u. s. rejects a polish plan to send warplanes to ukraine from a u. s. base saying the proposal, raised serious concerns for the nato alliance and searching for safety. berlin struggles to cope as tens of thousands of ukrainian refugees arrived in the german capital. ah. hello em claire richardson. thank you so much for joining us. ukraine's president says a russian air strike has devastated a children's hospital in the besieged port city of mario paul. volunteers lensky wrote on twitter that the strike left children buried under debris and called the incident an atrocity. and the strike marks a violent escalation amid growing fear is that russia could increasingly target civilian infrastructure in ukraine. a warning that this coming report contains disturbing footage. ah, another explosion, rocks the besieged city of mario pole. but the target was no military installation . a children's hospital now in ruins, after a direct hit from an apparent russian s strike ukrainian authorities, reportedly 17 injuries and fear. many more may still be trapped inside the

u. s. forces would not get involved in the fighting in ukraine, which is not a natal member instead, biden promised more sanctions against russia targeting it's oligarchs. anti closed u. s. s. base to russian aircraft. this isn't in to some of biden's address here. put letters attack on ukraine was premeditated and totally unprovoked. he rejected repeated repeated efforts at diplomacy. he thought the western nato wouldn't respond. he thought i could divide us at home in this chamber in this nation. he thought he could divide us in europe as well, but put was wrong. we are ready, we are united, and that's what we did. we stayed united. we prepare extensively and carefully. we spent months building coalitions of other freelance nations in europe, and america for america to the asian and african continents. to confront putin. like many of you, i spent countless hours unifying your, our european allies. we shared with the world in advance. what we knew put was planning and precisely how we would try to falsify and justify his aggression us president joe biden, speaking that and earlier we talked with tyson back from the german council on foreign relations and asked him about the mes

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u. s. air force base on german soil ramstein, of course involving 2 other natal members. whether u. s. is saying we're not interested in that solution either. so certainly some kind of a blame game that's going on here, or nobody wants to be the scapegoat in the end for actively involving itself into that conflict. now the challenge will certainly be how to do it without being drawn into a wide, a war. that's basically the discussion that's going on right now. and certainly, of course, without a further involvement of natal in the war between russia and ukraine. and oliver, what's been equally interesting is how this has all developed. i mean, whole and didn't discuss this offer with the united states before it announced a publicly on tuesday. at least that is what the u. s. is saying, and it seems to have caught them by surprise. what position does that put washington in? yes, certainly, i caught them by surprise. claire, especially because the secretary of state, anthony lincoln just was in poland himself a few days ago, and the topic was not discuss, at least not to that extent. now

u. s. prison jo, barn travel to poland near the border with ukraine, where he's meeting with polish president on j do down in the south eastern city of joshua. it's home to a u. s. air base where the u. s. military serves alongside polish troops, as part of nato. mister bind will next travel on to the polish capital. warsaw for more talks on the west, military humanitarian and economic response to russia's war on ukraine. and speaking at that meeting with president of judah and a military official, so mr. biden was clear about what he thinks was the way forward. and what he thinks of line reporting. the single most important thing that we can do is keep democracy tonight or opposition. effort to devastation a well your as sir presidential bind speaking moments ago while now ukrainian runner who fled her country last month the to day one that jerusalem marathon valentine, ever at scott fled ukraine with her 11 year old daughter. while her husband, who, incidentally, as also her coach, stayed behind, she told it every news that fans back home had urged her to run for peace. just a few weeks ago, valentin of the red skirt was fleeing for her life. now the ukrainian marathon

u. s. air base where the u. s. military serves alongside polish troops, as part of nato. mister vine will next travel on to the polish capital. warsaw for more talks on the west, military humanitarian and economic response to russia's war on ukraine. and speaking at that very meeting with president duda and military officials, mister bind was clear about what he thinks was the way forward, and what he thinks of latin reputed take lesson. the single most important thing that we can do is keep the democracies united in our opposition, our effort, tokyo devastation occurring in quite frankly, because walk legal definition. well, he was present job i and they're speaking a little while ago now, a ukrainian runner who fled her country last month to day one, the jerusalem marathon and anti nebraska left ukraine with her 11 year old daughter . our husband, whose incidentally also her coach, stayed behind. she told the w said fans back home had urged her to run for a piece. just a few weeks ago, valentine of the red skirt was fleeing for her life. now the ukrainian marathon runne

u. s. s base. and his targeting pro crammed in russian oligarchs, united states, department of justice assembly and a dedicated task force to go after the crimes of the russian oligarchy were joining with european allies to find and seized our yachts, their luxury apartments. their private jets were com before you are ill, be gotten gains, and tonight i'm announcing that we will join our allies and closing off american aerospace to all russian flights. her i, sasha, a white house correspondent and kimberly hawkins has moved out from capitol hill. it was surprising just how much of the speech was devoted. it shows you how much the president's domestic agenda has been hijacked, if you will, by foreign policy issues. namely, the russian, the invasion of ukraine, the president, very clear and even making news. read off the top of that with the announcement that the united states together with allies would be closing air saved in order to for isolate russia. and also targeting russia further tried to is

u. s is pushing back on poland's request to send its mig fighter planes to a u. s basegermany for delivery to ukraine, saying it risk the possibility of a direct confrontation with russia. by the president of ukraine says there is no time to waste and coming up later tonight in sports, the incredible comeback by the stanford cardinal in the first round of the pac 12 tournament. sports director mark ibanez. we'll have the highlights coming up, also had risking his life to keep the world updated on the violence in ukraine. an american journalist shares his experience from the front lines of war. oakland restn the road to recovery after he was punched and hit his head in a fight outside so fine stadium in january. new video shows 40 year old daniel luna shooting a basketball during physical therapy at u. c l. a medical center. he's expected to be released from the hospital later this month. and just within the past hour, the l. a county district attorney has announced . a suspect has been charged in connection with that attack that left the oakland restaurant owner in the

u. s. based on pakistani territory and declined to comment on to condemn russia. ukraine comes with human rights watch accuses ukraine of using dangerous tactics in violation of international law as the army allegedly hides among civilians with ukrainians. saying that they are being used as human shields. they came to our bomb shelters with badges say to lease, and demanded the keys to all the apartments and said that if we refused, they would blow up the doors. the prominent u. s. policy adviser, the rand corporation issues a report about how to cripple russia without engaging in battle.

u. s. air base in germany to allow them to be connected to ukraine. and the u. s . pansy in port of russian oil as western nations move to reduce their reliance on moscow's energy sources. so in a desperate attempt to evacuate besieged areas in ukraine is underway. it's russian forces continue their advance, and the northeastern city of semi fighting has mostly stopped and buses are leaving . but ameria poll people remain in limbo off to russian forces were accused of once again shelling humanitarian corridors. 2000000 people have fled ukraine since russia's invasion began almost 2 weeks ago. charles ratford begins our coverage now for more to give in easton ukraine. the buses, it's south towards mariel, pull the latest attempts to evacuate thousands of people trapped in the besieged port city on the as of see mary, opal has suffered some of the worst fighting in recent days. the russian army and russian back separatists fighters have reportedly surrounded the city where the dead bodies lie in the streets without this, right? we don't have electricity went, we do

u. s. s. base to russian aircraft. that doesn't into some of what biden had to say, whose latest attack on ukraine was premeditated, and totally unprovoked. he rejected repeat it, repeated efforts at diplomacy. he thought the western nato wouldn't respond. he thought i could divide it at home in this chamber in this nation. he thought he could divide us in europe as well, but put was wrong. we are ready, we are united, and that's what we did. we stayed united. we prepare extensively and carefully. we spent months building coalitions of other fredy love nations in europe, and the americans take for america to the asian and african continents. to confront putin. like many of you, i spent countless hours unifying your, our european allies. we shared with the world in advance. what we knew put was planning and precisely how we would try to falsify and justify his aggression you as president joe biden there. and the effects of the russian invasion of ukraine are being felt the world over, including in the united states, whe

u. s. president joe biden. the state of the union address. he says, vladimir putin made a bad miscalculation biden, announced a ban on all russian plains from u. s. s base and says he lost. he also target pro kremlin ali gov, i say department of justice assembly and a dedicated task force to go after the crimes of the russian oligarchy were joining with european allies to find and seize their yachts to luxury apartments. their private jets were com before you ill begotten gain. and tonight i'm announcing that we will join our allies in closing off american aerospace to all russian flights. for a while any cranes president spoke about what life is like inside is heavily guarded compound in keith work and flip that. can you see or fremont? no, no. i can't. when was the last time i saw them before this war? naval you know, done before this one know 2 days ago to the middle. but oh, this was an russian foreign minister saga lab. rog, totally un disarmament meeting in geneva that ukraine had been seeking nuclear weapons, but he provided no evidence of this as labyrinth spoke. dozens of diplomats walked out and protest. but those are the headlines that he's c

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u. s. government looks to filled the void of russian oil. the fee and human reports who stutter got enough. second from the left is one of 6. executives of cit, go the u. s. based affiliate of venezuela state on oil company sentence 2 between 9 and 15 years in prison in caracas, his release and that of cuban american horse albert fernandez, accused of terrorism for flying a drone in venezuela of the 1st tangible results of a secret meeting last weekend between venezuela, president nicole asthma, rudo, and 3 white house on boys the us applause, the men's release, and hopes another southern american prisoners will soon follow. but it concedes the meeting had another key objective. and it's also true that we have an interest globally in maintaining a steady, steady supply of energy, including through our diplomatic effort. so all of these things come to bear when it comes to to venezuela. venezuela has the world's largest oil reserves, but its industry and its economy had been crippled by how she was sanctions aimed at forcing our president, my rudo, whom washington labels a dictator. my buddha is also russian president vladimir putin staunchest regional allied. h

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u. s. is very keen to avoid. we saw that with joe by when he was leaving. he was asked about the possibility of putting permanent u. s. bases in countries like poland and romanian little countries. and he said that is really a for nieto to decide. so the joe biden believes that the best way that can the can serve ukraine at the moment. is to talk about great support, making sure they get that humanitarian security and military support. but also to make sure that when there is any tape moves taken against russia, they are taken in unison with all the other allies. i'll deserves alan fisher flyer . the white house, and when many thanks indeed, ukraine's state of urgency service says that more than 2000 civilians have been killed since washes invasion began a week ago. moscow's intensified it's bombardment of urban areas. russian paratroopers have landed around ukraine's 2nd largest city comp heave, which has endured some of the worst chilling in the south. the mayor of maria poll says that russian forces are actively preventing the evacuation of civilians from the besieged city, or rushes military is claiming to have taken co

u. s. based on pakistani territory and declined condemn russia over the ukraine conflict with broadcasting live direct, more studios in moscow. this is our international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. let's start by recapping the main recent events in the war in ukraine. russia's defense ministry says danielle ken lagossi forces are continuing their offensive and john bass region making further advances in the past day. russian airborne forces have reportedly destroyed nearly 70 ukrainian, the military targets that manager situation in cranes. second largest city huck of is teetering on disaster and that allegations that ukrainian military forces have taken up positions in residential areas and are essentially using civilians as human shields. meanwhile, the u. s. considering tightening sanctions against russia in the coming days, it may include even further restrictions on russian banks and the use of crypto currencies. and a u. k. research company has warned that amid the

u. s. based on pakistani territory and declined to comment run on to condemn russia . ukraine comes with human rights watch accuses ukraine of using dangerous tactics in violation of international law as the army allegedly hides among civilians which ukrainians think that they're being used as human shields. they came to our bomb shelters with badges say to lease and demanded the keys to all the apartments and said that if we refused, they would blow up the doors. the prominent u. s. policy advisor, the brand corporation, issues a report about how to cripple russia without engaging in battle. with my kathy, my director of studios in moscow, this is our international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. now let's start by recapping the main recent events in the war in ukraine. russia's defense ministry says the military opposition has successfully tied up the ups forces in northern ukraine. a strategy intended to draw that countries troops away from the key battles for the dumbass

u. s. based institute for the study of war says, russian forces have taken these areas in read. they control the city, of course on in the south, merrier poll and ukraine, 2nd city car, keith have been shout heavily. russian soldiers are trying to encircle the capital, keith, but ukrainian forces have slowed their advance for now. russian units are reported to be suffering from poor logistics and low morale and their face strong resistance from ukrainian soldiers out there is char stratford, reports from khaki. i city now invoice a man walked carefully down the street totally destroyed. russian bombs have ripped through these buildings and central car give. the area is silent and brutally scarred. shrapnel has ripped through cars, masonry, thrown in, the blasts has crushed. others with flames still rise from buildings nearby on craters and twisted steel. this st in central cock, if shows you just how devastating the effects of russian bombing of the city has been on its higher st totally destroyed. where do these buildings have people's homes in of private residences, flats, som

u. s. base in germany and to be transferred to ukraine. but the u. s. a said it doesn't one, it does. poland still fuel supported by the u. s. so there are 2 things that we have to mention. first is pacts. and of course, nato is packed in which every member should feel safe because of the article 5. and it's extremely important that we remember that. but on the other hand, this war is a war on emotions and this integration and does information. and so you have the pact and you have on one side and the other side is the history of being, being always in the region that this ever again attacked by the imperial russia. there is this old saying in eastern and central europe. they are going to and bend on us again. so you have, you have this, and of course you have the russian does information. i think there is a lot by the way to learn from 2015. indeed, because we, we see now tremendous and petty in, in our lance, you mentioned to a 1000000 of ukrainians in poland, already 3 and a half because already 1500000 arrived we within the last 2 weeks. so, so we h

u. s. president joe biden state of the union address. he says vladimir putin made a bad miscalculation biden, announced a ban on all russian plains from u. s. s base and says it also target pro kremlin only got a department of justice assembly and a dedicated task force to go after the crimes of the russian oligarchy. were joining with european allies to find and seized our yachts, the luxury apartments, their private jets, were coming for you ill begotten game. tonight, i'm announcing that we will join our allies and closing off american aerospace to all russian flight for a well, only ukraine's president spoke about what life is like inside is heavily guarded. compounding teeth block and flip that. can you see or fremont? no, no. i got when was the last time i saw him before this war? sluggishly labeled no longer voters for all today to go to the mill. but oh, this will. yeah, russian foreign minister saga lab rogue told a you and disarmament meeting in geneva that ukraine had been seeking nuclear weapons. he provided no evidence of this liberal spoke. dozens of diplomats walked out and protest. so those are the headlines and these continues her

u. s. bases and weaponry. yeah, i think that's quite possible actually. yeah, i mean, china does think about taiwan in a, in a civil away to are russia thinks about ukraine. i would say, you know, if there's more, not far more historical precedent for ukrainian independence of the risk of taiwanese independence. you know, well, it depends how you think about it. you know, try one was independent for many years during the imperial kind of periods in china as a sort of, you know, it was a not really controlled by beijing or whatever. but, but i, i do think it's very worrying. yeah. because i think, you know what the chinese see is that nobody's going to really protect go to protect ukraine, neck and the st weapons. but nobody's really going to protect you grain or, you know, or do anything militarily, if russia annex is it. and i, you know, i suspect they think the same thing would happen in taiwan. but, but i, you know, i think the chinese are perhaps kind of more strategic and long, you know, kind of for cited then puts in this, you know, the chinese have

u. s. bases and weaponry. i think that's quite possible actually. yeah, i mean, china does think about taiwan in a similar way to russia, thinks about ukraine. i would say, you know, if there's more formal historical precedent, ukrainian independence of the risk, the taiwanese independence, you know, well, it depends how you think about it. you know, try one was independent for many years during the imperial kind of periods in china as a sort of, you know, was a not really controlled by beijing or what type of but i, i do think it's very worrying. yeah. because i think, you know what the chinese see is that nobody's going to really protect, go to protect you crate neck. undersigned weapons, but nobody's really going to protect your grade or, you know, do anything militarily, if russia annex is it. and i, you know, i suspect they think the same thing would happen in taiwan. but, but i, you know, i think the chinese are perhaps kind of more strategic and long, you know, kind of for cited then foods in this, you know, the chinese have an ideology, you

u. s. rejected a proposal from poland to transfer, make 29 point to jets, to the u. s. air base before giving them to ukraine. for certain you leaders, art meeting in versailles, france for a summit on the conflict in ukraine. the war in ukraine is dominating the agenda. leaders also tackling the ease dependence on washer natural gas and oil, as well as the defense capabilities summit was initially organized before russia invaded ukraine to discuss the slides, asian, the economy, and the pandemic. but all issues are now eclipse, fight rushes invasions a short while ago european commission. president ursula one de line set out the agenda for the summit. at the summit, we will rethink european defense with strong capabilities. we will rethink energy. we have to get rid of the dependency of russian fossil fuels. and for that we need massive, massive investment in renewables. and we will also certainly discuss ukraine as part of as our of our european family. we want a free and democratic ukraine with whom we share a common destiny. or let's get the lay, the strong verse i and speak

u. s. air base where the u. s. military service serves rather alongside polish troops as part of nato. mister barnwell, next travel on to the polish capital of warsaw for more talks on the west, military humanitarian and economic response to russia's war on ukraine. and in poland is interviews max xander, max, a symbolic visit. well, you could look at it, you could look at this visit as a symbolic one, but there's definitely more to with while the 1st leg of the president binds trip to europe, was about a blog about getting general garnering support for, for nato in, for the and showing support you alliances this. this is 2nd part of the trip here to poland is about to showing support to a country that is a, a frontline state. and a country that is in a very vulnerable position, as the white house put into poland has put up a tremendous humanitarian effort. they've taken in more than 2000000 of nearly 4000000 people fleeing from ukraine. and this is also one of the issues at their presidential biden, is touching on who will be dealing with a during his stay here in poland. am we heard

u. s. is ramstein air base in western germany from where the u. s. could send them on to ukraine. tactful vas, no, this is in such a serious decision like hanging out, the planes must be unanimous and take an unequivocal by all the north atlantic alliance. just saw it. this is why we have taken such a decision and to day the decisions and nato's hands in the hands of the americans, evident, got dollars of an anchor. american. in return, poland was expected to receive american made f. 16 fighters. an idea floated by washington earlier in the month. but the pentagon categorically rejected the plan. we believed that provision of additional fighter aircraft provides little increased capabilities at high risk intelligence community has assessed transfer. mig 29th to ukraine may be mistaken as escalate tory and could result in significant russian reaction that might increase the prospects of a military escalation with nato. speaking off to talks on the wall with canadas prime minister justin trudeau, german chancellor, earl of schultz was quick to rule out

u. s. military bases near russia's borders, there were actually russian bases surrounding the u. s. american political cartoonist. ted rall addresses that issue in a comic about a suppose it russian alliance encroaching on the u. s. much like nato encroaches on russia. we discussed this with him. he says, washington wants to prevent russia from establishing deep ties with mexico because the u. s. wants to control its southern neighbor. on top of that just is the fact that the united states is, is talking out of 2 sides of their mouths, that they want to control canada, mexico, the entire western hemisphere through the monroe doctrine. look at what happened back in the early 900 sixty's during the cuban missile crisis. the united states did it, you know, threatened to invade cuba. it sent an anti castro cubans, right wingers to go and try to overthrow the government of cuba at the time. because cuba was too close to what was then the soviet union. but you know, they, they don't understand why a country like russia might not want an enemy allied military alliance right on their border

u. s. air base, and then deliver tim them to ukraine. all 27 of the ease leaders are meeting in versailles, france for a crisis summit. on the conflict in ukraine. the war raging on the eastern borders will dominate the discussion. winters are expected to tackle the eas dependence of russian gas and oil, and bolstering the regions defense capabilities. the summit had been organized long before russia invaded ukraine, with digitalization, the economy, and the pandemic on the agenda. all issues now eclipsed by russia's hostilities on the east neighboring country. of course, earlier to day european commission president was in a funded line, said out the agenda for the summit. at this summit we will rethink european defense with strong capabilities. we will rethink energy. we have to get rid of the dependency of russian fossil fuels. and for that we need massive, massive investment in renewables. and we will also certainly discuss ukraine as part of as our of our european family. we want a free and democratic ukraine with whom we share a com

u. s. native base in gemini to fly into as faith contested by russia is concerning of the deputies nato eggs. but terry schultz has more on the significance of this proposed deal. poland has announced it's willing to hand over . it's mig 2092 to the united states. we don't know yet whether the united states is prepared to take them even though we do know this has been under discussion for days. your secretary of state tony blinking confirmed that over the weekend. so we know that this has been something that poland and the united states have been discussing, and of course we hear from ukraine daily that they need more fighter aircraft. of course, they'd really like a no fly zone, but that's not not in the works at the moment. so we need to see whether this happens as i understand at the polish government, would then expect the united states to take over any of the roles that the megs are playing at the moment because once they leave. so this is really a deal in the works and we're seeing the negotiation sort of play out in public. so there are a lot of, of, of pieces still in the, it's

u. s. military base at bay route airport comes under attack. 241, marines die. france and the u. s. then join the united nations interim force in lebanon. officially the attacks were blamed on lebanese shia militia but intelligence agencies are certain to iran is pulling the strings at a po since ethan. if that was a traumatic event. in the next day, we sent our men home and pitifully left the area with a total victory for the iranian central as union. ah, the french president is now fully aware of the seriousness of the conflict with iran. it concerns the aid to saddam supplying the fighter jets and the civilian uranium enrichment project. the iranian shaw had loaned money to france to participate in the project. oh, the whole many regime now demands the money back. oh news a little bit cliche? no, for the disputes that we didn't want to resolved peacefully go we have pay dearly with violence equal and gained nothing owner by any 10 years of french rocky friendship and its consequences. the attack forces france to rethink its support for a rock. hey, washington calls the bombings,

u. s. military base at bay route airport comes under attack. 241, marines di france and the u. s. then join the united nations interim force in lebanon. officially, the attacks were blamed on lebanese shia militia. but intelligence agencies are certain to iran is pulling the strings at a possi saith, and even that was a traumatic event. in the next day, we sent our men home and pitifully left the area with a total victory for the iranian central as union. ah, the french president is now fully aware of the seriousness of the conflict with iran. it concerns the aid to saddam supplying the fighter jets and the civilian uranium enrichment project. the iranian shaw had loaned money to france to participate in the project. oh, the whole many regime now demands the money back. oh news. it won't be cliche, no, for the disputes that we didn't want to resolve peacefully ago. we have pay dearly with violent as you go and gained nothing owner by any 10 years of french iraqi friendship and its consequences. the attack forces france to rethink its support for a rock. hey, washington calls the b

u. s. air base and then deliver them to ukraine. the u. s. house of representatives has approved a massive spending bill that includes $13600000000.00 of a do ukraine and european allies. the funds will cover the costs of sending us troops and weapons to eastern europe, as well as care for refugees. washington is warning of a potential chemical or biological weapons attack by russia and ukraine. it comes after moscow accused us of supporting a bio weapons program in ukraine. the bite and administration believes the accusation could be an attempt by the kremlin to justify such an attack. mcdonalds is closing more than $800.00 restaurants across russia in response to the countries invasion of ukraine. the fast food chain joins a long list of foreign companies, is spending operations in the country, including starbucks high nika, and coca cola. mcdonalds drew a huge crowds when it entered the soviet market back in 1994 summits americas unofficial embassy abroad. for others, it's a place to get a quick bite to eat. at least it was until mcdonalds

u. s. government looks to find alternatives to russian oil. our latin america, the tennessee and human reports, who stutters, got enough. second from the left is one of 6 executives of cit, go the u. s. based affiliate of venezuela state on oil company sentence to between 9 and 15 years in prison in caracas, his release and that of cuban american horse albert fernandez, accused of terrorism for flying a drone in venezuela at the 1st tangible results of a secret meeting last weekend. between venezuela, president nicole asthma, brutal and 3 white house on boys, the us applause, the men's release, and hopes another southern american prisoners will soon follow. but it concedes that meeting had another key objective. and it's also true that we have an interest globally in maintaining a steady, steady supply of energy, including through our diplomatic effort. so all of these things come to bear when it comes to to venezuela, finish layla has was largest oil reserves, but its industry and its economy had been crippled by horseshoe, a sanctions aimed at forcing our president ma rudo, whom washington labels a dictator. my buddha is also russian president vladimir putin staunchest regional allied. y