maintaining that it is not see signs of an immediate or imminent escalation the head of the security council. the for any security council has just said that again. okay, thank you for that. the w correspondent, matessa, pulling in eastern ukraine. well, the crisis in ukraine is expected to dominate the munich security conference, which begins today us vice president cobbler harris was one of the 1st phone representatives to arrive here in germany for the annual 3 day discussion forum which was launched the height of the cold war for the 1st time since $991.00, russia will not be there. full coverage of the unit security conference here on the d. w from this afternoon. now we'll take a look at some of the other stories of making headlines around the world. leaders from a european, from the european unit and the african union continued talked to reset the relationship between 2 continents. african leaders highlighted the unequal global response to covey. 91 vaccinate vaccine. payton's to be waived as a policy which many nations opposed talks also cover investment and security issues . the u. s. judges rul

charter which determines everything that you and daws rusher as a poet, a member of the security council has a veto on any security council action. and i think that's why the secretary general has been very reluctant to get involved in this dispute until now. but he has come out now off to his meeting with the 2 foreign ministers invoking the un charter, making it clear that it says that all members need to settle or international disputes by peaceful means and saying that there is room for more diplomacy with united states will temporarily relocate its embassy from care to the western ukrainian city, lived blaming dramatic acceleration in the build up of russian forces. how does your castro joins us live from washington? d. c? what's the white house had to say? oh, i have had another breathing to day, lauren, and they said that we are now in the window in their words, when russia couldn't, they do crane at any time. although the white house is the u. s. remains actively engaged in trying to find a diplomatic solution to this crisis. of course, we saw that earlier action today from the u. s. state departm

determines everything you and does a rusher as a poet member, the skewed castle as a veto on any security council action. and i think that's why the secretary general has been very reluctant to get involved in this dispute until now. but he has come out now after his meeting with the 2 foreign ministers invoking the un charter. making clear that it says that all members need to settle air international disputes by peaceful means and saying that there is room for more diplomacy. the secretary general, clearly worried about the situation, but it's also worth telling you that is spokesperson, earlier on in a briefing, told me that the secretary general still had not changed his view. and it's a view that he gave in a press conference a few weeks ago. when i asked him a question about whether he thought that the war in ukraine, and he said in the end, he didn't think that would be war in ukraine because there was so much for everyone to lose. and i was told by the spokesperson that that is still the secretary general's view, that there won't be war. i also went earlier on to a stand outside the russi

the security council because those who are entrenched on the security council position would look at our own behavior and think, wait a 2nd. this could be problems for us to that's very unlike any. so a reform of the security council always been resisted by those who know what the status quo to exist. so i think that's, that's highly, highly unlikely. thank you, shall we? can he, at the united nations? well, let him appreciate most useful ally so far has been better ration present. alexander, look shanker, tens of thousands of russian troops of used battery says, a launch pad to invade ukraine and the capital kiev now, which isn't far from the border syrian present. michelle, i said his call putin to express his support. i said has been a staunch ally of russia since it started bombing syria's rebel held areas in 2015 . turning the tide of war in the government favor russia's strongest allies in latin america, venezuela and cuba have blamed nato for the crisis. and ukraine, calling for the conflict to be resolved peacefully, and brazil's president, jericho scenario, who met bruton and moscow just last week, has criticized his own vice president for condemning the invasion. mean

any one else. it would appear not certainly un security council would you be hearing about from mike and show later. but is, is, is it is yet another stamp of, of disaster on any prospect for negotiations. or we had zalinski trying to engage calling those extraordinary calls for europeans to lobby their, their governments to do more, to actually try to get served. russia brought to heal by strongest sanctions. but that is not going to happen. it would seem, although if the ukrainians can hold on the issue is how long can they hold on? could that be more diplomatic measures? if more pressure was put on russia, then that is the real issue right now is how long can the ukrainian forces keep defending the capital and the other major cities that no one has to look at those as well? yes, right now there is a priority in military terms and taking the capital and the landscape. zalinski says that he is the main targets along with the leadership and he's even said that his family is, is the main target as well. so this is a position now where let the talk, the clock is ticking in every way, militarily, in t

meeting of the un security council, a formality, not just a matter of when a, but i guess, even if the security council was to me and it's an opportunity for everyone to arrow that grievances, any punitive action very unlikely because russia has veto power. oh, we've seen it all before. this would be a moment off expressing of grandstanding the usual grand stunning that we see at the un security council of accusations being, being thrown back and forth. but yes, russia is a permanent member of the security council, so no action would actually be taken. thank you so much, albertine see with all the reaction at united nation. thank you. she had. well, let's just take a look at what we've seen in terms of troop numbers and deployments. estimates do vary, but it is thought there about 15290000 russian troops surrounding ukraine. european council on foreign relations believes there about 10250000 troops on russia's border with ukraine. he believes are also about 35000 russian back. separate is fighters in the break regions have done yet going to hands. so there are further $32000.00 troops in russian, annex crimea, $30000.00, embed ruth plus another 1000 soldiers stationed in moldov

security council. they are reacting to russia's latest moves. but can we expect any action from the security council given russia's role there? now i think we heard the best of it for now, at least from the you and i counseling as you just heard in those somebody there from, from all the ambassadors to the end, from the several cat or all the countries in security council, the europeans and americans strongly condemning russia's action and the chinese, well not so much because they are of course, trying to navigate deepening ties between russia and china. so a little bit soft. and there no condemnation from the chinese and real action in terms of the un security council deciding anything which would really actually harm brush up this very unlikely. actually, i think this is as good as it gets from the un security council as because as you know, russia and that is a little bit bizarre, it chairs the counselor at the moment is the president as the presidency of the council on thanks very much, was our course punished, hunting months in washington. well, poland shares a

i mr. bush major or resolved any resolution, some security council, and you can even start defending that whole left. that's also clear message and it's very set the russian. so just keep end of forces by in combat. the people in the speaking the same language are slightly brothers as they used to be the business just emotional, think from coming from us, but literally cries them who is sending very conflict messages. he has said that he's often for dialogue after present, zaleski is all for it. and then he said he doesn't want to talk to the bench of math in brack users. that's a very bizarre question. that's a very bizarre language or political leader of the great country as russia still east, possibly. so i didn't miss if occasion of the brain what it doesn't mean is that mr salons, hitler or some of his brawny saw art of their kid there on to rush, which of course no to saw either it's going to go. she will be for in we'll come in about a couple of days. this will be a very, very bad situation and will actually go for a bad situation with or let's say hijack why. which is also is

n security council has now scheduled another emergency meeting for later today at the request of ukraine. is there anything that the u. n security council can do anyps that it can take? to try to get putin off this path. well, given that russia has the veto on the security council cannot past any or resolution, you know, and under article seven of the united nations charter, which would uh, allow the international community to have this kind of a mandatory international response. but what the what the security council is doing is this really making it clear that russia is isolated in the international community that it is really are alone in this regard? this is not. i mean, there have been a lot of issues, of course, where their divisions among security council and you know there's obviously a lot of opposition to the u. s invasion of iraq but in but here and here we have a situation where the international community is being being being crystal clear that this is a need further moves like this clear violation of the u. n charter threat to international peace. and that russia risk being a permanent international pariah that goes ahead. alright pr

security council. the united states is a veto willing member of the security council. any action forward would have to be agreed upon by these 2 countries. and at, at this stage, they don't seem any closer to any kind of an agreement. right now. the united states, secretary of state lincoln, detour and from a trip to germany to come to the united nations, to show in his words and the words of other diplomats here that the united states is committed to a negotiated solution is committed to diplomacy and not looking to start a war, he blamed russia for that again, however, the basic fundamental, differing points. we're not seeing too much realignment as a result of this meeting. kristen slim before so the united nations a in yield. thanks. kristen, of a call so many moving past. this story, let's circles over to washington d. c. a joy rose jordan, a raw's. we had a slight confusion perhaps about this news that had been developing through the day about the deputy ambassador to moscow being expelled from the country. but when he might have been expelled to when he got the news

think there will be a condemnation in the united states but obviously russia is on the security council. it will veto any sort of condemnation that the united nations wants to put out. host: can you explain why the russian ambassador is in the chairman's seat of the security council when we have been watching these meetings? why does he hold the gavel when they are speaking? guest: i assume that the speaker is appointed by a rotation so i assume that it is simply the russians time to be in the speaker seat. host: mystic, connecticut. caller: i was always taught that the best defense is offense. why are not we opening up our wells, drilling in the gulf and and mark and our pipelines? i do not see where ukraine is doing any offense. guest: ukraine is outmanned at the present time. it will be on the defense for a while because of the massive assault led by the russian troops. whether this changes u.s. policy in terms of oil exploration, that is speculation. i think ukraine has to be on the defensive at least in the beginning. i think your first or wants to occupy ukraine, it will face significant challenges

security council. he's tweeted this, ron's legal rights to continue research and development and to maintain its peaceful nuclear capabilities and achievements, along with its security against supported evils cannot be restricted by any agreements. more than half the un security council mothers condemned north korea for its recent miss are launches. 8 nations issued a statement that include the u. s. france, japan, and the u. k. that china has called on the u. s. to show more flexibility if it wants to break through with north korea or from out diplomatic editor james base. she needed, and judy of she almost killed all this propaganda video has been ad in recent days on north korean t b kim john on is showing off his question skills riding at speed on a white horse, but it is the speed of progress his country's making with its nuclear weapons and miss all programs, it's warring diplomats. there were 9 miss, i'll launches in january a record in a month. and the most recent launch was an advanced intermediate range ballistic missile. ambassadors came to a closed door meeting the 3rd this year. before it even started though, the chinese ambassador made it clear he felt there was a vicious circle and the u. s. needed to

any where, anytime. >> the un security council held a meeting to discuss the crisis in ukraine. members were speaking, vladimir putin announced he was launching a special military operation in eastern ukraine and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere would lead to consequences never seen.

the security council taking any action should be truly conducive to defusing the crisis rather than adding fuel to the fire the ukrainian basset, or accuse his russian counterpart of having no idea what was in latin hooton's mind . but he did reaffirm ukraine's commitment to negotiations, even as he despaired for the safety of his people. and i will ask all of you to pray or to meditate if you do not believe in god for peace is expected that a similar but non binding resolution will be introduced at a special session of the united nations general assembly where russia does not have vito already it appears to have the support of more than 80 of the us 193 member states she ever time. see al jazeera, the united nations, or that will not forget. the james vase is in brussels. we're western nations are meeting to take further action against russia. i think the international position is pretty solid now. regarding the, the where i am the e, u, nato, and the us. and i think you also got some idea of the international position at the un security council where you saw the position of china, which

after sharing a meeting of his security council. zelinski also hosted his polish envy through any encounter, puts the 3 signing a joint declaration of support and solidarity porn. as president andrew do that described russia's actions as a threat, not just to ukraine, but did the whole you. zalinski said, it is rush said it should be providing security guarantees, not the other way around. in fact, conceptual nasa would need to be set to the fact is that today there are $150000.00 russian soldiers at our border. those territories are temporarily occupied. i believe that russia should be among those countries. the provide clear security guarantees is not a secret that i have many times suggested that the president of russia sit down at the negotiating table and speak henri. in the west intense shuttle diplomacy continues. frances foreign minister has been in berlin for talks and tougher sanctions are looking inevitable. who i know for you, varina. we accept economic consequences for free sovereign and democratic ukraine in peace and freedom in europe, have no price tag. ukraine welcomed the

the un security council doesn't yield any real power. this is to the member say, this is to france, germany, england, the united kingdom, the united states, and all the western world now to actually get serious with and escalate as russia escalades and s u. s. and others have said, as russia and prudent escalates, we will escalate. what are we escalating sanctions? nobody, no, nate or country, not the united states will send troops into the ukraine. we all know that that's discussed, but sanctions will be wrapped up for tonight. tomorrow morning by the president, i'm 100 percent sure. and maybe possibly also in europe, of course. what effect can they sanctions really have those deaf and we've seen them come out in the last days and punitive sanction that has already what that putin is. clearly ignoring that threat, what can come out of that? diana, right. well, i don't know if you see this. there's actually just 2 areas of sanctions, which are america and its allies and partners actually have at the disposal. and this is a traits export

any minute . now. the un security council called red emergency special session on russia's military operation. ukraine western powers try to isolate moscow on the you close this base to russian flights and analysis on news agencies. all these for nick unless with .

security council. the world, no threats of a plan division of ukraine has ever been made by any russian politician us initiated un security council meeting on ukraine is yet another attempt to drive a wedge between moscow and key of the meeting took place and opened with the representative of the united states, i made a number of serious allegations against russia, alleging that they are planning and invasion of ukraine, that a large number of russian troops are a mass on the border that rushes on the brink of invading ukraine, violating their sovereignty, heard the russian representative say that they have no intention of the invading ukraine, that no threat of invading your brain has ever been leveled. now furthermore, they argued that the united states is putting ukraine in danger. that these allegations from the united states have already taken an economic toll on ukraine, that there are voices in ukraine, arguing that these actions by the united states are not benefiting ukraine. and consistently, the russian representative called for recognition of the minced agreement and talked about how the united sta

that he believes as much he can do in a conflict where a permanent member of the security council, who has a veto on any action by the security council is involved. but the un secretary general has been involved in the last hour or so. antonio terrace has been holding meetings by phone with the russian foreign minister and the ukranian foreign minister a short time ago. this is what his spokesman had to say. i think though, where the secretary general expressed her to both her foreign minister as was his serious concern over the whole attentions around ukraine. he welcomed the ongoing diplomatic discussions to diffuse those tensions and underline yet again the fact that there is no. there is no alternative to diplomacy, but i think the secretary general may have a bit more for you. oh this afternoon. well, the reason for these phone calls, possibly one of them, is the fact that there's a lunch taking place, upsetting about now with the un secretary general and the security council, the current president, the security council, is russia. all the other ambassadors will be going to russia's mission to the

against one of the european capitals bill grey sunset happened already without any sanction, sir, by the security council of the united nations. i worked with india. that's a very bad example. but it happened a board as the 1st thing i went to sell now. secondly, you do we want it or not, of course we don't, we and it is for that reason it will that we submitted a proposal as to a negotiation process. as a result of which there should be a guarantee for security for everybody, including our country. unfortunately, we were, he said this we have not yet received any kind of substantive miss williams answer to this submission to you. the woman ugly will enough, not even in those documents which were sent to your theory to our partners. so from by us and nato member states that there are elements that we can discuss. but we want to actually look at that together with the founding act available. we are actually hope you're very much like you much answer that to me dialogue will on which happens precisely like that. no, it will an acute depending on how it develops, the enough situation will develop his book w

security council tweeted this a ron's legal rights to continue research and development and to maintain its peaceful new critique abilities in achievements, along with its security against supported evils cannot be restricted by any agreement. the more than half the members of the un security council, a condemning north korea for its latest series of ballistic missile tests. britain, france in the united states or among 8 countries describing the test launch as, as a significant escalation. china is urging the white house to show more flexibility though. it wants a breakthrough. more from our diplomatic editor james base, new york. she eden, and judy of she almost killed all this propaganda video has been ad in recent days on north korean t b kim john on is showing off his equestrian skills riding at speed on a white horse. but it is the speed of progress, his country's making, this nuclear weapons and miss all programs. that's worrying. diplomats, there were 9 miss are launches in january a record in a month. and the most recent launch was an advanced intermediate range ballistic missile. ambassadors came to a closed door meeting the 3rd this year. before it even started though, the chinese ambassador made it cl

security council met again last night. president biden will meet with g7 leaders today. russia, as you know, can veto anye by the security council, so last night saw no action. russia in fact attacked during the security council meeting. >> unfortunately, while we've been meeting in the security council tonight it appears that president putin has ordered that last step. at the exact time as we are gathered in the council seeking peace, putin delivered a message of war in total disdain for the responsibility of this council. >> reporter: putin also spoke to his nation talking about peacekeeping mission. russia is conducting. we're used to russia speaking untruths that are mixed with truths and an appeal to history. >> reporter: russian president vladimir putin speaking to russians about the sacrifice their grandfathers and great grandfathers made during the second world war. 20 million russians died in that war. it's deeply embedded in the russian culture. putin called the ukranian government nazis and claimed they were pursuing nuclear weapons. now the ukranians are not nazis, of course. their president

jeff should saying moscow had lost any right to remain on the un security council. he also said he was willing to hold talks, but not in belarus, which is russia's ally overnight. moscow hit at fields and fuel facilities, including a pipeline near a thief in the east. some russian forces was seen entering the city of the meeting, stiff resistance. moscow has ordered its forces to advance in ukraine from all directions. and we can cross straight to dw correspondent, funny if a child who's in malesky in a western ukraine. good morning, funny. tell us about the night and how things are looking where you all this morning brought to the cloud. com for i am right now, but people always preparing where is the next shelter work? and they go to it again, they hear there's an alarm. you have to go. they are military. i am. it is a military base me by mid to warehouse, about 30 to 50 kilometers from here that have been attacked on the previous days and not last night. however, but there was a critical infrastructure attacked near keith as we have just heard an oil terminal . a

the security council taking any action should be truly conducive to defusing the crisis rather than adding fuel to the fire. ukrainian bassinger accuse his russian counterpart of having no idea what was in vitamin hooton's mind. but he did reaffirm ukraine's commitment and negotiations, even as he despaired for the safety of his people. and i will ask all of you to pray automated days if you do not believe in god for peace. it's expected that a similar but non binding resolution will be introduced at a special session of the united nations general assembly, where russia does not have the veto. already. it appears to have the support of more than 80 of the us 193 member states she ever time see al jazeera, the united nations with us is among a growing number of countries planning, financial sanctions, including asset freezes on russia's leadership. the coordinated restrictions aim to force russia to the against getting table is alan fisher. it's another step to put pressure on the russian leader in alignment with the decision by our european allies. united states will join them in sanctioni

any moment. meanwhile, the un security council has scheduled an emergency meeting tonight at the request of ukrainer the threat of a russian invasion. thanks for watching. kron. 4 news at 5. i'm ken wayne and i'm pam moore. a new wave of sanctions is hitting russia as american officials warned that russian troops are in position to launch a full-scale invasion and the world is watching closely. our hannah brandt joins us live from washington, dc with the very latest hannah. >> ken and pam. today, president biden is ramping up sanctions this time targeting the company that built the nord stream. 2 gas pipeline. u.s. defense officials say right now russian forces on ukraine's border are ready to invade as soon as they get the order that something that concerns lawmakers in washington, the u.s. attack. >> on the ukraine by the russians is an attack. on democracy. the u.s. is now sanctioning the parent company executives behind the nord stream 2 gas pipeline after germany shut down its use on tuesday on top of economic sanctions for russian institutions and elite families. the biden administration is a

security council meeting. the presidency doesn't allow them to do that. but they will try, i'm sure, any procedural tricks that they can find to distract the security council from this issue. we can still propose a meeting and have a meeting during the russian presidency. >> again, i know how busy you are, i can only madgeage how busy you are but thank you so much for taking time to talk to us. very important to have your perspective. >> thank you so much, andrea. >>> and the trump card. new details about the former president's involvement and alleged attempts to take control of voting machines and destroy official white house records. plus exclusive spy games. the fbi director says one government's espionage attempts, quote, blew him away. that's another exclusive from pete. w him ayaw that's another exclusive from pete run a marathon. instead, start small. with nicorette. which can lead to something big. start stopping with nicorette. i'm still drawn to what's next. even with higher stroke risk due to afib not caused by a heart valve problem. so if there's a better treatment than warfa

the security council taking any action should be truly conducive to defusing the crisis rather than adding fuel to the fire ukrainian bassett, or accuse his russian counterpart of having no idea what was in vitamin hooton's mind. but he did reaffirm ukraine's commitment and negotiations, even as he despaired for the safety of his people. and i will ask all of you to pray automated dates if you do not believe in god for peace. it's expected that a similar but non binding resolution will be introduced at a special session of the united nations general assembly, where russia does not have vivita already. it appears to have the support of more than 80 of the u. s. 193 members states she ever town see al jazeera, the united nations, no nato, sending thousands of troops by land, air, and sea to protect allies near russia and ukraine. the nato secretary general then stoughton berg has called the crisis a new normal in european security. it comes after the president, lot of me as a lensky, criticized the alliance for not coming to his countries aid. our diplomatic head of the james bay's reports n

the security council taking any action should be truly conducive to defusing the crisis rather than adding fuel to the fire. ukrainian bassinger accused his russian counterpart of having no idea what was in vladimir hooton's mind. but he did reaffirm ukraine's commitment and negotiations, even as he despaired for the safety of his people. and i will ask all of you to pray or to meditate if you do not believe in god for peace. its expected that a similar but non binding resolution will be introduced at a special session of the united nations general assembly where russia does not have vito already. it appears to have the support of more than 80 of the us $193.00 member states. she ever time see al jazeera, the united nations. ok, let's bring in scott lucas from the university expert on all things, u. s. political, scott lucas. what's your reading of the us posture right now? will the u. s. posture as well as i think you have to make it an international cluster. the european union, various european states, canada, australia, japan is twofold. one is you give as much support as is possible ri

the security council taking any action should be truly conducive to defusing the crisis rather than adding fuel to the fire. the ukrainian ambassador accused his russian counterpart of having no idea what was in vladimir hooton's mind. but he did reaffirm ukraine's commitment and negotiations, even as he despaired for the safety of his people. and i will ask all of you to pray or to meditate if you do not believe in god for peace. it's expected that a similar but non binding resolution will be introduced at a special session of the united nations general assembly, where russia does not have the veto. already. it appears to have the support of more than 80 of the us 193 member states she ever time. see al jazeera, the united nations, a process president says he is convinced the war will continue for the foreseeable future. in manuel macro says russia invasion of ukraine will also have tough consequences at home. no, no, on the fall. last and the cry fees that go, we'll get, we'll have drupal consequences. we must prepare ourselves lots of determination. also, lots of sort of diversity has r

could also happen is that china could, as it has done in the past, meaningfully block any actions in the un security council to protect russia. and that kind of relationship could also be beneficial for china going forward. but because of course, china has its own issues with the u. s. criticism from washington when it comes to its activities in the south trying to see its behavior towards taiwan. so russia can then do the same when it comes to china down the track. should china choose to move forward in any particular way but, but may also provoke an action from washington? what was the, what happens to the moment to katrina you for the update? thanks very much. not me. mos acid unsung sushi is facing new charges of corruption. she's already been sentenced to 6 years in detention. this case could not lead her to be completely removed from public life. tony chang is following the story from bangkok she was going to be facing charges of her, of the going against the state secrets act yesterday. that hearing was postponed because she was said to be unwell, suffering from disease, dizziness and nausea after he

any minute. now. the un security council called a red emergency special session on bush's military operation. ukraine western powers try to isolate moscow and the you close to the 3rd base to russian flights and analysis is a ban on news agencies, art thief for nick unless of the jury ah you're watching the international moneys pizza scott on wherever you joining us from. welcome to the program. as the russian military operation, ukraine, and this 5th day. these are the latest developments. mm. videos about what appears to be a missile attack are coming from the south of ukraine, where locals are reporting ongoing fighting. this video purportedly shows an apartment building allegedly heads by an overnights rocket attack in northern ukraine. the lower floors were damaged where a fire ruptured repose, say one woman was injured, but the blaze has now been extinguished. let's have a look at this map are marked in red and blue. are the 2 don bus republics which were recently recognized by russia. the russian defense ministry states that lou guns militia re taken territory from the ukrainian army or 60 kil

the security council was unable to fulfill its primary responsibility of maintaining international peace or security. since it proved unable to adopt a draft resolution any relation to the situation in ukraine, despite the votes in favor. the paralysis of the security council, we are invoking resolution 377, uniting for peace. we want to convene urgently and -- an extraordinary session. since 1945, mexico has maintained an unwavering status. it is against the exercise of the veto by members of the security council. as we have maintained on numerous occasions, and today reiterated, this faculty should not be a privilege. and constitutes an enormous and very delicate responsibility. at the consequence, mexico, unreservedly, supports the emergency special session of the general assembly. as stated by the representative of france, we will be convening a session to analyze the humanitarian situation prevailing on the ground. we will be facilitating the expedition nest arrival. thank you very much, president. >> i give you the floor, to the president of china. >> thank you mr. president. we are witnessing dramatic changes in the ukraine situation. china has ma

outside of financial support. china, of course, could back russia when it comes to any meaningful action in the un security council . i think this is also beneficial for trying to have russia's partnership, have russia support going forward? it would create a sort of tacit agreement that should be doing find itself in any similarly sticky situation in the future due to any actions that may take, for example, in the south china sea or over taiwan. then that would be that understanding that russia perhaps could also return the favor for aging. ok, thank you. katrina, you reporting from beijing. let's get the view from moscow. bring endorse of jabari . so what is what russian authorities trying to achieve here? georgia well i think they're trying to strengthen not only as katrina mentioned, the economic and political ties, but they're in talks to finalize. one of the biggest deals when it comes to russia, china relations. and that is the issue of building a 2nd gas pipeline from russia to china. it's known as the power of siberia to pipeline. that would be going from the am all peninsula in siberia to china via mongo

general of the extent the arab league has officially requested the united nations security council to impose a no fly against any military action against libya. so it wasn't, it wasn't the west. i say it was the international community completely and all members of the security council did not often one can say that about recent big city, big wood, but on the other, on the, on it, that's pretty sad that there wasn't a united front and syria. well, you mentioned that you say that you wanted a war on syria more explicitly. you lament the fact you say it's dire. the impact of the libyan valuable catastrophe on humanitarian intervention and syria. but can you understand that, of course, when it comes to islam is terrorism. a lot of people around the world feel that whether it's yugoslavia which empowered islamist to train them to go to afghanistan, whether it be iraq, whether it be that libya, whether it be syria, because there's been plenty of evidence to suggest that british and american involvement with groups allied to al kinder in that area that alone isis, that the entire british project has bizarrely beamed t

security council, i will respect that agreement least. i hope so. i'm short of that. i don't think the security council will come to any agreements cuz of course, share, you know, russia one end. and then you have, you know, eat some e countries in the united states on the other who will not agree and who can veto each other. so russia says time again, it's worried about the threat from nato and all the she is that it's been kicking off about it. nature's never listened. it's go closer and closer. a course in the west looking at this in the headlines, people is saying, well, hang on, mister putin. at one point you said this was about the ukraine coming into nato, and then it's about the don boss. these 2 areas which you, for no, said the legitimate and now they've got bigger by the looks of it. but even if under mister poodles never says he wants to take over ukraine. but even if that happens, well then he's going to have nato right by his side anyway on the west. so they're confused in the west. what is this about, despite everything is going on with in ukraine, or is this and what, what is the plan as far as russia's

could you bring us up to date on the un security council and on any sort of moves up front? yeah, well that's going to be one of the interesting events of today in diplomatic terms . on the one hand, there's going to be a virtual nato summit, but on the other hand, we're expecting un security council meeting early afternoon, new york time. so, evening here in berlin, and it can be very interesting to watch what happens on a potential resolution that has been austin, which criticizes russia over this invasion. and how the various members of the security council vote on this. how they position themselves, what they say in the debate surrounding it would be talking quite a bit about china and also india's position here. the americans, the signal from joe biden, in a press conference last night, was that the americans are really trying to get the indians to support the western position on this. india is stuck in a very awkward position because it has very close and long standing ties with russia. and it doesn't want to anger russia, but it also doesn't want to angle the united s

now, outside of financial or economic support, it could also block any meaningful action in the un security council. and what that would also do is create this tacit understanding with russia and china that russia could return the favor. should china do anything in the future to provoke similar actions from washington or from other european countries, for example, over taiwan or in the south trying to see. so what else should we be looking out for and what else are the 2 leaders one to improve ties on well, russian trying to say that their relationship has never been better. it's really flourishing. and she jumping and vitamin putin do seem to have a genuine chemistry, a genuine friendship. and this is translated practically into the deepening of corporation between these 2 countries. so they work together and everything from trade to space, exploration to energy right now. china receives about 38000000000 cubic meters of gas from east and russia via its power of siberia pipeline. and there has been talk that they would like to increase that amount flowing from russia to china . and kazama has katr

any moment now the united nations security council will begin its emergency meeting on the crisis. coming in from the u.n. right now. there's the u.n. secretary general. also, only vladimir putin himself knows his next move, but we're going to bring in someone very familiar with how he operates for some fresh insight on putin's thinking, the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine -- there he is -- bill taylor. he's standing by live. we will assess right after the break. oi house." big boi house. big boi foyer! big boi marble. big boi quartz. word? realtor.com to each their home. ♪ it wasn't me by shaggy ♪ you're never responsible for unauthorized purchases your discover card. king c. gillette is a complete lineup of tools and facial hair care products. this is the style master. designed to style your stubble in one stroke, a pivoting metal head that defines every edge, and three comb lengths for added versatility. one tool that helps you choose, change, and master your style. king c. gillette migraine attacks? qulipta™ can help prevent migraine attacks. it can't prevent triggers, like s

any moment. the un security council set to hold an emergency meeting scheduled for 9:30 eastern tonight. >>> thein eastern ukraine are asking vladimir putin to send in russia's military to help fight and repel ukrainian forces on ukrainian soil fears are rising this could be the pretext for putin. >>> the ukrainian crisis weighing heavily on the markets. the dow down 465 today it is now at its lowest level this year. and now you know the news of this wednesday, february 23rd, 2022 i'm shepard smith. follow us on instagram and lienter at "the news" on cnbc with her citi custom ℠ card, rashida earns cash back that automatically adjusts to where her spending is trending. just ask overly confident diy rashida... wait, was this the right wall? ...or last-minute gift shopping rashida... i'm putting a bow on it! wow... ...even sneaking away for a vacay rashida. shhh! i've earned this, okay? earn 5% cash back in your top eligible spend category, up to $500 spent each billing cycle. with the citi custom℠ card. -dad, what's with your toenail? -oh, that...? i'm not sure... -it's a nail fungus infection. -.

you know, today russia and china will be to any resolution in the security council.e have to defend ourselves. we cannot ask anyone, not the u.s., not the e.u., even not the u.s. because when you see taking action today in the war, you can imagine what would happen if iran would decide to attack israel. that's why we invest a lot of our budget into defense, technology and, yes, we are getting ready for a scenario that we will have to defend ourselves by ourselves. liz: i just want to let our viewers know the dow briefly turned positive just for a moment there. we're down just 6 points. obviously, we're a business network, danny, we are looking at the business implications. russia's stock market plummeted. there's the rts and the moscow exchange. rts, i believe, is the one denominated in u.s. dollars. but the ruble, their currency dropped the most that it has ever dropped. at what point do you think citizens start to react negatively in russia to what vladimir putin is doing? >> well, after a hearing president biden deck lalation about the -- declaration about the san