today e.u.ior minister is met to discuss how to deal with the millions of refugees fleeing ukraine. they discussed a range of issues including the distribution of refugees across all e.u. member states, as well as how to financially support that. ministers agreed on the creation of a platform to register those who are seeking temporary protection. poland alone has taken in more than 2 million people from neighboring ukraine since the start of the russian invasion. dw correspondent christine one verse discovering today's meeting for us in brussels. good evening. christina, has the decision been reached in brussels today on how refugees from the ukraine should be distributed across the entire e.u.? reporter: going into this meeting, poland and germany wrote a letter to the european commission asking for the commission to play a more active role in distributing ukrainian refugees across that you member states. the commission declined to do that and instead is insisting on a voluntary based system w

as i mentioned some e.u.tes really trying to push the idea of cutting russian supplies off sooner rather than later. others warning that could push europe into a recession so they have a lot to discuss pong themselves. >> jessica parker a huge day of diplomacy there. thanks for summing that up. the united nations general assembly has been meeting in new york and glanded the protection of civilians in ukraine and criticized russia for causing a dire humanitarian situation. the resolution proposed by ukraine will overwhelming support and wit only five countries agabegins to. let's go live to the u.n. los angeles in new york. if what does there vote mean? >> it is another diplomatic victory for ukrainet the u.n. and underscores how isolated russia is here. we had this resolution the second during the emergency session on ukraine where we had more than three quarters of the general assembly voted on ukraine's side. this in particular singled out russia as the aggressor and one responsible for the humanitarian str

were ukraine to join the e.u., do you think that would limit the e.u. capability to develop as a military force? >> ukraine will not join the eu tomorrow, it will take years and by that time the military architecture of europe may change considerably. now in response to the war we are seeing european countries waking up when it comes to securing their own military infrastructures, they're trying to reach the 2% goal nato has set out, so we will see what will happen over the years, but this is not the same as a military organization. so there are two different questions, but of course overtime you might be right, they might be a stronger military role for the eu and ukraine could be part of that and it doesn't mean the security of europe will be compromised. it might become stronger. kailey: that's a bit of a long-term issues let's talk about near term. ukraine says it wants security guarantees. where does it anticipate that will come from? who would provide that protection? >> a number of countries that have been mentioned. turkey for example, canada, m

however, many e.u. states as you pointed out are pushing for that to be expedited in light of the war russia has waged on ukraine. it remains to be seen whether that will happen. in the meantime though the european union has stepped up resistance to the ukraine. for the first time they approved over $500 million of security assistance to the country that includes weaponry. germany has for the first time taken from its own stockpile weapons that it will be sending to ukraine to fend off the russian advances. so we're seeing the e.u. has closed off the air space to the russians. they are looking to ban russian media from the bloc so a lot going on to make sure russia can't spread the propaganda within the european union. more propaganda making sure they are penalized against this and closing off the air space and by arming the ukrainians with air defense missiles, anti-tank missiles that they believe can keep the momentum going in ukraine's favor. the ukrainians have been over performing here. the russian

the e.u. has closed air space and imposed sanctions.want to ban russian media from european air waves. so they are taking all of these steps to try to isolate russia from the rest of the world, including financially. zelenskyy who is going to address the european parliament in a couple of hours is urging them to expedite ukraine's membership into the bloc. however, it remains to see how fast it could actually happen, brianna. >> we know you'll be tracking that. thank you for the report. >>> russia's unrelenting assault on ukraine. now they just blew up a government building. six people injured in this, including one child. we're going to take you live to the ground. okay everyone, our mission is to provide complete balanced nutrition for strength and energy. woo hoo! ensure, complete balanced nutrition with 27 vitamins and minerals. with 30 grams of protein. ♪ ♪ do your eyes bother you? my eyes feel like a combo of stressed, dry and sandpaper. strypaper? luckily, there's biotrue hydration boost eye drops. biotrue uses naturally inspired

the e.u.onsiders whether to match the united states ban on russian oil. >>> e.u. ministers, i should say, are meeting in brussels this week to discuss this complex energy issue as they mull more sanctions on russia. meantime, the european union did agree to adopt its long awaited strategic document on monday. it's part of a plan to beef up the block's military defenses. the e.u. also reached an agreement to provide an additional $551 million in military and other aide to ukraine. for more on this we wanted to bring in natasha bertrand who joins us live from brussels. good to see you, natasha. are all eu countries willing to impose more sanctions on russia? where do they stand on the energy sector particularly? will they work together on that? >> reporter: rosemary, it does seem that there is near unanimity to provide sanctions on russia. sanctions so far have not really deterred putin's aggression towards ukraine. now the energy question is a bit more complicated. there are steep divisions wit

and the e.u.nnouncing a deal to help europe also deal with its energy crisis. pres. biden: the united states together with our international partners, we will work to ensure an additional 15 billion cubic meters of liquefied natural gas for europe this year. >> this will replace the lng supply we currently receive from russia. guy: europe is going to need a lot of help on a number of different fronts. not only on the energy front but managing this refugee crisis the conflict has created. our washington correspondent is in poland with the president. what message does the president bring to those millions of refugees in poland right now? anne-marie: the message is clear the u.s. wants to be able to do whatever they can to help relieve europe and especially these surrounding countries of ukraine, like poland, when it comes to the refugee crisis. 10 million people have been displaced from their homes. just in poland alone, it really is the epicenter of this humanitarian crisis. more than 2 million peo

the e.u. is not only a fight that they are waging on behalf of ukraine, but also for the whole of europe, much in line with what he said yesterday about the possibility that missiles might actually start to fall in nato and in european territory. so this is going to be an opportunity for him yet again to send that message. and it comes just days after europe actually slapped new sanctions on russia, targeting its energy sector, targeting banning luxury good exports from the e.u. actually cutting them off from that most favored nation trade status. the e.u. is trying its best here to help ukraine under the circumstances, but they say they are not yet prepared to implement this kind of fast track status for their membership because ukraine is in the middle of a war right now. it would be pretty untenable for them to have this application be considered as they have been struggling, of course, to get their legal, political and financial systems in line with e.u. standards. and so this is not a pri

they adopted the swiftest package in history against russia and the e.u. granted immediate refuge to those who call ukrainian home. the first time it has invoked this protection mechanism. and they are taking extraordinary steps. germany is doubling the defense spending. poland has opened its arms to more than half a million ukrainian refugees. switzerland set aside the neutrality to adopt the sanctions on russian. the list goes on. these and other efforts by our european allies do not undermine the transatlantic security alliance, they deepen our collective might. as recently as a few weeks ago, some questioned whether this base order came under threat whether our partners will be willing to shoulder their fair share of the burden, the risk and cost to defend it. they have demonstrated they are more tan ready to stand up and stand together. and the united states is standing with europe. pursuing complimentary actions and with our allies and partners. to giva few examples, we've deployed 7,000 troops to europe and repositioned our forces already on the con

e.u. europe as a whole has a responsibility first of all we need to provide these people with collective protection. european countries, including my own contry, norway, need to open up their borders and doors so that we can provide safety and shelter and accommodation to mass influxes of refugees. but europeanovernments including u.s. government, has to now really do everything they can to put pressure on russia to put pressure on warring parties and ensure an immediate cease-fire. next they need to ensure humanitarian actors such as ourself inside ukraine safe access to people in need. some families i met here at the border, they are telling us for the last few days we lived in bomb shelters we recreated our basement to become the place where we are. with no access to medicine. with no access to food. they have run out of gas and water. the situation is just absolutely tragic. i think now is the time for europe, including u.s. and other important governments, to come together and find a

finally today of all days is when the e.u. said "we should do that." >> harold: they should. if there's a way to give them that emergency approval without all the processes you have to go through, they should give them that. i align myself with everything that's been said. i think when we talk about the russians and ukrainians eating, we should just make this about putin. i don't want to malign the entire russian people. i think if you were to poll the russian people, and we can't -- he does not have unanimity, perhaps even a majority of people wanting to invade ukraine. we've seen "the new york times," "the new york post," the washington journal demonstrating that russian soldiers did not know that they were signing up for this, many surrendering. there may be a higher casualty level. president zelenskyy, he says "we have been dragged into war already." i think how he's managing this, i think he's been able to manage his emotions, politics, trying to craft policy at the same time. it's an unbelievable act of not only humanity, but strength on his part. i saw the oligarchs be

e.u.eaders mauling a fifth run of sanctions. and the kremlin has said that would impact the supply shortage on the continent in particular. but that is certainly still on the table and we are seeing that play out when it comes to futures in new york trading higher. let's take a look at our asian markets. the price of oil and it is really watching the sovereign bond market as well after just the turmoil in treasuries. the australian 10-year yield climbed as much as 13 basis points in the tuesday morning session to 2.71%, after that selloff in treasuries in the monday session in the u.s. the three year jumping 14 basis points. these are both levels of yields we have not seen since back in 2018. and that was really after jay powell put in that 50 basis point fed rate move into play. when it comes to the equity session, pretty flat when it comes to trading in new zealand. the consumer confidence level falling to 92 from 91 in the fourth-quarter. really suggesting that new zealanders are growin

e.u.untries applying for e.u. membership when just a few years ago, a lot of us had questioned maybe the health of the eu and the health of nato, and it is coming out in full force. romaine: that's the global picture. we will refocus next week on the domestic picture and take a look at the regrouping here. the u.s. markets will be reopening on monday without v t ccine mandate. what'd you miss?, sorry joe weisenthal, it is now called triple take. we will hear from a bank ceo and ib -- iv mix, a bar and restaurant owner. the full coming up on monday. this is bloomberg. ♪ as a small business owner, your bottom line is always top of mind. so start saving with comcast business mobile. flexible data plans mean you can get unlimited data or pay by the gig. all on the most reliable 5g network. with no line activation fees or term contracts. saving you up to $500 a year. so boost your bottom line by switching today. get the new samsung galaxy s22 series on comcast business mobile and for a limited

commission president, with the e.u. council president. we want our alliances to be strong enough to meet any threat. that's why from day one president biden made reinvigorating the alliances and partnerships foundation of foreign policy. why the secretary of state, i have come brussels, home to nato and the e.u., more than any other world capital and new ways to bring coalitions and allies and partners together. now we are seeing why that work matters. at nato we were joined by the ministers of finland and sweden, e.u. high representative, united king and canada and never before have nato and the european union and other partner nations worked so closely together. this is a new kind of cooperation and will bring this to bear not just in this crisis but in the years to come. and our european allies and partners are stepping up to lead in unprecedented ways. first time nato has activated and deployed parts of its response force. several nato allies, including the u.k., germany, netherlands, denmark, spain, france, have sent troops and aircr

e.u. but, again, people don't want to go further into the e.u. because they want to stay as close to ukraine as possible, they do think they will be able to get back. as you know, as i know, the way these things go and with the video that we're seeing prosecute ground in ukraine with, there might not -- from the ground in ukraine, there might not be a home or neighborhood to go back to, there might not be a school, a job because some of these places are just now being leveled. eric? eric: all caused by vladimir putin. arab shah of theny, thank you. arthel? if. arthel: thank you. for more you, we're going to bring in the former president of ukraine, petro por schoen sew -- poroshenko. he has a new five-step plan for peace. first of all, thank you for joining us, and i'd like to commend you for your valiant and heroic example of leadership by joining the fight yourself against russian forces. and and now i want to get right to the interview. you have invited president biden to visit kyiv while in europe this coming week. do you really think it's sa

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and work, importantly, work and access services in any e.u. country for up to three years. >> that is a huge development there. we shall see how this gross there. kelly cobiella in poland for us, thanks. let me move to clint watts. you're doing something a little different for us today, and that is trying to help explain what the russians are up to, what is this military strategy, and how has it changed over the last week? >> that's right, chuck. we've heard a lot about russian failures and difficulties, but overnight we're really seeing what happens when russia has successes. what we see here is a map of the south. remember, in 2014 the russians took crimea and the one axis of advance they've had into ukraine has been from the south where they've been successful. right now you see forces that have broken through, are on this axis here, running along the coast of the sea of azov. they are now seized mariupol in such a way it will be absolutely devastating in the comes days. we're talking large indirect fires, artillery, missiles, munitions, de

i think that what the e.u. send a signal that is the same signal that president biden was talking about that you have a whole lot more commerce and your economy depends on strength of e.u., nato, u.s., much more than any economy of russia, which is diminishing by the minute. >> martha: here's a sound from jake sullivan talking about the relationship and how it's going in these discussions to encourage no military aid from china. >> since the president's call with xi jinping, since my meeting, we have not seen the chinese move forward with military equipment to russia but it's something that we watch every day. >> i think back to that statement of alliance between russia and china right before the olympics. they basically said look, we're going to make sure that the role of america diminishes over time and our role gets bigger over time. that is our stated goal. >> well, that is in their stated goal for a long time. it's the enemy of my enemy is my friend. i think it is though -- xi is much more thoughtful. xi i

he's on the e.u. sanctions list but not the u.k. sanctions list. when will the prime minister sort this out? >> mr. speaker, i think the house should be proud of what we have done already. and i can tell him that there is more to be done and thanks to the powers that this house and this government has taken, we can sanction any individual, any company, connected with the putin regime and this government was amongst the first in europe to ban aeroflot from our skies. this government led the way last week in banning the use of swift, mr. speaker. and if you talk to all, any of our european partner he is would understand the leading role the u.k. has already played and the impact, the impact that those sanctions are already having in moscow. as i told him, the squeeze is growing and it will continue to grow on the putin regime. >> i support the actions taken so far. the ownership of these flats is listed under sober real estate which is own by chavalav and his wife. we only know what oligarch is bind that company because of alexei navalny who was pois

as the e.u. works to discontinue buying russian gas before 2030, we will also work to ensure additional e.u. market demand for 50 billion cubic meters from the united -- liters annually by 2030. [end video clip] host: that was the president from brussels yesterday talking about weaning europe off of russian energy, and you can give us a call and ask your questions during this segment on the energy policies, the lines are 202-748-8000 for democrats. republicans, 202-748-8001. independents, 202-748-8002. -- 202-748-8003. put those numbers in perspective, the president talked about 15 billion cubic liters and then 50 billion by 2030, is that enough to get russia off -- europe off of russian energy? guest: 15 by the end of this year, i do not believe would get europe off of russian gas. to start. and the united states gas industry is on track to deliver those kind of numbers right now. the industry has dramatically increased exports to europe in the past few months starting really in late 2021. so, 1

e.u. is financial, right? nato is security. so you really have to think about whether -- which countries you will add in. that means we all go to war if they're invaded. we all go and take up arms if they are invaded. it is a different conversation if you talk about e.u. versus nato. >> harris: they know that. they say now would be a good time to get into nato. ukraine might want to do the same thing right now but that pulls us into a nuclear war immediately. on the hill republicans have introduced a joint resolution now to pull russia -- or to demand that russia lose permanent seat on the u.n. security council. you know, ambassador, i'm curious about how this puts pressure on him. >> first of all there is a lot we should be doing. i think that biden chose to get back into the human rights council. you are synth shoulder to shoulder with russia. either you kick russian off the human rights council or the u.s. gets out of the human rights council which we did in the very beginning. secondly you are sitting in iran negotiations.

the e.u. outlined plans to gradually reduce its dependence on russian energy. more than 2 million people have fled ukraine it began. european leaders neat paris to discuss the crisis. tom, brings up to date with the latest situation at the poland-ukraine border. tom: that is just a number of people that have crossed over from the ukrainian boarder into poland. we on that border for you now. one of the many border points of course. you'll see the numbers continue. it is very cold. minus two. this is the next stage of the people's journey. people providing hot food and some shelter for the refugees that don't cross this border and of course you are now looking at this terms of context, the biggest refugee crisis since world war ii. the po liberal military on the ground. the po liberal police. dpolish police.people are havint overnight, sometimes days to get across the border. many with young children. 90% we're talking about women and children in freezing temperatures. francine: truly heart-breaking stories. thank you. when you look at the effective oil embarko f

there are some e.u.h that. >> shannon: and the fact that he -- there was no script and he was speaking from his heart. the communication is key when you're trying to move the world and trying to rally to your defense in a terrible situation. >> now he has keeping him protected and alive is the biggest job and there are all kinds of stories about how you can to get near him and you have to go in hooded so you don't know where you are inside the city. but there are not too many places once somebody takes over kyiv. >> shannon: bread, stick around if you will. we have much more live coverage from ground and ukraine coming up. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ here, you don't have to love cars to save when you bundle your home and auto. but if that's what you're into. that's cool. bundle and save up to 25% with allstate. click or call for a quote today. trelegy for copd. ♪ birds flyin' high ♪ ♪ you know how i feel ♪ (coughing) ♪ breeze driftin' on by ♪ ♪ you know how i feel ♪ copd may have gotten you here, but you decide what's next.

it is just turned positive up about .3% of 1% and the e.u.s now to discuss is ever core analyst, out with a new note outperforming rating on apple. great to have you this morning let's talk about the news out of the e.u. it is a familiar pattern perhaps, where there is this new measure that would target things like app store arrangements, companies bundling their own services or making the messages systems open to one another. do you think any of this is a threat to things like apple's app store. >> the elements of this that could be moan issue and the worry on apple is regulatory across -- and i think the two things that regular could go after is, one is asking everyone to use the apple payment to make app store payments, you force a break up about the apple payment versus the app store fee. in the netherlands, they are doing that and south korea is trying to do that. and what do the economics look like after that and could apple still charge you a fee in what mechanism that you use that is one set of issues. and the google ad revenue that a

economy with punishing sanctions that will only grow more painful over time with the entire nato and e.uhind us and many other countries. what's at stake here are the principles that the united states and the united nations across the world stand for. it's about freedom. it's about the right of people to determine their own future. it's about making sure ukraine will never be a victory for putin, no matter what advances he makes on the battlefield. brent: for more on today's events, let's go to our correspondent in washington, good evening to you, oliver. we had president zelensky on a huge screen in front of the entire u.s. congress today. describe what it was like there. how did u.s. lawmakers react? oliver: a very emotional speech, and the president at -- who has become the symbol of ukrainia resistance talking live in front of his embattled capital kyiv. he showed a very graphic video with children as casualties, a lot of civilian casualties, and his last words were in english, saying we are fighting for the values of europe and the world and sacrificing our lives in the name of the

the e.u. is not going along with the u.s. and the u.k.imit russian energy supply into its economy. let's talk a little bit about that right now, and the plans to maybe lessen the impact of russian energy into europe. we are joined by the european commission, effectively in charge of the european green deal, the european vice president. thank you very much for taking talk to us you have any busy day. in the next few minutes, president biden is going to announce a ban on russian energy into the u.s. economy. is the e.u. in a position to be able to replicate such a ban? be possible -- would such a ban be possible? >> i've just announced that we will reduce our gas imports from russia by two thirds before the end of this year, so i think that is a substantial contribution. we will still be looking into the oil markets. that is something that is still on the table, the possibility of sanctions. this is something that will be discussed by our leaders next thursday and friday in paris. nothing is off the table but we are not taking the same deci

providing similar sort of promises with eventual membership in the e.u. it seems to be falling apart simply because the russians decided to undertake dramatic action which is unwarranted aggression against a sovereign nation. it really, i mean, it really, first of all undermines european confidence in their own strategic affairs, it undermines confidence in the united states as the security guards on one hand and on the other hand, it provides generals in moscow with additional confidence in exercising -- because they can see that nato is too scared to challenge them. >> sorry to interrupt you. again, we are starting to run out of time. robert, looks like you wanted to jump in. i also want to ask you about the fact that the parliament of estonia has become the first to demanded no-fly zone of a nato member state. do you think there is going to be more pressure from nato member states to try to impose a no-fly zone? >> yes. i mean, you know, by the way, i now part company with alexi, his last remarks was basically rebuking -- sorry. you know, we are much m

the change that this will bring about mostly from the e.u. and nations that need it, which is not us, and shifting around our agriculture exports to go beyond what china has dominated for the last couple of years through the trump administration, now we are talking about exporting to a market that can very much take a place of that and reduce our reliance both on china and on russia and the world reliance on russia and ukraine exports. >> looking at the trajectory the u.s. has already gone on, first, there was a relatively narrow basket of sanctions now we have seen the move on and energy embargo. what other cards does the administration still have to play if any? i think we are going to see global wto's like u.n. move to sanction or expel or suspend russia. i think you're going to see a lot of moves to formally exclude russia from the global world order which survived administration led by secretary yellen has really tried to bolster over the last year and now exclude russia that way and then sanction specific commodities and exports. insura

. >> e.u. behind us and many other countries. what is at staiblg are the values the united states and many other countries stand for. it's about freedom, the right of people to determine their own future. it's about making sure ukraine never, will never be a victory for putin. the american people are answering president zelensky's call for more help, more weapons from ukraine to defend itself, more tools to fight russian aggression. that's what we're doing. in fact, we started our assistance to ukraine before this war began as they started a to do exercises along the ukrainian border in march of last year. we took the threat of putin invading very seriously and acted on it. we sent ukraine more security system last year, $650 million in weapons, including anti-air and anti-armor equipment, before the invasion. more than we had ever provide before. so when the invasion began they had in their hands the kinds of weapons they needed to counter russian advances. once the war started we immediately rushed $350 million in additional ai

>> that is a decision for e.u. countries and we are not a part of that. as it relates to nato, have put forward a different criteria ukraine would have to meet. once they are in, because they are under attack, we would have to defend them. president biden has been clear we are not at this point putting troops on the ground in ukraine because that is world war iii with russia. the most effective thing we can do is ensure russia fails in the way we arm collectively with global leaders ukrainians. >> several recent polls show americans disapprove of president biden's handling of the relationship with russia. more americans say they do not trust the president to do the right thing in ukraine. for those who give mr. budden low grades on his foreign policy, is it fair or unfair? >> unfair. i have seen polls where they approve of the sanctions we have imposed on russia. they approve of working to arm the ukrainians. they don't wear him -- they overwhelmingly don't want boots on the ground. they disapprove of biden, which shows our country is sharply divided over

. >> poland's commissioner to the e.u. personally offered to host a family of refugees in his own home in warsaw, but the refugees had found an alternative place to stay. >> trevor: this is amazing, people. all these countries in europe have stipped up to take in all of these refugees. what's also amazing is if i heard correctly, the polish commissioner to the e.u. offered to host a family of refugees in his home. but they had, "no thanks. we found another place." i don't care what you say, that's got to hurt. you think you're helping refugees and they're like, "wow, so is that your kitchen? it's only been eight days. my standards haven't dropped that much." seeing the refugees greeted with open arms and full heart gives me a glimmer of hope seeing people helping people in need. it is interesting that eastern europe has been so willing and able tol accept a million people coming into their countries in just a few days, when just recently, just recently, they didn't seem to have any space for a different group of refugees.

not only symbolically because of the message that it would send to russia during this war, but the e.uas said, look, we can't fast track this right now. this is not a process we really have in place. and it's not really a priority for us at this point. we believe that the priority is to give you the lethal aid and humanitarian assistance that you need in order to fend off the russians. but zelenskyy has been very impassioned about this. he spoke to the european parliament a few weeks ago and gave this passionate speech about why ukraine feels european about how they are fighting not only for themselves, but also for the future of europe. and so what they are going to be hearing today from zelenskyy is likely more of that as well as, of course, the urgency of the european country sending more ele lethal aid to fight off economic assistance and military aid. that seems to be the strategy along with the united states so squeeze russian president vladimir putin and his inner circle. they announced just last week that they are imposing a new round of sanctions on russia. they are revoking t

so we also if you have an e.u.h a well working infrastructure social infrastructure and a society and government institutions that work, obviously, it is easier but at the same time, we know that you also all the time have to involve organizations for example, you have to be in touch and we are with the women's organizations in ukraine and in receiving countries to understand well what the women actually need and try to support that. >> and we know there have been past mass exits, 6.6 million people were forced to flee syria since 2011, 6.7 million remain displaced in row -- ra wonda. the wars in other places. i wonder if there is a wave the u.n. can think about different kinds of people leaving. you have african refugees not only fleeing a war but far from home. how much more complicated is that trying to find safe places for people to stay who are fleeing ukraine but not even necessarily originally from ukraine? >> well, it's -- i think that the case of ukraine, the neighboring countries have an infrastructure wh

membership of the e.u. could be something. the problem is the e.u.ng a military alliance? i wouldn't have thought so. >> the center of this whole debate has really come forth as energy independence. so much of europe has been so decadent and really bought into all of this, you know, climate, you know, green energy and let go of their own ability to produce their own oil, to get oil and gas from other places besides russia. and so now you see boris johnson is going to be meeting with the oil industry. you know so much about that confident. what's happening? >> it is so infuriating seem boris johnson doing this. britain had the opportunity to seriously explore gas. i'm from the united kingdom. we have significant reserves under the poorest areas of great britain. we had the opportunity to explore it. it could have been working by now. here is a story that doesn't get enough of attention. we hear a lot about russian involvement in all of this sort of we have all become very skeptical about. things shown over the last ten years, the russian government pu

the united states and the e.u.vely cutting russia off from the sizable war chest it set aside for this very situation. the move blocks all people in the united states and the e.u., all people in businesses from trading with russia central bank. the restrictions are a dramatic escalation choking off russia from the rest of the world and shaking the very foundations of its economy. in an acknowledgement of how bad things have gotten, in a bizarre setting, take a look at this picture where he is and where everybody else is, putin summoned his economic advisors to the kremlin and signed a degree on foreign currency to stabilize the ruble. isn't working. russians are lining up to withdrawal money from banks. this is similar to other scenes. the sanctions hit a nerve with putin for a second day in a row raise the threat of nuclear war and in another telling sign, russian telecom regulators partially restricted the country's access to facebook. this comes as russian anti war activists continue to take to the streets to pr

you know, e.u., russian trade, the russians said about a third of their exports to the e.u.s opposed to 5% to the united states. so that's something clearly we're going to have to watch. judy? stephanie: a lot of moving parts. ryan chillicothe joining us on a very cold night in moscow. thank you, ryan. stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with "newshour" west. we will return to the full program after the latest headlines. the world marked two years since covid-19 has officially declared a pandemic. since then, there have been more than six million deaths worldwide including 965,000 in the u.s. but a new study in the medical journal the lancet estimates that the real figure may be closer to 18 million deaths across the globe. three times the official count. lately, the number of new cases and deaths has fallen in most countries. but germany's infection rate has risen nine straight days. prompting a new warning today. >> objectively, the situation is much worse than the mood. the mood among the population including in parts of the political landscape is such that we hav already overcom

for example he applied membership to the e.u. it was rather symbolic, to be honest, the e.u. will not admit ukraine at the moment in large part because the you as a defense ministry. in the midst of a war, they would not expect e.u. or nato to come to their assistance. he has also been calling and talked about a fair amount, calling for nato no-fly zone. again, that is going to be a nonstarter. and why discussions on both sides and politicians have spoken out in favor of it, in particular, we had congressman adam kinsley who said the other day, he tweeted this, we should declare no-fly zone over ukraine. designed to disrupt russia's air operations and give the heroic ukrainians a fair fight, he said, it is now or later. and on the other hand, a bad idea the war between the u.s. and russia because of course, the u.s. warplanes would have to control and shoot down russia jets. jen psaki clearly saying that would not be happening. this is the policy and they telegraphed it early on. there is no way the u.s. will get involved. right now you see president zelenskyy reaching out to

and e.u. dare to impose the kind of sanctions against russia on china which obviously has a bigger and economic trade relationship with the west. are the leads and talks designed to put china on the spot? the u.s. is increasingly frustrated and annoyed with beijing because despite the huge economic leverage with moscow and not to mention the close personal relationship between xi jinping and putin, despite them publicly calling for piece talks, there's little to persuade russia from the war. >> stephen jiang, thank you for that reporting. appreciate it. >>> let's bring in cedric leighton. always like your expertise here, sir. you know, colonel, russia being in need of drones, mres, financial help potentially from china, does that suggest russia is running out of resources in this stage of the invasion? what does this say about the russian military? >> good morning. it says the russian military was not prepared to do this. you have to wonder how this actually worked in the chain of command when

the e.u. gets up to 40% of their oil and natural gas from russia.ll it, that's a problem for them. as you said, the price is set globally. if the price of oil is $200 a barrel, if we don't need russian oil we have to pay that increased price. so there is two things that happen from there. we're now dealing with increased gas prices and everyone for good reason is obviously very, very upset about that. this is a point where you and i should smile real, real big for the boys at fox news because this is where they say at msnbc they don't care the american people will struggle and they can't pay for more expensive gas. that's not the case at all. obviously, everyone is sensitive to americans that have to pay more for gas but unfortunately, for the time being that is going to be the price of war for the american people. and when you think about what other things it could cost us, like us having our own military on the front lines, paying more for gas for the time being is a much cheaper than what a military option would be. that's where we are. this is t

we are in strasburg working with the e.u.al of the special session of the council of europe, which is meeting to exclude russia from all council of europe bodies like the european corridor of human rights and all other assembly bodies. the mission we're doing is to accelerate ukraine's succession to the e.u. and the council of member to the european state and take more robust action against russia. >> neil: when you talk about pushing to become a member of the european union, president zelensky held out earlier this week that nato wasn't sort of a be all and end all. that he seemed to offer that to vladimir putin, something that he would not put as a priority ending all of this. how do you feel about that? how do you feel about ending this but any hope of ever joining nato is not part of it? >> sandra: look, president zelensky uses a lot of arguments in his negotiations. the fact is that taken out of context, may sound like our president is saying that ukraine is ready to give up on nato. no, we will not give up on nato if we

the e.u.elieve he got a minute and 12 standing ovation. the reports from inside that room, his intervention will be part of history said the official who was in the room. it was very emotional, leaders were very affected in the silence in the room was impressive and the impact was clear. the official attributed germany, hungary, and other european countries changing their posture to support ukraine, more to the compelling speech by zelinski. i think we just saw another example of that. he spoke to u.s. lawmakers. there he was in the parliament. this man, is the reason that we have had a 13 day war and not a three day war. this man is the strength and bravery of its citizens. >> harris: you know, i will ask the team if the standing o is still happening, we can always do a side-by-side panel. i think that we have lost that. emily, as he speaks, two things have changed about today. one, his list is gotten longer of the things he needs. because they are running out of ammo. they are using a lot of