is more than an attack on ukraine is more than an attack on ukraine is more than an attack on ukraine. it's a devastating tremendous attack on innocent... people in ukraine, but it's also an attack on the whole european security order. that's why we take it so extremely seriously. secretary—general, one question on ukraine's request for turkey to close the bosporus for russian warships. close the bosporus for russian warshi s. ., ., , ., , warships. one follow-up on the 'ust asked. we heard i warships. one follow-up on the 'ust asked. we heard from i warships. one follow-up on the 'ust asked. we heard from the i warships. one follow-up on the just | asked. we heard from the lithuanian foreign minister saying when we lose ukraine we be fighting for nato later stop would you say that statement is exaggerated? fin later stop would you say that statement is exaggerated? on the bosorus, statement is exaggerated? on the bosmrus. that _ statement is exaggerated? on the bosporus, that was _ statement is exaggerated? on the bosporus, that was not _ statement is exaggerated? on the bosporus, tha

his plan all along has been to invade ukraine to control ukraine and its people, to destroy ukraine's democracy, which offers a stark contrast to the autocracy he leads, and to reclaim ukraine as a part of russia. that is why this is the greatest threat to security in europe since world war ii. ukraine is in danger. president putin is blatantly and violently breaking the laws and principles that have kept the peace across europe and around the world. for decades. yesterday, at an emergency session of the un security council, requested by ukraine, the united states and many other countries condemned russia's renewed attack on ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity is a violation of -- as a violation of international law and the united nations charter. underscoring president putin has now torn to shreds the minsk agreement's. -- the minsk agreements. which sought to end the conflict in the donbas region of ukraine peacefully through diplomacy. president putin has self-declared those agreements null and void. the complete abdication of george's commitments under the minsk agreemen

austria will show its full solidarity with ukraine, the ukraine government, ukrainian people. we stand with you. thank you. >> i thank the distinguished representative austria. i now give the floor to the distinguished representative czech republic. >> mr. president, mr. secretary general, excellencies, the czech republic aligns itself with the eu's statement and wishes to add the following in its national capacity. let me begin with the most important words i can say here today. we urge russia to stop immediately its military actions and to unconditionally withdraw all its forces and military equipment from the entire territory of ukraine. we are meeting here today at a critical moment, not just for ukraine or europe, but for the united nations as a whole. a permanent member of the u.n. security council has started a war of aggression against a fellow u.n. member state. it is a blatant violation of international law. it is a flagrant violation of the u.n. charter and its principals which all we should uphold and abide by. this seminal this seminal document was written with th

putin -- about ukraine. putin wants to rewrite the european security order for his benefit, and in blatant disregard for previous international agreements and treaties that russia has signed. senator portman talked about the pude pest memorandum -- the budapest memorandum. there have been other efforts to try and reduce tensions between russia and ukraine by europe, but putin has basically thumbed his nose at all of those efforts. he has shown repeated attempts to subvert democratic institutions in the united states, to attack our infrastructure, and to compromise the sovereignty of our allies around the globe. this is why what happens in ukraine matters here in the united states. it's important that we stand up for our values. it's important that we stand up to protect our national security. and it is critical that we continue to uphold and protect the transatlantic security order that has given us peace and prosperity for over 70 years, since the end of world war ii. as putin tries to dismantle and divide

on ukraine. russia's actions is unacceptable. russia's wrong. russia is aggressor and violates the core principles of international law that the united nations stands for. on friday, each council, this counsel, held its primary responsibility for the maintenance of the national security. the council's response to the breach of the peace and of the act of aggression failed because of the need of the aggressor itself. and prevented -- preventing such act is a direct responsibility of the council. it is necessary to reconvene to decide to call an emergency special session of the general assembly on this issue. we will take this matter to the general assembly with the purpose of making appropriate recommendations to members for collective measures. russia will be held accountable. the civilian population, including children, is suffering the consequences of this horrifying consequence. killings, displacements, hiding in and around urban areas and the use of heavy explosives. construction of civilian

they are pretty much prepared to attack ukraine on a much larger scale. officially, ukraine still hoops is not going to be the case. but as we have seen, putin vladimir put in his really seemingly taking the lead. how to tell the story how it will continue, and he's presenting his own fact reactions from ukraine, yet unclear. funny thanks so much. our correspondent, funny far char, in kia cross over to now to our russia affairs analyst konstantin exit. he joined us from the lithuanian capital buildings. konstantin, what did you make of vladimir putin addressed to the nation in which he declared parts of eastern ukraine to be independent? terry, i'm old enough to remember. leo need business. the general secretary of the company sponsored the soviet union, making pronouncements, but ah, no speech by any story, the russian leader impressed me more than let in yesterday's pronouncement. it lasted for nearly an hour to 6 minutes to be precise. and essentially was a huge lecture in the history of the soviet union and ukraine, latino putting style. and in this announcement, he essentially deni

and with ukraine as well you often hear the refrain nothing about ukraine without ukraine. and it's no secret there are challenges in working with some of our allies, notably germany, on certain issues, not only nord stream 2, but i think is it's necessary to keep as united a front as possible, recognizing that it may not always be possible in every instance, but we need to keep in mind there are few things that wants more than a divided nato or au, and that would a disaster for ukraine, for european security, and indeed, again for local -- and indeed for global security. secondly, the u.s. government across various government agencies, state, defense, intelligence agencies, energy, usaid i think are working hard to help strengthen ukraine's spirit of resilience to counter russia's oppression. there have been stepped up efforts even within the last few weeks, and days, military and other support, cybersecurity intelligence, countering , subversive efforts. a small example, state the state department has issued stat sheets recently countering russia's narrative. you can chec

as you know, ukraine is in the news. it looks like ukraine is going to be invaded by russia very soon. we hope and pray that doesn't happen but we need to be prepared. there are 1.5 million internally displaced persons in ukraine right now. and there will be far more. there will be a major refugee crisis in ukraine and in europe if vladimir putin invades. we want to talk about the current situation and what happens if he does indeed invade. i want to go to michael first. this is it vladimir putin's first rodeo in ukraine. what did he do in 2014 and what were the humanitarian consequences? michael: honored to be here. it is important to point out that before 2014 when russia annexed crimea and invaded, ukraine had no internally displaced people. and now you mention it has a million plus. at that time before 2014, ukraine did not rely on external food aid. after that invasion, things got very bad, especially in the occupied area. things turned very bad. a big problem, i know this from being in the occupied territory as par

>> officials from ukraine and human rights activist talked about tensions between russia and ukraine. hosted by the atlantic council, they discuss humanitarian issues in crimea, which russia annexed in 2014, and potential human rights abuses if russia invades ukraine. >> thank you for joining us. this is a super important event. today's webinar is called fighting to survive, the human toll of the crimmins ukraine war. we have a member of parliament and someone focused on this for many years. welcome. glad to have you here. i also have the director of right to protection, a really important ngo. i am pleased to be a member of his board. i have a nonresident senior fellow at the eurasian center. and all over canadian media. you will probably have seen him on television. great to have you on our platform. and last but not least, a great activist who is the head of the national office of the crimea platform. great to have you here. ho is the head of the national office of the crimea platform. right to have you here. as you know, ukraine is in the news. it looks like ukraine is going to be

u at that is ukraine. obviously on the 2nd to juggle, actually deploring and condemning the, the russian invasion of incursion into ukraine. the russian saying that this had a long basis as a result off at the west and ukraine, ignoring the minsk agreement that was supposed to have led to a peaceful settlement of the conflict between easton ukraine and, and, and camp. it was supposed to given eastern crane autonomy, the russians always say that the west and ukraine ignored all of that. and then the, the european union that, but he, i, you do constantly get underlying all the speeches a lot of the speeches, that sort of, that sense of. and we often hear this of the united nations. what is the united nations actually for? and i think you're getting that underlying message from the various speakers from the president of the general assembly downwards to that. but if, if this isn't the time when the general assembly should act, than when should it act? because theoretically, the united nations is the guardian

use of force against ukraine. these are commitments that must be honored. i know there's a lot that our country and this congress are divided over today and we see it played out on the floor and in the media constantly. but i will tell you, republicans and democrats alike are united in backing ukraine in this crisis. that's why it's so important my colleagues from new hampshire is on the floor with me today. she's been a stallwart and we traveled to ukraine a couple of weeks ago and had the opportunity to meet with leading officials there, including president zelensky and talking to the ukrainian people and let them know on a bipartisan basis we support ukraine. we have a bipartisan concensus on the broad structure of sanctions and an aid package for ukraine. the sanctions, by the way, would cripple the russian economy. we have some disagreement perhaps over pre invasion or post invasion sanctions and how much on each, but we agree on sanctions. we also agree on assisting ukraine with further and much needed suppo

ukraine you -- ukraine repeatedly -- what can justify the loss of thousands of lives? severe stipulations, tensions, including what has been made repeatedly clear. severe consequences. no other place knows more about war and its disastrous consequences in this room. we must be able to see beyond and seek other means to who they are and who they seem to be. finding solutions for negotiations in 2020. it remains now in the council. there are several mechanisms to be used for diplomatic efforts. such efforts should be used to create -- we hope this process will continue. madam president, we all should keep in mind the crisis surrounding ukraine has an impact on the whole europe. targeted attacks. political interference here and there for political gains and a growing tendency of genocide denial i hope this meeting will be part of such efforts and i thank you. >> i think the representative of albania. i give the floor to the representative of the united kingdom. >> thank you madam president. i am grateful to general -- for her briefing. madam president, the first president

recently over the issue of ukraine. what's causing the attention some claims will soon be a war that has no plans to launch any military action and ukraine has made it clear and does not need a war. that there be a war. we note that the united states and the relevant european countries the parties concerned seeking to resolve their differences through dialogue what we urgently need now is quiet diplomacy but not microphone diplomacy. this is the viewpoint held by many members who have also made unrelenting efforts towards this end regrettably if the u.s. does not agree to such a constructive proposal. time when dialogue and negotiation are underway, and concrete progress is yet to be made, the holding of such an open meeting by the council is clearly not conducive to creating a favorable dialogue of sanctions. nor is it conducive to defusing the tension. china, once again, calls on all concerned not to do anything to aggravate tension or heighten the crisis. and to properly resolve their differences through consultation

did not put a force in ukraine? guest: the osce has engaged in peacekeeping operations and monitoring situations in the donbass, but there was not an incident such as one that -- as what has occurred over the last 24 hours that demanded a un presence in ukraine. i think that's why the u.n. has discussed ukraine, but has not engaged in putting troops on the ground. host: i know it's a busy day, and we appreciate you joining us for the beginning of it. thank you for joining us. the wilson center's acting director there. we will talk to you down the line. guest: thank you. >> good morning. just a few observations on where we are today. russia has begun an unprovoked, unjustified, and brutal campaign against ukraine with a full on invasion. the civilians are being killed. ukraine is mobilizing its opposition to the russian invasion. and we must provide ukraine with support to defend itself. we are also going to need to dramatically escalate the sanctions that we place on russia for this act of naked aggression by the kr

it's an obligation on ukraine. is something our neighbors bring into question and that can lead to devastating consequences for ukraine. currently there is a draft. it is not provided by special status. ukrainian side has stated a course to completely move away from a direct interaction within the coordination mechanism and they have provided various options. they do not allow for effective reaction and case the violation. attempt to place blame on russia are futile and baseless. based on the goal of shifting the blame away from ukraine. must say we are very disappointed by the position of our western colleague. we're surprised they are putting into the shadow the minsk measures but i would like to recall the format is a mechanism to control implementation but not a place where new decisions can be discussed. for seven years, russia has been calling for the western sponsors to exert pressure to implement the agreements. they were doing exec of the opposite. we have thousands of victims of the internal armed conflic

he realises that ukraine needs to be strong in order not to let putin further invade ukraine.ses that he made to the ukrainian people, that ukraine, again, develops as a peaceful country, now rests on ukraine being strong enough to be able to confront putin. right. ukraine is not strong, though, is it? let us look at the realities of ukraine's position, particularly in energy, which is, of course, your sector. you say that russia is blatantly — and this is your phrase — using gas as a weapon. but the truth is, russia holds the cards when it comes to this question of energy supplies and gas distribution, because ukraine, for years, has become dependent on the income that comes from being the servicer of russia's gas exports to europe. even today, you still get billions of dollars — at least $2 billion a year — from transhipment fees. you haven't weaned yourself off that — you should have done, and now you're vulnerable. i think i have a rather differentjob. i will explain what i mean. so, before i came back to naftogaz in 2014, ukraine naftogaz, my company, was paying on averag

we don't need more in the 21st century. ukraine done need to put him in ukraine. so please leave georgians. ukrainians really consider themselves brothers and sisters in arms. that's because georgia experienced 14 years ago. what is happening now in ukraine? the self, the set in territory of georgia was invaded by russian forces later recognized as a republic, although territory. and of course, it is considered internationally part of georgia. so georgians are experiencing a sense of deja vu about what they have been seeing today happening in ukraine. there's a lot of fear about what's going on and concert of course, about what is going to now transpire. we need to stop russia discussed in maybe ukraine because next there will be other here. okay. can face great. it was good crane and next other country. there are very strong nation and we all support them the whole world and they should keep on fighting. no matter what the cost for their freedom and georgians will help them in any way. and the way we can georgia feel vulnerable russian military base is a station

sorry, there can be no decisions about ukraine without ukraine. and no decisions about georgia without georgia. final session, we met with our close partners. we shared the same values. we faced the same challenges and the crisis in and around ukraine affects us all. we agree that it is even more important now that we continue to work together. and, met each other's efforts to bring these crises to a peaceful solution. with that i am ready to take your questions. >> dan michaels with the wall street journal. are you concerned about comments out of russia about hostilities -- could this be used as a pretext for russia to attack? >> we are concerned that russia is trying to stage a pretext for an armed attack against ukraine. there is still no clarity or certainty about the russian tensions. we don't know what will happen but those that -- what we do know is that russia has amassed the biggest force we have seen there in decades in and around ukraine. we also know that there are many russian intelligence officers operating in ukraine. they are prese

putin moves into ukraine, which is right next door?> president biden's been very clear about, you know, the fact that we're not going to deploy forces in ukraine. and we will make sure that we do everything possible to protect our troops and our polish partners so that there isn't a spill-over cross-boundary. but this is something that we'll be on the lookout for, and we'll be thoughtful about making sure that we've taken the right steps to try to prevent that. >> reporter: one of the things that's most chilling, really, is listening to sources i have, and others, talk about what they think this will look like. they do believe that putin will send his troops into kyiv. it will start with missile barrages. you'll have electronic warfare, cyber warfare, aiming for the infrastructure of that city and around ukraine that have special operations forces come in. russian special operations forces are very good, but they supposedly have target lists with government and military officials on that target list that those special operations forces

how prepared is ukraine to defend itself?— ukraine to defend itself?much for— ukraine to defend itself? thank you very much for having _ ukraine to defend itself? thank you very much for having me _ ukraine to defend itself? thank you very much for having me on. - ukraine to defend itself? thank you very much for having me on. i - ukraine to defend itself? thank you very much for having me on. i thinkj very much for having me on. i think the problem is that ukraine has mobilised its military rather late in this crisis. and ukraine's military have to exercise extreme restraint because they don't want to provoke the russians who have moved into eastern ukraine any further to give them that provocation that allows putin to escalate further. i really feel for the ukrainian soldiers patrolling the front line in eastern ukraine, almost certainly being told to not respond to any provocation, do not retaliate. they really are on the back foot waiting for the russians next move. you were on the ground — for the russians next move. you were on the ground in _ fo

what nato did in ukraine, changing the regime at a moment in time where ukraine was getting close to russia, changing the regime, put it in solving, put politicians, which are radically answered. russia, not only against russians and russia, but to the russian speaking community in ukraine's today. the head of that community is banned from politics. he's in prison and isn't in his own home. russian speak media in the opposition. leaders today are forbidden in ukraine. so who's, who's managing all this? this is coming out of washington, washington, once a 10 zone they want war on russian wrenches border. they don't want russia to become a european power. this is not in the interest of neither the ukrainians. i did something i think you're alluding to. that person is also referred to that the so called western policy of containment of russia, that that's all not the story i'm going to get into. but mr. markovich, i've got about 35 seconds left for your answer here, rushes or western partners, calling today's escalation. quote, bob barrick, it wasn't that long ago that he actually said

but ukraine is defending itself, ukraine has a strong army, ukraine has a lot of people who volunteerassistance, for humanitarian assistance, for humanitarian assistance, for humanitarian assistance, for political assistance, for political assistance, because putin will not stop at ukraine, you know? it is just a matter of time.— stop at ukraine, you know? it is just a matter of time. anna, thank ou ve just a matter of time. anna, thank you very much _ just a matter of time. anna, thank you very much for _ just a matter of time. anna, thank you very much for talking - just a matter of time. anna, thank you very much for talking to - just a matter of time. anna, thank you very much for talking to us. i just a matter of time. anna, thank| you very much for talking to us. we really appreciated, thank you. thank ou. we are going to talk now about a modern tactic of war for that russia has used successfully in the past, and it is cyber attacks, joe tidy is our cyber reporter. tell us what you know about in the last 2a hours. well, yesterday, ukraine was hit with ddos attacks, which stands

two vital calls on the situation in russia and ukraine. first was to a bipartisan group of members in congress currently representing the united states along with vice president harris at the munich security conference. the second was the latest in a series of calls over the past many months with our nato allies and european union. updating them on what is likely to happen in ukraine in the coming days, to ensure that we continue to remain in lockstep. that is the european union and nato. despite russia's efforts to divide us at home and abroad, i can affirm that has not happened. the overwhelming message of both calls was one of unity, determination and resolve. i shared with all of those on the calls what we know about a rapidly escalating crisis in ukraine. over the last few days, we have seen reports of a major uptick in violations of the cease-fire by russian backed fighters attempting to provoke ukraine. for example, a shelling of the ukrainian inter-garden yesterday which russia falsely asserted was carried out by ukraine. we also c

ukraine needs help.as russia sent more and more trips to the body, ukraine was receiving more and more military aid from the west. overall us has given $2.5 billion since 2014. as ukraine's military has doubled in size, it has been fighting also against separatists in eastern ukraine but thursday night brought something new and face with russian invasion, ukraine needs more help. that will not be troops, as president minded has made clear. we president minded has made clear. - have no intention of fighting russia. �* , , ., russia. but this began it has escalated- — russia. but this began it has escalated. the _ russia. but this began it has escalated. the american - russia. but this began it has - escalated. the american released a further $450 million. other countries also offered more. the uk, france, poland, belgium and crucially germany. translation: im’ith crucially germany. translation: with the invasion of— crucially germany. translation: tn the invasion of ukraine we have entered a new era.— the

it's not just ukraine speaking, but ukraine. i think yes, of course, putting would be happy to hear that key of is considering giving up its natal dream . but i think this is not enough. and i think we can only talk about it if, if russia is ready to give certain guarantees to ukraine. and those guarantees are very thing i would say after the annexation of crimea. and after what happened in eastern ukraine, the war is go on going the yes, and i want to come back to, to that in just a moment. that statement by a president lensky. yeah, that i mentioned was made during a press conference with german chancellor or left schultz who went to here on monday and moscow on tuesday, a delicate mission for a leader who has been criticized for doing too little to support ukraine. ukrainian president zalinski is expecting arms deliveries from germany, but chancellor sholtes continues to refuse the request. instead, he has worn words of solidarity for ukraine and a firm stance towards vladimir putin my heel kiff, by making it clear here in ki

. fist statement about the situation in ukraine. �* ukraine.ine. at the same time, the entire world is _ ukraine. at the same time, the entire world is witnessing - ukraine. at the same time, the entire world is witnessing the l entire world is witnessing the determined and brave resistance by the ukrainian army and population. as russian forces unleash their assault on kyiv and other ukrainian cities, we are resolved to continue imposing massive costs on russia. cost that will further isolate russia from the international financial system and our economies. in coordination with president biden, president macron and chancellor scholz, as well as prime minister trudeau and prime minister johnson, we considered a significant tightening of our international response. the european union and its partners are working to cripple putin's ability to finance his war machine. i will now propose to eu leaders of the following measures. first, we commit to ensuring that a certain number of russian banks are removed from swift. this will ensure that these ba

i stop but russia is doing right now to ukraine?— now to ukraine?ukraine? i believe in | the ukrainian world congress believes there is a lot more that our partners and nato countries can do first of all, let's stop any diplomatic relationships with the country, aggressive country who did such aggressive country who did such a massive act of violence of un charter. plus there is a switch that can be turned off for any financial operations, there is economical sanctions, support and help, military assistance for ukrainians and of course the humanitarian crisis that can be dealt and help with on the ground in europe.- can be dealt and help with on the ground in europe. there are re orted the ground in europe. there are reported to _ the ground in europe. there are reported to be _ the ground in europe. there are reported to be fierce _ the ground in europe. there are reported to be fierce battles - reported to be fierce battles to the north of the ukrainian capital kyiv. and russian forces have captured an air base in the city near chernobyl nuclear p

. casualties and explained how they help ukraine-— help ukraine.lp ukraine. want to highlight three concrete actions - help ukraine. want to highlight three concrete actions in - help ukraine. want to highlight three concrete actions in the i help ukraine. want to highlight l three concrete actions in the first i'v e i've allocated 20 million us dollars from the central emergency response fund to support emergency operations along the contact line in the eastern regions and other parts of the country. these will allow us to help more vulnerable people get the basics, shelter, food water and health care as it second, i've appointed a crisis core naderfor ukraine. he will liaise with the government with all relevant actors on the ground, supported by the resident humanitarian for date un's country. at the same time, we are bringing in partners from in and outside the country and filtering personnel into the country. tomorrow we will launch two where needed emergency appeals for ukraine in the region. when that is escalating, including rising eternal

. ukraine wants that off. the table right now wants preemptive sanctions as a sign of western resolve. m o f. so it's basically doing his best to not even mentioned the pipeline in recent days. something that has raised concerns here that germany is trying to save this loop to project against all the odds and all the security concerns. so is it, how likely is it? let me ukraine asked for weapons. germany basically of offered a helmets. m, what does this say about the atmosphere of this meeting today? especially that announced with a 5000 helmets coming as it did it a time where we had almost daily flights coming from the us, bringing javelin anti tank missiles. the baltic states themselves very small, not hugely well armed, sending a pretty expensive us road sting anti aircraft missiles from their own stocks. so basically the comparison between germany, a conservation 1000000 in the baltic states who are much smaller population was pretty stark. and we had mer of kiev former world heavyweight boxing champion v

not sending troops to ukraine. is no nato requirement and he knows americans are not looking for another bloody war, having pulled out of the ones in the middle east and afghanistan. also he does not want a direct conflict with russia. these are the two largest nuclear powers and he does not want to get into a shooting war with russia. all of those things he has telegraphed before, but of course, you say you are not going to send troops to ukraine to fight, that suggests there are limits to the kind of deterrence you can telegraphed. he has stressed sanctions, crippling sanctions, has stressed he is sending weapons to ukraine to beefp their ability to defend themselves. that is an increase. they have moved more strongly on that, sending ammunition to ukraine. at the moment, somewhat symbolic, troops to the eastern anks of nato in those eastern european countries that are close to russia to send the message that the united states stands fully with nato. ros: finally, almost everything with regard to american policy

the rhetorical assault essentially that we saw president putin deliver against ukraine, denying ukraine its -- ♪ >> the council is called to order. the provisional agenda for this meeting is dated 28th of february 2014 from the permanent presented of ukraine to the united nations addressed to the president of the security counsel. the agenda is adopted. in accordance with rule 37 of the councils provisional rules of procedure, i invite representatives of germany and ukraine to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. in accordance i also welcome to this meeting the united nations secretary-general, and tony -- secretary-general. and in accordance with rule 39 of the council, provisional rules of procedure, i invite rosemary and the secretary-general -- two per dissipate. the council will now consider its consideration of item two of the agenda. i wish to welcome the secretary-general and give him the floor. >> thank you very much mr. president. mr. president, excellencies, i worked to reaffirm what i expressed this morning in the meeting at the general assembly. it would not make

but there have been cyber attacks against various ministries and ukraine and against a the media in ukraine. obviously. um rush as a armor, launching cyber attacks. i'm not aware of this one that you've mentioned her, but her arm or we are are i'm trying to help ukraine fight these on the cyber attack, sir. and that will be part of the aid that will provide. now hidden assets are in the subject of the actions that were on the sanctions that were approved or we'll have to locate them and we will have to take action. i'm not going to go to european port ports to try to pinpoint to arm or these yards sir. but to of course we have means to do that. i dropped out of the mother left. that was your per you had asked for a floor, wasn't sure who miss. hi representative. good afternoon or could you clarify one thing to you? we got something you're saying yesterday called new york. tell you about the fact that you, again, what was going to grant fight planes to ukraine says scoop, we knew that he could, could you tell, could you give us details which countries are going to provide you kind of a fight

every day you are russia, ukraine, russia, ukraine. have a great day. host: let's go to ethel calling from new york city on the democrat line. good morning. caller: good morning. i cannot believe i am following that call. i am disturbed about the vice president's manner of speaking. i cannot say it myself, she needs elocution of speech. she drives me crazy. she is out there representing us. why doesn't someone tell her she has to speak with passion like the dull thing she is reading. if trump had been president now, we would be sunk. that is my thought for the day. thank you for taking my call, jesse. host: let's go to les calling from dodge city, kansas on the republican line. caller: i have a message for vladimir putin. i think you need some more tanks, vladimir. those kindergartners are very tough. i heard they might even join nato. you better watch out for them kindergartners. they are pretty tough. they might whip you. host: john calling from bedford, new york on the democrat line. caller: good morning. with russia's focus on the ukrainian situatio

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what happens in ukraine will not stop in ukraine. how this crisis plays out will affect other countries in the region including our nato partners. emergent powers around the world are watching closely what the united states does, and i must make this final point to my colleagues. house and senate. we've yet to update our national defense appropriation bill. there's talk about another continuing resolution. members of the military leadership met with members of the senate just this morning and talked about how inadequate a continuing resolution keeping the appropriations where they were a year ago, a year and a half ago instead of updating them as we know we have to do, how injurious that is to our national security. i can't think of a better signal that the house and senate could send than to resolve our differences about how much money needs to be spent on the domestic programs and on the defense programs, and to get at least the defense portion of our appropriation bill updated and passed within the next few weeks. that would send,

into the ukraine. but that needs to be a training element to it as well, which at this point in time as the wars already started is very, very difficult. and no flies on itself, certainly would address that issue, but would come with immense risk for the west, because it would mean that you would have to enforce it classically against the russian f was way where things happening at rapid speed with a huge, huge risk. i think for nato forces to get direct into a kind of article 5, it kind of moment or territory where, you know, they took kind of nature planes would have to fight russian planes. there's a lot of leeway, a lot of rooms on mistakes, particularly as things happened very, very, very quickly. and, you know, ne, to can see big, we very quickly in a space where it would have to fight russia and have to reply to aggression or reply actively against a russian aggression against its own forces. that is something that, at this point, nato is definitely a risk that nato is not willing to take. dmitr

russian and soviet investment in ukraine. the basically, if you quinn wants to leave russia's fear of infants needs to give all that up. and basically, you know, become at full independent state or a much smaller part of its current territory. am crazy, really unexpected or little elements about talking about water prices for domestic households in ukraine talking about various in factories. it has gone bankrupt. so kind of a story that the present russia feels the need to talk about these things a, on the prime time talking to russian citizens. and the main focus was his last sentence was basically a pretty open threat to ukraine. that he said that if basically ukraine doesn't get its troops out of him, government hold could territory, or then any kind of escalation violence could leave to a much bigger war. and that he said would be fully the responsibility of what he called the regime here. and key of right and so the them, what another fear for the government must therefore be that, well, will it just and that done it's g

for ukraine say they should — americans for ukraine say they should get— americans for ukraine say they for ukraine say they should get out while they stilli americans for ukraine say they. should get out while they still can, do you _ should get out while they still can, do you have — should get out while they still can, do you have a _ should get out while they still can, do you have a picture _ should get out while they still can, do you have a picture of— should get out while they still can, do you have a picture of how- should get out while they still can, do you have a picture of how manyj do you have a picture of how many americans— do you have a picture of how many americans are _ do you have a picture of how many americans are in— do you have a picture of how many americans are in the _ do you have a picture of how many americans are in the ukraine? - do you have a picture of how many americans are in the ukraine? i. americans are in the ukraine? would refer you to the state department for the specifics on theirs. i don't want to do it at the top of my head. there's basically t

not only attacked ukraine, he has - only attacked ukraine, he has flouted the sovereignty of ukraineor decades. ., �* , , , decades. tonight in brussels, eu leaders agreed _ decades. tonight in brussels, eu leaders agreed their— decades. tonight in brussels, eu leaders agreed their own - decades. tonight in brussels, eu| leaders agreed their own package decades. tonight in brussels, eu i leaders agreed their own package of sanctions, freezing russian assets, blocking its banks's access to european financial markets, but not, it would seem curbing any sales of russian gas. their aim, to avoid division. the concern felt particularly by those on the front line. ~ ., ., , ., ., line. we have to be united around massive sanctions, _ line. we have to be united around massive sanctions, severe - line. we have to be united around i massive sanctions, severe sanctions on putin, on russia. we cannot allow to cross another rubicon for putin. what is very important is the sanctions _ what is very important is the sanctions are coordinated, that is between — sanctions are coordinated, that is bet

. 30,000 armored vehicles, ukraine has 12,000. 12,000 self propelled artillery, ukraine has a littlever a thousand. russia dominates in airpower with over 700 fighter aircraft combined with 70 for ukraine. more than 500 attack helicopters, ukraine has 34. 1500 helicopters overall, ukraine has a little over 100. that is not even going into seapower. what is in your view russia's most potent weapon here? what is ukraine's most potent defense? tesco -- guest: those numbers sound right. what russia is doing is predictable, to the biden administration's credit i would say they predicted much of this. they're trying to take out ukraine so they take out the radars, air missile defense, he tried to seize airports, combat and will just go forces. -- and logistical forces. russia's greatest asset is their military. many americans may not be tracking that russia in recent years has conducted a massive militarization modernization effort. i will remind viewers that russia continues to occupy portions of georgia. the ukrainian military has improved as well. russia has a formidable military course

what is happening now in ukraine? the self to set in territory of georgia was invaded by russian forces later recognized as a republic, although territory. and of course, it is considered internationally part of georgia. so georgians are experiencing a sense of deja vu about what they have been seeing today happening in ukraine. there's a lot of fear about what's been going on and concert of course, about what is going to now transpire. we need to stop russia just in maybe ukraine, because next there will be other care. okay, thank faith. great. it was good crane and next. other country, there are very strong nation and we all support them the whole world. and they should keep from fighting no matter what the cost for their freedom and georgians will help them in any way. and the way we can ga feel vulnerable russian military base is a station just a few 1000 kilometers away from the capital. and they're fearful about what could happen next. because given the unprecedented invasion, anything no seems possible in this

one is ukraine, non joining nato. the 2nd one is the withdrawal of military capabilities off the united states from eastern european countries, members of nato. and the 3rd one, most importantly, is the reversal of nature. membership to all members off nature that joint after in 1997. or, you guess, at this point, we have confirmed from russia that it's, the soviet union is its more than that its central in eastern europe. there must be a lot of fear then in the region of countries in the region, particularly the other former soviet states. preparing for an escalation beyond ukraine. yes, we've seen the lowest clear size if you will, in terms of preparation now for many years military and on the non military side, if you think about the energy decoupling in the baltic countries in poland after 2014. and we've seen, of course them increasing worries in all former soviet union countries. and again, outside of those if we're looking at home loans or romania, renee bring neighboring ukraine. so there's a lot of concern. t

ukraine president saying we broke off diplomatic reelalatio are ukraine and coming out to protest war. this is the comment he made before, but once again, using this opportunity to speak directly to russians those within ukraine and those in russia as well. calling on them to protest what president putin is doing he also said that he wants people to spread honest information. the enemy has suffered serious losses and he is encourages businesses to provide goods and cert cerservices to people volodymyr zelenskyy is saying we will remove sanctions from all citizens of ukraine who are ready to defend the state with weapons in their hands president volodymyr zelenskyy holding a tough line not showing any sign of backing down rosanna. >>> extraordinary, julianna. now a look at what is happening in the energy crisis with ukraine. brent crude above $100 a barrel for the first time since 2014. now $104 wti, in the meantime, up to $99 a barrel this is extraordinary numbers. understandable that traders will have to be careful with russian barrels in the market depending on the sanctions we hear

an annen an invasion by russia into ukraine. will have impact on ukraine trade. products. impacting primarily north africa. an impact on the global food supply. and impacts there. you're not going to see in the context of sanctions i think the white house. you're not going to see the sanctions imposed on oil and gas. what everybody is concerned about. for good reason. i think the u.s. and european allies have said is if we go down that route, it's counter productive. not only because it hurts russia and americans and europeans, because the political will to endure the sanctions whether it's the u.s. or germans or others. it's going to weaken if in fact homes aren't heated. businesses can't run. the u.s. and european allies are not likely to impose sanctions on european gas and oil exports. the big concern i have is that the third bucket. if we go down the route of sanctioning russia, but on bank transactions and technology imports. and other key sectors, vladimir putin is shown himself not shy about imposing retaliation sanctions probably cyber. we don't know wha

it wants a ukraine without weapons, it wants a neutral ukraine, and it_ weapons, it wants a neutral ukraineould — weapons, it wants a neutral ukraine, and it would see that then as a buffet — and it would see that then as a buffet it — and it would see that then as a buffer. it does not want ukraine absorbed — buffer. it does not want ukraine absorbed into nato. again, as i say, there _ absorbed into nato. again, as i say, there is_ absorbed into nato. again, as i say, there is a _ absorbed into nato. again, as i say, there is a definite belief here in there is a definite belief here in the eu — there is a definite belief here in the eu that it's about more than that with — the eu that it's about more than that with russia. they want more of a buffer— that with russia. they want more of a buffer zone. i've spoken in favour of eu _ a buffer zone. i've spoken in favour of eu member states, sweden and finland _ of eu member states, sweden and finland being neutral, and that is where, _ finland being neutral, and that is where, for— finland being neutral, and that is where, for example, the bal

ah. russian tanks roll into ukraine. the target, the capital keep ukraine's president says the response from the west is not good enough. so what are the options? can ukraine defend itself? this is inside story. ah hello and welcome to the program. i'm hammer, jim's room. russia's invasion of ukraine is intensifying with air and ground assaults. russian troops have taken several towns and cities, and also the chernobyl nuclear disaster site. now they're attacking the capital kiff ah, explosions and gunfire have forced hundreds of thousands of people to escape to subway stations and make shift bomb shelters. russian tanks have arrived over the border from belarus, ukraine's president vladimir zalinski says russia is targeting civilian areas. he is calling for stronger sanctions against moscow, adding his country is being forced to fight alone. golly boom boom, badly together when bombs fall on key if it happens in europe, not just in ukraine. when missiles killough people, it's the death of europeans. i demand greater sec