. >> beyond the battlefield, the eu commission chief said in the past few days that it is just a matter of time before russia goes bankrupt. i am wondering if russia is now running against the clock here. running against these economic sanctions while ukraine finds itself rushing to keep itself armed so it can continue fighting, are those the background battles that have emerged in this conflict? >> to some extent, yes but i think we have to keep in mind that what we have on the battlefield is ukrainians having the manpower, needing more firepower. the major problem is the lack of manpower. even if we hear the stories, the difficulties in creating new equipment -- it is a question of if they have sufficient manpower soldiers to be able to fight it. in the long run, sanctions have very negative fallbacks in terms ofussia's capacity to rebuild themselves militarily. the russian military would be much weakened by sanctions. >> russia is starting this new offensive against ukraine. at the same time it is licking its wounds. something the kremlin did not. images have now emerged, appearing t

>> i mean, i'm in no position to speculate what the eu commission's decision will be, but i expect the candidate's data being discussed then. >> thank you very much, indeed, for joining us. the eu's ambassador to ukraine there in kyiv. >>> we got the words of the new york city mayor after frank james was arrested. sources say he called the tip line himself to report his location to police. james is set to make his first court appearance today for carrying outer or list or other violent attack on mass transit. wnbc show what law enforcement believe to be the suspect entering the subway. brynn gingras has more on what we are learning from the alleged gunman. >> reporter: the gunman now in police custody. >> 33 shots. less than 30 hours later we're able to say we got him. >> reporter: sources telling cnn 62-year-old frank james reported himself to police by calling crime stoppers. police later spotted him walking on a manhattan street. >> he was taken into custody without incident and has been transported to an nypd facility. he will be charged with committing yesterday's appalling crime

yes, borisjohnson appearing on kyivjust one day after the eu commission president ursula von der leyenslovakian prime minister so president zelensky having a few face—to—face meetings but this will not be announced, we did not know borisjohnson will appear but boris johnson will appear but downing borisjohnson will appear but downing street confirmed he has been to give today, saying he travel meet president zelensky in person. the statement says it will discuss the long—term support to ukraine and the pmo set out a new package of financial and military aid and we knowjosh yesterday uk government announced £100 million package of anti—tank weapons and air defence systems to be shipped to ukraine, and the eu also announcing more support today, 1 million euros —— 1 billion euros being announced in the last half hour or so. it appears that president zelensky was like a fuel source of water having an effect with european leaders coming to see him, bringing cash and weapons and that has been his priority in the last few days saying to keep up the ukrainian effective defence required more mo

the president of the eu commission on the scene, stunned at what she saw. >> here in bucha we saw our humanity being shattered. >> reporter: some residents returned to their broken city, imploring the world not to forget what happened there. >> the only thing they know is people dead, people with their hands tied, people tortured, murdered, and this just breaks my heart. but i'm sure -- i'm optimist, so i'm sure we'll rebuild this city and make it even more beautiful than before. >> reporter: and it's not just the cities and the battlefields. in a small village in central ukraine, we met viktoria mel'nik. her husband alexander died defending mariupol, leaving her to raise their 6-month-old boy, marak. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: i just wish that no other mother, sister, wife, or daughter would ever experience this kind of grief, she says. >> you can hear the pain and the trauma in their voices. terry moran back with us from lviv again tonight. you're learning more ukrainians are expected to flee the eastern part of the country as today president zelenskyy predicted a ha

jonathan: that was the vice president of the eu commission, the proposal is a phased out than russianoal imports. future this morning are down about order of 1%. yields are higher by six basis points, short of 246 on the 10 year. crude is 104 dollars and $.11. the line on gas from germany stating the german dependence on russian energy imports was a mistake. tom: yes, that would be true. here is this headline that captures the moment. france had a huge election and now opens the ukraine were crimes case on possible french victims. it will not happen. from the shock of what we saw friday to last week, this is ramped up and its front and center. the equity markets give you perspective from names from the past. it may be the pioneer funds for the templeton funds. long ago and far away, there was the windsor fund of vanguard. he is with lack rock today. tony, wonderful to have you. it is so far removed from the client of those traditional flagship funds of decades of go. how do you adapt and adjust in managed conservative dividend investments given the turmoil we are reporting minute by m

today the eu commission president is coming to kyiv to meet with president zelenskyy. as the eu has already voted to pass a fifth tranche, fifth round of sanctions. at the same time, the german president is admitting that germany, which was very close to russia, very dependent on russian energy, has admitted they got putin wrong and this he should have adapted their policy to adjust what they saw coming out of putin's russia, especially since 2014. so, again, the mayor of kramatorsk, 30 dead, 100 wounded. 90% of the casualties were women, children, and elderly. you know the men mostly have to stay and fight. john, this is a terrible new development in this war. >> christiane, what do you see the russian objective here as? >> reporter: you know, it's really hard to talk about an objective of a so-called modern military that wages its brutal campaign either with total were indiscipline, total indiscriminate shooting, or with a desire to win based on the back of the civilian population. we have seen, because of intercepted communications, again, the german intelligence has

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and we have a response from the eu commission chairperson today, she said the announcement that it is unilaterally stopping delivery of gas to customers in europe is yet another attempt by russia to use gas as an instrument of blackmail. it is unjust night aified and unacceptable. and so she is clearly very concerned about this. she said that meeting of the gas coordination group in europe is taking place right now. she says that they have been sourcing other alternative suppliers, but for europe, gas is the hardest one. they get about 40% of that will gas from russia and it is the area in terms of all the fossil fuels where it is the hardest to source. there aren't that many places that have spare capacity and europe doesn't really have the infrastructure to import lng. so this is a critical situation. but the other thing to point out here, in terms of russia, russia doesn't earn as much gas as it does from oil. oil it makes about two to three times what it makes in terms of export revenues from gas. so this is a way for russia to use its leverage really on europe without shooting it

and, of course, the commission, the eu commission has gone from having an official piece of advice thattential issue he was sanctions evasion and now an absence of any clearer guidance they have now begun negotiating with gazprom for this arrangement are now today following our story that you commission has come up with much harder line saying this is going to reach the sanctions but no dumb at what no one has been able to see is what this company should do because if they don't pay, don't meet their deadlines firstly there is a very real prospect of russia simply turning off the gas as it has done for poland and hungary and secondly even if russia doesn't turn off the gas these companies will be in breach of contact in russia will be perfectly entitled to sue them for quite large amounts of money potentially to european courts. �* , money potentially to european courts. . , , money potentially to european courts. , , courts. and i 'ust clarify gazprom has its own — courts. and ijust clarify gazprom has its own bank, _ courts. and ijust clarify gazprom has its own bank, is _ courts. and

and the eu commission president saying that they have convened a meeting of the eu gas committee, that they will come up with an eu unified response because make no mistake, this is not just a poland and bulgaria problem, this is an eu problem. and it could plunge large economies like germany into a recession if we see more gas stoppages from russia. >> claire, thank you so much. i want to bring in former commanding general of the u.s. special operations command for europe and he's also been in involved inhe ukrainian militar 2016. nice to have you on "early start." i want to start with lsergey lavrov calling the threat of nuclear war serious and real. general mark milley said that was completely irresponsible with jim sciutto in an interview yesterday. what do you make of the threat at milley's comments in response? >> so the threat is obviously escalatory. he has made the threat before. the comments that he made early on, probably about a month ago. and it got everybody's attention back then. and it has been calmed down since then. he brought it up again and it tells me that russia i

the head of the eu commission called this a provocation by the kremlin. how big of an escalation is this? >> a big escalation. however, it comes as the heating season ends. as we're going into spring and summer, the warmer time, less use of gas. however, it is a demonstration that the russians can cut off gas, but they lose revenue. >> right. >> they need revenue to run this war. to fund this war. and they're cutting themselves off from that. >> that's my next question, which is obviously, we don't want our polish and bulgarian allies to suffer, but there truly is a goal now for nato countries to wean themselves from russian fuel because basically somebody estimated the europeans are giving the russians, what is it, a billion -- >> billion dollars a day. >> i think it's euros. but a billion euros a day or something like that. paying for the war. >> paying for the war, and those funds continue to go in, as long as europeans buy oil and gas from the russians. >> so this is exactly, hoisting themselves on their own buttar. >> they're demonstrating they're an

. >> in a statement, the president of the eu commission, ursula von der leyen said, quote, we will continuet, and once the bombs have stopped falling, we will help the people of ukraine rebuild their country. we will continue to stand up for ukraine. >> of the estimated 10 million people that have been displaced thus far during this ongoing war, many have fled to countries that are neighboring ukraine, obviously. >> including poland, where at least 2.5 million refugees have now found temporary housing. let's go to cnn's salma abdelaziz who's live this morning near the polish/ukrainian border. good morning, salma. >> reporter: good morning, boris and christi, those 2.5 million refugees, they've essentially dissipated into poland. there's no one central point, no one huge refugee camp. instead, what you have is a very organic process. families step up, offer spare rooms to those fleeing the countries. you have good samaritans, as well, trying to turn anything they can, an abandoned office, a school, like where i am right now, into shelters for these fleeing families. but now, two months into

the president of eu commission stunned by what she sees. >> in bucha we saw humanity being shattered. >> reporter: the eu is speeding up the process for ukraine to be a member, saying it could now be a matter of weeks for the country to get initial approval. >> we will do everything to support ukraine, to do the necessary steps. >> reporter: russia denies they're responsible for the train station attack. the kremlin says ukrainian forces did it. the pentagon isn't buying that. >> our assessment is is this was a russian strike and they used a short range ballistic missile to conduct it. [speaking foreign language] >> reporter: president zelenskyy on instagram declared that accountability for these crimes inevitable. zelenskyy is calling for war crimes trials. those are probably a long way away. what's coming next is the battle shaping up in the east of the country. that's why so many people were at the train station. the government told people get out of there. the russians told people get out of there. the russians have appointed a new general, one who led russian forces in syria and

this rule of here's what's the president of the eu commission, and the president united states said aboutsia using gas as a weapon, take a listen. >> it comes as no surprise that the kremlin uses fossil fuels to try to blackmail us. it comes as something that the european commission has been preparing for in close coordination and solidarity with member states and international partners. >> this action proves that -- energy is a weapon used to deploy against those that standards their aggression. >> on the issue of gas, those countries say that they have supplies, they have storage capacity, and in some cases the contracts for russian gas are going to expire by the end of the year. the eu has been trying to move away from a dependency on fossil fuels from russia. that pace is accelerating, now, because of this. in terms of the oil embargo, the oil industry of russia is much bigger than the gas industry. it's therefore more complicated to get these 27 eu countries to get on the same page about an embargo. but there's a discussion of embargo. it would hurt russia. but across these countries

pledges of support once again for ukraine, the eu commission president ursula von der leyen has been kyiv, she has been to bucha to see what has happened there. that potential site of war crimes. this will bring new people'sfears of what may actually happen if they stay in their homes, if there is renewed russian fighting, if they come under russian occupation, particularly in the east. but people face that horrendous dilemma of whether to stay in their place of shelter, of safety, people were told to shelter this morning, or whether to take the chance to try to escape. but what has happened this morning, those rockets falling on the railway station at 10:30am when there were 4000 people, killing at least 50 and injuring more than 100, is underlined the risks people are taking even trying to leave what they consider to be the most dangerous areas, trying to reach safety. dangerous areas, trying to reach safe . �* , ., , safety. briefly, the kremlin has acce ted safety. briefly, the kremlin has accepted that _ safety. briefly, the kremlin has accepted that the _ safety. briefly, the k

and this is the president of the eu commission talking about russia's attempts to use its energy resource>> it comes as no surprise that the kremlin uses fossil fuels to try to blackmail us. this is something the european commission has been preparing for in close coordination and solidarity with member states and international parliaments. >> so far this fight is about gas, and most of the eu countries have enough reserves where they are getting gas from alternate sources, and some contracts ended the bigger the -- end of the year. there is a talk of an oil embargo by the eu. countries want to go in on, that especially germany is really reliant on cheap russian energy, so those back and forth. and that's another front in this fight that's going on. >> germany often seems to be the x-factor in all of this when it comes, to of course, the discussion of energy to the eu. ron allen, thank you. up next everybody, an update in kansas, after a powerful tornado have moved through who've who in the wichita area last night. 40 female million americans with student loan debt, time is of the essence

simon: today the president of the eu commission ursula von der leyen visited bucha and gasped at the she was escorted through the trail of bodies. >> we have seen the cruel face of putin's army. here in bucha we saw our humanity being shattered. it is, the whole world is mourning with the people of bucha. simon: in their latest mission to kyiv, european officials also huddled with the ukrainian leader, in another effort to show their unwavering support. hours earlier, in an address to his nation, president zelenskyy warned the devastation in towns neighboring bucha could even be more dreadful. >> the work on dismantling the debris in borodyanka has begun. it is much worse there. even more victims of the russian occupiers. simon: in another village near kyiv, residence return to what is left after enduring heavy russian bombardment. >> they did this to us. they did not fight on the battlefield with our warriors. they fought in the village. the russians hid behind our backs here and stayed in our houses, garages, and cellars and shot aus. simon: the horrors they recalled echo the many

eu commission president ursula von der layen predicted more energy sanctions would follow. >> now wee to look into oil and we will have to look into the revenues that russia gets fr the fossil fuels. nick: but eu leaders have been divided over an embargo on russian oil and gas. germany is resisting immediate moves. eastern flank allies such as lithuania and poland have already announced to stop importing russian natural gas. >> we cannot continue feeding the russian war machine. [7.0] regardless of the eu decisions, we're going to phase out russian oil very soon too, russian coal immediately, and we are ready to phase out russian gas by the end of the year. nick: we spoke to polish ambassador to nato tomasz szatkowski today in brussels. >> we are calling on our partners and allies to do the same. and i mean, unity is absolutely key when it comes to nato's strength, but unity should not be, you know, going down to the lowest common denominator. nick: that lowest common denominator meant nato mbers decided not to send arms to ukraine as an alliance, and instead sent arms as individua c

meanwhile, the eu commission president, ursula von der leyen, and top diplomatjoseph borrell will visitpresident zelensky. it comes as the eu has outlined six new sanctions against russia. they include an import ban on coal, on transactions of four key banks, and a ban on russian ships accessing eu ports. anna foster has the latest from ukraine. let's hear what mr zelensky had to say this afternoon. translation: right away, the russian milita and translation: right away, the russian military and those _ translation: right away, the russian military and those who _ translation: right away, the russian military and those who gave _ translation: right away, the russian military and those who gave them - military and those who gave them orders must be brought tojustice immediately for war crimes in ukraine. anyone who has given criminal orders and carried them out by killing our people will be brought before the tribunal, which should be similar to the nuremberg tribunal is. i would like to remind russian diplomats that men like... had not escaped punishment for crimes in world war ii. i wo

here's what the eu's economic affairs commission had to say about how the eu would absolutely not bemailed over energy. >> we've got contracts to be respected. i understand the maneuver which is behind this because, of course, the russian economy was severely hit by the sanctions. the rubles need to be reinforced by putin. all of this is part of the game, but our reaction wasn't justified by this war so at the end, final point, we will not be blackmailed. >> what exactly is vladimir putin doing? if you look at the details of this plan, it's a little bit more nuanced than originally appeared to be the case yesterday. what he's suggesting here is new account is made by gazprom bank and that countries could continue to pay in the currency, their own currency into that account and then it would be converted into rubles. why is vladimir putin deciding to do this? on the one hand it is a face saving exercise to push back against the international pressure of sanctions but it also gives russia something it badly needs, which is foreign reserve currencies. remember, the central bank has been

commission. ursula vonderlein eu countries pledged to help each other on the path to a complete rejection of russian remind you that earlier the european council determined the deadline for this is 2027, however, as journalists note themselves. uh, the german cdf is not a fact that germany, for example, will really be able to keep within these terms the industrial giants themselves, among which, for example, bass, have entered into long-term contracts with the russian gazprom until 2030. and even if and when russian gas stops flowing to this country, they. all the same, you will have to continue to pay the deadlines for it, when germany will really be able to completely abandon russian gas for the time being, which is not clear, emphasizes journalists in bavaria in recent years, russia's share in natural gas imports was about 55% and only recently dropped to 40%. most experts agree at the moment that germany's gas dependence on russia is still too high for us to survive a suspension or voluntary cut off of supplies relatively unscathed. one way or another , stopping deliveries to poland and bulgaria

poland will submit a request to the european commission to impose eu tariffs of 25 to 35% on russian oil, gas and coal, those who comply with the embargo will have to pay for more expensive liquefied gas or oil from other sources, so it is only fair that russian energy imports should become significantly more expensive. in general, the situation in europe is as follows, the underground gas storage is filled with less than 30%, and earlier the european commission proposed to introduce an injection rate of peg by the first of november. they should be 80% gas in subsequent years. already 90, meanwhile. greece is going to broadcast on energy. this became known immediately after the decision of gazprom to stop deliveries to poland and bulgaria in italy clarified that rome receives gas on a regular basis . experts are sure the complete rejection of our fuel even by two countries is a negative tradition for the economy of the whole of europe after all, they will pull over part of the raw materials and neighboring states, and the rise in energy prices will continue. yes alexander thank you,

eu and the response will be united. the president of the european commission accused pressure on twitter of attempting to blackmail the eu with gas. germany's economy minister said berlin needs to make sure it learns from the crisis. it would be cynical if big and powerful germany thought you can beat up the little guys a little bit. that is a warning for you. this is reality. this is the reality where energy is used as a weapon and we have to make sure we are not defenseless when energy is used as a weapon. we need to diversify our energy infrastructure accordingly and focus our energy infrastructure around renewable energy and massive savings so that we are not defenseless. meanwhile, russia could decide to cool down relations even further. it has stated that gas shut off to other eu countries could be in the pipeline. >> earlier i spoke with our political correspondent and asked how russia's actions are being received in germany. >> it is being received with concern. they emphasized how seriously the german government is taking this threat and he also assured that energy supplies remain stable as of now. he said it th

the eu leader instructed the european commission to prepare a proposal to respond to excessive prices for electricity i propose to impose sanctions against russia because the sanctions against russia caused an increase in electricity prices in europe and what is it in the style of the european commission? over in germany , they believe that the europeans can easily survive the winters without russian gas, but the main father is warmer. listen to me, the german minister of agriculture of the federal state of baden-urtenberg, petrachalko. we must block putin's money memory. but it’s worth looking into the history textbook, it will immediately become clear that neither others with frost. somehow they don't get along very well. 15 degrees 15 degrees in winter can be experienced in a sweater, no one will die from this, in other words , the minister advised replacing russian gas with import sweaters, substitution in german for su mane, you can jump and burn tires. you ask, come in large numbers ukrainians. they will teach you, and while world leaders are racking their brains over how to esc

eu leaders instruct the european commission to prepare a proposal to respond to excessive electricity russia for the fact that sanctions against russia caused an increase in electricity prices in europe

found a way to supply blue fuel there and they will the head of the european commission, ursula fund, of the neighboring eu member states, informed us about this. the member states met within the framework of the gas coordination group. poland and bulgaria informed us about the situation . both countries now receive gas from the neighboring eu member states. the kremlin once again failed to sow discord among europeans. of russian fuel in europe will come to an end europe will move forward in solving energy issues immediately introduce an embargo on russian gas and oil, the president of the european parliament roberta insists on this metzola, in response to the termination of gas supplies from russia to poland and bulgaria, according to her, the european union is not afraid of putin and will not be a victim of blackmail by the president of the european parliament. the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyi , he noted that europe should not expect to maintain normal economic cooperation with russia and the kremlin's decision to cut off gas supplies to poland and bulgaria are another proof of this as a wea

the president of the european commission laid a wreath at the memorial to gandhi in action. this the first visit of a senior eufficial to india by the european commission is part of an effort by the west to force india to cut its ties with russia after moscow's invasion of ukraine . russia's invasion of ukraine is one of the dominant themes in world capitals. she is the second european leader to visit india after the russian invasion last week the british prime minister visited india. we have a lot in common. we will come out, we are determined supporters of an international order based on we have a large economy and we have a lot in common, but we also face a difficult political situation. it is curious, of course, that there is already a real queue for an appointment with fashion today in new delhi and the head of the lithuanian foreign ministry, lance, from his mistakes, the american vassals from vilnius do not learn, they continue to set india against themselves last year. they have already completely spoiled relations with china. first, to get closer to taiwan and boycott the olympics, but the friendship

european democrats visiting president volodymyr zelenskyy, austrian chancellor, and top eu diplomat, and european commission president, ursula von der leyen, who toured the atrocities committed in bucha and gave zelenskyy paperwork to begin training the eu. >> ukraine plbelongs to the european family. it is where you pass towards europe and the europe union begins. >> reporter: as the european union and italy announce they would be resuming their diplomatic presence in kyiv, the russian front has shifted to the east. where death, destruction, and chaos are unfolding. a day after a russian missile struck the train station in cramatorsk, there is a clearer sense of the carnage. at least 50 people died and nearly 100 people, including 16 children, were injured, as they waited for a train to take them to safety. >> i can't -- i don't -- i even don't have words to describe that. this is undescribable. unbelievable. and more importantly, this is unforgivable. >> reporter: president zelenskyy demanding an international response. >> we expect a firm, global response to this war crime. like the massacre in bucha, li

third in the world in terms of oil exports, simplify legal migration to the eu, in particular for ukrainians, the european commissionproposing this in the summer of this year, they want to launch the so-called talent pool, with the help of which it will be easier for immigrants from ukraine to find work in the countries of the european union, currently in the eu , almost 4 million are escaping the war of our compatriots , ukrainians will be able to register on the portal where they will indicate their qualifications. this will help employers look for workers in the ivano-frankivsk couple manufactures knee pads and elbow pads for this couple converted the production to such products, there is a great demand among the military and terron citizens. our reporters visited the workshop. we manufacture plastic knee pads from the 3d model to the finished product. the full cycle of eh organized us on the machines, then we nail the plastic to the groove base, sew the eh outer we sew the side and the lining, we sew the belts, we also make the buckles ourselves with the help of a laser, and then we insert an insert made of foam

meanwhile, the eu commission president, ursula von der leyen, and top diplomatjoseph borrell will visits are too graphic to show, but what he found was streets and graves filled with the bodies of ordinary citizens, many with their hands tied behind their backs and gunshot wounds. for vlad, his town is now haunted. translation: people have been shot in the head by russian snipers. - people on bicycles, people delivering potatoes. i can tell you so many stories, but i don't want to. i want to forget them. the kremlin claim these scenes and testimonies are fake. from the very beginning, it has been clear that this is nothing else but yet another staged provocation aimed at discrediting and dehumanising the russian military, and levelling political pressure on russia. but today, president zelensky will tell an emergency meeting of the un security council his country wants a complete and transparent investigation into what he's calling a genocide. in washington, president biden is convinced putin should pay a price. you may remember, i got criticised for calling putin a war criminal. well,

the pressure according to vonderlein, the eu is considering the possibility of limiting oil supplies from russia tomorrow, the proposal of the european commission at the level according to the eu for the introduction of the fifth package. it must be unanimously approved by all members. union today a number of european countries announced the mass expulsion of russian diplomats 30 employees of russian diplomatic and consular institutions were immediately declared non-granta persons in italy 33 in slovenia 25 in spain for this agreed action to expel russian diplomats. denmark , sweden-romania, estonia and latvia have also joined today. first, special operations in ukraine and other countries. west, a total of 3,077 russian diplomats in moscow promised to respond to the exhibition of diplomats in a mirror image. we continue to follow the developments in the country and the world. events in ukraine highlighted the double standards of the european union with my violence, as it was most recently on the belarusian-polish border. svetlana gordeeva on how the civilized west divides migrants into categories depending on skin color and country of origin.

official notification of the launch of the eu rule of law mechanism, the headquarters on the reasons for the decision of the chairman of the european commission and not specifically, as if the urban government allows eu funds to flow through dark channels it is no secret that in brussels they hoped for changes in the hungarian political landscape after the elections 3 april officials have not hidden their irritation with the policy of hungary and the euro, which is different from the general line of the eu, for a long time to take at least an episode at the eu summit in latvia in 2015 jean claude. juncker, known for his jokes, greeted viktor urban not according to protocol at all about the dictator is coming the dictator then brussels did not like the tough position. urban 's refugee government today, along with general words about corruption and retreat from fundamental democratic principles, there are quite specific claims against hungary's position on russian gas. not only is budapest now receiving it bypassing ukraine via the balkan stream gas pipeline. so also at the last press conference victor orbán said his country had considered gazp

they said that they would be guided by the decision of the eu and not the european commission.h, the commission is just doing their due diligence right now. i understand legal analysis. he, uh, in general, is not mandatory for everyone and they can to recommend to say that we believe that it is possible or impossible and may be some kind of direct recommendation that those who pay they will bypass the sanctions and be subjected. uh, respectively, the sanctions are secondary. looks like they probably won't get that far after all, because initially they answered uh, a simple question. they can’t now refuse russian gas without colossal damage to themselves recently, khabib, who was also difficult for the deputy prime minister of germany the other day, uh, who hardly suspected sympathies. suddenly he began to see a little, probably, he was prepared by industrialists. can be more sound policy and said that this will lead to disruption of the social order, germany that is not just a day of industrialization. and something like social waves. and this is really true because, well , for

there was an indication from the eu yesterday, from the commission president that they will talk about oil as well. there is an estimated $25 billion a quarter go to russia for oil, but gas would be the real place to target russia with sanctions and at the moment, the eu is going after coal and to give you a scaleable figure to that $38 billion, 35 billion euro figure that the eu spent so far on all energy products to russia since the beginning of the conflict. coal is only $4.3 billion a year. so what the e suchlt actually planning to sanction this time, once it all gets aproved, is a fraction of the monies going to russia for energy. eu is also going to put its ports off limit to russian vessels and russian operated vessels. they're also going to target four key russian banks, they'll target high tech exports to russia, $10.9 billion worth of exports there, computers, rare semiconductors will be amongst the items there. the eu is working toward finalizing this package. but as you say, the place that they could really do the most hurt, economic hurt and pain to russia right now, they

i want to very quickly mention some headlines from the president of the european commission ursula von der leyen, the eu will accelerate ukraine membership. the other headline we are seeing in the statement, again, just to reiterate, the eu will accelerate ukraine membership. this statement is published following a visit to kyiv. we want to let you know that the stock of the hour, we talked about the beginning of this hour about sky high food prices around the world. kroger has put together a strong year and is trading at a new high after bank of america updated the stock to a buy. kriti gupta joins us with more details. kriti: you are seeing skyhigh grocery and food prices that will effect emerging markets more than folks at home. there are folks that will benefit. kroger is one of those. it is part of the bank of america upgrade. sure prices are rising and that means more cost for kroger but, they are able to pass on the cost to the consumer and given the amount of money in the system now, in the pockets or balance sheets of a lot of american households, they are actually able to eat some of those cos

commission to act. the two bodies work in tandem. parliament as the eu's legislative branch, and the commission as the executive branch. meanwhile, russia says it plans to respond to new sanctions from the white house, but has not yet said how or when. sanctions unveil on wednesday targeting to overturn largest banks, as well as families of russian leaders, including vladimir putin's two adult daughters. also today, the u.s. senate is expected to vote to ban russian oil in ports and sustain normal trade relations with moscow. the house passed both bills last month. a lot going on this morning. >> a lot going on this morning mister secretary, i'm just curious your thoughts. how far can the united states, how far can the west, push russia on sanctions? we've seen sanctions in iran over the past three or four decades. how effective is it going to be, these pushes? >> sanctions take time to have their impact. you are not going to see an effect in six weeks or four weeks or three weeks. we saw this in iran. sanctions take time for their economic impact to build

reminiscent of shadowboxing, because zelensky is already being promised a ticket to the eu by the head of the european commission. he even brings him a questionnaire on entry directly to kiev, promises to speedily consider it by the summer, and it’s impossible for the country that is accused of shooting prisoners of war, even though merkel, since she is no longer on duty, to enter. now they recognize open. i'm right that ukraine's entry into nato in 2008 did not hurt, despite the fact that even the head of the ukrainian mitkulev admits, yes, our military could violate the rules of war. we'll figure it out later, but , of course, he didn't see the footage as from stoltenberg. nikita gusenkov. i tried to understand whether there is a limit to this selective vision, because everything that turns out to be the work of the nationalists is not noticed emphatically. zelensky repeats, there can be no talk of any denociification . although the nazis are their victims. here they are in anyone can see the network, but few can see it. he's still alive, look, he's still alive, the tracks are just where he is on the ground. f

and poland, since there is no payment in rubles, the head of the european commission has already called it blackmail, but 10 euve already opened accounts at gazprombank, russian air defenses went off this night in two regions near voronezh and in the sky over the kursk region, and in belgorod the fsb detained neo-nazi supporters for preparing a sabotage on the railway. i started to look on the map where this airfield is located in the zone of a special military operation, the task of fighters to cover the bombers, the electronic warfare system makes this drying practically invulnerable that this machine is generation four plus plus, you understand, being in the cockpit of the pilot although this su-35s just now returned from a sortie and for the first time in history the train rides over the amur towards china in the far east completed the construction of the russian part of the first railway bridge. today russia is turning to the east. well, at the beginning of the release of the details of the special operation in the donbass, according to the ministry of defense, 35 armored vehicles and four warehouses with

european union, it is necessary that all three instances of the europarlanki, the european commission, the council of the eu and the heads of state, that is, all 27 member countries. well , what kind of unity is now in the european union? we all know perfectly well the presidency, by the way, look, if now france is doubtful that the macron, who considers it very important to have a dialogue with putin, will now want to abandon russian gas. nevertheless, the anti-russian sanctions are a strong test for our economy the head of the government , mishustin, in his annual report in the state duma called the current situation in russia the most difficult in recent years. 30 years old, but noted that the long-standing plans of the west to tear our economy to shreds did not come true mishustin also turned to foreign business. let's hear from the premier. i would like from this podium. separately, appeal to foreign companies to those who are still thinking of leaving or staying to work in our country. russia is still open for constructive dialogue. we respect your work, the efforts that you have invested in your proj

, european officials have warned that this gesture could be a violation of eu sanctions and sidelines in the european commission, of course we are making sure that the member states have applied sanctions, if we see that this is not the case, then the european commission. there is opportunity to initiate procedures for such violations, the european commission said it would nominate a legal entity. accusations against countries that refuse to comply with anti-russian sanctions russia now requires countries to open a second ruble account in gazprombank at the exchange rate requested by the kremlin brussels says it violates sanctions against the central bank of russia on gas europe cannot replace all russian gas. right now, that's all, in order for europe to have new sources of supply, it is necessary 4-5 years. so until the year 25, and maybe up to 26 , europe will not have new energy sources. and here in ukraine there are more than enough sources of weapons, the main one, of course, is the united states. 417 congressmen vote for the land list for ukraine against only 10 bills already approved by the us senate. n

place in the world in terms of oil exports, simplify legal migration to the eu, in particular for ukrainians, the european commissioners this in the summer of this year, they want to launch the following the so-called talent pool, with its help, it will be easier for immigrants from ukraine to find work in the countries of the european union, currently in the eu, almost 4 million of our compatriots are being saved from the war, ukrainians will be able to register on the portal where they will indicate their qualifications. this will help employers look for workers, and finally, about those who help the army to the frankish cook for the soldiers of the armed forces, they prepare a sturgeon stew, they catch fish in the city lake, they have already caught more than seven tons and made hundreds of cans of stew more about this will be told by lyusya gribyk. for the zsu, more than seven tons of fish were caught from the ivano-frankivsk city lake, and all in order to prepare preserves for the ukrainian defenders. grab as much work as possible, they say, you have to work in two shifts, and even on weekends, on these tables,

european commission president and the eu chief diplomat. tweeted out a picture as they prepare to board a train. now, russia says it's not targeting ukrainian civilians. all the evidence continues to show otherwise. ukrainian officials say one person killed when russian atill ri shelled this bread bakery in kharkiv. ukraine says 26 bodies have been found in rubble of two homes. near kyiv. ukraine president warns the world now needs to come to grips with the brutal reality of moscow's aggression. >> but so far, the russian state and russian military are the greatest threat on the planet to freedom. to human security. so the concept of human rights as such. after bucha, this is already obvious. >> in the southeast now and the port city of mykolaiv. nowhere is safe from russian air strikes. that means the city cancer hospital or market filled with shoppers. cnn met some of the victims of russia's military offensive. and others now desperately trying to get to safer ground. >> this has become mykolaiv's daily routine. picking up the pieces, swe

eu�*s important principle of single market integration, and by that reason might be in the process of suffering economic coercion from china. lithuania also receives very strong political support from the european commissiont the lithuania case to the wto for further consultation in support of lithuania. so, what i am saying is that we will continue to deepen our cooperation with the european commission because taiwan has been isolated from the international community, so we treasure that kind of cooperation program between taiwan and the european commission. european union has been a very important normative power in the world, so we use our cooperation with european union to reach out on so many important issues, like we share common concerns. crosstalk. that is yourjob as the diplomatic representative of taipei to the eu, that is yourjob, but you also come with a lot of experience in the national security council, in think tanks in national security back in taiwan, so i�*m going to tap that experience to ask a bigger picture question about your most important relationship, and that is with the united states. are you concerned that joe biden — well, to put it bluntly— is a little bit confused about how

eu sanctions. and immediately after these statements, the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, called gazprom's position on the suspension of supplies blackmail. gazprom's statement of a unilateral suspension of gas supplies to consumers in europe - this is another attempt by russia to use gas as a tool of blackmail. this is illegal and unacceptable. we are ready for this scenario and are in close contact with member states. we are now working on a coordinated response from the eu against the backdrop of these news, the cost of gas in europe increased by more than 20%, at the opening of trading, for 1,000 cubic meters they actually gave 1,330 dollars. now the quotes have slightly adjusted on the eve of the polish company received a letter from the diary about the warning. it is about the execution of the yamal contract; its final version was signed 12 years ago. it was supposed to be valid until the end of the year. gazprom reminded buyers that april 26 is the deadline for making payments under the new scheme, and it was she who became let me remind you that the reason for the disagre

reports - the eu countries have almost finished agreeing on their positions, at the same time , intensive negotiations on the embargo will continue this weekend after the european commission formulates the final position to the ambassadors of the eu countries for further approval. it is noteworthy that the embargo on the supply of oil and gas will become the largest and most important restriction in the sixth package sanctions of the european union against the russian federation, the victory will definitely be for ukraine, the border guards defending mariupol are sure of this, they recorded a video message to the day of the border guard, which is celebrated in ukraine today, the head of the state border service of ukraine, serhiy daineko, published this video on facebook and wrote that his subordinates, together with other indomitable ukrainian military personnel, steadfastly defend the city , even when we are completely surrounded, we border guards of the donetsk border detachment are in the city of mariupol and provide the main distance heroes on this day, we want to congratulate all those involved with our professional holiday, let's respect the peace of god's grace to

eu partners directly. the mechanisms are exactly as described by the head of the european commission, which in the future wille it possible to include the supply of russian oil to the brand sergey mingazhev in the sanctions list. to get inside, customers have to wait in line on the street on a signboard a logo in the colors of the russian tricolor a catchy name in red hieroglyphs, and an order and pictures a tape business project on goods from russia 2 months ago she planned to open branches in other japanese cities, but after joining tokyo in the economic war against russia everything is radical products. they come here, they buy big sales of cheese from us on the internet, they take large packages, people support us. we will still come to buy huts, removed by the ukrainians themselves, when they just entered the city after the withdrawal of russian troops and about any massacres of the civilian population. no one even spoke before the screening. voice-over, please believe in your health. faith as you know, evidence does not require exactly. also, immediately after the shelling of the station in kramatorsk,

european countries, are the europeans ready to abandon russian gas, the european commission, according to bloomberg, warned the eutries that it would consider the purchase of gas for rubles as a violation of sanctions, that is european countries and leaders no longer have the right to make their own decision, they are intimidated by brussels , they are threatened by the secondary faiths of washington and under the guise of humiliating kiev, at first zelensky refused to accept his pants. neuro a now wants to improve relations with the macron, who dared to call russian ukrainians brothers, and refused to recognize the genocide. uh, it's scary to imagine how kiev will be bombed if the french elections. will the foam win, she generally recognized crimea as russian, but so far the west is trying with all its might. support any lie and provocations of the kiev regime, the latest osce report on the violation of humanitarian law in ukraine is completely reduced to accusations of russia, with references exclusively to ukrainian and western sources , also one-sidedly. the western world also perceived the years of bullying