— sort of weaponry be found in the czech republic? the czech republic doesnt czech republic?of our _ czech republic? the czech republic doesn't dispose of our aircraft - czech republic? the czech republic doesn't dispose of our aircraft we i doesn't dispose of our aircraft we doesn't dispose of our aircraft we do not have at our disposal they anti—aircraft missiles. it is not so much the sensitivity here and czech republic because our government has provided only two batches of weapons based on the requirement of the ukrainian military. and now the government is preparing another big delivery so the russians obviously know that we are assisting ukraine with a number of weaponry. and also the ammunition. the with a number of weaponry. and also the ammunition.— the ammunition. the polish prime minister said _ the ammunition. the polish prime minister said tonight _ the ammunition. the polish prime minister said tonight that - the ammunition. the polish prime minister said tonight that it - the ammunition. the polish prime minister said tonight that it was i minister said tonigh

we are headquartered now in prague in the chz -- in the czech republic. during the cold war we were based in munich, germany, but in the 90's were in -- we were invited by the president who was an activist in the velvet revolution against communism. he was a listener and a guest on a lot of our radio programming in the run-up to the czech republic's revolution. he believes deeply in our work and of the importance of our work going forward given what he and the czech republic had experienced, so he invited us to move our headquarters here in the u.s. government agreed and so we have been here since the mid-90's. we operate though on the ground in as many of our countries that we broadcast to as possible. in addition to headquarters where we have journalists, we try to base our journalists those two are audiences, ideally in the country that we are broadcasting to which is why we had a bureau in moscow which is now had to suspend operations. we have almost 20 bureaus across our coverage region where the journalists work in addition to some of the programmin

that is why war-torn kyiv today played host to three prime ministers, from poland, slovenia the czech republicheads of government to visit since the invasion, highlighting russian failure to seize the capital. and there were more economic sections for russia, the eu banning export of luxury goods and steel imports, and britain imposing asset freezes and travel bans on 370 russians including the defense minister, a rmer prime minister and oligarchs from their families including many allies of vladimir putin. but all the pressure at all the diplomacy has yet to halt the russian advance and demonstration of ukrainian cities continues. james landau, bbc news. >> i had that devastation has continued for 20 days, quite an admission of president bilotta mayor zelensky earlier today sad, ukraine is not a member of nato. we understand that. we have heard for years that the doors were open but we also heard that we could not join. it is a true th it must be recognized. really, a sense that pressure is on even though we are seeing resistance, defiance and solidarity from the ukrainian people. they contin

zelensky has been meeting the prime misters of poland, the chakra public and slovenia -- the czech republicnia. they arrived by train earlier in a massive show of support for ukraine. on laura narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... man: bdo. accountants and advisors. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs statn from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ ♪ narrator: you're watching pbs. ♪ da-da-da-duh-da-da-da♪ ♪ da-da-da-da-da-da ♪♪ captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: closing in on the capital. russian forces escalate their bombardment of kyiv, as civilian casualties mount. we speak to the former united states ambassador to ukraine about the country' motives and resistance. then, confronting coronavirus. the white house and congress spar over funding to counteract the widespread impact of the ongoing pandemic. and, the emotional tol

he has visited with the leader of the czech republic and poland. no indications that the president of the united states is planning a trip, but anything is possible. his read on what is at stake for this important gathering of nato and western nation leaders in a moment. in the meantime, let's get the read from mark meredith at the pentagon. we're going to go to him shortly. meantime, i to want to go to jeff paul in lviv ukraine. jeff? >> yeah, neil. it's been about a month since this invasion started. russia has yet the capture key areas like the capitol city here of kyiv. here in western ukraine where we're at, it's a bit of a safe haven for people trying to escape the nonstop bombardment and shelling of different cities up and down the ukrainian coast like mariupol. you have the city there where 100,000 people we're told by government officials are without some key essentials like food and water. food supplies are low. the ukrainian government says when humanitarian convoys and rescue workers arriving, they're being shelled at. russian forces se

no , it's like, the czech republic is not central.tough europe yes, with which we have no, nothing in common. it seems to be, when it is closer to us, the czech republic, poland, and yet, all the same, these are completely different cultures. it's absolutely there absolutely different, therefore, to build ukraine within the framework of a large european one. families, probably, can, if for example, ukrainians, but cut out and resettle some here, but conditional these europeans and force them to settle in these territories. this is how you can search. this is what they still have to learn about themselves europeans. they will have to learn about themselves that there is nothing in common between a czech and a portuguese, between a portuguese and a pole, between a pole and a greek, and between a greek and a british or a german. this is what they need to understand because when the myth about certain universal human values ​​was built, they are pan-european. by the way, can anyone ever name these very values? i have never heard it, but e

the prime ministers, opponents, libya and the czech republic. i've been in keith to show solidarity with ukrainians . they were the 1st foreign needed to visit ukraine, since russia's invasion began. ukrainian president vladimir lensky says that visit sends a strong message to russia. it usually is not sure. they are not concerned about themselves. they are concerned about us. they are here to support at all, and this is a necessary friendly step. and i'm sure with these types of friends with our neighbors are partners. we will be able to win the pony's prime minister, much use more of the ascii said what's happening in ukraine is a european issue that needs a collective response. european union has to be very quickly a candidate status and more than this has to invite your grade to the european union and all that the fancy work to defend your homes. we will drive to organize or cares or to say, all over the world. we will never leave you alone. we will be with you because we know that you are fighting not only for your horse, for your freedom,

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russians sheylan continues to hit the capital, the prime minister's opponents, lavinia, and the czech republic of the 1st foreign leaders to visit ukraine since russia's invasion began. they took a long and risky trained journey from poland to meet president demons, the landscape. they say they are in ukraine to express. the european union's unequivocal support. you can lead us as their visit to kiev sends a strong message to russia. we should do. they are not concerned about themselves. they are concerned about us. they are here to support us. and this is a necessary friendly step, and i'm sure with these types of friends with our neighbors are partners. we will be able to win a polish prime minister mateusz more of yet ski said what's happening in ukraine is a european issue that needs a collective response. european union has to give very quickly accountability and more than this has to invite you to the european union and all the defensive weapons to defend your homes. we will try to organize or cared artist all over the world. we will never leave you alone. we will be with you because we

three nato prime ministers from poland, slovenia and czech republic, visiting war—torn kyiv, a show ofrussia has not received the capital. fighting for our received the capital. fighting for your lives, _ received the capital. fighting for your lives, families, - received the capital. fighting for your lives, families, for l for your lives, families, for freedom, but we know you are also fighting for our lives and our freedom. also fighting for our lives and ourfreedom. we know it. and probably the main goal of our visit, or my message of our mission, is to say to you you are not alone. our countries stand with you. europe stands with your country.— with your country. there were more economic _ with your country. there were more economic sanctions - with your country. there were more economic sanctions forl more economic sanctions for russia, too. the eu banning the export of luxury goods, and britain imposing asset freezes and travel bans on 370 russians, including a defence minister, a former prime minister, a former prime minister, and oligarchs and theirfamilies, along with many al

international sanctions on russia continue to grow — the prime ministers of poland, the czech republicl travelled to kyiv to hold direct talks with president zelensky, just as the city's residents were preparing for the curfew. ukraine's president has now said his country should recognise that it won'tjoin the military alliance of nato. our diplomatic correspondent james landale has more. ukrainian troops north—west of kyiv, slowing the advance of russian forces, hoping to save their capital and, perhaps, focus minds in moscow. officials from both sides continue to talk, looking for a negotiated settlement. the kremlin said the discussions were positive, but neither side says where progress has been made. today ukraine's president addressed talks with european union leaders and hinted at what may be part of a future settlement. translation: ukraine is not| a member of nato and we had heard for many years the doors would be open but also heard we could notjoin. it is a truth and must be recognised. that hint of giving up the idea of joining nato may be seen by some as a concession to th

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you've had the 3 prime ministers from the czech republic, from poland and from savannah. come in, show a huge amount of support, deliver an aide program to the people of ukraine. but president vladimir lance. he sent a very powerful, very silent message in that meeting as well. behind him, as he was sat with the prime ministers, there was a video wolf on that video wall. it simply said, ukraine is defending europe. it was a pretty powerful message to give a message that was reiterated by the foreign ministers in the sound by the u. s or the prime minister, sorry, in that signed by the you just heard saying that the not any fighting for their homes. they fighting for our homes as well. so clearly it was in just about age that the prime ministers i were talking about the president was talking about. but about politics as well as maybe that has been some vincent ukraine has been asking for a nissan no fly zone. ah, which was never going to be delivered by nato, cuz it was seen as an escalation that would lead to a direct conflict with russia. but perhaps there is something a

in the czech republic or moldova — country. in the czech republic or moldova or _ country.hese countries do not recognise the legal relation of a child and first of all they in the countries, from roman law, the legal mother of the child is a woman who gives birth. it is woman who gives birth. it is not “ust woman who gives birth. it is not just international - woman who gives birth. it is not just international parents notjust international parents who face and heartache at being separated from their children. this is the talia, a ukrainian saga to travel to kyiv and gave birth to a baby boy for a german couple. days later, war broke out with missile striking roads. i broke out with missile striking roads. ., , ., , broke out with missile striking roads. . , ., , ., ., broke out with missile striking roads. ., , ., ., roads. i was unable to go back to my kids- — roads. i was unable to go back to my kids. they _ roads. i was unable to go back to my kids. they are far- roads. i was unable to go back to my kids. they are far awayl to my kids. they are far away from here, from

as russian bonds fall on ukrainian cities, the leaders of poland, slovenia in the czech republic are heading to the cranium capital in a show of support. and he went, refugee agency says more than 3000000 people have left ukraine to escape the fighting. ukrainian children are becoming refugees at a rate of one for seconds or more than half of those refugees have gone to poland. polish president, andre duda has signed a new law to help the huge numbers who've arrived. then bas ravi has our report from krakow. poland 2nd city looks different these days. soldiers of scooters, refugees on sidewalks, reminders of russia's war, ukraine at the consulate and crackles, hundreds of ukrainians. wait in line for hours every day. okay, new or just what's happening and ukraine is awful. it's more shooting, killing. they don't hesitate to kill anybody. what i it's mentally very difficult. my mind just cannot take it. of the mortgage in that i have no idea when this will end. i think that it will take a long time before it's over. lots of people will die. this is horrible, did i lose you there recen

the prime ministers of poland, the czech republic and slovenia all travelled to kyiv to hold direct talksident zelensky, just as the city's residents were preparing for the curfew and, amid the diplomatic to—ing and fro—ing, ukraine's president said his country should recognise that it won'tjoin the military alliance of nato. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, has more. ukrainian troops north—west of kyiv, slowing the advance of russian forces, hoping to save their capital and, perhaps, focus minds in moscow. officials from both sides continue to talk, looking for a negotiated settlement. the kremlin said the discussions were positive, but neither side says where progress has been made. today ukraine's president address talks with european union leaders and hinted at what may be part of a future settlement. translation: ukraine is not| a member of nato and we had heard for many years the doors would be open but also heard we could notjoin. it is a truth and should be recognised. that hint of giving up the idea of joining nato may be seen by some as a concession to this man, russ

we will be with you a show of solidarity for ukraine, the leaders of poland, slovenia, and the czech republic visit keep worth curfew is underway. nato defense ministers meet in brussels to discuss the conflict and find new ways to deter russia from future military actions. protecting ukraine's oldest nuclear plants. we look at what's being done to keep it safe and out of fresh hands. hello, a sign that ongoing talks between ukraine and russia may be making progress. president vladimir zalinski says moscow's demands are becoming more realistic. zelinski appears to be making a major confession. he says it's possible. ukraine may not join nato. the i think shaders prepared to meet again in the coming hours. keep residents have woken to the familiar sound of rushing shelling. the city is under a curfew after strikes killed at least 5 people on tuesday, so much legal squad and our version. it is difficult but important because any war ends in an agreement, meetings continue as i am told the positions in the negotiation, sam, more realistic. however, it still needs to be more time for decisions to

hello, the leader is a poland, slovenia, and the czech republic of announced their intention to visit ukraine's capital later on tuesday. this comes with negotiators from keven moscow prepared to hold more talks on the conflict, the oldest, while russian bombs continued to fall on ukrainian cities. this was in car keep overnight. at least 2 people have been killed by strikes and central keys in the last few hours firefighters. there had been tackling ablaze that, a multi story apartment block. let's bring an iran crown right away. he's joining us from keith. so in run, tell us more about these reports just coming through of several prime ministers, european prime ministers, heading to ukraine. that's been confirmed by the probably the departments are ours and his deputy prime minister interest. ready lavinia, it's a very high level, it's the 1st visit to take place at that level since the war began. no one's opposed to saying is that they are coming as representatives of the european council to meet with president. what amaze lensky melissa. so clearly it's a show of support for ukrai

the leaders of poland, czech republic, and slovenia. their leaders, their president, our meeting president zelenskyy in kyiv against the backdrop i just told you about. one of the most dangerous places in the planet right now. they are going to show their support for ukraine. a bold move given that russia will hit anything. earlier today, zelenskyy once again told his people that he is not backing down. >> the 19th day of our resistance is over. another difficult day which is still approaching our victory. approaching peace for ukraine. as before, the enemy is confused. they did not expect such resistance. they will not achieve anything by war. >> harris: fox news journalist mike tobin is in western ukraine. mike. speak out there is a remarkable development coming out of the capital city today. it is an unprecedented show of support from the european union leaders. leaders of poland, czech republic, and slovenia are taking the train right now to the capital city. the besieged capital city, to meet with president zelenskyy. polish prime

battle, the prime minister, deputy prime minister, of poland, and the prime ministers of the czech republic and slovenia, they're traveling to kyiv, war torn kyiv, to meet personally in person with president zelenskyy. sources tell cnn that president biden is now considering making a trip to europe and nato leaders are in discussions to hold an extraordinary session in belgium next week. erica, it shows the grave concern western leaders have. >> it absolutely does. those two meetings, we can't underscore it enough. since the start of this invasion, russia has launched more than 900 missiles, about 200 of those coming in just the last five days. as you know, ukraine doing all it can to fight back. this is footage from a drone that captured its own artillery strike on a russian military position. you see it in the trees there. that's where russia attempted to hide in a forest outside of kyiv, hide military installments there. let's begin with cnn international correspondent scott mclean who is in ukraine. a very intense day in the capital. fill us in on the latest. >> reporter: absolutely, er

they've now made it to the czech republic, but tonight, so many of their friends and family are still unreachable in mariupol lester >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> for so many refugees, the first stop is here in poland, which has seen an influx of more than 2 million ukrainians today i met with some of those escaping the war. here, one road ends, another begins many asking themselves how they made it this far. dina, a mother of four from berdyansk tells me, we were traveling by evacuation bus and before us there were cars attacked. now separated by the war from her husband, her 16-year-old daughter elina takes on greater responsibility you are the big sister what do you tell your young siblings to keep their spirits high usually they cry when the explosions go off, she tells me they were crying a lot. and i was saying, keep calm and we're praying. what would you be doing right now if it weren't for the war? >> translator: studying, i think. i would be seeing my friends. >> 12-year-old anya likely feels the same. her mother asking her to speak for the family making the decision to l

. >> the prime minister of poland, slovenia and the czech republic have arrived in cave by train for what they are calling a show of solidarity from ukraine's european allies. the czech republic's prime ministers the visit is meant to confirm the support of the entire european union for the sovereignty and independence of ukraine. eu officials have voiced concerns about this trip and the security risks. it said the three leaders are acting on their own and independent. ukraine's president has signaled he is ready to accept his country will not join nato. ukraine building at a future membership of the western military alliance, that was one of vladimir putin's peak demand in the run up to the invasion. >> ukraine is not a member of nato. we understand that. we are decent people. we have heard for years that the doors were open but we also heard that we could not join. that is the truth and it must be recognized. i am glad our people are beginning to understand this and rely on themselves and our partners who are helping us. >> that was the ukrainian president. let's analyze what we ju

but you mentioned those prime ministers of the czech republic, slovenia and poland going to kyiv.like you did a little bit of a double take or eyebrow raise as we did. this -- i don't think that we can overstate how significant this is that they're going into this embattled city that's under curfew to meet with president zelenskyy. >> it really puts pressure on vladimir putin because putin has clearly lined up the russian military to encircle the city of kyiv, start a bombardment, probably put special forces in there, potentially push some of these chechen and syrian fighters he's been threatening forward. he has an agenda to conduct a medieval siege on that city. that will be a tough order of business. those ukrainians know every single alley, every back room, every road, every intersection. the russians are going to find themselves in a hard fight. point of comparparicomparison, battle was ordered to take that city of fallujah, those are the best combat shock troops on the planet earth. it took them two months of hard fighting to get that job done. fallujah is one tenth the size

and further on. well as to the czech republic and further om— well as to the czech republic and furtherould be better _ further on. how do you think things could be better coordinated, - further on. how do you think things could be better coordinated, but. could be better coordinated, but managed to cope with the numbers of people you are seeing? we managed to cope with the numbers of people you are seeing?— people you are seeing? we as volunteers _ people you are seeing? we as volunteers should _ people you are seeing? we as volunteers should be - people you are seeing? we as volunteers should be better. people you are seeing? we as - volunteers should be better informed about the trains and times of departure and arrivals. as well as should be better informed in the morning how to help the ukrainians that are continuously coming here. do you think you can look after everybody if this continues? i do you think you can look after everybody if this continues? i think that it is very _ everybody if this continues? i think that it is very difficult _ everybody if this continues? i think th

despite that bombardment, the prime ministers of poland, the czech republic, and slovenia are in kyivese pictures were posted by the polish prime minister. they came to meet zelensky, with russian forces closing in, that might seem risky, but it is intentional. the czech republic foreign minister says it is a strong and important gesture to show our solidarity with ukraine. let's talk about what happened in kyiv -- in the past 24 hours, russian strikes have killed five people. this shows the aftermath of one of those attacks -- five places targeted including a metro station and two residential blocks of flats. this is one of those blocks, buildings burned for hours, and those whose homes were dtroyed watched on as the fires were put out. reporter: this place is quite close to where the fighting is going on. there were reports claiming russian forces about 10 or 15 kilometers away from this location. we could hear several outgoing fire as well, artillery fire, which would suggest the front line not that far. we can hear again the artillery fire -- it sounds like this is outgoing fire,

m, ron con, has more on the plan visit by the leaders of poland, lavinia, and the czech republic to keep the visits under wraps. you don't know the exact details of it, but we do know it's a show of support for president vladimir zalinski and the people of ukraine. it's likely that they're going to be talking about getting humanitarian aid in a to keep and beyond. the other places that lead at places like murray opposing the destruction of that so. so the aide obviously very desperate lead needed. but this is the 1st high level visit since the war began 20 days ago. it's coming as the official visit from the european council, once again, the europeans showing their support. now poland, the prime minister and the deputy prime minister from poland is actually going to be on this visit. ponens absolutely crucial. it's the one rail link in to live and then on to keep. and that's where most of the people i've been fleeing or getting out that route i'm but where most of humanitarian aid has been coming in as well. so this, this visit is likely to be about 2 things. firstly, a very visible publ

president volodomyr zelensky of ukraine has thanked the prime ministers of poland, the czech republicvenia for travelling to kyiv to meet him, despite the continuing bombardment by russian forces. their visit to the ukraine capital at such a difficult time was, he said, greatly appreciated. the polish prime minister, mateusz morawiecki, said ukraine could count on the help of its friends, and he admired theirfight against what he called a "cruel aggressor". our diplomatic correspondent james landale has more. ukrainian troops north—west of kyiv, slowing the advance of russian forces, hoping to save their capital, and perhaps focus minds in moscow. officials from both sides continue to talk, looking for negotiated settlement. the kremlin said the discussions were positive but neither side says where the progress is being made. today though, the ukrainian president addressed a gathering of northern european leaders in london and dropped a hint of what may be a part of any future negotiated settlement. translation: ~ ., , settlement. translation: «a, , ., ., translation: ukraine is not a

in march of 1997, we took a fact-finding trip to poland, the czech republic. before that, we went to moscow. we were supposed to meet with boris yeltsin. yet just come back from a summit with clinton and was indisposed. but he did have us meet with his national security council. they brought up the question of nato membership for russia towards the end of the meeting. these were the guys and they were all guys who had all the intelligence and they were not pleased about the possibility of nato enlargement, but they were not worried. putin himself discussed russia joining as late as 2001. in terms of humiliating russia or not accumulating russia, there is a tendency to look at putin's 2007 speech and then work towards to validate it. it was just fantasy. my one example i would like to give its the document. the russians felt they needed to edit more weaponry down there in the caucuses. they had to get it approved by the parties to the agreement. i was put in charge of getting it to the u.s. senate. this was after the first chechen war. the idea that they were h

all this as the leaders of poland, the czech republic, and slovenia traveled to kyiv to meet with ukraine's president and express their solidarity. as the country continues to be attacked by russia. >>> we are just minutes away from president zelenskyyi addressing canada's parliament. we'll bring you that live when it happens. >>> breaking right now, foreign ministry retaliating announcing sanctions against joe biden and top u.s. officials after white house announced sanctions on vladimir putin more than two weeks ago. let's begin our coverage with cnn's scott mclean live in lviv with the breaking details on the deadly attacks in ukraine. what more do we know right now? >> reporter: bianna, yeah, there were audible explosions heard in central kyiv this morning because there were airc lot of m close by. the first one, some kind of a military strike hit a house south of the city, left a huge crater in the ground, caught the house on fire. luckily, no one hurt there. not long afterwards, there was an apartment building just a stone's throw away from central kyiv, only a mile or two away. where

big questions to for likes, the czech republic and poland. a, just to remind you back in 2014, there were a series of mysterious attacks on ammunitions depos in the czech republic. that, of course, around the annexation of crimea. it's not beyond the conceivable that if these countries are being used to ship arms into ukraine than they could well see some kind of covert or more overt activity from russia on their so on. and then of course, without reminding you too much, brings us into a big existential question about whether nato's article 5 would essentially kick in whether a red line would be crossed and whether european countries nato alliance members will be drawn into a protracted conflict directly with russia and they were mentioning before that, so ukraine's president is going to be talking to british m p. 's in the next few hours. any idea what he's likely to be say well, we know, given his important address is to the european parliament since the u. s. senate what he's likely to say, and that is of a seat, a thank western powers for

and glory to crane for the prime ministers of poland, sylvania and the czech republic have arrived in keep by train in what they are calling a show of solidarity from ukraine's european allies. the check republics. prime minister said that the visit is meant to confirm the support of the entire european union for the sovereignty and independence of ukraine. you officials have voice concern about this trip and its security risk. it said that the 3 leaders are acting on their own and independently you can't rains. president, william is zalinski, has signal that he is ready to accept his country, will not join native ukraine ruling out a future. membership of the western military alliance was one of vladimir putin's key demands in the run up to the invasion. there was an issue marina. the ukraine is not a member of nato. me. we understand that were decent people and we've heard for years that the doors were open up, but we also heard that we could not join them. that's the truth and it must be recognized for not only i'm glad that our people are beginning to understand this. and rely on

pretty well. officials in warsaw say the prime ministers of poland, slovenia, and the czech republic. if not cross the border enter ukraine. they're traveling by trying to care for talks with prime minister volume is and then ski. the statement released by the polish government jet prime minister, petra fiala said, the purpose of the visit is to confirm the unequivocal support of the entire european union for the sovereignty and independence of ukraine. officials from the european union say the 3 leaders are acting independently. meanwhile, as we've heard, the talks between ukrainian and russian negotiators have resumed the w mathias. bully and keith has more on how people any crime scene those negotiations. well, of course people hope that these fighting's will end and that there will be peace again. but the question is, what can be achieved in these talks? are the 2 countries have very different takes on what's happening here. for russia is basically still demanding ukraine to surrender, to disarm itself, not to be able to defend itself, and to be under some kind of russian protecti

the prime minister's opponents, levine in the czech republic, has been keyed to show solidarity even as russian shelling continued to hit the capital. they were the 1st foreign leaders to visit ukraine's. russia's invasion began. ukrainian president vladimir lensky says their visit, sends a strong message to russia to be sure, yes, let us do. they are not concerned about themselves. they are concerned about us. they are here to support our and this is a necessary friendly stablish. and i'm sure with these types of friends with our neighbors are partners, we will be able to win the polish, my minister said, what's happening in ukraine is a european issue that needs a collective response. the european union has to do very quickly a candidate status and more than this has to invite your group to the european union and all that the fancy work to defend your homes with dry to organize or text, or to say all over the world. we will never leave you alone. we will be with you because we know that you are fighting not only for your horse, for your freedom, for your security, but also for hour

that prime ministers from slovenia, the czech republic, and poland are headed at this moment to kyiv right now. ukrainian capital, which is under siege to meet with president zelenskyy. this is a remarkable statement of solidarity. taken under great personal risk for these leaders. you would be hard pressed to find an example like it in history. it is akin to world leaders going to london during the blitz there. want to get the latest from cnn anchor and chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. thank you for joining us. i want to start with the situation in kyiv itself right now. we have seen these four residential complexes hit over the last 24 hours, an apartment building on fire, and word of a two-day curfew, day and night. is there some new increased risk to the capital itself? >> we need to be able to say explicitly what we're seeing develop on the ground there. that is that civilian population centers and the civilians themselves are increasingly a direct and deliberate target of russian attacks. we see this based on the targets themselves, apartment buildings, struck

buildings and metro stations. despite this, the prime ministers of poland, slovenia, and the czech republic visiting the cranium capital, the 3 leaders travelled by train for talks with president of miss lensky. elsewhere civilians have been allowed to leave the procedure seaport city of marco in 2000 cause more than 400000 people have been trapped with limited food, water and power. after more than 2 weeks of russian bombardment, from the v journal reports on the day's events. this is car key. no longer a city of one and a half 1000000 people. many of flip the russians are raising whole residential districts to the ground. they say civilians are being used as human shields and the soldiers are hiding among them. but how can they tell from up there as the bottoms continue to fall indiscriminate play? the battles look here continues to with daily shilling that includes residential buildings from russian positions, just 15 kilometers away and closer quarters. fighting on its suburban outskirts western intelligence assessments point to a ground offensive that is largely stalled with russian tr

the czech republic is worth a persona nongrad.nly one dip was announced, an employee, which can be easily explained after last year's attempt only five czech diplomats left to play expulsion in moscow question why, in principle, is all this happening right now, experts see a number of coincidences, lately. this is already such a policy. i think it's quite clear that this is a concerted action, probably towards nato, uh, but it is absolutely absurd. and because, well, they also understand very well, but there are no idiots there that mirror measures will immediately follow. well, what will this lead to? nato’s emergency itself was held in brussels for last week , us president biden flew in from across the ocean to participate in it, just on the eve of this meeting, warsaw, in violation of the vienna convention on an absurd charge, froze the accounts of the russian embassy, ​​i believe that the decisions were blocked first by the ministry of finance, and then by the decision of the polish prosecutor on the grounds, that the funds fr

we will be with standing with ukraine, the leaders of poland, slovenia, and the czech republic visit keep to show their solidarity as the war enters a 3rd, me protecting ukraine's almost nuclear plants. we look at what's being done to keep it safe and out of rushing hello more signed. the ongoing talks between ukraine and russia are making progress rushes for a minister survey live. rob says there is hope for a compromise on ukraine's president has admitted moscow's demands. are becoming more realistic and watermark zalinski concedes its possible ukraine may not join nato was negotiators prepared to meet again keep residents have woken to the familiar sound of russian shelling. the city is almost halfway through a 35 hour curfew after strikes killed at least 5 people on tuesday till little squad, no oliver. it is difficult but important because any war ends in an agreement, meetings continue as i am told, the positions in the negotiation, san more realistic. however, it still needs to be more time for decisions to be in ukraine's interest guys than you're a, he is us citizens of russ

the prime ministers of poland, slovenia, and the czech republic are in cave, the 1st foreign leaders to visit ukraine since last month. invasion of the talks with president blue.

the the leaders of the czech republic, poland, slovenia. they say that this is a show of solidarity, to show europe's unequivocal support for ukraine. former head of government there, government leader, is this what you need from these countries now? i mean, what's the meaning from the ukrainian side of this visit? >> you know, it resembles the war in georgia that was waged by the russian federation. ukrainian president and three baltic presidents, they paid a visit to georgia in order to stop the russian aggression. so, this is the very clear-cut sign of solidarity. but you know, let me first of all express my deepest condolences to the families of two american journalists, the journalists of the "new york times" and the journalist of the fox news. our hearts and our prayers are with you. this war already affected the united states, and we have to realize that right now, we are actually in the third world war, and i want to be very clear about this. this is a new type of war. this is not conventional war that we had as the first and second

today, the prime ministers of the czech republic, poland, pennsylvania are traveling to kyiv to meet with ukrainian president. on monday, zelenskiy spoke roughly to the troops invading his country saying in russian they should surrender. >> on beha of the ukinian people, we give you a chance to live. if you surrender to our forces, we will treat you as humans have to be treated, with dignity. the way you have not been treated in your army and the way your army does not treat our people. choose. amy: president zelensky is set to address a jnt session of u.s. congress by video link wednesday. he is expected to ask for more lethal weapons and for the u.s. to broker a deal that would see mig fighter jets transferred from poland to ukraine. meanwhile, talks between ukraine and russiare resuming today. after headlines, we will go to ukraine for the latest. in moscow, an employee of the main state-owned television station channel one burst onto the set during monday evening's live news broadcast holding a sign reading, "no war. don't believe the propaganda. they're lying to you here." the p

the leaders of poland, slovenia, and the czech republic are visiting you.

we're talking about poland, the czech republic and slovenia.moment to meet with ukrainian leader president zelenskyy there in the capital. a city under siege. clearly a huge risk in that. meantime, in southern ukraine, we have seen relentless attacks on this key port city of mykolaiv in the south, an effort by the russians to take over that key strategic port. cnn's nick paton walsh, we want to warn you, some of this video is graphic. >> reporter: we have seen during the night behind me the sky occasionally light up from the continued rocket fires that go back and forth between the two sides here as russia, it seems, is trying to move to the north of this strategic port. and essentially encircle it, like we have seen in mariupol further to the east. that would be deeply chilling for the third largest city in ukraine, odesa, which would be their next target. but for the people living here behind me, it results in a daily barrage of rockets that seem to randomly hit anywhere, frankly. yesterday, sunday our time, it was when we saw the bodies of n