting monday in rome, china top diplomat told u.s. national security adviser china wants peace. and could serve as a mediator. adding beijing is providing emergency humanitarian aid to ukraine. >> chinese government juggling between several different goals and try to be friends with all parties involved. >> china is already russia's biggest trading partner and likely the only super-power that could help slow russia's economic free fall. about three weeks before the invasion, president xi jinping and vladimir putin announce ds an energy deal totalling $100 billion. including construction of a new gas pipeline. beijing agreed to purchase 100 million tons of oil from russia.

over the next ten years. then there's agricultural. the same week the west launched severe economic sanctions on russia, beijing announced details of a new wheat deal. expanding imports from all regions of russia. it adds to what was an already massive surge in russia china trade. chinese state media says in 2021, trade between the two jumped $150 billion over the previous year includes russian seed oil, barly and beef. every dollar counts when you are losing customers as quickly as russia. the west cuts russian banks out of the dollar swift system, russia could look to settle the trade debt with china. using chinese currency instead. some analysts believe all of china's potential economic relief efforts still won't be enough to back fill the massive void in russia left by western nations. with russian trade volume dwarfed with deals wi u.s. the economic risk might be too great for china.

>> it is doing deep significant harm to china interest. to attack itself to the earning and sinking ship that is vladimir putin. china backed the wrong horse. >> with the stated willingness to mediate the crisis, china appears to still be strike that lg how best to keep the economic ties to the west. without abandoning its ideology allegiance to a fellow autocracy. earlier i spoke with serving on the u.s. national security counsel and at the state department. he was also the deputy staff director of the u.s. senate committee on foreign relations. when it was chaired by then senator joe biden. he says china has a effectively given the green light to russian president vladimir putin to invade ukraine. and russia is testing how much the country can rely on beijing. take a listen. >> it's really difficult to

understand. but you can get the china cease the united states at strategic in the world. and signed an agreement of partnership and said there was no limits to what they would do together in the world. now that is being tested. if china does end up sending arms to the russians, to use in ukraine. that would shift china from an accomplice in the invasion to a full cocombative. i hope the chinese government is taking ta possibility seriously. >> china has not yet condemned putin's deadly invasion. if the country if china goes ahead and assists russia, with drones and other military aid, how should nato respond? >> certainly we should be begin a process of a leaning toward a very full deep economic decoupling with china. we live in a world we're seeing

there's a significant difference between the way that free and open society functions and the way that authoritarian societies function. and what this crisis shown us we in the free world are too reliant on goods skb products and trade from the authoritarian world. that is going to create a vulnerability. for us and others around the world. china makes the strategic choice to be all in with brutality and genocide. human rights violations. around the world. there have to be consequences and we have to think about what is the kind of world we like to build. and who are the partners we'd like to build it with. >> when you and i spoke last week, you said that china president xi could end this war in ukraine. and immediately. with just one telephone call to russia president putin. as a result i received a lot of reaction to that. on social media. i'm sure you did too.

many rejecting the possibility that china leader had the control over putin. what would you say to those who just can't wrap their minds about the possibility china leader does have that level of influence over president putin? >> first there's just no possibility. that president xi and putin sign the february 4 agreement saying no limits to their partnership. two weeks before the invasion of ukraine. and the possibility of an invasion of ukraine wasn't discussed. as a matter of fact the agreement between china and russia was the green light that putin needed to know that he could take this aggressive step and china would have its back. if china announced it no longer had russia's back, and was no longer supporting this brutal attack on the people of ukraine, russia would have absolutely no choice but to withdraw. it's the possibility of future

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point on wednesday. the big unknown is how many rate increases the federal reserve is planning for the rest of the year. with inflation at a 40 year high analysts say the fed could announce up to seven rate hikes for the year. crushing western sanctions a crumbling economy and now russia could be on the brink of a foreign debt default. moscow is due to pay $117 million in interest payments on government bonds today. it has warned those payments may come in ruble. not u.s. dollars. cnn anna stewart explains why that's a problem. >> russia hasn't failed to pay back international investors of the sovereign debt since the revolution over a century ago. it might not just be a lack of willingness to pay back investors from countries that russia deems unfriendly. it may not be able to do so. one of the round of western

sanctions targeted its central bank. and that essentially means that around half of the russia foreign reserves are frozen. around $350 billion. that is why russia says it can only repay creditors in ruble. the local currency and lost around half of the value against the dollar this year. that doesn't just make the ruble less attractive for investors. using it to repay this debt would be considered a default and here's why. moscow is due to pay $117 million in interest payments on dollar denomination government bonds wednesday. they have bonds that can be we paid in multiple currencies. these payments must be made in u.s. dollars only. interest payments come be a 30 day grace period. credit ratings agencies could declare russia to be in default before that period ends. if moscow makes clear it doesn't intend to pay. now the potential consequences

of a default are unclear. the market prepared for the default scenario. financial shock should be limited. some concern that western banks lent to russia could suffer. the default would be unlikely to cause a financial crisis. however if the russian government defaults on its debt, it is possible that russian companies follow suit. and they own international banks more than $120 billion. that is according to to the bank for international settlements. now for russia, the main cost of a default on sovereign debt is being locked out of capitol markets and facing high cost of borrowing money over seas. of course due to sanctions, they already are. anna stewart, cnn, london. and thank you so much for your company. our breaking news coverage continues next with max foster.

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hello and warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i'm max foster in london with breaking news of the war in ukraine just ahead. >> this invasion has to stop. >> translator: we defend our children, our families, our building. >> it's going to be a ukraine, independent ukraine a lot longer than a vladimir putin. >> i believe i