ambassador to nato, julianne smith. she spoke with "the washington post's" david ignatius about the russian invasion of ukraine. this is about 20 minutes. david: welcome to "washington post" live. i'm david ignatius. a columnist at the post. continuing our recent discussions of the war in ukraine, i'm pleased that our guest today is america's ambassador to nato, ambassador julianne smith. understandably ambassador smith has many engagements that -- at nato headquarters and only be able to join us for 20 minutes so i want to jump right in. ambassador smith, thank you for joining us. ambassador smith: happy to do so. thank you. david: so let's start with the situation on the battlefield. today's reports suggest that russian forces are continuing to attack hard from three sides, kyiv and carrive have not been taken but the mayor of mariupol in the south described the situation in his city as armageddon. i want to ask you, madam ambassador, what is your assessment and the assessment of your nato colleagues is about how long

ambassador to nato, julianne smith. she spoke with david ignatius about the russian invasion of ukraine. this is about 20 minutes. >> welcomes the washington post life. i'm david ignatius, columnist at the post. continuing our recent discussions of the war in ukraine i'm pleased our guest today is america's ambassador to nato, ambassador julianne smith . understandably ambassador smith has many engagements at nato headquarters and she'll only be able to join us for 20 minutes so i want to jump right in. thank you for joining us. >> happy to do so, thank you. >> let's start with some information on the situation on the battlefield. today'sreports suggest russian forces are continuing to attack hard from three sides . kyiv and karkiev have not been taken but the mayor of mariupol describes the situation as armageddon. i want to ask you what your assessment of your nato colleagues is about how long the ukrainians can hold these cities. >> first of all let me say that this is not exactly going as planned for russia's milita

ambassador to nato julianne smith.r, welcome to fox news sunday, thank you for taking the time today. >> thank you. john: the president in warsaw gave by what all accounts was a tough speech but words at the end of the speech that he appeared to ad libbed and had been getting worldwide attention. let me play those for you and get your reaction on the other side. >> for god's sake, this man cannot remain in power. john: so he appeared to in that ad lib there off the cuff remarks articulate regime change toward russia, not only did he say it but in poland, in your estimation, is that helpful to the cause? >> well, let me be clear and just state right off the bat that the u.s. does not have a policy of regime change towards russia but i think what we all agree on is that president putin cannot be in power to wage far. he has attacked ukraine in a premeditated unprovoked conflict and is pursuing this relentless and brutal war in ukraine which we all want to see come to an end. john genuine that has been the stated policy,

ambassador to nato, julianne smith. to "fox news sunday," appreciate you taking the time today. >> ambassador smith: thank you. >> john: the president yesterday in warsaw gave what by all accounts was a very tough speech, but it was some words at the end of the speech that he appeared to ad lib. that really have been getting worldwide attention. let me just play those for you and get your reaction on the other side. >> president biden: for god's sake, this man cannot remain in power. >> john: so he appeared to, in that ad lib. there, off-the-cuff remarks, articulate a policy of regime change toward russia. not only did he say it, but he said it in poland. in your estimation, is that helpful to the cause? >> ambassador smith: well, let me be clear and just state right off the bat that the u.s. does not have a policy of regime change towards russia, but i think what we all agree on is that president putin cannot be empowered to wage war. he has attacked ukraine in a premeditated, unprovoked conflict, and is pursuing this

ambassador to nato, julianne smith. she spoke with "the washington post's" david ignatius about the russian invasion of ukraine. this is about 20 minutes. david: welcome to "washington post" live. i'm david ignatius. a columnist at the post. continuing our recent discussions of the war in ukraine, i'm pleased that our guest today is america's

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permanent representative to nato ambassador julianne smith. thank you so much, madam ambassador, for joining me. let's start with president biden's comment yesterday, that vladimir putin cannot remain in power. the white house said quickly that he was not discussing putin's power in russia or regime change. was that comment a mistake? >> well, look, the president had spent the day visiting with ukrainian refugees. he went to the national stadium in warsaw and literally met with hundreds of ukrainians. he heard their heroic stories as they were fleeing ukraine in the wake of russia's brutal war in ukraine. in the moment, i think that was a principled human reaction to the stories that he had heard that day, but no, as you heard from secretary blinken and others, the u.s. does not have a policy of regime change in russia. full stop. >> having said what you said, listening to the president, he sounded pretty unambiguous. "this man cannot remain in power." are you concerned by walking back the president's comment, you and other administration offi

ambassador to nato, julianne smith.she spoke with david ignatius about the russian invasion of ukraine. this is about 20 minutes. >> welcomes the washington post life. i'm david ignatius, columnist at the post. continuing our recent discussions of the war in ukraine i'm pleased our guest today is america's ambassador to nato, ambassador julianne smith . understandably ambassador smith has many engagements at nato headquarters and she'll only be able to join us for 20 minutes so i want to jump right in. thank you for joining us. >> happy to do so,

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julianne smith is the u.s.assador to nato. >> what worries us about those types of statements and accusations is they may be again set laying kind of a trap or not a trap, but a pretext for them to do something more or much worse inside ukraine. reporter: the nato alliance is expected to bolster its presence in eastern europe. with new troops deployed to bulgaria, hungary, romania and slovakia. poland had also called for an international peacekeeping mission in ukraine. a move that today russ said could escalate the conflict. >> it will lead to the direct clash between the russian and nato armed forces that everyone has not only tried to avoid but said should not take place in principle. reporter: and to avoid the war from spreading, jens stoltenberg emphasized its commitment to protect all allies, including from the risk of nuclear war. >> russia must stop its nucle saber rattling. this is dangerous and it is a responsible. we convey to russia that a nuclear war cannot be won and shouldever be fought. reporter

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that was julianne smith.tional paralympic committee president andrew parsons held another news conference at less than 24 hours after they released a lengthy statement explaining how they were bound by their own regulations, that they had to let the belarusian and russian parties compete at the games, that start in another 24 hours' time on friday. he said they would compete as neutrals but the outcry has been enormous since then from other competing nations and andrew parsons says his organisation has been put in a unique and impossible position. he says if russian and belarusian athletes stayed in beijing, nations were likely to withdraw and a viable paralympic games would not be possible. and this is what it gets interesting, he says the atmosphere interesting, he says the atmosphere in the village is not pleasant. the situation there is escalating and has now become untenable. such is the animosity and outcry from the competing nations against the belarusians and the russians, numbering about 100 in all,