the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has denied the white house has a policy of regime change in russia. it follows president biden�*s comments on saturday made during a speech in poland, in which he said of president putin, "for god's sake, this man cannot remain in power." we'll have more on that a little later. but first, ukraine's military intelligence chief has warned that russia may be trying to divide ukraine, in the same way that north and south korea have been divided for more than half a century. let's get a full reaction to all of these comments. our correspondent anna foster is in lviv, in western ukraine. bring us up—to—date, because we had that attack and saw the images of the destruction in lviv, just talk us through what is happening there on the ground now. it us through what is happening there on the ground now.— on the ground now. it was 24 hours auo when on the ground now. it was 24 hours ago when this _ on the ground now. it was 24 hours ago when this skyline _ on the ground now. it was 24 hours ago when this skyline right - on the ground now. it was 24 hours

the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has said that the united states has no plans to bring about, should not be allowed to remain in power. speaking injerusalem, mr blinken said any decision about whether president putin should remain in office was in the hands of the russian people. with regard to the incredibly powerful speech by the i think the white house made the point last night that president vladimir putin cannot be empowered to wage war of aggression against ukraine or anyone else. as you know and as you've had a sea repeatedly we do not have a strategy of regime change in russia or anywhere else for that matter. it is up to the people in question, it is up to the russians. .. ., people in question, it is up to the russians. ., ,, . ., , russians. the uk education secretary echoed those — russians. the uk education secretary echoed those comments _ russians. the uk education secretary echoed those comments and - russians. the uk education secretary echoed those comments and said - russians. the uk education secretary echoed those comments and said anyj echoed those comme

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and we heard from antony blinken, talking to yair lauid. _ from antony blinken, talking to yair lauid that really the 2015 nuclear deal he felt was the best way to— nuclear deal he felt was the best way to put iran's nuclear programme back in— way to put iran's nuclear programme back in the _ way to put iran's nuclear programme back in the box it was in. he is saying — back in the box it was in. he is saying washington will continue to encounter— saying washington will continue to encounter any saying washington will continue to encounterany ukrainian saying washington will continue to encounter any ukrainian threat, it very much— encounter any ukrainian threat, it very much remains engaged in this region _ very much remains engaged in this region. that is something that its allies— region. that is something that its allies have — region. that is something that its allies have been worried about. the uk government says it plans to invest up to £2 billion in a new nuclear power station in suffolk. the french energy firm, edf, will match that twenty per cent stake in sizewell c. our bus

the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has denied the white house has a policy of regime change insia. it follows president biden�*s speech on saturday, in which he said of president putin — "for god's sake, this man cannot remain in power". mr blinken, who's in israel for an historic two—day summit said that it's for the russian people to decide. meanwhile, ukraine's president, volodymyrzelensky, has repeated his call for more weapons and military support from the west. our correspondent jonah fisher is in lviv. there was an angry statement from volodymyr zelensky, ukraine's president, last night. it came just after the city that i'm in now, lviv, was targeted by russian cruise missiles. in that statement, president zelensky called on nato countries to get their dusty weapons out of their storerooms and send them here to ukraine. the west has of course already sent large amounts of anti—tank and anti—aircraft missiles here to ukraine and there have been some foreigners who have off their back decided to come here and join the fight. now, i went to the border with poland to meet up

studio: we leave the us secretary of state antony blinken addressing the media and the world.s, and our correspondent yolande knelljoins us now from jerusalem. two separate strands in what he was talking about first of all. let's deal with them in turn. first of all his comments about ukraine, what you make of those? we were ukraine, what you make of those? - were told by the state department ahead of time that really antony blinken's visit to this region was very much putting ukraine as a top priority. he is looking for greater support from us allies in this region for the american position, which is really very much to isolate russia and to condemn its aggression in ukraine. there have been powers in ukraine. there have been powers in this region that have held off from doing that. he mentioned as we know that the israeli foreign minister has condemned russia's actions in ukraine, but we know there has been this position of official ambivalence when it comes to the israelis, and the prime minister has said he doesn't want to jeopardise his role as a mediator by renouncing ru

the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is in israel for an historic summit with four arab countries is a part of the world where the united states has vital interests and some of our closest friends. acceptance speeches are likely to strike a more sombre tone, but the show will go on in celebration of an art form that offers an avenue of escape when arguably the world has never needed one more. hello, and welcome to bbc news. the white house has clarified unscripted comments from president biden in poland on saturday, in which he called vladimir putin a butcher and said the russian leader could not remain in power. us government officials made it clear that the president was not calling for regime change in moscow. the russian government had responded to president biden�*s comments by saying that its people — not america — should choose its leaders. meanwhile, ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, has urged western governments to supply planes, tanks and missile defence systems to his country. in a speech criticising nato�*s lack of action, he said heavy weapons which could defen

in about 15 minutes we expect to hear from secretary of state antony blinken. and also congress taking new action, striking a deal to send nearly $14 billion in aid to ukraine. i'll talk to the bipartisan co-chairs of the congressional eu caucus about that and what more the united states can do. this morning ukraine's president warning the scale of the threat in his country is at its peak. he also has this warning for russian soldiers invading his country, that the only thing waiting for them in ukraine is captivity and death. the war itself has been a magnet for ukrainians scattered around the world to return and fight. on tuesday alone, in fact, ukraine's state border guard service said that as many as 12,000 ukrainians arrived to defend their homeland. our own richard engel talked to one soldier who is now an american citizen who previously fought in the u.s. military. he returned to help. >> we're on the right side. i mean, they came to our home trying to destroy us. we don't have a choice. we stand divided, we fall. so that's it. >> and there are new urgen

and we heard from antony blinken, he said that really the 2015— blinken, he said that really the 2015o put iran's new killer programme back into the box it was in. programme back into the box it was in so— programme back into the box it was in so he _ programme back into the box it was in so he is— programme back into the box it was in. so he is saying that washington is going _ in. so he is saying that washington is going to — in. so he is saying that washington is going to continue to counter any ukrainian — is going to continue to counter any ukrainian threat, that it very much remains _ ukrainian threat, that it very much remains engaged in this region, something its allies had been worried — something its allies had been worried about.— something its allies had been worried about. ., ,, , ., , . worried about. thank you very much for that. joining me now is kataryna wolczuk, professor of politics at the university of birmingham, and associate fellow at the russia and eurasian programme at chatham house. very quickly, regime change and those comments president biden said in the cl

in a moment we are going to be hearing from antony blinken from the state department and he will be updating the efforts to stop russia against ukraine. there are no signs vladimir putin is backing off. instead, more civilian centers are being targeted as the russians try to take three key cities. kyiv, kharkiv and the port city of haar shawn. there was a separate government building that was reduced to dust. residents are trying to get out, and nbc news correspondent, cal perry, spoke with a young woman named katerina who spent two harrowing days running for her life. >> i left kharkiv two days ago when things got worse and my house got hit by a bomb and my loved ones died. it was like pretty much giving your soul to got every second, because our train stopped in the middle of kyiv and they were shooting and we heard bombs flying over and planes, and i thought this particular moment i can die. >> reporter: how did you survive? >> i don't think i did. we all are just super -- mentally we are broken and to be honest, i have ptsd, i do. every time i hear a sound, i start shaking. >> anything y

we're hearing the secretary of state antony blinken is about to speak. let's listen in. >> we were together just a few weeks ago in washington on the eve of this terrible aggression by russia against ukraine. i think we both recognize that this was more than possible, it was probable. we of course were hoping for the best, which was not to have a war with aggression by russia, but prepared for the worst and what's been so important is that over many months working closely together with estonia, working with nato allies, working with european partners, working with other countries around the world, we were prepared and prepared to make sure that we were doing everything possible to support ukraine, prepared to make sure that we would do everything necessary to strengthen nato and its eastern flank, prepared to carry forward our commitment to impose massive consequences on russia if it committed aggression against ukraine, and we've done all three things. now as we were discussing today, it's very important to sustain all of those efforts and not only to s

secretary of state antony blinken says the u.s. is in talks with poland about the possibility of sending fighter jets to ukraine. >> we are working with poland as we speak to see if we can backfill anything that they provide to the ukraines. we support them. mig-sus, planes ukrainians can fly. >> they are tracking developments from across the globe. natasha bertrand is following european reaction from brussels. reports from jerusalem on the arrival of refugees. and new delhi, monitoring the polite of indian students trapped in ukraine, and nick payton walsh will join us on the latest of the situation of odessa. first let's go to scott mclean on the polish/ukrainian border. scott, give us a sense of what you're seeing on the border. >> reporter: hey, isa, you can't see much right now because we actually have just been told we're not allowed to see near the border checkpoint. we have to go a ways up. if you want to follow me on this side. you can see this lineup of cars here that is trying to get to the border. again, we're not allow

that was the us secretary of state antony blinken speaking in - state antony blinken speaking in moldovagetting more and more severe. given the strong resistance our army showed, now the enormous pressure is done against civilian population, especially in those towns and cities and villages which have been now under the control of russian federation. the murdering and many things are happening around physical oppression to the citizens. some of them are being killed. this is what we see. we have more than 2,000 civilians who have already been affected from direct military attacks from the air but also through the land. military tactics right in the cities of ukraine. the shelled hospitals, the shelled houses for kindergartens and schools and the ordinary households. this is how the reality looks, but this seems like it does not look like the agenda for the new wave of sanctions to be introduced by the democratic world, europe, and different groups. we're working with our partners but the situation is going more and more severe. we understand that it's far not the end of the war, even esp

we have some sort of indication from antony blinken, l indication from antony blinken, saying the usng does indeed provide that support that the us alleges it's providing. in the indication of what those costs might be?— those costs might be? there is no indication yet. _ those costs might be? there is no indication yet, but _ those costs might be? there is no indication yet, but there's - those costs might be? there is no indication yet, but there's clearly | indication yet, but there's clearly a very obvious threat there that the administration could elaborate on, depending on how this call goes. it could potentially lead to sanctions against china. that would escalate the entire situation globally. with the entire situation globally. with the same to the art against russia, it's not a road the us would want to go down. —— sanctions against russia. talking about costs, it won't shy away from being very tough with china if it's supports russia. peter bowes, always fantastic to get you on the programme. i want to tell you about another story now. humanitarian assistance around ukrain

i'll speak to secretary of state antony blinken and undersecretary of defense under president obama,helle flournoy next. >>> pleading for help. ukrainian president zelenskyy

secretary of state antony blinken will begin his date in brussels shortly.st of meetings with european officials as they try to find a way both diplomatically and with sanctions and other types of military aid in the western europe to try to respond to this invasion of ukraine. we've got a series of meetings, this is belgium, the capital of the european union that's here, nato is here, so you've got a whole host of meetings here to deal with the response from the west. belgium, nato has bolstered the forces especially along the russian border areas. poland and the baltic countries, on sanctions the united states and european union and the united kingdom has implemented almost a daily list of sanctions against russian leaders, oligarchs, sectors of the economy use of the united states joined europe and their sanctions against the oligarchs. then there is discussions on accounting for possible war crimes. antony blinken says there is going to be accountability at some point after this especially the apparent shelling and the targeting of civilians and reports

oi you met was the us secretary of state, antony blinken.— state, antony blinken.ich did| state, antony blinken. of these i ideas he put forward, which did he agree to support? the ideas he put forward, which did he agree to support?— agree to support? the state secretary — agree to support? the state secretary mentioned - agree to support? the state i secretary mentioned embargo, he agree to support? the state _ secretary mentioned embargo, he said the us. buying russian oil. tougher sanctions on russian oligarchs, including abramovich, and all of them and actually, we hope to see more military assistance. because the us is a security guarantor of ukraine when ukraine gave up the third largest nuclear power in 1994. he talked about military assistance, more military assistance, the maximum, what do you mean by that? a lot of countries have already offered armoury, hardware but they don't want to get involved with the actual battle itself?— actual battle itself? let's be honest, russian _ actual battle itself? let's be honest, russian war - actual battle itself? le

you heard heard me talking to secretary antony blinken.adding to the sanctions every day. is that enough? what would you be doing if you were in charge? >> well, i do think the sanctions are having an impact, particularly the mastercard/visa issue, the central bank, the ruble dropped. but i would add the secondary sanctions as well that would impact any other entity or country that would assist, like, say, china. also this carved-out exception for energy, that's a lifeblood for putin, and i believe he's using that money to spill blood in ukraine. we had a conversation with the secretary. he asked, what do you think about us stopping the import of russian energy in the united states? and i strongly encouraged him to do that. i think symbolically the idea that we're funding putin's war machine, and quite frankly, genocide that we're seeing on the television, that has to stop. >> i want to turn to what you're seeing on the ground in poland. more than 1.5 million refugees have now fleldd the country in t even two weeks. more than half of them

secretary of state antony blinken is meeting with moldova's president and minister in the capital. inken is there to express u.s. support for moldova as it faces a surge of refugees from ukraine, and they fear they could get another target of russian aggression. we're expecting antony blinken to address the media at any moment now. we'll bring you that when it comes. we're taking it now, all right. >> by the sit extends of the united states of america, which amounts to over 1.7 billion u.s. dollars in as is tans which helps get us consolidated. we appreciate the integral territory as well as the path. i wish you visited our country in peaceful times in the context of our university of our bilateral relationship which we have great plans for the transformation of moldova. we appreciate it. we started working here in order to improve the business environment, to atact investments into the economy of the country. this is in order to prepare moldova to compete with the challenges of the time. we want to be resilient, combative, a country which does invest into its people and is capable

secretary of state antony blinken holding a briefing on the russian invasion of ukraine. then, president biden talking about his irish heritage during remarks at the annual friends of ireland luncheon hosted by house speaker nancy pelosi at the u.s. capitol. after that, baltic states leaders testifying before the commission on the need for more u.s. assistance to push back against russia. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. funded by these television companies and more. including media,. >> the world changed in an instant. internet tracking sword and we never slowed down. schools and businesses went virtual and repowered a new power. because of media power, we built to keep your head. >> support c-span as a public service. along with these television providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> secretary of state antony blinken held a briefing on the russian invasion of ukraine. he talks about potential war crimes committed in ukraine, the impact of sanctions on russia, and additional military and humanitarian aid to ukraine.

secretary of state antony blinken set to speak at a u.n.nvention about the deadly attacks on ukraine. the regular session comes as world leaders accuse russia of committing war crimes and amid warnings russian forces could soon ramp up attacks on civilian targets. >> cnn's kylie atwood joins us from the state department. kylie, tell us about the significance of this session. sad fact in the u.n. human rights council, a lot of complaints are made there and then objections from other countries, guilty of the same crimes, what is the goal here and what is the timing? >> yeah, it is a good point, jim. but i think the biden administration would say that even though sometimes the voices and the messages in the united nations, in the united nations human rights council don't necessarily go heeded by those who are obstructing what is happening here, they do think it is just as important to make sure that the biden administration, that the rest of the world voices their opposition in a clear way to those, in this case russia, who are obstructing hum

us secretary of state antony blinken and the - state antony blinken and the president of moldova. unprovoked and kicked off a humanitarian crisis. he said 2000 and 40,000 people have now gone to moldova from ukraine and expressed his support for the sovereignty and integrity of moldova. i think we will hear some questions, actually. translation: it is a huge effort for our country. what can the international community do in order to directly help with the war in ukraine, the people? we will continue helping out all the people that have to flee from the war. this is indeed a challenge and exactly the reason why we have requested the international assistance in the shape of financial assistance in the shape of financial assistance to compensate the expenditures we suffer in order to help out those people. we need clear mechanisms to re—channel the refugees continue theirjourney to reach another country. those are two requests, and obviously we also expect the expertise of the specialists that have been involved in managing the sort of situations earlier. the republic of moldova, tho

antony blinken. what is ukraine public _ that. antony blinken.t sa inc? ., ukraine public president sa in? ., ., ., saying? most of what we have seen so far — saying? most of what we have seen so far from _ saying? most of what we have seen so far from zelensky - saying? most of what we have seen so far from zelensky hasj seen so far from zelensky has been characterised by having a cool demeanour, a conviction that ukraine will prevail and an all: towards the support he has received but in his latest speech addressing this, he was seen as lashing out at nato by some and he also said they have been given a green light of further bombings because they knew that further russian aggression was likely. translation: they are insuring —— destroying everything that ensures — —— destroying everything that ensures a _ —— destroying everything that ensures a normal life, human life, _ ensures a normal life, human life. and _ ensures a normal life, human life, and they will want to continue it knowing that new strikes — continue it knowing that new strikes a

antony blinken is touring nato's eastern european member states.hese people have made the crossing into poland and now they are being asked to get off they are being asked to get off the bar so that they can come inside and get a bit warmed up. bearin inside and get a bit warmed up. bear in mind what these people have gone through. they have just crossed the book border into poland, and all of their journeys to get at this stage have been long, exhausting and uncertain, so the first arrival, the first time that they can come off and reassess what their situations are. the overwhelming number of children, being greeted by a whole team of volunteers, hundreds and hundreds of volunteers doing exactly this, across the length of this chain, of this area, which was once a car park, but has been turned into this emergency situation, a meeting point, where people can get up and think about what it is that they do next. next to us is a huge, huge warehouse, and it is where they have arranged an emergency shelter where people can get a bit of sleep. and the

secretary of state antony blinken saying he personally agrees with president biden, who called putin a war criminal. blinken saying he believes russia is committing war crimes. and what secretary blinken warned today about russia potentially unleashing a chemical attack now. martha raddatz with new reporting tonight on that, on putin's state of mind, and on concerns over president zelenskyy's safety. but we begin tonight with abc's senior foreign correspondent ian pannell, leading us off from kyiv again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the desperate hunt for survivors of that horrific attack on a theater believed to be sheltering as many as 1,000 people in mariupol. the wreckage of the building left smoldering, as seen in these verified videos on social media, as frantic rescue efforts got under way today. ukrainian authorities say so far only 130 people have been confirmed rescued from the site. hundreds are still missing. some may have escaped. others are believed to be alive in the basement, trapped under the rubble. president zelenskyy's office saying for now they have no clear figu

and antony blinken has said the united _ ukraine.linken has said the united states is - said the united states is trying to help in other ways but the united states government, and i think uk government, and i think uk government as well, does not want to get in the scenario of nato shooting down russian jets. you've described there are several steps before that may happen but we've also been through several stages of war in the last few days. these escalations happen very quickly. if nato should start a russian jets there is the potential for a wider escalation of this conflict. which may kill more and more and more people in many, many more countries.— more countries. well, turkey shot down — more countries. well, turkey shot down a _ more countries. well, turkey shot down a russian - more countries. well, turkey shot down a russian jet - more countries. well, turkey shot down a russian jet that l shot down a russian jet that was repeatedly violating turkish workspace a few years ago. usher understood the purposes and then changed

secretary of state antony blinken. he's meet with nato allies over a potentially terrifying development overnight. russian forces launching an attack and seizing the largest nuclear power plant in all of europe. here you can see the russian assault. >> a fire in an auxiliary building is out and radiation levels appear to be normal. ukrainian nuclear officials say the plant managers remain on site working at gunpoint now. ukraine's president calls the attack, quote, terror of an unprecedented level. >> translator: there are 15 nuclear reactors in ukraine. if one of them blows, that's the end for everyone. that's the end of europe. all of europe will have to evacuate. immediate action must be taken to stop the russian army. don't allow the death of europe. stop this potential atomic catastrophe. >> another big development today. nato says russia is using cluster bombs and possibly weapons that would violate international law. cluster bombs are widely condemned for their indiscriminate killing of civilians. we've already

we are awaiting secretary of state, antony blinken, to take questions from reporters. i am sure that will be one of them. we will go there live. >>> in the meantime, officials in mariupol say there are survivors being pulled by a theater that was sheltering hundreds including children and the ukrainian took steps to make the russians knew that. it shows the word "children" written on both sides of the bomb, as in do not bomb, there are kids inside. yet the russians bombed it. we do not know how many people were injured or killed in the strike. it is just one of the many horrors inside the small seaside city of mariupol. a warning, this next video is distressing. the target of constant shedding and the aide to the mayor said the death toll in that city could be as high as 20,000. they are now storing bodies in the basement of the morgue. the dead so numerous they are being buried in mass graves. and in kyiv, here's richard engel. >> reporter: russia has surrounded the city of mariupol and here in kyiv it seems that russia wants to starve people out. this was one of the

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antony blinken was asked about this last hour.at he said. >> with regard to the american citizen, i can confirm that an american citizen was killed. i don't have anymore more details for you than that. i can confirm that. >> we may know more here. local police in ukraine claim an american was killed there today in a city about 90 miles northeast of kyiv. police say russian forces launched a heavy artillery attack on unarmed civilians. police say they will record the circumstances and consequences of russian war crimes. the state department has been telling americans to evacuate ukraine. as this point they say the best route is to go out via land. in some cases, just given the violence ongoing there, american there's may be forced to shelter in place as this situation evolves. martha? >> we'll look for more there. rich, before i let you go, i know you've been looking into this iran nuclear deal situation and russia being at the table there, which was part of the original structure of this deal, which is now revived. we have a war t

antony blinken in the baltics after announcing nato allies have a green light to send an aircraft to ukraine. >> carley: joining us live to send a warning to countries to help ukraine, chris. >> they did, indeed, carley and todd appeared antony blinken in lithuania and was greeted by lithuania's president addressinr more nato forces and his baltic state after blank and said that allied pole and will send russian made fighter jets to ukraine which could possibly be backfilled with u.s. jets. >> that gets a green light and impact talking with our polish friends right now what we may be able to backfill, their needs if they choose to provide these fighter jets to the ukrainians. >> knelt the move is getting bipartisan support at home. senator ben sasse said the united states and nato allies to keep them in the fight in the skies and in the streets for as long as it takes, but there are fears that they could draw into the conflict as russian who do my cores and he would be seen as an act of war. the defense ministry spokesperson issuing a statement saying the use of airfield network of t

jake's guests include secretary of state antony blinken and republican senator marco rubio.>>> putin's war. russia is issues threats and targets ukrainian schools, hospitals and civilians. >> humanitarian consequences will only grow in the days ahead. >> with no signs that sanctions are slowing the attack, can putin be stopped? i'll speak to secretary of state antony blinken and undersecretary of defense under president obama, michelle flournoy next. >>> pleading for

secretary of state antony blinken warning a no-fly zone could put nato forces in direct conflict with russia, but russia's president is doubling down, telling flight attendants that a no-fly zone and western sanctions are a declaration of war any move in that direction will be considered by us as participation of that country in the military action, he said ukraine must be demilitarized and denazified that's the only message most russians will hear abou putin's war. a new law with a 15 year punishment on whoever spreads fake news about the invasion independent media outlets are closing and being shut down. staff at the russian network tv raid walked offset in unison during their last broadcast leaving viewers with old footage of "swan lake," what the soviet union broadcast in times of strife. a chilling reminder how putin's new russia is looking more like the old. >> matt bradley joins us tonight from rivne. there's concern about another nuclear plant tonight. >> reporter: that's right, jose. after the close call with the nuclear power plant thursday night, president zelenskyy warned

secretary of state antony blinken further elaborated on what the white house's view on the matter is. >> the president, the white house made the point last night that quite simply president putin cannot be empowered to wage war or engage in aggression against ukraine or anyone else. as you know and as you've heard us say repeatedly, we do not have a strategy of regime change in russia or anywhere else for that matter. in this case as in any case it's up to the people of the country in question. it's up to the russian people. >> reporter: now, that moment really marked the third time that the white house had to clarify something the president said regarding russia and ukraine during his trip abroad. the white house very aware of the tense situation and how every word matters at this moment. now, while the president was abroad, he really was trying to shore up support and signal western unity against russian president vladimir putin amid his invasion of ukraine. but the white house is also fully aware that the work is not complete simply because that foreign trip is over, and they will.

this morning secretary of state antony blinken is in europe after

antony blinken joins us from the region to update on what the u.s. is doing to help. meanwhile, with russian forces just 20 miles outside the capitol city of kyiv, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy leads for more fire power. we'll ask ukraine's ambassador to the u.s., ox u.s. oksana markarova what they need, and we'll hear from kurt volker how the western alliance is mobilizing to face its greatest threat in decades. and we will get the latest from the united nations' refugee commissioner. it is call just ahead on "face the nation." ♪♪ ♪♪ >> brennan: good mor morning. and welcome to "face the nation." we have watched with growing horror as vladimir putin's rampage through ukraine continues. the death toll from both sides is incalculable at this point. the news and pictures from the region are adding a surreal quality, quality devastating a world still struggling to recover from a two-year global pandemic. russia's economy, and in turn the russian people, have suffered a series of blows, from crippling sanctions imposed by the u.s. and its allies, to the growing

actions always speak louder than words. >> thank you. >> john: and the sent of state antony blinken therefternoon, seeing no meaningful effort by russia in negotiations, sandra, to bring this to a close. also previewing the president's phone call with the chinese president saying china will bear responsibility. >> sandra: and russian economy he says is in free decline, he believes war crimes have been committed, although very interesting exchange at the end with andrea mitchell, she was pressing him to tell the world what that means, and what would be done as a result. we are going to go back to jacqui heinrich, live at the white house briefing room. now that that has concluded, possibly see jen psaki as that was to begin already, and that is now pastime. >> we had heard yesterday from the white house that the president's remarks, his belief that vladimir putin is a war criminal was separate and personal outside the official assessment at the state department, which is still ongoing and interestingly, secretary blinken made sure to make sure his remarks were noted to be his personal view,

antony blinken was here yesterday, where he met with refugees and told them they are not alone.how of support, president biden has asked congress for $4.2 billion in aid for ukraine. margaret? >> brennan: christina, thank you. we want to go to the united nations high commissioner for refugees. he is at a refugee shelter at the ukrainian polish border. hi, commissioner. you have set this is the fastest moving refugee exodus since world war ii. what are the numbers now? what are you seeing? >> as of today, we have passed the terrible mark of 1.5 million refugees, and this is in 10 days. essentially from ukraine into five neighboring countries, the bumk here in poland, where i am now. if i think of past cases, i cannot think of a faster exodus of people, not since the end of the second world war, i would think. >> brennan: what are you seeing in terms of the state that people are showing up at these shelters in? what do they need? >> men of military age, which is 18 to 60, cannot leave the country. they have to stay there to defend their country. so it is mostly women, children, el

secretary of state antony blinken said that the u.s. stands by nato countries who want to send fighter jets to ukraine as part of their military help. laura podesta is here in new york with the latest on all of this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. what is likely first to happen is a transfer of aircraft. the u.s. would send fighter jets to poland so poland could supply ukrainians with older soviet-era plans. the backfill is not a done deal, and some of what washington is considering is this would mean an considerable increase in u.s. involvement in this war. four people including two children died from this attack in the ukrainian city of irpin, 15 miles from kyiv. russian forces shelled the city as they moved closer to the capital. >> we know why we defend our country. >> reporter: in kyiv, hundreds of men are volunteering to fight. >> we know what we are doing. that's why we will win. >> reporter: president volodymyr zelenskyy urged his people to not give up. and called on other nations to supply ukraine with fig

let's go to rich edson in brussels, rich. >> good morning, secretary antony blinken meeting right nowh nato secretary general and this is all part of coordinating the nato response forces in western europe. and also european leaders he will meet with today. to coordinate on sanctions policy. this is all about pushing back into touring more russian aggression. here is the secretary a few minutes ago. >> when it comes to us, we are ready for it and we will defend every inch of nato territory. >> this is part of 66 country to coordinate sanctions against russia, bolster needed defenses and countries like poland and moldolva with hundreds of thousands of refugees escaping the war in ukraine. there have been calls for nato or the u.s. to establish no-fly zone over ukraine. the biden administration says that can lead to fighting between the u.s. and nuclear armed country. >> todd: president biden has made it clear u.s. troops will not fight in ukraine and that includes the skies. i think there is no way to do that. there is no way to conduct a no-fly zone without actually putting u.s. pilot

. >> sreenivasan: zelensky's plea came as secretary state antony blinken said the u.s and its allies considering expanding the economic response to include a ban on the import of russian oil. "newshour" defense and foreign affairs correspondent nick schifrin is in ukraine and he joined us earlier today from lviv. nick, for days you've been talking about the growing humanitarian crisis. give us an update. >> yeah, so we are now seeing 1.5 million people flee from ukraine, families choosing to leave their homes with only what they could carry, drag their children across borders. 900,000 of them have entered poland. and what we're also seeing is something extraordinarily difficult to watch-- families who are leaving their homes getting shelled by russians as they are fleeing from their homes. there's a suburb in kyiv that has been the epicenter of some of the attacks around the capital, and there are families who were hit by mortars, children, mothers killed today. these are famies who were trying to flee. some of the biggest bombardments get into kyiv and then therefore head to the wes

. >> secretary of state antony blinken said this plan presented has issues. >> the prospect of fighter the disposal of the unites its government parting from the nato base in germany to fly into airspace contested with russia over ukraine it raises concerns for the entire alliance. we have to work through specifics of these things going forward. what we're are doing now is continuing to consult closely with poland and other nato allies. and the logistical challenges that it presents. >> speaking after talks on the war with the prime minister of canada, german chancellor was quick to rule out the idea. >> we have provided humanitarian assistance. we have provided our equipment, which includes some weapons. apart from that, we have to think very carefully about what we actually do and this does not include combat aircraft. >> with poland unwilling to act unilaterally, nato divided, it seems unlikely these jets will join the fight over ukraine anytime soon. claire: more on the story from our correspondent in washington, oliver. the u.s. secretary of state has just said we will continue to

today secretary of state antony blinken said this. >> personally, i agree. intentionally targeting civilians is a war crime. after all the destruction of the past three weeks, i find it difficult to conclude that the russians are doing otherwise. >> tonight ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy implicating the holocaust for germany's parliament. >> translator: every year politicians say never again. now i see that these words are worthless. in europe a people is being destroyed. >> fred pleitgen is "out front" in ukraine tonight in lviv. fred, civilians are continuing to suffer so terribly under the russian assault. i know you spoke with the mayor of chernivev today. what else did you learn? >> reporter: erin, it's here and so many other regions in this country as well, if you look at march poll, kharkiv, kyiv, so much is being taken under fire. the mayor said, look, these areas that are getting hit, they're not military areas. they're civilian areas. it's not only buildings, it's infrastructure that they need that are simply being ground down. it's someth

meanwhile, us secretary of state antony blinken visiting eastern european nations in search of a wayo end the crisis. refugees are continuing to escape the fighting into neighbouring countries where they can. since the invasion began, more than 1.7 million people — most of them women and children — have fled the country. it's now the fastest—growing refugee crisis in europe since world war two. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk, with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. they say no war plan survives first contact with the enemy, and already russia's invasion strategy in ukraine has shifted from lightning strike to sustained bombardment and siege. what of ukraine's response? from kyiv, there is military and political defiance, even as the civilian casualties mount, and the flow of refugees tops 1.5 million. my guest is former ukrainian prime minister, arseniy yatsenyuk. how realistic is ukraine's insistence it will prevail? arseniy yatsenyuk in ukraine, welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen. thanks for having me. it is a pleasure to have you on the show. we all see, mr

these people were living very first world lives. >>> joining me now from moldova is secretary antony blinken. secretary blinken, welcome back to "meet the press." >> thanks, chuck >> i want to talk about the ask president putin made yesterday morning, and i'm sure he made similar asks in his phone call to president biden no fly zone, lethal aid, ban russian oil imports and to perforate russia's status. they've talked about sending russian-made jets to ukraine can that happen? >> first of all, president zelenskyy has done everything he can to resist this russian aggression biden is in contact with him as he was just yesterday. on this question of planes, yes, we're talking very actively about this, looking at what we could do to backfill poland if it chooses to send the migs and the planes it has to ukraine, how we can help by backfilling what they're giving to the ukrainians that's in active discussion as we speak >> you said if that's a poland decision, not a nato decision? >> it's a sovereign decision by poland if they choose to do it, we want to make sure we can help them and, again, back

. >> reporter: secretary of state antony blinken says beijing should be working to convince vladimir putin to call off the invasion. >> instead it appears that china is moving in the opposite direction by refusing to condemn this aggression while seeking to portray itself as a neutral ar bitter. >> reporter: blinken said he believes russia has committed war crimes in ukraine and warned that as putin becomes desperate, he may deploy chemical weapons as part of a false flag operation aimed at justifying an escalation of attacks. the secretary general of nato said any use of chemical weapons by russia would be a violation of international law, but he did not specify whether it would be a red line that might draw a military response from nato. anne-marie? >> laura podesta in new york. thank you very much. >>> well, the u.s. is sending weapons to ukraine as part of an $800 million military aid package. david martin looks at what equipment we are sending overseas. >> reporter: defense secretary austin stopped in the eastern european nation of slovakia to lobby for an urgent shipment of the

secretary of state antony blinken confirmed an american died yesterday in ukraine, not providing many details. cnn has confirmed it was james whitney hill, a man from minnesota, and his sister spoke with cnn last night describing that he was in ukraine because his partner was there receiving treatment at a hospital for multiple sclerosis, and she told cnn that he was the one going out from the hospital to get food and treats to bring back to those who were working at the hospital. she described him as a helper in a crisis. >> as russia continues its assault on ukrainian cities, the biden administration and nato have once again rejected calls for a no-fly zone over ukraine. president biden did sign an $80 million aid package that includes a variety of weapons, and ammunition for the ukrainian military. joining us now is ukraine's deputy minister of infrastructure, mustafa nayem, thank you so much for being with us this morning. i want to get your reaction to strikes we saw in lviv. obviously this is a place we haven't seen many strikes. what can you tell us? can you unmute the mic beca