of this is very real gibbons interest of the radical nationalists groups in ukraine. i showing 2 words sophie, work with dangerous pathogens conducted together with the ministry of defense of united states. metal will so know that in a ne, in, in the case of any such incident, pentagon told the they, are you bringing in a little colleagues to immediately accuse some of the armed forces of the russian federation of all of this of say that they're striking against scientific and medical institutions and to or, or link these incidents with a russian diversionary groups. university ministry of defense of russia, country chain news, analyzing the biological is situation on ukraine and the materials we keep receiving. what we told you today is a very small partial portion of inter leaned formation that we have detailed information is something that we will disseminate in the very near future. as an official document of security council, you will be able to study and review. we think of it, i was a duty to keep the secure, to counsel in form of the situation when it comes to the military biological activity by the united states in ukraine. it creates real risk for international peace and secur

of this is very real given the interest that the radical nationalist groups in ukraine i showing 2 words that the work with dangerous pathogens conducted together with the ministry of defense of united states. we also know that in a ne, in, in the case of any such incident, pentagon, olga, their ukrainian, or colleagues to immediately a key use of the armed forces of the russian federation of all of this say that they are striking against scientific and medical institutions. and to or link these incidents with a russian diversionary groups. they ministry of defense of russia can k news, analyzing the biological is situation on ukraine and the materials we keep receiving. what we told you today is a very small partial portion of in for the information that we have detailed information is something that we will disseminate in the very near future. as an official document of security council, you will be able to study it. we think it, it, i was a duty to keep the figure, to counsel in forum of the situation when it comes to the military biological activity by the united states in ukraine. it creates real risk for international peace and security. and we intend to revert to the discussion of t

and supervised by the defense threat reduction agency of the united states, including in the interest of the national center for medical intelligence of the united states ministry of defense. the key role in amp lamenting this program was placed by the central reference laboratory with bio label -- a bilevel safety three used for the basis of the ukrainian scientific anti-plague located in odessa. an active participant here was also conducted by research centers in other cities of ukraine and kyiv and others. the results of this work were being sent to military biological centers in the united states including into the u.s. army medical research, into the walter reed laboratory research and into the naval medical research of the u.s. navy and into the u.s. army biological warfare laboratories in fort detrick, which used to be key facilities of the american program to develop biological weapons. all of these materials are available on the website of our ministry of defense. our ministry of defense is describing them in the course of their daily briefings. let me dwell on the more failure and examples. our military became aware of a project being conducted in lab

of the vestiges of programs that were being run in these laboratories, we cannot be talking about any use of these laboratories for peaceful purposes. these laboratories were financed by the ministry of defense, united statese administration of the united states to inform the national committee officially, and not through their talking head. and informed about the programs being conducted in ukraine. and our position is that the material that is available today, the statements that were made during these dates by the ukrainian side and by americans, as deputy made statements on this. they did not have the opportunity to cover this up now. we know how many years and with what -- they were looking for opportunities to develop this -- to develop these weapons. and we found these weapons -- we've found your development. we've found your biological materials that were developed among other things for military purposes, and all of that was found in ukraine. what were you doing there? this is a different land, it's got no borders with you. you don't have any military bases there. and what were you doing there? under the cover of scientific developments, we had your experts there who were giving instructions to th

funded and supervised by the defense reduction agency of the united states including any interest of the national center for medical intelligence of the united states ministry of defense. a key role in implementing this program was placed by the central laboratory from biosafety level 3 using the basis of ukrainian scientific and type plague institute located in a dessa. oh yes. also sent to biological centers of united states including the u.s. army medical research institute on infectious diseases the walter reed institute of research into the naval medical research of the u.s. navy and into the biological warfare laboratories which used to be key facilities of the american program to develop biological weapons. all of these materials are available on the web site of our ministry of defense and our ministry of defense is describing them in daily briefings. let me just well on the more salient examples. our military became aware of the details of the project before which is being conducted in kyiv and odessa. to study the possibility of spreading dangerous infections using migratory birds. this includes the hyphae -- highly pathogenic h. and one in as well

united states is madam, nuland and weiden jr. according to the data of the russian ministry of defense, the united states spent more than $ 200 millionetwork of several dozen laboratories in ukraine that acted in the interests of the pentagon and dealt, in particular, with plague and anthrax pathogens, according to the military , the investment fund of the son of american president hunter biden participated in financing the us military biological program in ukraine. russia calls on the international community to cooperate with the new afghan authorities sergey lavrov spoke about this at a conference of afghanistan's neighbors in china in within the framework of this meeting, our minister also held talks with the head of the afghan foreign ministry, a representative of the taliban movement, which is under sanctions, he called on the taliban to establish a national dialogue, but the main thing at this stage is the humanitarian component, they talked about this and at the conference itself, the collective west is directly responsible for the current humanitarian situation is the deplorable state of the afghan economy, and therefore must

shocking fact of emergency clean up by the key of regime of the traces of a military biological program which is being implemented by k of with its support by the united states, ministry of defense, our ministry of defense, russian ministry, over to pens. and now it has documents which confirmed that on the territory of ukraine. there was a network consisting of at least a 30 biological laboratories, in which very dangerous biological experiments were being conducted, aimed at strengthening the pathogenic qualities of the plague. anthrax to a rima cholera and other lethal diseases using synthetic biology. this work is being done and funded and supervisor by the defense, threat or reduction agency of the united states, including in the interest of the national center for medical intent intelligence unite of the united states minister of defense. the key role in implementing this program was placed by the central reference laboratory where the bomb biosafety level 3 using forwards the basis of the ukranian scientific or anti plague in studio named after mentioned go by located in odessa. an active participant here was also conducted by research centers and other cities of ukraine

ministry of health of ukraine appointed a citizen of the united states, mrs. kherson odessa kiev lviv kharkov in ukraine , a network with more than 30 such bio -laboratories stated in the russian ministry of defense emphasized that the pentagon did not finance these studies, the scientific department, but the military that is now happening near the russian borders. on territory of ukraine, on the initiative and under the auspices of the united states of america , the situation is just as extraordinary, because it creates absolutely unacceptable risks for the security of citizens of the russian federation for the security of citizens of other countries, on the territory of which there are many such countries, on the territory of which there are hundreds of us biological laboratories implemented programs on the direct order of the pentagon, such as biolaboratories, are obviously a threat to those territories where they are created to express deadly dangerous virus from a test tube, the consequences can be catastrophic, which is why the pentagon prefers to conduct such experiments away from itself in 2017, the security service of ukraine itself initiated a question before the leadership of their cou

here is what we've heard from the russian ministry of defense about the proof of the side of the president united states and his involvement in financing these bio labs you put down the contents of the letter show the hunter barden played an important role in creating a financial opportunity pathogen work in ukraine. the published correspondence indicates that the true goals of the pentagon in ukraine are far from scientific in one of the letters. the vice president. a method by alter, noticed that the company's activities will be aimed at ensuring, quote, the cultural and economic independence of ukraine from russia, which is rather strange for biotechnology company. now the russian state, duma is conduct conducting an investigation into this issue as well. and they have at this point, stepped forward and asked for comments for joe by president of the states as well as from victoria newland, the u. s. under secretary of state. now they've asked them for their comments as this investigation into the very serious matter of biological weapons, potential planned biological attacks. other other very serious

of hacking into hundreds of energy companies around the world, including some here in the united states, between 2012 and 2018. the fourth person was someone working for the russian ministry of defenset this does is really raise the fears of what could happen now, because it's clear that they have targeted critical infrastructure in the past. they know that. now we're getting these extremely stark warnings from the biden administration, from the very top, from president biden himself, who said that the magnitude of russia's cyber capacity is fairly consequential and it's coming. the president saying that russian cyberattacks are coming. now, there's a difference when it comes to hacking in terms of espionage like the solarwinds hack where we saw russians going after government systems to spy, and then there are hacks that are designed to be destructive. what the fbi has warned is they have seen what's called scanning, where these hackers scan for vul never vulnerabilit. and the activity that we have seen so far is not in the espionage category, it's disruptive and destructive activity that could be coming soon. >> jen easterly, i'll do an exclusive sitdown interview with her tomorro

of threat or even just pose a concern to the alliance of the united states. we want to have a way of speaking directly at an operational level with the russian ministry of defense so it makes ends to do this -- makes sense to do this. >> we see russians have almost taken one third of the empire, the coast of the black sea. how concern is it for you that russians take the entire coast of the northern black sea? mr. kirby: apparently i don't have your level of visibility on where the russian ships are in the black sea and i'm not prepared to say with certainty that they have control over the international waters in the black sea. they have naval assets in the black sea. they are a black sea nation. they have already used some of those assets to conduct an amphibious assault onto the coastline of southern ukraine. as i have said, i don't have any updates in a maritime environment, i cannot assert for sure that they are planning to do another amphibious assault, whether it is towards odessa or any other southern ukrainian port. but we are watching it as best we can. >> on february 18, i asked secretary alston -- secretary alston if the defense strategy would need t

of the ministry of defense and the relevant special services. yes, they are being studied and, in fact, what is already coming to the surface. e proves that the united states was directly involved in the development ofossible to get out there. it is simply impossible there until it is shown how, for example, samples were taken from a old animal burial grounds in order to apply it on the appropriately for e-pathogens. these are the ones, but the amplifications and and all this is all on the surface. well, i know, i'll tell you what the situation is with e application. i just ran into this yesterday, and once again, so, as if the arab channel is there, it means that you have no idea what kind of heat comes from there from the arab channel. well , there are american experts, arabs are behaving normally. in general. well, these means they are attacking, and we are fighting back uh and uh. there people are absolutely in the head square situation. that is, we will now apply biological weapons to them, and nuclear weapons, we will apply subsequent situations, because they believe that our economy has already been destroyed , we have nowhere to go, and therefore we attack with nuclear weapons, imagine how i

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united states. i'm not going to have set of the russian defense ministry now accusing ukraine of planning chemical attacks with support from the u.s. here in the northern city of chairman of ukrainians. meticulously defuse an unexploded ukraine's military claims they took out a russian tank regiment near kiev, forcing the enemy to retreat. this video hasn't been independently verified. >> but these images show what appears to be the aftermath and the ukrainian soldier standing on top of one of the tanks. the un reports more than 2.3 million ukrainians have fled their homeland often under heavy bombardment. tonight, we're learning more about the victims of that russian attack in last sunday. 43 year-old tatiana per being us and her 2 children were killed as they tried to flee. tatiana worked for a silicon valley tech company called se ranking. her colleagues spoke of her fondly. >> she was positive to was strong. she was truly one of a kind. she was like a big sister to all see how a all of my colleagues and me personally and we will always remember her and miss her very much. >> well, for your morning mon

ammunition in the zhytomyr region, this was stated by the official representative of the ministry of defense igor kanashenkov according to him, these bases supplied the units of the armed forces with weapons. in the suburbs of kiev, konashenkov also noted the actions of the russian aviation of air defense systems during the day. they shot down three enemy planes. in the mariupol region, 5 km from the coastline to the sea of ​​​​azov, a ukrainian mi-8 helicopter was shot down, heading for an emergency location, who abandoned their subordinate commanders of the azov battalion. one ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down at the chernobaevka checkpoint. according to the ministry of defense, in total, during the special operation, about 200 ukrainian aircraft and helicopters, more than 300 drones, 172 installations of multiple launch rocket systems and more than 1,700 tanks and armored vehicles were destroyed. responsibility is planned by specific representatives of the armed forces of ukraine and national battalions. this will also affect those who today struck at the center of donetsk ilya ushenin reports from the scene. the first shot of cannon artil

of russia preparing to use chemical or biological weapons in ukraine. that new warning comes after russia's defense ministry accused the united states, without evidence, of illegal chemical weapons development in ukraine. white house press secretary jen psaki responded with a pretty remarkable tweet, claiming those calls preposterous. she said, it's the kind of the russians over the years. she went on to write this. now that russia has made these false claims and china has seemingly endorsed this propaganda, we should all be on the lookout for russia to possible use chemical or biological weapons in ukraine or to create a false flag operation using them. it's a clear pattern, psaki writes. joining us now from white house reporter from bloomberg news, josh. great to see you. the white house has voiced concern around the talk for chemical weapons, that it could in fact be laying the ground work for russia to use them in ukraine. if russia does use those type of weapons, what could be done? >> they don't won't to go tit for tat in this end of things, and these conspiracy theories have been circulating pretty widely, advanced by russia's government, advanced by china's government, at least endorsed by china's government. circulating on chinese social media. there are whiffs around the disinformation we saw around the origins of the coronavirus a

of corruption inside and around the russian government, particularly the ministry of defense. all of that money that was spent, and yet i don't think they have a single sergeant that would make it in the united statests are the ones that are responsible for the discipline and training of soldiers. and it's obviously not there. >> yeah, extraordinary assessment there. so if the outlook for russia's initial plans are as bad as you say, what is a plan b for vladimir putin? you have worked with nato. you have been leading the charge in europe. you have studied russia. how is he going to come away from this? >> it's very difficult. this is the dilemma because i certainly don't see any indication that he's really into self-reflection and hey, maybe i got this wrong, and so i think what he's resorted to is traditional russian medieval approach to warfare, which is smashing cities, murdering civilians. creating massive refugee problems that put huge pressure on the zelenskyy government, but obviously, as your reporters so clearly identified, pressures on other european governments to do something. i think it's impressive. the administration has done a good job of keeping everybody together in the face of t

ministry defense identifies ongoing fights in the northwest of kyiv, and the number of cities, mario pole -- and circled and suffering -- the united kingdom's -- criminal defense for any russian aircraft to enter the airspace. for the united statesmissed poland's plan to provide fighter jets to ukraine, calling the proposal is not tenable. -- told me earlier, uk will not get involved in any such proposals. >> i should say, it was nothing to do with the british government. this is between the polish and the americans. we're not involved in this particular loan idea, and the americans have said that they will not proceed in that manner. look, i'll be completely upfront with you, we need to make sure that in our law absolutely stringent port for ukraine, who are not a nato member, we are not inadvertently doing something which escalates this war. >> political correspondent, coren, joins us. ben wallace kind of -- talk about it overnight. -- this idea of providing jets to ukraine is not going to happen. >> this is not something that the uk was actually involved in. this was an idea that the polish would send their make 20 nines to ukraine, and the americans got involved, saying that they might replace the polish fleet. now, the poli

the united states in ukraine in 2005 had signed an agreement under the department of defense at no cost to ukraine would assist the ministry of health and making sure that ukrainian labs studying diseases could not used develop -- to develop biological weapons and in better detecting, diagnosing, and monitoring infectious disease outbreaks. the united states has invested approximately $200 million in ukraine since 2005, supporting 46 ukrainian laboratories, health facilities, and diagnostic sites. the russian charges are unfounded, wrote biological threat expert philippa lentzos. last week a group of experts, including this author, visited the lugar center, by invitation of the georgian government. we were given access to all areas of the site, and interviewed staff, and concluded that the center demonstrates significant transparency. our group observed nothing out of the ordinary or that we would not expect to see in a legitimate facility. nevertheless, despite the constant debunking, the russian propaganda that the united states has bioweapon labs in ukraine has taken root, especially on the right, with the invasion of ukra

russia defense ministry says ukraine has delivered $800.00 tons of ammonia to the hawk of region and warned of chemical related provocations that would be blamed on moscow. meanwhile, the united states denies it has any biological and chemical labs and ukraine. whitehouse spokesperson has criticized the warnings coming from the kremlin. and in turn came to moscow could stage a publication with britain's foreign secretary, also warning off similar attack from russia. but russia's permanent representative to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons says moscow has evidence on his side. good. so during the discussions our western partners tried to create an image of concern over rumors of russian forces, preparing a provocation with chemicals in ukraine. we categorically denied that and promised to present the facts in the document was sent. we give such facts, for example, the delivery of a $200.00 litter barrel of chemicals with identity labels and foreign languages to don bass. the private military company, forward observation group from the state of nevada, coordinated the shipment during the unloading for you, craning soldiers received chemical injuries. and other

of the united states. hello, russia has announced the end of 40 calls, the phase one of its military operation in ukraine. the defense ministry added that it would now focus on taking full control of 2 eastern regions claimed by russian back separatists. after more than a month of war. the areas you see in red are held by russian forces under a separatist allies or places where they have made significant gains. on thursday, russian troops reached the center of mario pole. the port city has been under siege since the war's early days, and tens of thousands are feared traps without food power, or heat, but ukrainian forces a they've been resisting russian attacks elsewhere, such as around chief enter and a have customer butter is joining us from moscow to tell us what more of the russians are saying about phase one being over. what exactly that mean? tasha me and any indication of the next phases during i think one of the main reasons why i was saying the a stage one has been or has been achieved and the med, most of the girls are the but her in advance. they say that they have managed to cut off the cities of care har curve. s

united states. i'm not going to have set of the russian defense ministry now accusing ukraine of planning chemical attacks with support from the u.s. here in the northern city of chairman of ukrainians. meticulously defuse an unexploded ukraine's military claims they took out a russian tank regiment near kiev, forcing the enemy to retreat. this video hasn't been independently verified. >> but these images show what appears to be the aftermath and the ukrainian soldier standing on top of one of the tanks. the un reports more than 2.3 million ukrainians have fled their homeland often under heavy bombardment. tonight, we're learning more about the victims of that russian attack in last sunday. 43 year-old tatiana per being us and her 2 children were killed as they tried to flee. tatiana worked for a silicon valley tech company called se ranking. her colleagues spoke of her fondly. >> she was positive. she was strong. she was truly one of a kind. she was like a big sister to all see how a all of my colleagues and me personally and we will always remember her and miss her very >> well, happening today, preside

united states. i'm not going to have set of the russian defense ministry now accusing ukraine of planning chemical attacks with support from the u.s. here in the northern city of chairman of ukrainians. meticulously defuse an unexploded ukraine's military claims they took out a russian tank regiment near kiev, forcing the enemy to retreat. this video hasn't been independently verified. >> but these images show what appears to be the aftermath and the ukrainian soldier standing on top of one of the tanks. the un reports more than 2.3 million ukrainians have fled their homeland often under heavy bombardment. tonight, we're learning more about the victims of that russian attack in last sunday. 43 year-old tatiana per being uk and hes 2 children were killed as they tried to flee. tatiana worked for a silicon valley tech company called se ranking. her colleagues spoke of her fondly. >> she was positive. she was strong. she was truly one of a kind. she was like a big sister to all see how a all of my colleagues and me personally and we will always remember her and miss her very >> john, you know, we're reportin

of the united states. or russia says it's achieved the main targets or what, what caused phase one of its special operation in ukraine. the defense ministry saying russia forces will focus on completely liberating ukraine's don bass region and does not rule out the possibility of storming other ukrainian cities. putting up resistance. i sure my body is life force in moscow, sasha, what more have we be hearing from the defense ministry? what has of the russian army is saying that a 1351 russian soldiers were killed and that 3825 were injured. this is the 2nd update by the russian military since the start of the military campaign, what russia describes as a special operation in ukraine. now, when it comes to the operation itself, the russians are saying that they have achieved major gains and that stage the major goals of the stage one has been completed. and they say that they have cut off the cities of kia, her called so me. and nikolai and churney. gov and that have so now is under hassle is under their control and that most of that picture is under their control. they also say that they have managed to control 93 percent of la ganske an

ministry of defense. we are absolutely sure of this and they will also accidentally appear in the press. as for europe, it's not just gas. yes, and not only ukraine there, the united statese european union officially told our people, the people of russia, you will be a beggar. and to stop being poor. you should overthrow putin then. we can maybe unwind you, uh, the valve back, why can't we do this in response, we offer them some options to pay and pay this way. the whole german industry will rise if we turn the valve, it will also be difficult in this one, but they are just trying to humiliate us, and not the government, but the people, please. well, look at military terms. we have said more than once that the united states, that you are ready to fight against russia, then the last ukrainian and in the economy the united states is ready to fight russia, but before the last european. this is quite obvious, because the decisions that the eu makes are determined by the position of the united states and in the long term, of course, the european economy will suffer more than the american economy, because it is less sovereign in terms of capabilities and is more connected with

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ministry of defense reznikov and the chief diplomat kuleb raised this topic at a meeting. with biden, negotiations were closed to presses. here she spoke about sanctions, first of all, of course, they spoke about sanctions. recently, the united states. but we are already working on new sanctions. we discussed. how . we need to give some encouragement to some european countries that are now trying under various pretexts not to introduce tough new sanctions to develop new sanctions. the white house is forced to act, although they are called nuclear, but they do not give the desired effect the day before, the washington post wrote about this, not knowing how to answer biden the one who supported the bombing of yugoslavia, the invasion of iraq, called vladimir putin a war criminal and a butcher, switched to an insult. every day you interact with vladimir putin , see what he did to people. what do you think? he's the butcher. that's what i think. we are engaged in a new battle for freedom, a battle between democracy and autocracy between freedom and repression between a world ruled by law and one ruled by brute force. victory in this battle will not be achieved in days or months. we need to cook yourself to the long battle to come, bide

so the japanese ministry of defense told the united states and presumably shared with other countries as well that it saw some russian ships coming from bases over here. it's a reminder of vast russia is. coming essentially from the asian front of russia, passing through the straits here into the pacific ocean. conceivably, to reinforce either with troops or materiel the effort in ukraine. what would it tell you about the state of the russian military, a, the state of the campaign in ukraine and the state of the russian military writ large if they're having to find resources over here and take the long haul all the way over here. >> right. well, i think, you know, obviously this is a testament to the problems the russians are having. to me, it's an acknowledgment of the depletion of many of their combat units don't know what's on these ships, troops or materiel. but the russian far east is already thinly defended. so if the russians are now pulling forces or materiel from 11 time zones away, acknowledging that the sail time which is quite substantial to actually get them to ukraine, i think is quite a statement about the state of things with the russians and the depleti

defense ministry released this video of its response. the launch -- it launched five missile tests of its own. north korea's missile is believed to be capable of reaching the united statesthis is the first test since 2017. reggie: t t t the witness stand and the federal trial of sunny balwani, the chief operating officer of their nose and former boyfriend of elizabeth holmes. edue about i a keyss andt pross llowing basic asthetexrt e has its work cut out for it. >> for the government, they have had their case and take it out of storage and can put it on with fine tuning. then they are ready to go. for mr. balwani, he is starting from scratch and has to do with the fact that a prior jury already found their nose to be fraudulent and what ms. holmes said about him on the stand. there is a lot of rehabilitation that will have to take place here. reggie: balwani's attorneys are determined to prove he did not intend to commit fraud or conspiracy. they say he was any entrepreneur, not a scientist, and relied on their nose scientists for information. the trial resumes wednesday. standardized tests will no longer be a requirement to apply to a cal state university school. the u

ministry of defense. and the vice defense minister there has confirmed that they believe this was a new kind of icbm, intercontinental ballistic missile. so a long-range missile. this is the sort of missile that puts mainland united statese. and it's certainly one that both south korea and the united states have been expecting over recent weeks. so according to the m.o.d. in jamaica, the details we have at this point, and we are waiting for more details, they believe it had an altitude of 6,000 kilometers. and we also understand that it was just about two hours ago that this was launched, 3:45 in the afternoon. north korea time. so what we're waiting for is how long it was in the air, what the range could have been. and that will tell us exactly what kind of missile this is. but as far as the japanese are concerned, at this point, they do believe it is a new type of icbm. it will be one that will concern washington certainly as it puts the united states within range. we did hear from the pentagon spokesperson a couple of weeks ago as north korea has been carrying out a number of missile launches. it says that it has been for a reconnaissance satellite. certainly one in february, one in march. now john kirby, the spokesp

of top military official the united states would expect russia or any professional military to put in place to run a war in a coherent fashion. the russian ministry of defense has declined to respond to a request for comment from cnn but our sources tell us that absent a top commander, different units from different military districts across russia that are pushing forward in offensives across ukraine appear to be operating independently ofppear to be competing for resources instead of coordinating in the way that the united states would anticipate under a single commander with a single coherent vision for the campaign, for the war. this is also happening at the same time that sources tell us that russia is having an incredibly difficult time with secure communications. its service members and commanders in the field are at times relying on commercial cell phones and other channels that the ukrainians have been able to intercept and at times use to target their own counterstrikes against russia. abby? >> fascinating reporting. katie bo, thanks for bringing it to us. >>> let's bring in cnn's military analyst, retired major general spider marks. spider, you heard what katie bo just reported and as we've been discussing the last several days. russia is engaged in fighting in a lot of parts of ukraine right now. in mariupol, around kyiv, also they are in kharkiv but having trouble with the civilian population there. what doe

of theater-wide commander that the united states would anticipate that russia or any professional military would put into place to run its war in a coherent fashion. now, the russian ministry of defense has declined to respond to request for comment from cnn, but our sources tell us that different russian units from different military districts that are operating in offensives in different parts of ukraine appear to be acting almost independently of one another. they are competing for resources rather than coordinating the way the united states might expect if they were under a single leader with a single coherent vision for the campaign. and john, this is all happening as sources also tell us that the russians are having a tremendous difficulty with secure communications. their troops and commanders on the ground are communicating at times on commercial cell phones and other insecure lines that the ukrainians are able to intercept and use to develop their own targets for counterstrikes against the russian forces. and in some instances according to a source familiar with the intelligence, russian troops are actually being cut off from their commanders, their senior commanders that are further behind them. so a unit might go forward out on a mission, something might go wrong and then they can't radio home for further instructions. so, really when it comes to what the military cal

of missiles to this war that is ongoing in ukraine with all the death and destruction that has occurred. the russian ministry of defense said these missiles destroyed structures in western ukraine, and we should note that the united states has it as a top priority to develop their own hypersonic missiles, because both china and russia are developing their own. kristin and boris? >> thank you. >>> so this week president biden is set to travel to europe to discuss russia's invasion of ukraine and he's going to head to brussels to meet with nato leaders and that's being called an extraordinary gathering followed by a special session of the european council. >> let's get you to delaware where president biden is spending the weekend and cnn white house reporter jasmine wright is covering. what do we think this trip will cover for president biden? >> reporter: boris, deterrence and defense are going to be at the top of president biden's agenda when he heads to europe next week and him plus world leaders are going to have a three-prong mission here. agreeing and then unveiling new measures, sanctions, to punish russia, trying to unveil new measures to support ukraine, and also doing all these things in a real show of unity, trying to present a united front among western allies. and of course this all comes as a response to president putin's continued aggression in russia. so first he will go to the extraordinary nato summit in brussels and it's something that in additio

defense ministry says russian forces were around 15 miles from the city center, and russia's minister of foreign affairs has issued a new warning to the united states saying, pumping ukraine with weapons from a number ofntries orchestrated by them is not just a dangerous move but an action that turns the respective convoys into legitimate targes. plus, in a video message today ukrainian president zelenskyy claims russian forces kidnapped the mayor of the southern city of melitopol. he says it is a crime against democracy itself. meanwhile, president biden says congress is working on a bill to revoke russia's trade status. the u.s. will also ban some imports from russia including vodka, diamonds and seafood. european countries will also try to block russia from borrowing money from global financial institutions. >>> with no sign of a political solution to the war, the fight is intensifying. nbc's richard engel says many ukrainians are desperate for relief. >> reporter: russian forces are expanding their assault on ukraine, striking the central city of dnipro for the first time. nothing seems to be off limits. ukrainian officials say this was a home for the elderly and disabled, hit by a russian bomb in

released by the russian defense ministry are capable of flying five times the speed of sound, can self-correct in the air, and have been at the center of an armed race between the united states, russia and china. >> search and recovery under way after ukrainian officials say russian forces bombed an arts school early this morning in mariupol, where close to 400 people were sheltering. there has been no immediate word on casualties. but since the invasion began, ukraine estimates at least 150 children have been killed, more than 140 injured. according to the british defense ministry this onslaught on civilians is unlikely to stop, as russian forces continue to encircle key cities in ukraine. all of this is happening as president biden heads to brussels this week, to meet with nato allies about the besieged nation. joining me now from brussels is nbc news correspondent josh letterman. thank you for being here. what can you tell us about russia's claim of launching a second hypersonic missile strike and the ukrainians claim an art school being used as a shelter was bombed in a separate incident last night or this morning. >> reporter: well, jonathan, we're now hearing some ukra

the united states in ukraine in 2005 had signed an agreement under the department of defense at no cost to ukraine would assist the ministry ofh and making sure that ukrainian labs studying diseases could not used develop -- to develop biological weapons and in better detecting, diagnosing, and monitoring infectious disease outbreaks. the united states has invested approximately $200 million in ukraine since 2005, supporting 46 ukrainian laboratories, health facilities, and diagnostic sites. the russian charges are unfounded, wrote biological threat expert philippa lentzos. last week a group of experts, including this author, visited the lugar center, by invitation of the georgian government. we were given access to all areas of the site, and interviewed staff, and concluded that the center demonstrates significant transparency. our group observed nothing out of the ordinary or that we would not expect to see in a legitimate facility. nevertheless, despite the constant debunking, the russian propaganda that the united states has bioweapon labs in ukraine has taken root, especially on the right, with the invasion of ukraine co

ministry of defense. he may not fully understand the degree to which his forces are failing in ukraine. the "times" writes mr. putin's ignorance shows a clear breakdown of flow of accurate information going to the russian president. the united states has been dead-on as far as their intel from the very beginning. and putin knows it. he's -- he's -- this as far as psy-ops goes, this is pretty extraordinary. this guy has got to be, becoming even more enraged by the fact that you've got the pentagon spokesperson, you've got the secretary of state saying, poor vlad. being lied to by his closest aides and too ignorant to know it. >> yeah. this is really spectacular trolling that's going on. i mean, we're messing with putin's head here. and i mean, hard to miss the sort of adamant of, almost pleasure on john kirby the pentagon spokesman's face when he said it must be really hard for putin because he's getting bad information. so the shoe, after many years of russian misinformation, disinformation, in the west, the shoe is very much on the other foot. clearly there is some shoiden freuder to be had pointing out to putin he's not getting accurate information barks you people are too scared to give him accurate information. i mean, that's