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rose marshall and andy shreve's. robert and susan rosenbaum.he corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> once again from washington, moderator yamiche alcindor. yamiche: good evening and welcomeo "washington week." the russian invasion of ukraine is entering its eighth week and the fallout over the atrocities committed against civilians has reached new levels. this week, president biden for the first time called the actions of russian president putin "genocide." president biden announced additional 800 million dollars in new military supplies to ukraine, including heavy artillery and helicopters. >> all of them are designed to help ukraine in the fight that they are in right now and the fight that they will be in, in coming days and weeks. yamiche: that comes as russia warned that u.s. and nato shipments of weapons to ukraine could bring "unpredictable consequences." meanwhile, in a dramatic new step, european union officials are drafting a proposed ban on russian oil prod