i think we will most likely see a referendum on the donbass region in the areas there.ut president zelenskyy himself is calling for referendum for the people of ukraine to accept this idea of neutrality, so that would be a nationwide one. again, all of this is very much a luminary negotiations right now. tom: to your wheelhouse, julie, the images we have seen, particularly mariupol and the black sea, i believe it is terror, but you are the pro. is it terror or is it just war? >> that's a great question and one i would post to my students. this is the kind of tactic we have seen russia used in the past, really squeezing civilians. in that sense, it is what i would see as a tactic of war that is targeting civilians, trying to inflict as much pain as possible, pressure to get the response that you want, which for many does fall into the category of terrorism. i would say we've heard a lot about war crimes. technically, under international military law, the targeting of civilians is a violation of the geneva -- the geneva convention. it gets a little more tricky, but it is

in the north, the donbass region.re satellite images of military vehicles heading toward the capital. they appear to show a large deployment of russian forces and tanks close to a town around 80 kilometers northwest of kyiv. the convoy is thought to be at least five kilometers long. meanwhile, in the capital, the ukrainian military says it is prepared for another difficult night. for more on their situation, we are in the city. >> it is getting more fearful. there is more of a sense of dread here because we know the fighting is getting closer and closer. we felt the vibrations of one missile attack. it was the strongest sense of shock to the building that we are here in that i have had in the last five days of covering is conflict. and the noise of that explosion was really quite intense as well. there is a real sense that the fighting that has been going on on the outer edges, northern suburbs in particular over the last 3, 4 days, that that is getting closer to the center of the capital. of course, this comes on the

the russians laid siege after marching into the donbass region. it is part of the unite the donbass plan. it was annexed by russia in 2014. peace talks scheduled for this monday between ukraine and russia have been delayed by a day. the russian delegation arrived in istanbul by official kremlin jet before trance -- transferring to bulletproof cars to the city center. these will be the first face-to-face peace talks in more than two weeks. russian president vladimir putin did not appear ready to make compromises to end the war. ukrainian officials also played down the chances of a major breakthrough at the talks you to be held in istanbul after turkish president spoke with russia's vladimir putin on sunday. >> as russia's invasion of ukraine grinds on, president zelenskyy continues to rally support for his beleaguered country. speaking with four prominent russian journalist on sunday in a 90 mine video call. in which he said he is ready to consider a key russian demand. >> adopting a neutral status would mean abandoning ukraine's ambition to one da

russia is now saying the purpose is to "liberate the eastern donbass region and not to seize other parts of ukraine. " and in about an hour from now is when president biden is scheduled to deliver what the white house is calling a major address on the ukrainian crisis. abc news is planning a special report to bring that to you. and if you want an alert when it happens, you can watch it. just download the abc 7 news app. now an update to a story first brought to you this month on abc7news, a bay area nonprofit has helped to save hundreds of animals in ukraine since the start of the work there -- war there. tim johns says now it's looking to do more. tim: for going to do it all. tim: since 2018, the residence has run a nonprofit called transformer stray dog, that helps rescued disabled and abandoned ukrainian animals. but once the invasion started, their operations were turned upside down. and in early march, allen was left with 35 dogs and 15 staff members caught in the middle of a war zone. >> we were able to evacuate them to austria. and they are now safely there. tim: thanks to our cov

meanwhile, forces have shifted their focus, prioritizing the contested donbass region.will be following the president's trip and keeping you posted. that address from poland is expected at 1 p.m. eastern time, you can see it live on c-span, www.c-span.org and the free video app, c-span now. what do you think of president biden's handling of the russia-ukraine conflict following that trip to europe? give us a call. the phone numbers, (202)-748-8000 for democrats, (202)-748-8001 for republicans, (202)-748-8002 for independents. you can also text us your comments at (202)-748-8003. send us your first name, city and state. we are on facebook.com/cspan and you can send us a tweet at @cspanwj. welcome to washington journal. i am joined by paul mccleary, a reporter for politico. he focuses on national security and defense. guest: good morning. host: i want to ask you about this >> we will leave the last few minutes of the state -- of this tape

reporter: russia russia russia military purpose in ukraine is to liberate the eastern donbass region,ot to seize other parts of the country. claiming it never had any intention of capturing kyiv or any other major ukrainian city. >> our forces and means will concentrate on the main thing, the liberation of donbass. reporter: officials in mariupol are not buying it. >> they want more than donbass. it is a lie, what they say. reporter: a senior u.s. defense official says russia has lost up to 50% of combat firepower -- 15% of combat firepower and is bringing reinforcements information russian occupied region of georgia. they believe as many as 10,000 russian troops may have been killed so far. in a new address, president zelenskyy says ukraine's heroic armed forces dealt powerful blows and significant losses to the enmity -- enemy. as president joe biden touched on in poland, he once again called putin were criminal. >> keep democracies united in opposition and effort to curtail the devastation that is occurring at the hands of a man who is a war criminal. reporter: president biden will

jon: quickly, the story of the russian military possibly now focusing on the donbass region, does that send a message on russia's strategy going forward? >> it does look like the russian invasion of ukraine from several geographic points, looks like it is not successful. we're getting reports that the russian military is overstretched and unable to counter the cost it is incurring because ukrainians are pushing back. it is possible that it will focus perhaps more on don best. these are early signals, i wouldn't read too much into it. we also know that russia likes to engage in negotiations in order to buy time. this could be a moment in which russia is trying to buy time. i would be cautious. there's been a lot of optimism about the fact that the russian military has been badly hit. i would be cautious, because that optimism might backfire. jon: a lot of moving parts. another thing we are watching, wall street banks increasingly expecting the fed to increase interest rates more aggressively. today citigroup economist boosting their forecast. they see four straight half-point moves. >>

muska will now picklist untaken control of the eastern donbass region. russ foreign minister says the west has declared war on russia by deep trying to destroy its economy. >> today, total war was declared on us. this term is used by many european politicians when they talk about what they want to do with the russian federation. russian shuttling has struck the international a part and keep. these pictures show moments it was bombed. humanitarian aid stations have also been had to. u.s. president joe biden has visited american troops in eastern poland. the closest he has been to the conflict. he praised poland for taken and refugees from neighboring ukraine. he is scheduled to is that they refugee center on saturday. they had hit several targets inside saudi arabia. authorities confirmed other areas for hit. the u.s. is calling for stronger sanctions against north korea after a test fire. washington will introduce a resolution to the security council. that is after north korea's leader said he is preparing for competition. the latest news as it breaks. w

so are you saying that the eastern region of donbass is essentially a lost cause for ukraine at this point? what what i'm saying is right now, especially with the loss of mariupol because that's essentially been lost and already we've had reports from some the russian troops that were on there have turned up toward that cauldron that i'm talking about. what i'm saying is that the ukrainian position is very tenuous right now, which is one of the reasons why i'm very advocate that they really get aggressive with these negotiations that are certain to begin and are that are set to begin again in istanbul in a couple of hours. i think that's the best case for ukraine to keep their troops from getting really bad beating here. >> i think it's getting really serious. lieutenant colonel daniel davis, always so interesting to talk to you, sir. thank you for your service to our country and your service tonight to our viewers. lieutenant colonel, thank you so much. thank you very much. compelling conversation indeed, jonathan. thank you . meantime, the u.s. has been delivering everything from s

in the east, they are focusing on the donbass region. our reporter is in a frontline town.d warn you, there are some very distressing images in his report of wounds and injuries. reporter: russia says they are not deliberately targeting civilians but there is no other description for what happened than deliberate. it is americo natalia is still alive -- it is a miracle natalia is still alive after troops attacked her city. >> i want to wear my mother lived. soldiers stopped me and i raised my hands. i told them i had been let through, but soldiers shot me everywhere from the waist down. everything is damaged. my private parts, too. he was shooting to kill. reporter: this village is the last one before the frontline. shells landed in the fields periodically and the next village is occupied by russian troops. civilians have been killed. among -- many younger people have left already but others, in particular the elderly, remain and they know they are taking a big risk. this modest farm is right at the edge of the most exposed, dangerous part of town. this woman takes me to wh

she worked in a coal mine in the donbass region fled to odessa when the fighting broke out in 2014.ssian bombs fell on odessa last week, she fled again. >> i am tired of running from the war, 8 used we have been running. only god would help us and give us peace, everyone would live a normal life, but now everyone in the world is traveling. -- trembling. >> a cldren's theater it begins it's a daily distraction. the lesson here is that the differences are nothing to fear, a salve for the lessons of real life. ros: not let us talk about calls for a no-fly zone over ukraine. president zelensky would like this, so would this resident. please close our skies, for russian muscles. please do this, because they just wont bow the whole city to ashes. -- will bomb the whole city ros: call support nato to introduce a no-fly zone. let us take a look at what that would involve. a no-fly zone is usually used to prevent attacks or surveillance, but it has to be enforced by military means. that could mean preemptive strikes, or it cou mean that aircraft that committed to the no-fly zone needo be dea

. >> russia's defense ministry insists its new focus on ukraine is the eastern donbass region. >> on military front, the russian army saying it has achieved its goals in the kyiv region and that troops are regrouping with a focus shifting to where it is liberating the donbass. it seems we are likely to see for the emphasis where the army has been saying it controls 50% of the territory and they are continuing to push to further expand their control. on the diplomatic front, the minister of foreign affairs says there are signs of progress. and the russians have received commitment from the ukrainians about ukraine not joining nato, not acquiring weapons of not allowing foreign military bases to be in ukraine in the future. ukrainians understand crimea and the donbass are closed. we have to remind our viewers that since the start of the operation the russians have been insisting the ukrainians have to recognize crimea as russia and they have to recognize the independent states. >> russian forces have continued their villainous attacks on ukraine second-largest city, kharkiv. a third of

moscow says the "first stage" of its campaign is over and it will now focus on the disputed donbass regionwestern officials say it's a sign of failure. president biden has visited eastern poland to express his gratitude to workers dealing with the refugee crisis — and us troops defending nato's eastern flank. mr biden also announced a deal to provide the eu with more natural gas, to help reduce its dependence on russian energy. tigrayan rebel forces in northern ethiopia have agreed to a government offer of a truce, to allow aid deliveries to millions of people in urgent need of assistance. both sides in the civil war accuse each other of blocking supplies which have not reached tigray since december. coming up in 10 minutes time news watch, but first on bbc news click. solar power is the earth's most abundant energy source. and today that goes far beyond simply plonking panels on rooftops. we keep seeing scientists develop new ways to make the technology more flexible, more powerful and more useful. this factory in stockholm is making ultra thin solar cells that don't even need sunlight to

president zelenskyy has said kyiv is prepared to talk about the stakes with crimea and the separatist donbass regionfter a cease-fire, but any agreement would have to be put to a vote by the ukrainian people. but for many of them, including one of the residents of the bombed out flats in the region, their relationship with russia has been changed forever. >> i still have relatives who live over there. but there it stops. the russians will never be her brothers again. -- our brothers again. >> our next guest is a member of the ukrainian parliament. thank you for taking the time to speak to dw news. i want to start by asking you about ukrainian troops retaking the key suburb of kyiv. how significant is this military victory for your country? >> it is very necessary for us to control the suburb of our capital, because for example, it is a big district in the cap ital. i n see from my windows smoke of fighting, it might be 30 or 40 km away. our milary, our army, they give us this ability to be more safe. not safe in general, because only today, my district was bombed by russia, using aircraft. and other

1,700 such appeals have been registered through various channels, and the withdrawal of donbass from dangerous regions of ukraine without the participation of the ukrainian authorities. managed more than 19,000 people. during the entire period of the special operation, about half a million refugees arrived in russia. on all routes, including those declared by the ukrainian side, the russian armed forces continue to fulfill their obligations to observe the silence regimes by means of objective control, including using unmanned aerial vehicles , the situation on humanitarian routes is recorded daily. it has been reliably established that local administrations notify citizens about the opening of humanitarian corridors. there was no information about the time and place of gathering for the population, once again , the plant was deliberately not informed, which excludes that western weapons from border states can be brought to ukraine on cars from international organizations or with medical symbols. un said our permanent representative, according to vasily nebenzya, publications from the internet show tha

moscow says the "first stage" of its campaign is over and it will now focus on the disputed donbass regionwestern officials say it's a sign of failure. in the south of the country there are fears of starvation in the besieged port city of mariupol as hundreds queued for food and water. authorities are hoping russian occupiers will allow un vehicles to bring in badly needed food and medicines. taylor hawkins — the drummer of the rock band, the foo fighters has died at the age of 50. he was found unresponsive in his hotel room in colombia where the band are on tour. hawkins joined the band in 1997 after plating drums for alanis morissette. now on bbc news: we are england. when i came in this factory, i was absolutely gobsmacked at what everyone was doing, how loud it was, crazy. it's nice when you see the finished product coming off the line. you see celebrities in them and you think we've made them. i've been here about nearly 41 years. probably spent more time here than at home. me sister only works down the bottom of the line. she puts your pockets on, me sister. me niece danielle works i

taking mariupol could allow russia to secure a land corridor between crimea and the donbass region. the official also said russian forces are likely trying to cut off the donbass from the north, as troops move south from kharkiv to izyum. but, near kyiv, russian troops have stopped their advances. instead, ukrainian resistance continues to be determined. the mayor of irpin, a kyiv suburb, said today ukrainian troops retook the city. oleksandr: we have good news today. irpin has been liberated. irpin is ukraine. glory to ukraine, glory to heroes. jack: on the diplomatic front, the outlook seemed less promising. ukrainian and russian delegations arrived in turkey for peace talks that could begin tomorrow. president volodymyr zelenskyy again said he could consider giving up ukraine's bid to join nato and compromise over the status of the donbass region. but he said there could be no peace deal until russian troops withdraw. pres. zelenskyy: who will sit down for talks if the russian troops are here? who will sign anything? nobody. jack: russia's foreign minister, sergey lavrov, also dam

she worked in a coma -- coal mine in e donbass region fled to ossa when fighting broke out in 2014.ssian bombs fell on odessa last week, she fled again. >> i'm tired of running from the war. eight years we have been running. we are mentally exhausted. if only god would help us and give us peace, everyone could live a normal life, but now everyone in the world trembling. >> a few doors along, a children's theater begins its daily distraction. the lesson learned here, differences are nothing to fear. a salve for the lessons of real-life. lucy williamson, bbc news, moldova. laura: for the millions remaining in kyiv, it has been an incredibly anxious week. many are seeking solace in the church. clive myrie reports from kyiv. >> ordinary people in an extraordinary war. a van load of old tires becomes a tank trap to snare russian troops. bottles for petrol bombs and wood for the fires as the volunteer defenders of ukraine wait for the enemy. >> what you see here is the people's attempt to self organize. we will not let this scum a into our lien -- land. we are tired of being afraid, so we

some demands include recognizing crimea as russian and the donbass region as independent. >> as the newound of peace talks continues, serious disagreements remain between the negotiating parties here. the ukrainian side is insisting on international security guarantees and an immediate cease-fire to resolve the urgent humanitarian problems. russia is asking ukraine to forfeit neutrality -- to be neutral, not pursuing number ship in nato. officials here say that ukraine has shown to a certain extent willingness to make compromises on these demands. another demand from russia is the n -- denazification of ukraine, but it is not clear what russia means. the most delicate issue here is the territorial integrity of ukraine. russia is asking kyiv to officially accept crimea, which was annexed by russia in 2014, as part of russia and also forcing ukraine to recognize the separatist republics in eastern ukraine as independent states. officials say ukraine has not shown willingness to make compromises about its territorial integrity. an official says the road is quite rocky, but mostly, the succ

military focus in ukraine, away from the areas it has been attacking and back east towards the donbass regionrainian troops counterattacked around t capitol, kyiv, destroyed russian tanks north of the capital. >> ukrainian troops have been able to achieve this against a much lger ara more powerful army, in places that are not just resisti, they are mounting a counterattacked. anchor: fears of starvation in the city of mariupol as hundreds q4 food and water. president biden visits poland to show support for ukraine's neighbor and announces a deal on gas. and the duke and duchess of cambridge on the last leg of a caribbean tour that has attracted crowds in some controversy. ♪ anchor: hello and welcome. if you are watching in the u.k., on pbs, or around the world. as the war and ukraine enters its second month, there are signs of a possible shift in russia's military aims amid reports that russia's advance on kyiv have stalled, commanders in moscow are suggesting they may refocus their military campaign on the east of the country. according to the latest british military intelligence, the ukrain

moscow says the "first stage" of its campaign is over and it will now focus on the disputed donbass regionuntry there are fears of starvation in the besieged port city of mariupol as hundreds queued for food and water. authorities are hoping russian occupiers will allow un vehicles to bring in badly needed food and medicines. president biden has visited eastern poland to express his gratitude to workers dealing with the refugee crisis — and us troops defending nato's eastern flank. mr biden also announced a deal to provide the eu with more natural gas, to help reduce its dependence on russian energy.

maryam: can the donbass region, russia says it plans to refocus its strategy.can luhansk our the key areas in the east part of the country, parts of them controlled by russian-backed separatist since russia 14. let's hear from an expert on the russian military. >> they probably intended to capture kyiv and failed. the early section of the war has been a misallocation of what they are going to be doing. i think they are going to focus on the east. you noted heavy ccentration of fighting in mariupol. we think the city will fall in the week or so. as well as taking the entirety of donnette scandal hans cleared we have seen a lot of russian forces around chernihiv and another town in eastern ukraine being pulled down for fighting southeast of kyiv, likely seeking to link up with russian forces that are pushing west. maryam: we have already seen the situation in the east intensify. this drone footage is from donetsk, it shows heavily-damaged residential building after shelling. u.k. intelligence says the pivot to the east is a tacit admission from russia that it is

ros: central to all of this is the donbass region, specifically donetsk and luhansk.efore russia's invasion, it recognized both of these places as independent states. russia-backed separatists have been fighting ukrainian forces over this territoryince 2014. because of that, there are questions as to whether moscow will try to carve out donbass as part oany peace. here's what an economic advisor to president zelenskyy has to say about that. >> we are not willing to give up y territory to talk about territorial integrity. the whole idea of just slicing up our country. ro now, we're going to talk about some the news in the u.k. the met police is due to announce the first fines for lockdown breaches in downing street. you remember when lockdown relations were in place, gatherings allegedly included the symmetries party were attendance were invited to bring your own booze. it is alleged there was a gathering in boris johnson's flat. police are busy getting 12 separate events. let's bring in our political correspondent david wallace from westmiter. thanks for jning us. i'v

there is a report that russian forces are regrouping to refocus on other areas near the eastern donbass regionreporter: burned out stalls still smoldering. this is what is left of a market in chernihiv in northern ukraine after it was shelled overnight. authorities said russia targeted several civilian buildings in the city on the heels of moscow's commitments to scale back is assault here. chernihiv and the surrounding region has been bombed or lent loosely since the war began five weeks ago. >> the enemy has demonstrated is decreased in activity in the chernihiv region, including airstrikes. chernihiv was shelled all night. reporter: it i the same story around the capitol kyiv. there are few sig of any withdrawal of russian troops and air raid sirens are consul he ringing. here, too, in the wake of russia's assurances, residential areas have been hit repeatedly. ukrainians authorities said two days ago they had taken pack -- back a suburb to the west of kyiv, but there has been no end to the explosions. these residents have just been evacuated after four weeks of hiding out. >> we are from e

there are now concentrating more on gaining control of the donbass region in the country's southeast. earlier this week, nato estimated anywhere from 7,000 to 15,000 russian soldiers have been killed in the months since the war started. by way of comparison, russia lost about 15,000 troops over 10 years in the war in afghanistan. in the 1980's. back home here, ukrainian students at uc berkeley have the burden of watching the destruction of their country from a distance. but that is not stopping them from shouldering some of the responsibility to try to help their fellow countrymen and women in need kron 4, some to call sheriff's now one man's efforts to provide immediate resources to desperate families. >> in the winter, 29 year-old maxims of called visited his girlfriend, father and brother in his home country of ukraine. he returned to the bay area where he is a phd student at uc berkeley. just 11 days before the russian ievasion a week after bombs were dropped because of took an academic leave and founded the group support ukraine with us, one of my friend gave me $100. we send tho

mr zelenksy also said he was willing to reach a "compromise" over the eastern donbass region. president biden says he wasn't calling for regime change in russia, in comments he made in a speech. the us president had said "this man cannot remain in power" in unscripted remarks in poland. will smith has won best actor at the oscars. in an emotional speech, he apologised for an extraorinary incident earlier in the ceremony, when he took to the stage and smacked the comedian chris rock in the face. the altercation, which at first appeared to be a joke, was over a comment chris rock made about will smith's wife, jada pinkett smith. just to say, jessica chastain won an oscarfor just to say, jessica chastain won an oscar for the eyes of tammy faye. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm gabriel gatehouse. my guest today is a former member of the russian parliament who's fighting in ukraine against russia. a man who's long said he wants to bring down vladimir putin but who was once on the russian government payroll. ilya ponomaryov has had his feet in many camps — am

moscow says the "first stage" of its campaign is over and it will now focus on the disputed donbass regionsited eastern poland to express his gratitude to workers dealing with the refugee crisis — and us troops defending nato's eastern flank. mr biden also announced a deal to provide the eu with more natural gas, to help reduce its dependence on russian energy. tigrayan rebel forces in northern ethiopia have agreed to a government offer of a truce, to allow aid deliveries to millions of people in urgent need of assistance. both sides in the civil war accuse each other of blocking supplies which have not reached tigray since december.

there are now concentrating more on gaining control of the donbass region in the country's southeast.to estimated anywhere from 7,000 to 15,000 russian soldiers have been killed in the months since the war started. by way of comparison, russia lost about 15,000 troops over 10 years in the war in afghanistan. in the 1980's. back home here, ukrainian students at uc berkeley have the burden of watching the destruction of their country from a distance. but that is not stopping them from shouldering some of the responsibility to try to help their fellow countrymen and women in need kron 4, some to call sheriff's now one man's efforts to provide immediate resources to desperate families. >> in the winter, 29 year-old maxims of called visited his girlfriend, father and brother in his home country of ukraine. he returned to the bay area where he p

moscow says the first stage of its campaign is over and it will now focus on the disputed donbass regionfears of starvation in the besieged port city of mariupol as hundreds queued for food and water. authorities are hoping russian occupiers will allow un vehicles to bring in badly needed food and medicines. taylor hawkins, the drummer of the rock band the foo fighters, has died at the age of 50. he was found unresponsive in his hotel room in colombia where the band are on tour. the cause of his death is unclear.

mr zelenksy also said he was willing to reach a "compromise" over the eastern donbass region. president biden says he wasn't calling for regime change in russia, in comments he made in a speech. the us president had said "this man cannot remain in power", in unscripted remarks, in poland. the sci—fi epic dune is leading the field at the oscars, with six awards. it's swept the technical categories, including production design, sound, and best score. troy kotsur has won best supporting actor at the awards for his role in coda. he's the first male deaf actor to be recognised. the film tells the story of a child born to deaf parents. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome. jeff mcallister is a white and a documentary television station in russia has been taken off air by the authorities. it's ukrainians who are bearing the agonies of war, and russians — if sanctions are effective — who will pay the price. yet each and every finance minister across the industrialised world is having to factor in the economic impact of war. the latest is the chancellor of the exchequer,

says the "first stage" of its military campaign is over and it will now focus on the disputed donbass regionailure. in the south of the country there are fears of starvation in the besieged port city of mariupol as hundreds queued for food and water. authorities are hoping russian occupiers will allow un vehicles to bring in badly needed food and medicines.

ros: fundamental disk conflict is the donbass region of ukraine, specifically two areas within it.y are in the east of ukraine, as you can see here. just before russia invaded, it recognized both of them as independent states. in recent days, we have been told russia is planning to focus its attention's there. here is the defense minister speaking earlier. >> the first stage of the operation has been completed. the combat potential of the ukrainian armed forces has been reduced, and we can focus efforts on achieving the main goal, deliberation of don -- e liberation of donbass. ros: jeremy bowen is in kyiv. here he is with his analysis with those talks between russia and ukraine. >> a lot more came out of the talks than was expected in terms of positive vibes, discussions about a possible meeting between the two presidents, zelenskyy and putin. a lot better atmosphere than they had when they met a couple of weeks earlier. that is a plus. but there is an awfully long way to go before they can even be an effective cease-fire, let alone any kind of peace agreement. this is really earl

there has been fighting since 2014 in the donbass region since the annexation of crimea in ukraine. war in ukraine has been going on for the last eight years. when you talk to ukrainians, they do not see a quick cease fire. we have an all-out war in ukraine. we are seeing from the united states and the president has remained steadfast, he will not send any u.s. troops into ukraine. there will be a no-fly zone. the press secretary said to me that potentially a nice way to police the sky, that would lead to direct fighting between the united states and russia. what you are seeing is a mass influx and robust support on nato's eastern flank. the president has made clear he will defend all territory of nato countries and that would potentially invoke article 5 if russia was to hit one of those countries. secretary kirby, when i asked him if that means we could see u.s. troops long-term on the eastern flank, his answer was maybe. kriti: thank you so much for your time and your incredible reporting over the last couple of days. we were getting a live shot of president biden, he is speaking

direction was to tie up the ukrainian grouping so that they could not, uh, send reinforcements to the donbass regioning on the couch, let's say i ask a question. well, now, if we withdraw from there , part of the troops, what will prevent them from sending these reinforcements there. and you give it to me answer. here, not only is it connected with fuel and lubricants, look , but we also control that it is now very difficult for them to do this, it is very difficult. even goes what we are watching for what is for civilians. well, well, yes, that is, if some warehouses drive up, just civilian equipment, there and so on, there, like civilians use. but, when we believe that along the route these am, this fuel goes not to civilians , but to military equipment, then it destroys fuel and lubricants in this way, that is, we control these they have all the transportation routes and so on. and by the way, near kiev we knocked out a large number of artillery. here is what was demonstrated the destruction of the e shopping center in podil yes, this is such a district in kiev, it was one of the results in the p

"first stage" of its military campaign in ukraine is over and it'll now focus on the disputed donbass regionia has admitted that more than thirteen—hundred of its soldiers have died in the fighting. ukraine though has estimated russian losses at more than sixteen thousand, since its invasion. president biden has spoken of his gratitude to humanitarian workers in eastern poland for welcoming in more than two million ukrainian refugees. mr biden also told some of the nine thousand american troops mr thousand american troops biden had

metal at the donbass enterprise, young and strong people, the most active part of the peasantry, who hoped to provide themselves and their children with a decent life, went. it was a colossal regiononbass, coal basin. as well as kuzbass coal basin. there is simply a combination of coal and metal, which made it possible to create a huge industry there to create everything and all the most advanced industrial base of russia until the seventeenth year. this is just donbass yes, this is what later became eastern ukraine donbass which initially took shape how many national regions during the period of rapid development at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries accepted hundreds of thousands of migrants, representatives of various peoples, but the language of communication was the same. the main language is always was a russian and the population of these cities always considered themselves to be the russian population, and they did not personify themselves with the ukrainians. it is generally accepted that on march 3, 1918, when the bolsheviks signed the humiliating treaty of brest-litovsk and the german occupation of the european territories of russia began. however, in fact, to surrend

days of a full-scale aggression of the russian federation after eight years of fighting in the donbass region. can you only imagine? imagined that 4:00 a.m., each of you start tearing bomb explosions. justin, can you imagine you and your children, hearing these explosions, bombings of the ottawa airport and other cities and your wonderful country. can you imagine that? cruise missiles are being falling down and your children are asking you, what happened? and you're feeling the first news that infrastructure, all have been bombed and destroyed by the russian federation. and you know how many people already died. how can you explain to your children that you just fullscale aggression happened in your country? you know that this is your state, your country. you know this is the war to subjugate your people. notifications that huge military equipment are entering your country, crossing the border. they're entering small cities. they are giving siege. they're encircling cities. and they start to shell civil neighborhoods. they bomb school buildings. they destroyed kindergarten schools. imagine th

unlikely that ukraine would ever regain its full sovereignty pretty 2014, including crimea and the donbass regionis the hope that ukraine emerges largely intact with its independence held firm. haidi: great to have you with us as always. let's weave on this as ukraine says it is counting on many from sanctions against russia to help rebuild its economy. president zelenskyy's economic advisor spoke to bloomberg as fighting continues to destroy infrastructure and assets. >> the economic problem has risen dramatically. there are bombing attacks from the air, president zielinski was clear when he was delivering his message about no-fly zones. our cities are under bombing all the time from the air and you have to understand that. it's not just economic price, it's a huge price. $100 million in assets at the beginning of the war, each day bringing us more and more destroyed assets. for example, it is almost destroyed -- we don't have any houses, we don't have people there. people -- i'm saying every day we are losing more and more and more. but it has united assistance to us, which is provided by our i

compromise with russia over the future status of russia—backed breakaway eastern provinces in the donbass regionwe'll bring you more on that as we have it.in other developments today ukraine's military intelligence chief has claimed that russia may be trying to split ukraine in two, in the same way that north and south korea have been divided for more than half a century, after vladimir putin's forces failed to take over the whole country. it's been announced that officials from ukraine and russia will resume peace talks on monday. three days of discussions have been scheduled. they're to take place in turkey, previous talks had taken place in belarus. america's most senior diplomat, along with other top officials, have been forced to clarify comments by president biden, that vladimir putin could not stay in power in russia. we begin our coverage with the fall—out from president biden�*s speech in warsaw on saturday and our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley. i think he is a war criminal. a butcher. is not the first time his off—the—cuff remarks on vladimir putin have left is partner scram

there was the exception of the donbass region where they concentrated the majority of their most complicatedrussia changed tactics, they fought as she took vulnerability in the ukrainian defenses. i think a lot of russia's process is happening in the country where they can find core doors that allow them to connect moldova -- corridors that allow them to connect with moldova. >> can a cut them off from the u.s. and their -- can it cut them off from the u.s. and their allies? >> there is a transition. period. they have a safety button, a strategic error of judgment. the resources as well as global reserves in european banks who they were deliberately withdrawing from. . they have stockpiles in china and that will be the space. in the short instance i do not think there is going to be any change of behavior. there is a lot of that shelti sentiment in russia and their disbelief are to mobilize the population by showing independent sources as part of their stop the propaganda campaign. there may be some ramifications, these sanctions, russians -- we have to be mindful as well. haidi: it is a lon

center of ukraine's refugee crisis as russia's military focuses on taking full control of the donbass region falters in cap. we look at the continuing fallout on the war from cyberspace to outer space. apple rolling it out, and additional bonus to key engineers, upwards of $200,000. how to keep staff loyal as the post-pandemic war for talent ramps up. more on that. instacart trying to lure employees by taking an unexpectedly lower valuation, slashing its own valuation by almost 40%, from 39% to 24% billion -- $39 billion to $24 billion. we discuss another bloomberg's group in a moment but let's get a look at the markets. tech stocks and the week down. ed ludlow is here with the latest and it is not all bad news. ed: flat on a friday but we saw a lay comeback from the nasdaq 100, tech heavy indexes. you see wti above $110 a barrel, higher -- $113 a barrel. u.s. 10 year yield at 2.47%. we have some sustained mental in tech stocks. the nasdaq 100 had its first back-to-back weekly gain since the beginning of february, despite the backdrop of higher yields. higher yields has impacted tech stocks

to be not yet occupied parts of the donbass region's.a is moving out from kyiv or away from kyiv. however, this does not mean that russia will give up attacking kyiv. will give up the plans of besieging the ukrainian capital. most likely what we are seeing is looping and repositioning. in the upcoming weeks, the main focus of the fighting will probably be eastern ukraine. marc: dr., associate fellow in the d gap security defense program in budapest. thank you, sir for joining us and giving us that assessment of the situation so far. just to remind people, vladimir putin according to western intelligence badly briefed, misled by his own intelligence forces about the progress of the operation. the war in ukraine, given misleading information about how his troops are doing and how they have been pushed back. britain's foreign secretary it was in india this thursday to press for tougher action on russia's invasion of ukraine ahead of a visit by moscow's top diplomat, urging delhi to do the exact posite. india has atained from you and resolut

moscow says the first stage of its campaign is over and it will now focus on the disputed donbass region. western officials say it's a sign of failure. in the south of the country there are fears of starvation in the besieged port city of mariupol as hundreds queued for food and water. authorities are hoping russian occupiers will allow un vehicles to bring in badly needed food and medicines. taylor hawkins, the drummer of the rock band the foo fighters, has died at the age of 50. he was found unresponsive in his hotel room in colombia where the band are on tour. the cause of his death is unclear. the number of covid infections have climbed by a million in a week in the uk, according to data from the office for national statistics. there's been a small drop in northern ireland, but rates in england and wales are up, and scotland has reached a record high. our scotland editor james cook reports. step inside this hospital, if you can find a space. this is monklands in airdrie, but it could be almost anywhere in the country. these patients have come to accident and emergency hoping for urge

russia says it wants what it calls liberation for the donbass region in eastern ukraine.sident biden has renewed his efforts to per se -- to persuade congress to seek taxes from the largest corporations and wealthiest households. it includes a modified wealth tax and eliminates the carried interest tax rate for investment funds. key members of opec have a message for the u.s. trust us. they see oil prices would be even more volatile if it were not for the cartel strategy. opec and its allies, including russia, meet thursday to decide on output levels for may. so far they have resisted calls from the u.s., japan, and europe to pump more oil. the ftc has sued to stop into it from telling per -- stop intuit from telling its customers on turbotax at its services are free. the ftc says customers spend time and effort on turbotax only to find a have to upgrade to a paid service to complete their returns. intuit says the ftc claims are not credible. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120

he is maybe going to look to control the donbass region and other regions on a long-term basis. he would then find himself with a neutral ukraine that may be part of the eu. is that, do you think, the most likely scenario that we are heading toward? >> i don't think president putin has changed his political goals. he still considers himself on the task to rescue so-called slavic world. having embarked on a brutal, unprovoked war in ukraine, he has confronted with a strong resilience and the military capacity of ukraine to defend its own territory. this past month, he has shown that the ukraine people are willing to fight and the west will provide assistance. it may force him to evaluate his own endgame. instead of what was initially perceived as his ultimate goal for the regime change, to take over the entire territory, hopefully he has reduced his ambitions. the talks, which have been taking place in his temple will hopefully open the door for a more profound and direct talks between president zelenskyy and president putin. kailey: if he is reconsidering as he looks to reformul

em: russia may be moving troops to escalate in other parts of the country like the eastern donbass region. in war turn mariopol, devastating aftermath following weeks of russian shelling. residential areas destroyed, about 100,000 civilians still trapped. long lines form outside grocery stores, people desperate for supplies. >> there is no gas, no electricity, no heating, no cell phone service. we melt snow to have something to drink. em: amid negotiations, ukraine is calling for legally binding security guarantees like a treaty that if the country is attacked in the future, countries including the u.s. with the obligated to providend. they are also offering to become a nonnuclear neutral state when russian territories leave. peace talks are expected to resume, although one russian negotiator acknowledged there is still a long way to go before reaching any deal with ukraine. jobina: bay area-based announced a 35 million dollar donation to support organizations focused on people in ukraine as well as nonprofits supporting refugees and bordering countries. in addition, google is also commit