let's cross to washington and speak to melinda haring, who's deputy director of the eurasia centre attic council think—tank. great to get you on the programme with your thoughts, melinda. great to get you on the programme with yourthoughts, melinda. looking at the reports from our correspondent there, the fighting is obviously intensifying. what's your sense now of where russia stands in this conflict? will it be able to sustain this attack any longer? it’s sustain this attack any longer? it's nice to be sustain this attack any longer? it�*s nice to be here with you. so, russia is making slow but steady progress. we need to be watching what they're doing and the black sea region. you had a great report, but i'm deeply wary about the catastrophe in mariupol. there are hundreds of thousands of people without power, water, fuel and food, and they're melting snow to get drinking water. the situation is very, very dire, and i think what vladimir putin will do is replicate the tactics he's put in place in barrio paul, so people are calling it the aleppo strategies. i think that's what we're

melinda haring will be joining us next.is bloomberg. ♪ kailey: this is bloomberg markets european close. jason brady at 3:30 p.m. here in new york. this is bloomberg. kailey: keeping you up-to-date with the news from around the world. here is first word. angel: senator susan collins will vote to confirm judge jackson to the u.s. supreme court. that ensures the first black woman will take a seat on the court with bipartisan support. she had a second meeting with jackson to deal with lingering concerns. collins will vote through the senate with vice president harris breaking the tie. the u.s. trade chief says it is time to ditch the old playbook when it comes to china. the u.s. should forget about trying to change china's behavior and instead take a defensive posture toward the world's's second-largest economy. -- world's second largest economy. the kremlin said there has been no breakthrough in talks with ukraine. a spokesman says work needs to be done. skeptical members of nato are evaluating whether russia's promises to sc

melinda haring of the atlantic council. melinda: he wanted to do three things.nted to end the war in the donbass, he wanted to end ukraine's endemic corruption problem, and he wanted to make ukraine rich. ukraine is the poorest country in europe. john: during the campaign, newshour special correspondent simon ostrovsky visited zelensky on the set of his show. simon: you're an actor with no political experience. your country is at war with russia, vladimir putin, 20 years at the helm. how are you going to deal with vladimir putin? president zelensky: first of all, we will do everything to make sure that vladimir putin never ends up at the helm of our country. the main problem in our relationship with russia is the war. no one has a real answer, how to stop putin. all we can do is continue talks to achieve a cease-fire. john: but after zelensky's landslide victory over incumbent petro poroshenko, a billionaire businessman, that cease-fire never materialized. as a native russian speaker leading a state historically divided between the ukrainian-speaking west and th

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melinda haring, from the atlantic council, told me why mariupol is so important to the russians.t is that putin thought he would roll into ukraine in a matter of days, and that he'd be able to take kyiv, the capital, and take out zelensky. and it's been three weeks now, and he still hasn't made much progress. so he needs a big win. right now, it looks like a stalemate, and no one expected this. everyone expected the ukrainian side to fall within a matter of days. so number one, he needs a big win, and a second reason that the russians want mariupol is so they can establish a land bridge across the coast that would connect russia to crimea. you mentioned the capital kyiv — if russia tries to take it once again, do you think they'll be able to succeed, given the resistance being put up in the rest of the country? no, i have good news tonight, they won't be able to take kyiv so easily. so kyiv is a hard city to take. it is on a hill, it has narrow roads, it's difficult to navigate and is heavily defended. and the ukrainians know that russia wants it more than anything, so they're re

melinda haring from the atlantic council. now, sport. more from louisa pilbeam. dramatic events off the pitch and a dramatic win for chelsea on it, as they beat newcastle in the final minutes at stamford bridge, despite chelsea's entire future as a football club in chaos after their russian owner roman abramovich was sanctioned last week, of course, by the uk government. now, as you mentioned, they beat newcastle 1—0. it was in the 89th minute. abramovich was sanctioned last week by the uk government, meaning he cannot sell the club unless he gives the money to the uk government, and the club cannot sell any more tickets or sign new players. sponsors have been pulling out of the club, but you'll see there that, very interestingly, telecoms company three was still on the players�* shirts, their logo, despite suspending their £40 million shirt deal. now, after the game, chelsea manager thomas tuchel said that he can't control what's off the pitch but that the fans are the priority. and, louisa, we had some tears on the pitch as well for we

melinda haring is deputy director of the eurasia centre at the atlantic council thinktank.me her assessment of where russia currently stands in the conflict. russia is making slow but steady progress. we need to be watching what they're doing in the black sea region. you had a great report on what's happening, but i'm deeply worried about but humanitarian capacity. there's many thousands of people who don't have power, water orfood and they're melting snow for drinking water. the situation is very dire, and i think what vladimir putin is going to do is replicate the tactics that he's put in place in mariupol, and some people are calling it the aleppo strategy, bombing and both card gave in kyiv. i think that's what we'll see next. the situation is going to get worse and worse. —— kharkiv. get worse and worse. -- kharkiv-_ kharkiv. on that aleppo strategy. _ kharkiv. on that aleppo strategy. we _ kharkiv. on that aleppo strategy, we have - kharkiv. on that aleppo | strategy, we have heard kharkiv. on that aleppo - strategy, we have heard that thatis strategy, we have heard t

melinda haring, from the atlantic council, told me why mariupol is so important to the russians.e good news tonight, they won't be able to take kyiv so easily. so kyiv is a hard city to take. it is on a hill, it has narrow roads, it's difficult to navigate and is heavily defended. and the ukrainians know that russia wants it more than anything, so they're ready for a big fight, it's going to take a long time and a huge amount of indiscriminate bombing to take kyiv. and right now, the russians can't even take mariupol. so i think that right now, the focus of the action is in the donbas, and the russians are making a little bit of progress there and in mariupol. but they are too heavily focused on those areas right now. but there is really serious shelling in kyiv, but it will be really hard to take. aside from those heavy fightings in those two cities, what comes next in russia's war against ukraine? there have been warnings about possibly using other weapons, as well. yes, so that's the big question. no one knows how to get out of this mess. at this point, it looks like it's a st

melinda haring is the deputy director of the atlantic council's eurasia centre.maryland. thank you so much forjoining us on newsday. firstly, why is taking mariupol so important to russia? sure, there's two reasons. the first is that putin thought he would roll into ukraine in a matter of days, and that he'd be able to take kyiv, the capital, and president zelensky. and it's been three weeks now, and he still hasn't made much progress. so he needs a big win. right now, it looks like a stalemate, and no one expected this. everyone expected the ukrainian side to fall within a matter of days. so number one, he needs a big win, and a second reason is that the russians want mariupol so they can establish a land bridge across the coast that would connect russia to crimea. you across the coast that would connect russia to crimea.— across the coast that would connect russia to crimea. you mentioned the caital k iv russia to crimea. you mentioned the capital kyiv - — russia to crimea. you mentioned the capital kyiv - if _ russia to crimea. you mentioned the capital kyiv -

. >> melinda haring, admiral james stavridis, raf sanchez, erin mclaughlin, thank you all. >>> coming up, the latest jobs numbers after the u.s. added 678,000 jobs in february. but with prices soaring, where are we in the covid recovery? that's ahead. but first the world central kitchen is working around the clock to serve meals to refugees. their ceo joins me next. >> the numbers today are the highest they've been, so the situation is clearly getting worse as more and more ukrainians are forced to flee their homes. passengers wrap their arms around us, could we put little handles on our jackets? -denied. -can you imagine? i want a new nickname. can you guys start calling me snake? no, bryan. -denied. -how about we all get quotes to see if we can save with america's number one motorcycle insurer? approved. cool! hey, if bryan's not gonna be snake, can i be snake? -all: no. age before beauty? why not both? visibly diminish wrinkled skin in... crepe corrector lotion... only from gold bond. if you wake up thinking about the market and want to make the right moves fast... get decision tec

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melinda haring, general john allen, and of course kristen welker, and we appreciate all of you as well as richard engel in country. coming up, record shattering gas prices in the united states a direct consequence of the invasion in ukraine. what it means for the price you pay far beyond the gas pump. >>> we're going to take a look inside russia in our first report, since vladimir putin restricted what journalists could report about the war in ukraine under threat of imprisonment. >>> we're on the ground in poland where the largest european refugee crisis since world war ii is unfolding as we speak. don't go anywhere. d war ii is u speak. don't go anywhere. ething differ. oh, we can help with that. okay, imagine this. your mover, rob, he's on the scene and needs a plan with a mobile hotspot. we cut to downtown, your sales rep lisa has to send some files, like asap! so basically i can pick the right plan for each employee. yeah i should've just led with that. with at&t business. you can pick the best plan for each employee and get the best deals on every smart phone. ♪ ♪ ♪a little bit o

melinda haring is the deputy director of eurasia center at the atlantic council — an american think—tankions?— lines that came out of the latest discussions? i think it is too soon to say anything — discussions? i think it is too soon to say anything in _ discussions? i think it is too soon to say anything in terms - discussions? i think it is too soon to say anything in terms of- to say anything in terms of specifics. we know that there was allegedly some progress made, i think round four of the negotiations. in round three, the ukrainians came out saying all the demands russia had made were nonstarters and russia said there was progress, which was nonsense. if we can get a little bit of progress and get a real humanitarian zone in play, that is a very good thing. but i think it is too soon to say anything significant at this point. how open is president putin to diplomacy, do you think? he how open is president putin to diplomacy, do you think? he is close to diplomacy- _ diplomacy, do you think? he is close to diplomacy- he _ diplomacy, do you think? he is close to diplomacy. he think

host: melinda haring from the atlantic council, thanks for being with us this morning.thank you. host: more ahead here on "washington journal." more of your phone calls on the russian-ukraine conflict, and just a bit later on after that, we'll talk about war crimes. we'll be joined by anthony arend from georgetown university, an expert on the topic of war crimes, both current and the history of war crimes. there's more ahead here on "washington journal." >> weekends bring you book tv, featuring leading authors on their latest nonfixes books. afterwards, we talk about 25 lies, where he argues that democratic party leaders and progressive policies are purposely misleading the american public and destroying the country. he's interviewed by syndicated columnist armstrong williams. and from this year's savannah book festival in georgia, we'll feature some of the author talks, including "beautiful country," jared alexander with "volunteers: growing up in the forever war." michael ian black with his book "a better man." and margaret coker, author of the spy master of baghdad,

host: melinda haring from the atlantic council, thanks for being with us this morning.thank you. host: more ahead here on "washington journal." more of your phone calls on the russian-ukraine conflict, and just a bit later on after that, we'll talk about war crimes. we'll be joined by anthony arend from georgetown university, an expert on the topic of war crimes, both current and the history of war crimes. there's more ahead here on "washington journal." >> weekends bring you book tv, featuring leading authors on their latest nonfixes books. afterwards, we talk about 25 lies, where he argues that democratic party leaders and progressive policies are purposely misleading the american public and destroying the country. he's interviewed by syndicated columnist armstrong williams. and from this year's savannah book festival in georgia, we'll feature some of the author talks, including "beautiful country," jared alexander with "volunteers: growing up in the forever war." michael ian black with his book "a better man." and margaret coker, author of the spy master of baghdad,