ah, ah ah, this is d, w is live from burling, ukraine's president makes an urgent appeal to the united states. people are defending left on the free. we are fighting for the veterans of europe and the world. the virtual address to congress bottom is the dance k ask for more sanctions and military support to fight russia, telling americans we need you now. also on the program. natal looks to shaker fits approach to security, will take you to brussels, where alliance defense ministers of been discussing new ways to deter future

russian aggressions. russia escalated bombardment of the ukrainian capital chief says russian forces are striking residential areas from positions outside the company. ah, i'm so glad you're welcome to the program. my name is events k has made an urgent and emotional appeal to the united states for more help in his country's war against russia. virtual address to congress, ukrainian president repeated his plea for western countries to increase their military involvement, invoking key turning points in u. s. history. he told americans that ukraine needs their help. now. right now, the destiny of our country is being beside it. the destiny of our people,

whether ukrainians will be free, whether they will be able to preserve their democracy. russia has attacked, not just us, not just our land, not just our cities. it went on a brutal, offensive against our values based safety. you men of values. it little tanks and planes against our freedom, against our right to live freely in our own country, choosing our own future. so to me is it on ski addressing the u. s. congress le, let's go to a congress now where president, well, we'll go to the white house, big upon what president biden is making a response of sorts or commander meter. general milly, i mean, it just as amazing. yesterday we saw reports that russian forces were holding hundreds of doctors and patients hostage in the largest hospital in mariposa. these are atrocities. they're an outrage in the world,

and the world is united in our support for ukraine and our determination to make food and pay a very heavy price. burke is lending this effort together with our allies and partners providing enormous levels of security, humanitarian assistance that we're adding to today. and we're gonna continue to do more in the days, weeks ahead. where cripple, impudence, economy with punishing sanctions. that's going to only grow more painful over time with the entire world, nato on you behind us and many other countries. what's a stake here are the principles that the united states and the united nations in, across the world stand forth. it's about freedom. it's about the right people to determine their own future. it's about making sure you claim people are answering, present. soleski is call it victory for prudent no matter what advances he makes on the battlefield. the american people are answering presses, soleski call for more help, more weapons ukraine to defend his of more tools,

to fight russian aggression. when that's what we're doing. in fact, we started our assistance ukraine before this war began. as i started do exercises along ukrainian border, the russian started in march of last year. we took the threat of putin invading very seriously. we acted on it. we sent ukraine more security systems last year, 650000000 dollars and weapons included and i air and, and i armor equipment before the invasion, more than we had ever provided before. so an evasion began, they already had in their hands the kinds of weapons and needed to counter russian advances. and once the war started, we immediately rushed 350000000 and additional aid to further address their needs. hundreds of anti air systems, thousands van i tank weapons transport helicopters, arm patrol, boat, and other high mobility vehicles. radar systems that help track incoming artillery and on man drones, secure communications of goodman and tactical gear,

satellite imagery and anna and analysis capacity. and it's clearly helped ukraine inflict dramatic losses on russian forces. i'm saturday, my administration authorized another $200000000.00 to keep a steady flow of weapons and ammunition moving to ukraine. 9, once again, using my presidential authority to act re activated additional security assistance to continue to healthy crime. fend off rushes, assault, an additional $800000000.00 of assistance that brings the total of new u. s. security systems. ukraine to $1000000000.00 just this week. these are the large, these are direct transfers of equipment from our department of defense of ukraine military help them as they fight against this invasion. i thank the congress for appropriating these funds. this new package monotone is going to provide unprecedented assistance to ukraine. it includes $800.00 anti aircraft systems to

make sure the ukrainian military can continue. this can continue to stop the planes and helicopters, admin, attacking their people and an offender, ukrainian airspace. and at the request of presidents, the lensky, we have identified and are helping ukraine acquire additional longer range and aircraft systems, and the re dishes for those systems. i knew assistance package also includes $9000.00 and anti armor systems. these are portable, high, high, accurate, high, accurately, high accuracy shoulder mountain missiles that ukrainian forces have been using with great effect to destroy invading tanks and armored vehicles. it will include $7000.00 small armed machine guns, shot guns, grenade launchers, to crypt. ukraine is including the brave women and men who are defending their cities as civilians and there on the country side as well. and were, and we, and as well as the ammunition artillery and mortar rounds, to go with small arms,

$20000000.00 rounds in total, $20000000.00 raft. this will include drones, which, which are demonstrates our commitment to sending our most cutting edge systems to ukraine for his defense. and we're not doing this along. our allies and partners have stepped up to provide significant shipments of security assistance and will continue to help facilitate these deliveries as well. united states and our allies and partners are fully committed to surgi weapons of assistance to the ukrainians and moral becoming. as we source additional stocks of equipment that are all that were ready to transfer. now, now i want to be honest with you. this could be a long and difficult battles, but the american people be steadfast in our support of the people who crane in the face of prudence, immoral on ethical attacks and civilian populations. we are united in our abhorrence of prudence, depraved, on slot. and we're going to continue to have their backs as they fight for their

freedom. their democracy are very survival. we're going to give you crane the arms to fight and defend themselves through all the difficult days ahead. really continue to mobilize humanitarian relief to support people within ukraine. and those been forced to flee grey. and just the past few weeks, we provide a $300000000.00 humanitarian assistance to the people and you grain in a neighboring countries. tens of thousands of tons of food, water medicine, and other basic supplies to support the people in need. are experts on the ground in poland, in moldova, and other neighboring countries, are there to make real time assessments of the rapidly evolving crisis to get urgent need of you managing supplies of the people in need when they need. and we will support ukraine's economy with direct financial assistance as well. and together with allies and partners, we will keep up the pressure on prudence, crumbling, economy,

isolating him on the global stays. that's our goal. make prudent pay the price weak in his position while strengthening the hand of ukrainians on the battlefield. the negotiating table together with our allies and partners, we're going to stay the course and we'll do everything we can to push for and end this tragic unnecessary war. this is a struggle of pitch, the appetite of an autocrat against human kind desire to be free and let there be no doubt, no uncertainty. no question. america stands with the forces of freedom. we always have, we always will. i thank you all. god bless you and i'm going to walk over and sign this legislative side, this builder allow the draw down to those materials and may god protect beer young, crannies route. they're defending their country.

and you as president and joe biden at the white house. you say antony, blinking, i stayed behind. he signs that the bill out with this enormous shopping list or from a military, an aide, and humanitarian a into existence. oh a he says sign the said bill into an action. let's go to a d. w st. washington bureau chief in us, oh, it's a welcome at quite a h a list to bear that the, the president had of not just money but also out, but also a defensive arms and humanitarian assistance. right. so

this is the response of this really dramatic her and emotional speech president lens he gave earlier this day, urging her the united states to help building a no fly zone over the over ukraine and just helping the people in ukraine to defend russia. and in this response, present biden really stressed the fact how much they already have done to support ukraine. like by the just in the last week. they spend $1000000000.00 to buy a systems and other support supplies. so that was really mainly to show how strong the support from the united states is, but not to make any mistake. there will be no, no fly zone over ukraine supported by nato. but biden, i just now really showed how big the support is in other regards. right. and

signing this, this massive check as it were, an officer of his own back. it is congress likely to back him in this? yeah, he's sending another bill right. right now we saw it about 800000000. another 800000000 are on top of everything. the united states already has paid phil. yes, in this moment we see a political washington united, united in a way. we haven't seen it since years. so yes, especially after this most dramatic speeds from president a saline sky. i'm sure that a president biden has the backing from both parties die. and it was interesting that the he warned about this being said, this could be a long a difficult battle. now with had a b, i states has been involved in long, difficult battles in the past in their faith. they haven't really had a, an amazing job track record. and one wonders at where this is like

a shoe to actually end up. absolutely, and i and this is doubles tragic for president by them because he wanted to go down in the history books as the president who ends all is never ending wars. i mean, we all remember that also tragic withdrawal from afghanistan. now he is this war on his hands, but indeed he wants to prepare a view of his a merit. dear american, it's american fellows, his americans, that this might go on for much longer and this all, this comes also with the costs for the civilians here of the average american in the united states. i mean with sky rocking gas prices, the energy prices are high anyhow. inflation is high because of co it. so this is also a preparation for his people that there might be more costs to be paid. thank you for that. are innocent in his poll in washington. a take you to brussels next because top defense officials are from nato countries have been discussing at

further help for ukraine as they are fight against russia's invasion at leaders, including a u. s. defense secretary lloyd austin at met at nato headquarters in brussels. general austin repeated that the alliance would abide by its promise to protect eastern european allies if russia attacked. but estonia, a smaller later country bordering russia, continued to call for the alliance established and no fly zone ukraine. the step of that has been refused so far as because of fears of a full scale war with russia on nato secretary general against dalton burger address. the press of following this meeting. more schools should be in no doubt natal all not tolerate any attack on allowed sovereignty or territorial integrity. we have all of the activated o defense bounced to shield the alliance increase or reverse on the

ploy tubes from both sides of the atlantic as joint d. w corresponding to terry shows at nato headquarters. welcome, terry. that sounds like mister stilton berg with an unequivocal warning to russia. that's right, fell yet another unequivocal warning to moscow that despite all the red lines, we've seen the kremlin blow past with its invasion of ukraine, it's attacks on civilians. other activities that have been called potential war crimes, nato is saying you may not step one foot on nato territory and that's what the alliance is designed to protect its own allies. those countries up against the russian border against the bell, russian border against the ukrainian border. and so you've seen this build up continue as russia has continued its assault on ukraine. and that's the message that told him berg was trying to send yet again to the kremlin today. and to talk

to today about reinforcing our collective defense. if you talk about a significant increase in true numbers, they've already seen a significant increase in true numbers. he said today that there are hundreds of thousands of troops on alert across europe, and that means nato allies, national military's, in addition to the, to the extra forces that the u. s. has sent to back up the eastern flag and so was sold from berg is, is trying to point out to the russians, is that they simply would have no chance against nato's 30 countries with all of their research was being brought to bear. but i don't know that we'll see only troops being being sent as reinforcements. he's also talking about about boosting the defenses in the air c and cyber a cyber domains. he's talking about possibly even moving in, in the months to come, possibly moving some of nato's other capabilities that would not have been able to

be to be transported under the nato, russia founding act, which governed the relations between nato and russia. but is largely seem to have been thrown by the wayside with rushes invasion of ukraine and breaking international law in this way. right? so in nature, clearly taking seriously the idea that russia might attack or indeed invade its eastern flank, it doesn't have any choice. but to prepare for this, since it many people, even in many experienced russia waters didn't expect moscow to invade ukraine really thought that there would be some point at which vladimir putin would decide this was not worth the high cost. he's now paying in terms of sanctions and losses of his own troops, but they can no longer can no longer calculate what he might be willing to do. they can only look at what he's able to do. and of course, russia is a nuclear power. they have to, nato has to prepare for that. and it's not only that there may be

a purposeful attack on a nato ally, but we're hearing more and more about possible accidents, you know, simply mit miscalculations on the russian part. and today, a senior nato military official talks about the fact that a hotline had been established to try to, to de conflict any possible activities that could be, could be miss miss. seen by the other side could be sort of taken in the wrong way . and nato says, while they remain open to these kind of conversations, russia doesn't pick up that phone. thank you so much for answer. territory shows that the headquarters rushes, escalating its attacks across ukraine. russian forces are reported to be stepping up their bombardment of chief and intensifying the fighting in the city suburbs emergency services. so these 2 people were injured in new strikes on the capital this morning for residence after ukrainian capital. every passing day brings further shelling more homes last and more casualties.

is she alive? visibly? yes, she's alive. get her in the car. a city wide curve you was imposed on tuesday and will last until thursday morning. i had of the curfew. people rushed to the stores to stock up on food and supplies. a little over the was the situation in the city is not bad. music with the people are holding up where supported by the volunteers and the territorial defense. you. meanwhile, president followed amir. so lensky said she saw hope for compromise in talks between russia and ukraine. even us moscow stepped up its assault. yeah, oh, there was little squad, it is important and it's difficult but important because any war ends in an

agreement, you easiest continues easy enough as i'm told the positions in the negotiation, some more realistic in the of kidney. however, that still needs to be more time for decisions to be in ukraine's interests. on tuesday, leaders from 3 e u countries visited keith, bringing a message of support. they reiterated their desire to give ukraine away to join the e u. as soon as possible. i hope it will be agreed the next couple of days or weeks and the candidate dental should be given to the end of this year of the late like the capital bracing for the next round. this medical team has set up a field hospital in a bomb shelter for the worst case scenario of having to treat the wound at here. the people of keys know their ordeal is far from over. well, with all the sanctions that ranged against it is russia on the edge of insolvency

ratings. agency fish says there is an immediate risk of default bond payment of more than a $100000000.00 is due today. if russia were to make that payment in roubles, it could trigger a technical default western sanctions hit the russian economy. part. many banks have been excluded from the global payment system. swift and a big chunk of state assets have been frozen. while russia has dollar reserves of $640000000000.00, the country central bank is unable to access about half of that due to the sanctions. russia's international bonds are worth about $40000000000.00. $117000000.00 are due today, while the principle payment of $2000000000.00 is due on april 4th, the ration finance minister and tonsil one of said moscow will pay it sets and roubles if western sanctions kept blocking access to its dollar reserves. credit ratings agency fetch warned that pain in rebels with constitute sovereign default.

if russia won transfer dollars to its creditors within the next month, the international monetary funding let's, as russia's economy is now projected to decline significantly. and what impact will that have to the global autonomy? let's remembered that the reason there unprecedented sanctions is because the unthinkable happened. a devastating war in ukraine. and the impact of the saxes is quite severe for the russian economy. we expect deep recession in russia. this lamp is expected to hit neighboring countries such as georgia in moldova, which are both heavily reliant on frayed red, russia. and there is also the chance that the recession could expand beyond the region affecting the global economy. now the united nations top court has ordered russia to immediately suspend what he described as military operations in

ukraine. the international court of justice in the hague issue, the interim ruling case brought by ukraine. he says, russia's invasions based on false accusations of genocide and asked the court to order russia to stop its military activities. they're based on a false interpretation of the u. s. genocide. treaty. russia claims it's intervening in ukraine to stop a genocide of ethnic russians in the eastern dumbass region. the w corresponded christine mando in brussels has been following the story for us. welcome christine . so tell us more about this ruling. so what the international court of justice are, has done here is give a provisional ruling. the facts do complicate the story. little bit in that the international court of justice has not made a ruling or a determination on russia's invasion in c, ukraine. it has responded to a complaint brought up by ukraine, which is limited in scope,

in that ukraine complained to the court that russia has accused of genocide in, in, in, in lou hands can, tanya can, on the basis of that has justified its invasion in c, ukraine, the court not made a complete determination of that. what the court has said to day is that while it still looking into the case, it is making a provisional ruling and that provisional ruling based on the evidence of what we're seeing happening in ukraine right now. in fact, one of the judges was reading out that ruling said, the court has seen the pictures. we've seen the images, we know what's going on in ukraine. and on the basis of that is we are asking russia to suspend what it cause a special military operation in ukraine. this is legally binding under international law. it's not clear, reflect, russia is going to comply. it's unlikely, given the fact that russia wouldn't even present itself to make oral arguments in the hearing that was held 2 weeks ago. but it is effect at the un stock court saying to russia, you need to stop what you're doing in ukraine right now. okay,

so if, if russia isn't even bothering to, to send representatives of what can be a i, c, j ado, if he chooses to disregard this rule? well, this is where it gets interesting. what the i, c, j can do, right? the judges at the international court of justice can elevate this and take it to the security council and say, here is a nation that is not complying with a ruling or an order that we have handed down. it gets interesting here because russia holds a permanent seat at the europe at the un security council and could potentially veto that. so that is way. it gets complicated so that i c j doesn't really have a way of enforcing what is effectively a legally binding ruling under international law. all it can do is take this to the un security council and of course russia is sitting there as a permanent member. ok, thank you for that, christine christine wanda, in brussels. this is date of the news line from by then here's

a recap of the latest developments and the war. a new crime, the country president for all the reasons he has repeated, he's called for a no fly zone. and a video address to the u. s. congress. he also appealed to u. s. companies to leave russia, as he said they were financing the war, invoking the event that prompted the us to join the 2nd world war. he told congress, remember, co harbor we need you now. and us president joe biden has signed a bill for a new package of military and other 8 for the defense of ukraine, bringing to a $1000000000.00 the amount of security assistance. and honestly, we also want the american public of all could be long, but that the u. s. would remain steadfast in it. support of the nato secretary general mills against sultan book has promised more help for ukraine, but reiterated the alliances position that they would be no, no fly zone. speaking at a summit of defense ministers, he also said courage by progress reported that the peace talks between russia and

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