kuleba: no.ot received any information from the united states about the price that russia will pay if it resorts to this method. annmarie: president biden also announced more penalties towards russia, getting rid of russia's neutrality when it comes to normal trade relations. the last time we spoke was hours before the invasion and you said the west needed to do more when it comes to sanctions. at this moment there is but an onslaught of sanctions on the russian economy. what more does ukraine want the west to do when it comes to penalties? min. kuleba: it is in the interest of the west, not only ukraine, to stop russia because it destroys not only my country, it also destroys the world order as we know it and it gives a bad example to those who want to follow suit. these sanctions are imposed not only for the sake of ukraine but also for the sake of the world. they are top, unprecedented -- they are tough, but as long as russian soldiers are still in ukraine and russian bombs are still falling o

kuleba. we saw sergey lavrov arrive a few minutes ago. so both of these foreign ministers are now there for these talks in antalya. and we'll keep you updated on how it goes. all right. elena is a mother of two. she has been living through the invasion. she comes to us from the coastal city of odesa. that is a city that is under threat. what is the situation like there at the moment? more importantly, what are you expecting? >> hi, michael. yeah, for now it is fairly calm in odesa. of course we may hear several air raid alarms throughout the day. we may hear how anti-aircraft systems working. but for most of the day, it is calm. of course there is this constant threat coming from the sea, from russian warships patrolling the black sea nearby odesa. the results of this looming threat coming from the so-called republic and the russian troops keep on coming from crimea. but from that side, we are shouldered by our neighboring city of mykolaiv. the guys fighting like superheroes there. and they're actually ensuring our calm sleep at night at

kuleba also advised the ukrainian delegation. eat, drink or touch any surfaces, this prohibition was also blatantly violated. yes and reasons to comply with it already it wasn’t, the poisoning of the russian billionaire abramovich, who i am also in istanbul today, which was promoted in the western media, turned out to be another fake. abramovich is alive and well. how did the negotiations go? russian of ukraine as if a smartphone, well, that is, a modern simply format-headlight welcome to turkey and our istanbul we are glad to host you at such a critical time, you have made great efforts on behalf of your countries, the conflict has been very upsetting for us, as your friend and neighbor from the very the beginning of the crisis. we made sincere efforts at all levels and tried to follow the principles of friendship good neighborhood and laws. we have demonstrated a fair approach that protects and respects the rights of both sides on all platforms where we have a voice. the negotiations have given hope to the whole world of the co

regime does not want to negotiate a day before the talks in istanbul, ukrainian foreign minister kulebaaid that kiev would not give up crimea would not give up. donbass is not going to discuss any denocification. but a member of the ukrainian delegation, arakhamia, finally took off his cap in an interview with fox news. he said that the headdress shows him. do you remember disrespect for russia and disrespect for the russian delegations. apparently, now rahami has begun to respect russia or is simply afraid that a newcomer will be able to cap. god forbid, on the eve of walter jornul and other western media, a fake appeared as if several ukrainian. the negotiators as well as one russian oligarch were poisoned by this oligarch. at the same time, in the west, almost all the allegedly poisoned oligarchs and the ukrainian delegation are represented almost as the main intermediary between putin and zelensky , but kuleba, just in case, still advised the negotiators not to eat or drink, don't touch anything, look. this is a live broadcast footage of the russian delegation arriving in istanbul a

kuleba also demands not to buy. russian energy resources. of this to supply weapons to kiev, the president of ukraine zelensky is pleading for this in the norwegian parliament. well, not santine portraits, new sanctions packages should be introduced every week without pauses, the stronger they will be, the faster we will return the world. i am grateful to norway for joining the european union sanctions. but i ask you to do one more thing. dash, it is important that european companies do not help this war machine with the same crowns of a single crown. i ask you not one euro of taxes to help russian aggression. you are one of the most responsible suppliers of energy resources, it is you who can make a certain contribution to the energy security of europe by providing the necessary resource, both for the eu states and for ukraine, we have already begun a dialogue on the supply of about 5 billion km of gas to ukraine for the next heating season. i hope this will be the basis for our long cooperation in this area for our grass. asleep the brothe

mr lavrov refusing to agree a ceasefire, mr kuleba refusing to surrender.umanitarian corridor out of mariupol, but said russia's foreign minister seemed unable to make any commitments. they will continue their aggression until ukraine meets their demands, and the list of those demands is a surrender. this is why it is not... why it is not acceptable to us. mr lavrov said for the war to end, ukraine had first to be disarmed and give up hopes ofjoining the eu or nato. and incredibly, he defended the deadly bombing of the maternity and children's hospital in mariupol, claiming it had been a base for ukrainian forces — only for russia's defence ministry later to deny responsibility for the attack. translation: it had no women, no children, no medical- professionals inside. it was occupied by the militants. how can you talk of diplomacy and ceasefires and negotiations when maternity hospitals are being struck, when so many civilians are dying? translation: the demilitarisation of ukraine, the denazification - of ukraine are needed, and we can delay no more becau

foreign ministers don't usually hug, but dmytro kuleba could probably use one.ce to make peace. and this is the man who potentially could help, sergey lavrov, russia's veteran foreign minister, 18 years in post with the ear of vladimir putin. for 90 minutes, they sat only a few feet apart, but the gap between them was huge. sergey lavrov refusing to agree a ceasefire, dmytro kuleba refusing to surrender. he asked for a 24 hour pause in the fighting, a humanitarian corridor out of mariupol, but said russia's foreign minister seemed unable to make any commitments. minister seemed unable to make any commitments-_ commitments. they will continue their regression _ commitments. they will continue their regression until _ commitments. they will continue their regression until ukraine - commitments. they will continue i their regression until ukraine meets their regression until ukraine meets their demands, and the list of those demands is a surrender. this is why it is not... why it is not acceptable to us. it is not... why it is not accetable to us. ,, , ., ., accept

kuleba says his priorities are a cease-fire to resolve humanitarian issues. we're not sure what would satisfy mr. putin. meanwhile, more diplomacy happening in poland. the u.s. vice president kamala harris will meet with the country's president and prime minister in the hours ahead. she's hoping to clear up a dispute over poland's plan to send fighter jets to ukraine by way of a u.s./nato air base in germany. the u.s. rejecting that idea, saying it could just make things even worse. meanwhile, there is growing outrage over a merciless blast in the hard-hit city of mariupol. ukraine accusing russia of targeting a maternity ward and children's hospital. we're told 17 people at least were wounded. pregnant women, new mothers, and staff members. but amazingly, no deaths yet reported. ukraine's president calling the attack a war crime and genocide. >> translator: a children's hospital? maternity ward? why were they a threat to russian federation? what kind of country is russian federation that is afraid of hospitals, afraid of maternity wards and destroys them? a

i can't comment in detail on my conversations with foreign minister kuleba. we talked about a lot of things, including the ongoing provision of security assistance to ukraine, and that is something that i will be talking to european allies and partners about in a couple of days in brussels. again, i can tell you, as i mentioned in response to andrea's question, that when it comes to vital defensive military equipment that ukraine needs, we are very actively coordinating its provision, and that assistance is getting there. but we'll probably have more to say in the next couple of days. >> thank you, mr. secretary. >> thank you very much. >> question: can i follow up? >> thank you. >> thanks, everyone. >> just one very quick one. sir, do you think that russia is deliberately targeting civilians? you said they're hitting schools and hospitals. >> are they doing it deliberately? >> we have certainly seen in the past that one of russia's methods of war is to be absolutely brutal in trying to cow the citizenry of a given country, and that includes at the very least

i'm here with foreign minister dmytro kuleba. ministe foreign minister kuleba, welcome.ction against each other with russians shooting down american planes is too dangerous and could result in an escalation nobody would want. >> well, as we speak, russia planes continue to bomb ukranian civilians, including women and children. it's a disaster here, and we need to protect them. i ask two things. first, close the air space, and second, provide us with planes which we can fly and fight in the air ourselves. unfortunately, we haven't received a full response to either of these questions, which effectively means that our pilots will continue to fight, but they will also be shot down. russia will go to the sky and that will help raise the cost of this war. >> on that second request, do you have any expectation that you will receive planes, or was that also -- was that request also denied? >> i have expectations on both requests, it's just a matter of time. when it comes to trades, we are sure talks are underway and the solution is close. the problem is that we have no time for

sergey lavrov and his ukrainian counterpart dmytro kuleba meeting in antalia. they met for under an hour and a half by our estimates. and they had apparently wide ranging talks but the talks did not amount to anything in terms of a cease-fire. they amounted to nothing in terms of humanitarian corridors, which is so urgently needed, particularly in cities like mariupol being agreed. look, it was a positive, you know, that these talks took place at all. given the security situation, given the ferocity of the fighting. and i think it is also true that both sides went to the negotiating table in a -- with slightly compromised positions. the russians, for instance, appear to have dropped their demand, that there should be a change of government inside ukraine. they want to install a puppet government that would be pro moscow, that demand is no longer being voiced. the ukrainians for their part have, you know, said that they're prepared to discuss the issue of nato membership, and look at other ways of guaranteeing ukraine's security and that's a small sign of progre

roughly, so they uh to each other now advice is given when kuleba are advised by their compatriots.h this member of the delegation, do not eat or drink anything during your stay in istanbul, listen to 2 days without water. without five will become evil end super. i think, but please note that is also very important to note. yes, to whom kuleba gives interviews to that very natalka messiychuk, yes, that is, the tv presenter who called for, er, to carry out terrorist attacks against russian women and children in the resorts of turkey and egypt, this is the question of yes, they are there, they say no. of course, we condemn she works, and the ministers of foreign affairs give interviews to her and talk about how ukraine should conduct some kind of negotiation strategy and the like. as you can see, nothing changes in the police of ukraine and the ukrainian side with regard to calls. to torture and bullying with the murder of russian uh, military personnel and members of their families, and even more so to the practice of these uh torture and bullying. and you know when i'm watching now

kuleba. foreign minister dmytro .nister, you must have seen your counterpart at the european union, the european union's foreign policy chief, suggested that china mediate between russia and ukraine. what do you think of that proposal? >> well, we welcome any attempt to mediate and help us stop this mad war launched by president putin. i spoke myself with the chinese foreign minister, he assured me that china is not interested in this war and is ready to make a contribution to putting an end to it through diplomacy. so we will welcome this effort, however, again, it was president putin who launched this war and it's he who has to stop. ukraine is not making any compromises on the issues of its territorial integrity. >> is it your sense that the chinese might pressure the russians to acknowledge the territorial integrity of ukraine? >> it's hard to say. chinese diplomacy works according to its own mechanics and i'm not aware of any follow-up between china and moscow after i spoke with the chinese foreign minister and t

uh, ukraine mr kuleba.esterday, his last statement was: and what are we going to deal with the referendum ourselves? that is, he made it clear whether there will be a referendum or not, this is an internal question. and i am ukraine. for example, i want to say that, according to the constitution of ukraine, we do not need to hold a referendum to change the constitution, this is the point that was unconditional this morning yesterday evening. and i became i watched press conference of the ukrainian side, mr. archami, mr. chaly, i want to say that about chalov. for example, in the delegation of the ukrainian side. he appeared not so long ago - a lawyer, an international specialist, who is an experienced person, and i have such, you know, and, well, maybe a little optimism. due to the fact that he is there, because a person who understands a person who is a material person who can write documents by hand and, finally, political agreements. i won't rather talk about who spoke out. the only thing that, uh, the u

we are l going to leave that for the moment and that is the russian foreign minister dimitro kuleba and, and we are going to hearfrom sergey minister, dmytro kuleba, and we are going to hear from sergey lavrov soon and he is giving a news conference in a separate room in turkey. in good choice for home affairs corresponded more details about the chelsea football club owner roman abramovich being one of seven oligarchs sanctioned by uk government. this was announced by the culture secretary nadine dorries. we wa nt we want to know if he can do any more? it we want to know if he can do any more? . . . we want to know if he can do any more? , . . . , more? it is clear that these sanctions — more? it is clear that these sanctions lie _ more? it is clear that these sanctions lie directly - more? it is clear that these sanctions lie directly with l more? it is clear that these - sanctions lie directly with chelsea football club. they cannot do any training without a license and the licence has been issued and that license allows them to go on paying their players and staff to do security, cat

dmytro kuleba and sergei lavrov are meeting on the margins of a diplomatic conference in the turkish to our correspondent tom bateman who's in antalya. what are the expectations surrounding these talks? because they are much more high level in recent talks between both sides. this is the margins of what was a separate diplomatic conference but is very quickly becoming the centrepiece of what is happening here. the delegations arrived this morning and they started talking just over an hour ago now. we had a bit of a false alarm a few minutes ago where we were rushed out of the press room here and into two adjoining rooms, two separate rooms where the russian and ukrainian foreign ministers will be holding press conferences. that in itself is an interesting signal, we didn't have any understanding yesterday that the russians were going to give a press conference, so i think that tells us something that they feel they will have something to say and a lot being read into how long these talks go on. the first face—to—face talks go on. the first face—to—face talks at this high level betwee

amy: ukraine's foreign minister dmytro kuleba.begin today's show in. >> bel trew is an international correspondent for the independent based in beirut. she's been covering the war in ukraine since the russian invasion began last month. she joins us now from vinnytsia, ukraine. welcome to democracy now!, bel. if you can start off by describing the situation where you are and then we'll talk about mariyupol and what you understand is taking place there. guest: i'm at the moment in central city key for humanitarian aid delivery, but also on the refugee trails because it connects the south of ukraine, the east of ukraine, the north of ukraine to the west. it's a very, very crucial city. at the same time it's also under bombardment. i've just come back fromhe town's main airport, it was hit apparently by eight differe missiles. there is a military base nearby. we are going air raid sirens here every hour pretty much as well as the fact it's key routes for humanitarian aid and refugees. >> so far as you know have civilian areas within t

met with the russian prime minister, lavrov, and kuleba, i was in touch with him right after that.ons. he was not able to do any negotiating. we know there's another channel that they've pointed to, which is this channel between ukrainians and russians on the belarusian border at the river, and the ukrainians have been positive, have been constructive, have been well ready to have that conversation. the russians have not. the russians sent a former minister of culture, so they weren't really serious. so, all to say, joe, it's not -- there's no evidence that the russians are serious about negotiation. >> looking at the military, president zelenskyy claimed today russia has suffered enormous losses. given what you have seen so far, what does it say about the strength of ukrainian forces, and what happens if russians do eventually get into the capital city of kyiv? how do things unfold from there? >> so, joe, on your first point, it is amazing. it is just amazing. here we are. what, day 17 in this fight. and the ukrainian military has held off this enormous military from the russians.

moments ago i spoke with the foreign minister of ukraine dmytro kuleba. coming up. >>> all this while the refugee crisis continues to escalate. more than 1.7 million people now fleeing for safety. in russia the kremlin is cracking down within its own borders detaining thousands of anti-war protesters around the country as vladimir putin's regime ramps up restrictions on free speech. >>> we have team coverage on the ongoing crisis. our senior foreign correspondent ian pannell starts us off in kyiv. good morning again, ian. >> reporter: good morning, robin. russia is now claiming it's going to allow these safe corridors for civilians to flee from major cities including the capital here, kyiv. ukraine is denouncing that proposal as unacceptable because the routes lead directly into russia or its ally belarus. i don't know if you can make out the smoke in the distance. that's around 50, 60 miles away but it shows russian forces advancing. what we're seeing on the ground is not cease-fires. it's civilians under attack. a word of warning, there are graphic imag

the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has met ukraine's foreign minister, dmytroy kuleba, tellingat the polish—ukraine border. mr kuleba reiterated his desire and optimism for more military backing from nato, specifically a no fly zone. mr blinken is touring nato's eastern european member states. 0ur correspondent kasia madera, is on the poland—ukraine border. it's just a huge movement of people. if you just put it into context how many people are travelling in such a short space of time. this is korczowa, yet another bus that has come just from the border. these people have made the crossing into poland and now they're being asked to come off the bus so that they can go inside and just get a little bit warmed up. bear in mind what these people have gone through. they've just crossed the border into poland and all of theirjourneys to get to this stage have been long, exhausting and uncertain. so the first arrival, the first time that they can come off and just reassess their situation. the children, the overwhelming number of children are being greeted by a whole team of volunteer

secretary of state antony blinken met ukrainian foreign minister dmytro kuleba not far from a refugee shelter in poland. blinken reaffirmed u.s. support for ukraine, and said military and economic aid will increase. >> we're in it with ukraine, one way or another: the short run, the medium run, the long run. we're in this together. we will succeed together. ukraine is going to prevail. >> sreenivasan: in ukraine today there were many reports of russian attacks. ukrainian defense ministry video showed the aftermath of shelling and attacks in multiple cities and towns. in the city of kherson, a video distributed by ukraine's defense forces showed people waving ukrainian flags and chanting "kherson is ukraine.” last nightpresident volodymyr zelensky demanded nato enforce a no-fly zone-- something the organization says would trigger war with russia. zelensky said that without it, nato nations will be responsible for more deaths in ukraine. >> ( translated ): all the people who die, from this day forward, will also die because of you-- because of your weakness, because of your lack of unit

and i've been in almost daily contact with foreign minister kuleba, coordinating to respond swiftly tokraine's most urgent needs. our allies and partners continue to step up with their own significant shipments of security assistance. i've authorized more than a dozen countries to provide u.s. equipment and dozens more around the world have provided security assistance of their own. i'd also note that in addition to assistance from the department of defense, we're sending support from other agencies, including $10 million worth of armored veehicles from our own didiplomatic security service. yesterday i announced more assistance to help the more than 3 million refugees who fled ukraine in the last few weeks. the fastest growing refugee crisis in europe since world war ii, as well as internally displaced people still in ukraine. this brings our total humanitarian aid since last month to $293 million, and of the more than $13 billion for ukraine that congress is putting forward, more than $4 billion of that will go to humanitarian assistance. ukraine's neighbors in europe are generously

ceasefire, and also, as we understand it, now being prepared to send his foreign minister dmytro kuleban minister lavrov this coming thursday? do you think those sorts of contacts, that sort of dialogue is a mistake? i don't think so, i don't think that's a mistake. and here is the thing — the decision to send a delegation to belarus or to turkey is reasonable because it shows that ukraine is acting in a good faith. whether russia wants to have a diplomatic solution — no. er, let me remind you that we had a few years to get a real diplomatic solution. we had very big room for these kinds of diplomatic talks, but russia was not interested in any kind of diplomacy. russia is interested in atrocities and killings. well, that's not what moscow says. and if i look at the reporting from, for example, the news website bellingcat, the investigative journalism website, they say that they have information about exactly what the russians are putting on the table. the russians are saying, it seems, and dmitry peskov, the spokesman for putin, has pretty much confirmed this, that if ukraine is prepar

after the ukrainian ministers reznikov and kuleba.talked with biden and the head of the pentagon austin. where they were specially delivered to warsaw from kiev, they handed over to the americans the details of one of the russian missiles fired at the base of foreign mercenaries at the yavoriv training ground at the biden national stadium in warsaw. i talked to ukrainian refugees and told them. that he considers putin a butcher. see how it was. what a great mom, let's take a phone photo together. and they are all madly in love with their grandfather. you deal with vladimir putin every day when you look at what he did to these people. that's what i think. first, what is happening in ukraine will change the 21st century. he has an absolutely clear understanding of this, something that we have been constantly talking about since the fourteenth year. this is not a war of russia against ukraine. this is a war of tyranny against the entire free world. no, president biden said so today, everything that happens in ukraine will change the hist

but tomorrow, here in the southern turkish city of antalya, ukraine's foreign minister, dmytro kulebahest level of contact between both sides since the invasion. the fact they are taking place suggests both sides think they have got something to talk about. but expectations are not high. some wonder if china could make a difference. president xi and putin said theirfriendship had no limits but russia now depends on china buying its oil and gas and mr xi could use that leverage on russia. he is already calling for restraint and offering aid. the one outcome most feared is of escalation. western officials say they have serious concerns russia could be preparing to use nonconventional arms, such as chemical weapons. and ukraine's demand for nato jets to enforce a no—fly zone is still being refused for fear of triggering a wider war. our goal is to end the war, not to expand it, including potentially expand it to nato territory. we want to make sure that it is not prolonged, to the best of our ability, otherwise it is going to turn even deadlier. for now, the fighting continues within ukr

let me remind you once again that this is exactly how kuleba admonished the ukrainian delegation.ed there, god forbid. thank you lesha thank you, we are waiting for details from you. if there is any news, please. we don’t know what is called igorievich, there will be no positive results from these negotiations. no need to be deluded. yes, we should meet. here to speak, but you know, there is absolutely no need to remain in some kind of optimism . who came to these negotiations. political freaks, ukrainians either wearing a cap or without caps, there were four people of these people, this is political slag. this is political slag. we will not agree on anything with them, therefore russia, in the course of a special military operation, must set itself the most decisive military-political goals. you understand that negotiations are negotiations, and the best argument in these negotiations. the inexorable movement of the russian armed forces forward will be the main argument, which may, may be, will inspire zelensky or whoever will be there after him to some real achievements and the

that is, kuleba disavowed all the istanbul agreements.n even more inadequate position was taken by the ukrainian ombudsman, the representative of ukraine for human rights. denisov from the day passed, as for some reason she refuted the words of the medical about the adoption of the toughest measures by ukraine against the ukrainian nazis, who tortured our captured soldiers on camera . and i will remind our soldiers to shoot their legs on camera and wait for them to die bleeding, the official ombudsman suggested that the work of mosfilm is madness. true, there is a suspicion that all this nonsense is a nightmare that the ukrainians are carrying right now following the results of the negotiations. they they say it only so that they are not killed by their own nazis and sterbats upon their return from turkey to kiev what exactly the dispersion demanded at the negotiations in istanbul was suddenly voiced by victoria nuland, she says, the demand was the only capitulation. ukraine, despite the absolutely unacceptable demands of russia, practica

at the table and fly back home also kuleba advised the ukrainian delegation. do not eat or drink. do not touch any surfaces after the dubious story of poisoning, allegedly billionaire abramovich, who, by the way, is alive and well today in istanbul, please show us the footage from the sidelines. there is also filming his embrace with turkish president erdogan, according to western journalists, abramovich is almost the main intermediary between putin and zelensky and if you believe other american journalists, then allegedly abramovich handed putin some kind of handwritten note from zelensky putin read and said. oh, so now i'll take you watching. a delegation from russia and ukraine will hold face-to-face talks today with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says his country is ready to compromise zelenskyy said he is open to peace treaty, if russia withdraws its troops to the territories occupied before the invasion, ukraine undertakes to become neutral will not join nato, but only in response to security guarantees from western countries, ukrainian officials claim that russia n

but speaking after the meeting, the ukrainian foreign minister dmytro kuleba saying russia isn't readylomacy, insisting instead on surrender which ukraine will never agree to. >> i'm ready to continue this engagement with the purpose of ending the war in ukraine. >> reporter: the high-stakes meeting coming after one of the most horrific attacks the country has seen. in mariupol, a russian air strike destroying a children's hospital and maternity ward. it's one of the largest russian air strikes since they invaded. the force of the blast leaving a crater stories deep, but the hospital was sparsely occupied. even so three people were killed, 17 wounded. president zelenskyy tweeting videos showing the devastation inside the hospital saying the attack is an atrocity and that people, children were under the rubble pointing to the attack, wladimir klitschko, former world heavyweight boxing champion and brother of kyiv's mayor, calling for putin to be stopped. >> to attack children is to attack life. civilization itself. >> reporter: mariupol was supposed to be under a cease-fire where civili

foreign citizens have applied to go there to fight, according to ukraine's foreign minister dmytro kulebam the center for research on extremism to ask who are they and what's motivating them. it's everybody, really. it's people from all walks of life, different countries, one that definitely stands out or at least seems to be standing out of the military veterans. but in reality, this is a big mobilisation, we shall see what kind of fire is behind the smoke. for now as you rightly said, 20,000 apparently applied but applied means send e—mail to the ukrainian embassy. we will see how many actually make it to ukraine. that will be substantially smaller number. we are hearing from governments that people shouldn't be going to do this in fact, borisjohnson i think was saying that instead of fighting people should donate instead. how are governments managing the fact that citizens from one country want to go and fight for the army of another? this is a tricky territory. we spent the last decade essentially looking in one direction. as far as following fighters of volunteers. 0bviously that con

in a show of solidarity, he met with ukrainian foreign minister kuleba at the ukrainian border and walkeds the boundary as a show of reporting. secretary blinken went to a significant center where 3,000 refugees are staying. he said the whole world is inspired by what ukrainians are doing and united against russia. russian attacks on ukraine have sent shock waves through europe and nowhere have people felt it more than here in poland where more than 700,000 refugees have fled. he spent several hours with refugees at that border crossing today. little kids, mothers with babies, even the family dogs were all waiting outside in the cold to load on toed about to take them to the next stops. now, adriana, some of the families we spoke to had a destination in mind, but many were looking for any place to get out of the cold. >> diaz: christina ruffini in poland, thank you. the u.s. and international allies today also faced desperat desperate calls for help from ukraine's president. cbs' natalie brand joins us from the white house with what's in the works now. natalie. >> reporter: and, adriana,

implementation on earth of the results that were announced as a result of lavrov’s visit to china and india, kuleban the west ukraine put up in the black and azov seas in the order of analysts and the military will not let them out for 8 years trained. and here we have you can come and start fighting for courage, the russian military was awarded a cart. children's holidays in russia will become more accessible. sales of trips to children's camps with cashback to send a child have begun. it will be possible to rest from may 1 under the program russia and belarus cancel the fee for incoming calls in roaming. 6 km neutralized up to 60 ukrainian nationalists two tanks and four infantry fighting vehicles excuse under full control one zenith missile system s-300 south of the village of izyum and one sideways-1 in the area of ​​kurakhov's active door multiple launch rocket systems one ammunition depot and rocket artillery weapons two depots of fuel and lubricants and 38 strongholds and areas of concentration of military equipment by means of air defense of the russian aerospace forces 18 ukrainian unmanne

ukraine's foreign minister, dmytro kuleba, said there must be a ceasefire by russia to allow repairsworst nuclear accident in 1986. the un's nuclear watchdog says sufficient safety measures are in place, including cooling pools for spent nuclear rods and back—up diesel generators. nuclear policy expert joseph cirincione joins me now from washington. thank you for coming on the programme. what do you think is the application of this lost power supply at chernobyl? irate power supply at chernobyl? - dodged a nuclear bullet today with the loss of power does not appear to affect the main safety equipment. the director statements earlier today relieved a lot of us about the ability of those spent fuel ponds to maintain integrity, and to prevent any overheating of even these very old fuel rods. i read the stress report done on this in 20 —— on this facility in 2011 and they tested out exactly this kind of incident and they concluded the fuel could remain safe for 50 days after which radiation levels would start to rise. we have avoided a catastrophe now about the situation at chernobyl is

foreign citizens have applied to go there to fight, according to ukraine's foreign minister dmytro kulebaving in ukraine a few days ago. so who are they, where are they from and what's motivating them? someone who's been following all this very closely is kacper rekawek from the center for research on extremism based in oslo. great to have you on the program. let's start with that, shall we? who let's start with that, shall we? who exactl are let's start with that, shall we? who exactly are the _ let's start with that, shall we? who exactly are the people _ let's start with that, shall we? who exactly are the people willing to join in this international brigade and what is motivating them? take ou for and what is motivating them? take you for having _ and what is motivating them? take you for having me. _ and what is motivating them? take you for having me. it's _ and what is motivating them? ta

well, to be honest, these are the words that kuleba and zelensky said about the upcoming negotiations they set the tone for such a pessimistic, frankly speaking. well, here it is necessary, of course, i don't have it yet. e hmm some specific thoughts about what can, for example, uh, this is a decrease in military activity in the chernihiv and kiev direction, and serve the cause, and there with

kuleba reported to ashbaidan that he had learned to sleep on the road this morning at the talks, arahamiat comrade cavusoglu does not get enough sleep at all . it seems these characters are not interested if our general staff ministry of defense declares that we are reducing the level of military influence and the level of use of the armed forces in the chernihiv and kiev direction means that ukraine must withdraw its troops to the donbass. this, apparently, will be the subject of some separate consultations and agreements, but in any case, we must understand a few basic things. the first is ukraine. the current government cannot be trusted. from words at all, this should be the basic concept when analyzing the situation and considering further options for the development of the situation. further, the guarantor countries today they gave guarantees that ukraine will not join nato tomorrow, in the same way, they will give guarantees that ukraine will join nato. so paper is paper today? this is a document tomorrow , our western opponents can simply flush it down the toilet, so i think the

listen. uh, ukraine declares that this is not all impossible torture should not be, but you saw who kulebaat is, the leading one of the same tv presenter who called for organizing, by the way, in turkey, erdogan was reported today during the negotiations or not in turkey in egypt, terrorist attacks against e, russian women, children, and so on. that is, the country's minister of affairs is also working quietly, cuba does not consider it shameful for itself. let's interview this terrorist. well, in fact, i say it again, that is, ukraine perceives restlessly such appeals are, accordingly, an action, when the same ukrainian delegation is not declared by us, this is condemned and this is unacceptable. we see that in fact everything is done exactly the opposite, so we need to understand how sincere they are here, of course, in their statements. we understand very well that the same eight-year minsk talks game is about to begin. well , seven years, which have been going on for 7 years, and now they think that it is also possible to conduct negotiations with the tobolsk negotiations for 8 years,

here, look ukraine dmitry kuleba called for attention.ere is a new verb for you in this context called for criminalizing all countries. letter z symbol z criminalize the letter listen. yes we have let's hear, yes or yes. i call on all states to criminalize the use of the z symbol as ways to publicly support russia's aggressive war against ukraine . already there. i think, well really, nevertheless we come to the negotiations and talk with mikhail gennadievich, i suppose you are a skeptic regarding the negotiations. well, you know, again, from what point of view to consider due to the fact that the russian federation is controlled by masochists, in principle, everything is clear, they are mocking us, they spit in our eyes, they tell us that guys, don’t even twitch, even. if you agree on something with you, we will still break it right away and that means with persistence i don’t know who we mean, we continue to attack the same glades. here on the other sides. excuse me, we have started this special operation. if i remember correctly, there

ukraine's foreign minister dmytro kuleba said both sides agreed to try to find a solution to the humanitarian ukraine would never agree to russia's demands to surrender. the discussions have been taking place in antalya, from where our correspondent tom bateman sent this report. russia's finance minister swept in raising some slim hopes at least. these are the highest level talks so far as the civilian suffering in ukraine only worsens. also here today his ukrainian cart about. he was welcomed by turkey's top diplomat the host of these talks but any chance of peace will take more than a warm embrace. the discussions were behind closed doors, the first time the two had met face—to—face since russia invaded ukraine. but expectations were low. they broke up after 90 minutes without any agreement on a proposed 24—hour ceasefire. mr lavrov was asked how russia could justify the bombing of a maternity hospital. he claimed counter to the evidence it was being used by gunmen. tt’s counter to the evidence it was being used by gunmen-— used by gunmen. it's not the first time we see _ used by gunmen. it

look, here is the head of the ukrainian foreign ministry dmitry kuleba called attention attention.led for all countries.

earlier, ukraine's foreign minister dmitry kuleba met with his russian counterpart, sergei lavrov, forime since the conflict began. but that has failed to yield any progress so far. i came here with a humanitarian purpose, to walk out from the meeting with the decision to arrange a humanitarian corridor in and from mariupol, from mariupol, for civilians who want to flee this area. the talks come a day after ukraine accused russia of bombing a children's hospital and maternity ward, calling it a war crime. officials say three people, including a child, died in the attack. many of the other victims injured were pregnant women. russia says it would seek answers from its military about what had happened there. on march 7, on the seventh of the sixth. i don't recall exactly now. facts, where proffered by our delegation, saying that that maternity hospital was taken over by the azov battalion and other radicals. the ukrainian president has described the attack as horrific, and the united states has accused russia of a barbaric use of military force to go after innocent civilians. russian tro

after the meeting, dmytro kuleba said there'd been no progress with russia on a fresh ceasefire.narratives about ukraine. difficult because i did my best to at least find a diplomatic solution to the humanitarian tragedy unfolding on the battleground, in the besieged cities. the most tragic situation is currently now in the city of mariupol, on the sea of azov. the city is being bombarded from the air, it's being hit by artillery fire and i came here with a humanitarian purpose, to walk out from the meeting with the decision to arrange a humanitarian corridor in and from mariupol. from mariupol, for civilians who want to flee this area of fear and struggle and humanitarian corridor to bring in mariupol humanitarian aid. unfortunately, minister lavrov was not in a position to commit himself to it, but he will correspond with respective authorities on this issue. we also raised the issue of a ceasefire, a 2a—hour ceasefire, to resolve the most pressing humanitarian issues. we did not make progress on this, since it seems that there are other decision—makers for this matter in russi

and we saw secretary blinken and his counterpart the foreign minister kuleba go into ukraine. things that president biden can do to demonstrate support. and this trip to europe is an opportunity. >> so, ambassador, obviously u.s. and nato officials have had trouble at this point deciphering what, if any, progress is being made in negotiations. who's holding them between ukraine and russia, and you got turkey jumping in, israel jumping and switzerland maybe jumping in and all of that chaos, seemingly. president zelenskyy has said if negotiations fail it could lead to a third world war. there have been, though, now many meetings and virtual meetings. and it just seems when you look at some of the terms, the russians keep still throwing that word denazification out there. do these negotiations mean anything when they're still putting that in as a key term? >> no. that kind of talk makes no sense. however, there are some discussions that are not clearly going anywhere until and unless president putin says so, and president putin is not going to say so, i imagine, until he realizes

now, kuleba says that he will try to get the most out of this. his expectations, though, are not high. jomana karadsheh joins me now from where the talks will take place in turkey. jomana, so much at stake. these are the highest-level talks since the invasion began. what does each side want? what can we expect? can we expect anything tangible to come out of this meeting? >> well, look, michael. the -- both foreign ministers arrived here in this really beautiful resort town. a gulf and spa resort town in southern turkey on the mediterranean coast, quite a world away from the war zone they are expected to meet as you mentioned in the next 45 minutes or so. we are already seeing bilateral meetings taking place between the turkish foreign minister and his ukrainian counterpart. of course, the turkish foreign minister will be attending those meetings. trilateral meetings between both the ukrainian and the russian foreign ministers. this is really coming after a serious diplomatic push from turkey, the turkish foreign minister, and turkish president, r