i. jo castro has more from washington. what's telling is that this detail out of that call came not from the white house but from the office of the ukrainian president.

hi, jo. castro live 1st there in washington. we're going to show you some live pictures now from key as i understand or now we're going to go live now to this is the european commission president speaking right now, and then we've got our european union and it's people stand by ukraine and it's people we are facing an unprecedented act of aggression by the russian leadership against the sovereign independent country russians. target is not only done bus. the target is not only ukraine, the target is the stability in europe and the whole of the international peace order. and we will hold president putin accountable for that. later today, we will present a package of massive and targeted sanctions to european leaders for approval. with this package, we will target strategic sectors of the russian economy. by blocking the access to technologies and markets, the key for russia we will weaken russia's economic base and its capacity to modernize. and in addition, we will freeze russian assets in the european union and stop the axis of

hi, to jo castro. they're talking to us live from washington. me now the police have cleared the remaining protest of an vehicles from a bridge on the canadian border with the us, but the crossing is not yet open to ordinary traffic. the blockade was part of protest across canada against cooper, 19 vaccine mandates and b. c correspondent, cal perry has more now from windsor ontario, just under a week now since the ambassador bridge has been blockaded and shut down. and this is really the 1st time that we've seen police be able to get protesters physically out of the area. you can see the intersection that we're talking about. we are about a mile from the ambassador bridge. and what's happening now is police are reinforcing this road, this road leads to the bridge. it's about 3 kilometers from the bridge to one of the major interstate in canada. so this is the main thoroughfare and police are clearly trying to get it. not only this open, but to have it secure. the question for police moving forward is going to be whether or not they continue have

hi de jo castro has more from washington on.

ukraine. bytes lead of a law to me as the lensky the past spoke over the phone on sunday. hottie jo castro's in washington dc. i'm says it's unclear where the white house stands on the invitation. what's telling is that this detail out of that call came not from the white house, but from the office of the ukrainian president the lensky. now, in his read out of the call and his offices read out. it says that the loan ski invited biden to go to keith in the coming days, quote, unquote, because the u. s. presidents present there in the ukraine and capital would be crucial for de escalation again, there's no mention of this. and the official read out that came from the white house and we are waiting for a response to that invitation. well, we do know from the white house is that this call lasted about an hour and that vide instead zalinski that he affirmed that the you, as an allies ready to respond, he said swiftly indecisively. if russia furthers aggression against ukraine is a recall yesterday biting use nearly those same words when he spoke with the president of russia, a lot of you couldn't

which on bahati, jo, castro in washington, and actually they've also been some remarks from a pentagon official in the past couple of hours. again wanting of a full scale invasion thing. all the troops are in place though. they don't need to be any detail on specific troop movements recently to the dumbass. that's right, marianne, the pentagon spokesperson would not share specific intelligence, but his words were they are ready. the assessment from us intelligent being that now those troops, those russian troops gathered at the ukrainian border, are just waiting for the order to come from a foreign invasion to begin for, to continue as the president of the u. s. joe biden said yesterday that this is already an invasion that has begun and reacting to that today, the president imposed another set of sanctions. this again is, as you said, on the north stream to pipeline which connects russia and germany. this is a pipeline that has already been built that had not been in operation, and the u. s. was looking to it's ally germany to take that 1st step which it did yesterday in stopping the

washington is taking no chances with its diplomatic staff that are based in ukraine as hottie. jo, castro reports the u. s. says decided to close its embassy in here, due to russia's military escalation on a friday and border. an invasion, as we have said, could begin at any time. should prudent decide to order it. there would be widespread human suffering. americans and ukraine had been told to leave the country, but a core group of us diplomats will remain. they'll work from the city of leave, further west from the border with russia. despite the embassies closure, the white house says it remains actively engaged in finding a diplomatic solution to the crisis. the path for diplomacy remains available. if russia chooses to engage constructively. however, we are clear eyed about the prospects of that given the steps russia is taking on the ground in plain sight, president biden says he will not send us troops to defend ukraine in the event of an invasion. but american soldiers are standing by a cross. the border in poland, a member of the nato alliance, real lives will be at risk. ukraini

i to jo castro has more from washington. what's telling is that this detail out of that call came not from the white house, but from the office of the ukrainian president lensky. now in his read out of the call and his offices read out, it says that the loan ski invited biden to go to keys in the coming days, quote unquote, because the u. s. presidents present there in the ukraine in capital would be crucial for de escalation again, there is no mention of this and the official read out that came from the white house and we are waiting for a response to that invitation. what we do know from the white house is that this call lasted about an hour, and that vide instead zalinski that he affirmed that the u. s. allies are ready to respond. he said swiftly indecisively. if russia further aggression against ukraine is a recall yesterday, biting, use nearly those same words when he spoke with the president of russia, a lot of you couldn't. and in that call, which was aimed at of these de escalate the situation. apparently there was

hi to jo castro in washington. meanwhile, in moscow, on the day russia on as it's on force as president let him approve, has criticized the west for refusing to respond to his security demands dosage of ari spoke to some of those attending a reef. lying ceremony, me a solemn reminder of the dark days of rushes past. the commander in chief of the armed forces commemorating defender of the fatherland de, which honors war veterans, and all russians who lost her life defending their country. prior to the reef playing ceremony by the tomb of the unknown soldiers near the kremlin president vladimir putin released the video message to the nation. but with a clear warning for the world noble studio, i want to repeat russia's interests and the security of our people and indisputable priority. so we will continue to threaten and modernize our, i'm in the navy, striving to increase their effectiveness for their faded out with the most cut in h equipment. ah, an independent pulling group says the majority of russians believe their president over 50 percent of people surveyed at the start of the ukr

open, but washington is taking no chances with its diplomatic staff based in ukraine as highly jo, castro reports. the u. s. says decided to close its embassy in here, due to russia's military escalation, army cranium, borders, and invasion. as we have said, could begin at any time. said couldn't decide to order it. there would be widespread human suffering. americans and ukraine had been told to leave the country, but a core group of us diplomats will remain. they'll work from the city of levine, further west from the border with russia. despite the embassies closure, the white house says it remains actively engaged in finding a diplomatic solution to the crisis. the path for diplomacy remains available. if russia chooses to engage constructively. however, we are clear eyed about the prospects of that given the steps russia is taking on the ground in plain sight, president biden says he will not to send us troops to defend ukraine in the event of an invasion. but american soldiers are standing by across the board or in poland, a member of the nato alliance. real lives will be at risk of