will stand by the ark ukrainian armed forces and as other native allies have we will continue to find ways to help them. >> they've announced they are closing for space -- none left you have any comments on this? >> i don't have anything on that. >> dod coordinating defensive systems with partners and can you, on -- >> i can't comment on that, that's really for the european community to speak to. separate and distinct from that, we absolutely remain in close consultation and coordination with allies and partners about security assistance and i don't have a coordination mechanism to speak to like all of us funneled through a single place or that kind of thing but we continue to coordinate closely with allies and partners about the security systems ukrainians continue not just from us but them as well -- >> providing ukrainians with weapons, they are not revealing what weapons they are providing ukraine and u.s. has been reluctant but we are talking about -- not a lot however, we are still talking anti- armor but there's no sympathy, some might say, you don't want to provoke the russian

union or with with assistance, but not lethal assistance, not the kind of ammunition that the ukrainian armed forces will be getting. so certainly very significant and is expected to bolster the crane and armed forces as they continue to battle the russians on the ground. so something of a watershed moment here for european security and foreign policy as well. now ukraine is aspiring to join the european union. that's part of what all this conflict is about, assuming that ukraine retains its independence. christine, what are its prospects of actually becoming a new member? stay well in, in, in, in the days and after the invasion and began have some e u member states l opened up their conversation they, they made public remarks expressing that ukraine should be granted a path to accession into the european union. poland for example, slovakia are for example, the polish president just this weekend. and also this weekend we heard are from the commission president was to live on the line, she said, and i quote, they are one of us referring to ukraine and we want them in of what else as she, she put a ca

but kyiv is fully under control of ukrainian armed forces. the national guards and territorial defense. even though the situation remains tense, because we heard from mr. putin's speech that his goal is to attack all of ukrainian capture kyiv, and his goal is to have a russian government in kyiv. now, all three of those we ukrainians believe is not only not possible, but we will do everything possible to prevent that from happening. >> [indiscernible] could you kind of stay there -- [indiscernible] amb. markarova: president zelensky is in kyiv. he regularly records messages from kyiv. he intends to stay there, and our armed forces also intense as well as all people who live in kyiv to feel free to defend our capital. reporter: [indiscernible] what exactly does your government believe -- [indiscernible] amb. markarova: the only thing i can say now is what our president says, that at any stage we are ready to -- of course for peace talks, but we are not ready to capitulate or surrender. when we have, or if we have more information about that, be

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we'll provide security assistance to ukrainian armed forces and we're still going to look for ways to do that in the most effective, efficient way possible. our support for ukraine continues as well as that of allies and partners. i'm going to refrain from hypothesizing what-ifs in terms of any disruptions or potential disruptions to that assistance. mike glenn. reporter: yeah, hi, john. thanks a lot. question -- the russians have violated basically every rule of war you can think of. under the 3:1, they should have about a million troops instead of the 200,000 troops. they are not concentrating forces. they don't have control of the airspace. they don't have -- they didn't have a good situational awareness of their opponent. my question is -- are leadership in the building, are they surprised how bad the russians have done -- have bungled this invasion so far? secretary kirby: we're watching this as closely as you guys are on a day-by-day basis, and we're refraining from making some sort of broad assessments or assigning report cards to them on any given day. it is day five, mike. it

we need a provision for the ukrainian armed forces and that's not a provocative act. we played this game for decades, for multiple generations under the cold war. the russians provisioned and fought and employed their own pilots in fighter aircraft marked as north korean aircraft and shot down american planes in korea. most of the casualties in terms of aircraft during the vietnam were the result of russian operated and russian provided air defense systems. the russians were the unseen hand in grenada. we armed the mujahideen. this has done -- has been done before. we forgot. we need to open up the spigot. the $350 million is recognized as dust. it should be bigger than $it should be $35 billion for reconstruction. we are -- between us -- we are by far the richest country in the world. between us and our allies, we have the economic wherewithal to support ukraine and usher them through a peaceful, thriving democracy on the far end of this. and those -- that should not be something retained now. that should be something announced now to encourage the ukrainian people.

so what they're gonna do is they're going to give the ukrainian armed forces from what is already in the e. you stop by that, i mean, what do individual member countries have? so for example, some states i have loads of anti tank missiles at this have fighter jets and others not. so they're going to be coordinating who's got what and how then to send that off, of course, to the ukranian, a military that has to happen soon in the coming days, as you can understand the situation on the ground as it is unfolding. and this has to happen sooner rather than later. so it is expected that the defense ministers will now be coordinating the logistics of that bear in mind. the european union is not a military alliance. so to say, so this is sort of uncharted territory. but many of them are nato member states and under the nato framework. they have participated in a number of maneuvers so they have the know how in terms of how to move around or equipment. so you can expect that they would use avenues like poland, romania, et cetera, in order to get as some of this military aid add to the ukraini

so what they're going to do is they're going to give the ukrainian armed forces from what is already in the e u struck by that. i mean, what do individual member countries have? so for example, some states i have loads of anti tank missiles at this, her fighter jets and others not. so they're going to be coordinating who's got what and how then to send that off. of course, to the ukranian, a military that has to happen soon in the coming days, as you can understand, the situation on the ground as it is unfolding. and this has to happen sooner rather than later. so it is expected that the defense ministers will now be coordinating the logistics of that bear in mind. the european union is not a military alliance. so to say, so this is sort of uncharted territory. but many of them are nato member states and under the nato framework, they have participated in a number of maneuvers so they have be, know how in terms of how to move around or equipment. so you can expect that they'll use avenues like poland, romania, et cetera. in order to get as some of this military aid add to the ukraini

so what they're going to do is they're going to give the ukrainian armed forces from what is already in the e u stop. by that, i mean, what do individual member countries have? so for example, some states i have loads of anti tank missiles at this have fighter jets and others not. so they're going to be coordinating who's got what and how then to send that off. of course, to the ukrainian or military that has to happen soon in the coming days. as you can understand, the situation on the ground as it is unfolding. and this has to happen sooner rather than later. so it is expected that the defense ministers will now be coordinating the logistics of that bear in mind. the european union is not a military alliance. so to say, so this is sort of uncharted territory. but many of them are nato member states and under the nature of rembert, they have participated in a number of maneuvers. so they have the know how in terms of how to move around or equipment. so you can expect that they'll use avenues like poland, romania, et cetera, in order to get as some of this military aid add to the ukr

>> well, first of all, i am so impressed with what i have seen ukranian armed forces as well as ukrainian people. some of them, the film you're excellent team is showing, there is a lot of fight here. around i would say that ukrainian armed forces have over performed in these first 72 hours while russian armed forces have under performed. the fact that they have not achieved all their objectives on time is i think a consequence of ukrainian resistance and this given the huge disadvantage they are when it comes to air power and sea power, is why the ukrainians are asking for, pleading for stingers, shoulder fire-to-air defense systems, so the fighting that's been happening, these are helicopters that are bringing in special forces. helicopters could be shot down easily by stingers, that's why the ukrainians are asking for that. the videos are rockets hitting apartments, nobody should be surprised that this is what russians are doing. they are firing indiscriminately into the middle of the city inflicting civilian casualties and adding to the panic. >> general, in announcing his invasion of

the success and difficulty that ukrainian armed forces are running into, but it is a terrible mismatch. the russians have the military capability to overwhelm ukrainian forces, but ukrainians are determined to fight and protect their homeland, and while i think we are likely to see russia very quickly overrun ukraine, i also think this will be a long and bloody campaign, a pointless, needless, disastrous campaign, and that may take months and it may take years, and all along the way, we need to have ukraine's back. >> do you think there is any situation where american troops -- he said you will engage american troops? rep. schiff: i don't think there's any situation where we will have american boots on the ground in ukraine. we will defend nato allies and the biden administration has moved personnel to nato countries to make sure we sure up nato defenses. in congress, we stand ready to provide additional support to help protect our nato allies, but i think the president has made it clear that we are not going to war in ukraine, but we will honor our article five obligation to allies. >

of the pressure once again, i appeal to the service men of the ukrainian armed forces. don't let neo nazis unbundle knights use your children, your wives, and old people as human shields. take power into your own hands, let. it seems that it will be easier for us to come to terms with you than this gang of drug addicts and neo nazis. come on, who settled in here and took all ukrainian people hostage. ukraine's army is putting up a fight. this russian artillery convoy near the southern city of her son was wiped out as it traveled along the highway from crimea. and the defiance of the soldiers in a ukrainian position on snake island in the black sea has captured the public imagination . oh, a few minutes later, the entire garrison of 13 was wiped out by a russian bombardment. russia says ukrainian civilians need not be worried. but this civilian motorist would disagree. his car run over by a russian personnel carrier which appeared to deliberately target his vehicle. remarkably, the man was pulled out alive from the wreckage. in contrast to the situation elsewhere in deni

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brits do the canadians do, to help improve the confidence of ukrainian armed forces. so it's really a multi-tiered approach here. but the president has been very clear. we're not going to see american troops on the ground in combat with russians and ukraine. he has made clear that that's not on the table. so what we're focused on is the very real security commitments that we have. you mentioned under article v specifically to our nato allies should mr. putin decide to make or to exhibit threats against the alliance. and we want to make sure that he understands unequivalently that that's not going to be acceptable and the united states will fight to defend our nato allies and our commitments to our allies on the continent. but look, again, and pardon me for going on, but it was a very good question. we don't think it has too come to conflict. we still believe there's time and space for diplomacy. you heard a little bit from the russians themselves that they're still willing to talk. so we believe that in that time and space, went to make sure that we're doing everythin

so to say, to be able to get this assistance and this military aid at to the ukrainian armed forces, d, w, correspond, and christine moon were in brussels. thanks for that update. western sanctions against russia are already hitting the economy. the rubel has plunged to a record low dropping by a 3rd against the us dollar. russians are scrambling to withdraw money from banks with long queues forming at cash machines. in an attempt to prop up the currency, the central bank has doubled. it's key interest rate to an unprecedented 20 percent . export companies are being told to sell foreign reserves. actions imposed by the u. s. and europe have largely cut russia off from the global financial system. european stock markets fell steeply as the financial sector reacted to the latest sanctions. among those major russian banks would be kicked out of the global financial transaction network swift at a cost not only to russia, but also towards trading partners. over the weekend, german chancellor will show it's made it clear that things could get even worse. vaviante missions for let's not kid

he has talked about other preconditions such as the ukrainian armed forces down their arms. n armed forces overthrowing the leader. these are not starters for any serious diplomatic or head of government. i think what's happening is that vladimir putin is becoming much more of a isolated pariah in the international system with a very weak hand both in terms of his military and in terms of his international standings and diplomacy. what this means is that the momentum is on the side of zelenskyy. he's doing street-level diplomacy actually. he is there, he will not leave his country despite the fact that he is a target, that family members of his are targets. he has become the freedom fighter for the west. for all people who want to live under democracy and in the sovereign nation. this will ultimately lead to some type of dialogue because the more that vladimir putin finds himself isolated and not winning as you have been describing in your interview this past hour on the ground. where does he really go? the broader issue of diplomacy and negotiation, putin's interest in nucle

k. prime minister has pledged more support for ukrainian armed forces as fears grow that russia could be planning and invasion arse, johnson and president vladimir zelinski. how talks in the capital on tuesday, the u. k. is offered tens of millions of dollars in age to assist. ukraine. johnson says russia is holding a gun to ukraine's head in an effort to change the architecture of european security. the u. s. and its allies are threatening tougher sanctions. but the criminal says there'll be no attack alongside other countries. we are also preparing a package of sanctions and other measures to be enacted the moment the 1st russian cat crosses further into ukrainian territory. and we have done all this in preparedness, not as a show of hostility towards russia, but is a demonstration that we will always stand up for freedom and democracy and ukrainian sovereignty. in the face of aggression, russia president vladimir putin says he hopes dialogue you crane will continue in order to avoid so called negative scenarios, including war. in the 1st news conference since washington is written

you sure so, but i shares once again, i appealed to the service men of the ukrainian armed forces. don't let neo nazis unbundle its use your children, your wives, and all the people as human shields take power into your own hands. but it seems that it will be easier for us to come to terms of use than this gang of drug addicts and neo nazis who settled in kiev and took all the cranium people hostage. ukraine's army is putting up a fight. this russian artillery convoy near the southern city of hessen, was wiped out as it traveled along the highway from crimea. and the defiance of the soldiers and ukrainian position on snake island in the black sea has captured the public imagination. the minutes later, the entire garrison of 13 was wiped out by russian bombardment. russia says ukrainian civilians need not be worried, but this civilian motorist would disagree. his car run over by a russian personnel carrier which appeared to deliberately target his vehicle. remarkably the man was pulled alive in the wreckage. for those who want to escape time is running out in the caves main railway

these main agreements were signed onto the barrel of the gun when ukrainian armed forces wind circle in the bytes of all, you know, a vice. so the future of ukraine depends this point of view crane's own result to push russian troops back. and the question for the west is whether it wants to stand by ukraine. ukraine has enough soldiers and its own human resources to resist what ukraine needs, economic assistance. ukraine needs, military assistance. ukraine means diplomatic assistance. and this, this was the west nato. you should provide a risha luge savage from chatham house in london. really appreciate your time and your perspective dw correspondent nick connelly is in kia van nick explained to us the significance of this latest announcement from the russian president. well the, the situation is we after hearing putin speak yesterday, we assumed that this recognition would just be for the territory. and, and yet scholar hunts that is currently controlled by those separatists and has been since 2014, they controlled the biggest cities, billions kalonski with most population, but onl

again, i also want to, before i go to jill dougherty in moscow, say that the ukrainian armed forces are claiming to have shot down five russian aircraft and an attack helicopter. so that's from the ukrainian armed forces. we'll get more information on that as we move along. jill dougherty in moscow, obviously when vladimir putin was saying, you know, he wasn't planning much, he was lying. >> reporter: you know, michael, if you look at what he said in this speech tonight, he begins by saying, well, it was the people of donbas. we had to go in and protect them. but in the very same speech, he broadens it, and you've been referring to this. broadens it enormously. for instance, he talks about nato, supporting neo-nazis, and that is the purpose, he says, for this operation. demilitarizing and denazi-ifying ukraine. and then he goes on to say that he is urging -- and this is quite extraordinary. he literally talks to the ukrainian military and urges them to run away. he says, you know, give up. lay down your arms and go home. and if you do, nothing will happen. and then that final really, i

the ukrainian armed forces came to have shut down the six fixed wing aircraft and seven helicopters. ians, hundreds more have been injured. 450 russian service personnel have been killed in action. as you have heard over recent days we will explore all be can do to support the ukrainians themselves over the next few days but we must all in this house be clear that british and nato troops should not and must not play an active role and ukraine, we must all be clear what the risks of miscalculation it could be and how existential that could become a people must and things escalate unnecessarily. the detail of the support we will provide at this sensitive point in operations is not something the government can share with the house. jae something the government can share with the house.— with the house. joe biden has announced — with the house. joe biden has announced further _ with the house. joe biden has announced further sanctions l with the house. joe biden has - announced further sanctions against moscow, he said the us would target the largest russian banks and state—owned companie

k. prime minister has pledged more support for ukrainian armed forces as fierce grow that russia could be planning and in asian, or as johnson and president vladimir zalinski held talks in the capital on tuesday . the u. k. as often tens of millions of dollars in aid to assist ukraine. johnston's as russia is holding a gun to ukraine's hand in an effort to change the architecture of european security. the west fears russia is planning to invade its neighbour with tens of thousands of troops. tanks and artillery missiles gathered near the border. b u. s . and its allies are threatening tougher sanctions. the criminal insist there'll be no attack alongside other countries. we are also preparing a package of sanctions and other measures to be enacted the moment the 1st russian po, cat crosses further into ukrainian territory. and we have done all this, and preparers not as a show of hostility towards russia, but is a demonstration that we will always stand up for freedom and democracy and ukrainian sovereignty in the face of aggression thought my r bunker, the we discussed a set of activi

armed forces. coming into ukraine on multiple axes, it looks to me as if it's assuredly an attempt to seize the entire country. restore the ukrainian armed forces, put it under a different government. the russians are being a lot more deliberate and slow pace that i would have imagined. it looks like they're trying to be discriminate in their targeting. this is not massive employment of ordinance in kyiv, and hopefully won't be. and i think at the end of the day, the ukrainians will fight this alone, and putin is likely to achieve his military objectives. perhaps in under 90 days. but will be in a strategic disaster for having taken on this mission. the sad tragic day will be a lot of refugees in abject misery. >> betsy, what's the general says there others have said. that in the end for whatever historical reasons, ukraine is not part of nato. it has struggled with what it is as a country. despite what vladimir putin says, that is not a country, it is really a country. but it has struggled with its political system, its future, over the last 20 years. there are people who can say we can give them stuff, but ultimately they will fi

obviously changed in the last few weeks since the uk send forward our last contribution to the ukrainian armed forcesms that would be new to the ukrainian armed forces often require some sort of training provision, clearly that is not as straightforward as it was three or four weeks ago, but not insurmountable. finally, any system that we provide to the ukrainians that we provide to the ukrainians thatis that we provide to the ukrainians that is a capability that we prevent —— developed jointly, we need that other country's permission as well. it was reassuring colleagues in the house of commons that the prime minister is very clear that the uk should, must do everything it possibly can to get the ukrainians as much military assistance as we can. clearly it's in our more challenging getting the circumstances that we are in. i’m circumstances that we are in. i'm 'ust circumstances that we are in. i'm just going — circumstances that we are in. i'm just going to _ circumstances that we are in. i'm just going to leap in there and listen to mr stoltenberg from the secretary—general of nato. i listen to mr

britain and poland, voice that was within the next 3 years, we will increase the number of ukrainian armed forces to 100000 professional soldiers. regina army, british prime minister boris johnson, flew to give to meet with zelinski in a press conference afterwards. johnson appealed for a diplomatic solution to the crisis. russia. invasion of you, crime would be a political disaster. humanitarian disaster, in my view would also be for russia for the world, a military disaster as well. and i of the potential invasion completely, the flies in the face of president putin's claims to be acting in the interests of the ukrainian people earlier. poland prime minister mateusz more of yet ski also pledged his support zalinski and compared sharing a border with russia to living near a volcano. 4 months lacrisha, we could help ukraine with supplies of defensive weapons in the event of possible russian aggression piano, which hopefully will not happen and us them through or like what's on sale. know, under the soonest on it, us ukraine's president has welcomed the international backing diploma beach that did

within the next 3 years, we will increase the number of ukrainian armed forces by 100000 professional soldiers army. in a video release, just hours before maurice johnson's visit, soldiers tested rocket artillery systems, just north of the crimean peninsula, which russia invaded, an annex from ukraine in 2014. both sides are preparing for war. while the diplomats try to make peace. earlier we spoke to our correspondent matches billing a in g s, and we asked them how president putin's remarks were received in ukraine put in has had a few remarks about ukraine in the recent month. he has also elaborated on his historical view has, has called ukrainians and russians of has said they were, they had been being in a, in a historic union. they were brotherly peoples and her has justified his, his claims on ukraine by these historic m. her. these historic claims are all this has not been received very well in ukraine. ukrainians see themselves as very distinct of russians. and increasingly so while the country was 20 years ago, still divided out of whether on whether it should be leaning towa

force. and according to ukrainian authorities the russian military forces for the last two days 3,500 people killed. and we see that ukrainian armedorces have been very effective in preventing. not a single ukrainian big city has been captured so far. >> and just to explain last night the president made it clear this was a very dire moment and that everything was on the line. we're hearing now from the government that they have held back the russian advances around the city. what do you think is going to happen now? peter, let's go to you. >> it's too soon to predict obviously. ukraine is facing the world's second largest army which has shown it will not stop at anything. in plain view it's committed a whole series of war crimes. that is enough to send a whole gang of putin and his company of buddies i cronies to prison for lives. it's too soon to tell, but it's obvious to all military experts confirming the blitzkrieg, the short war has completely failed. putin is getting his face kicked in, his nose kicked. you know, he's getting bloodied like he didn't expect this kind of resistance. his speech yesterday appealing to ukrainian

to existing line of conflict between right now currently guarded by the proxy groups and ukrainian armed forces. i want to make sure you understand what you're saying. are you saying that regardless of how this unravels over the next coming days or weeks that you see a sort of a permanent deployment of russian troops in ukraine? and while absolutely, they all ready preparing to build military basis. and this is sam signed in this agreement of treaty with these quasi republics that will permit russia to was permanently station its troops. similar to what we see already happening in bella rows. and today i, we, we hear russians are not retreating from bella rose and they continued to threaten the capital of ukraine from the north. a risha, lieut savage from chatham house in london. really appreciate your time and your perspective. nato has condemned the escalation of the crisis over ukraine in russia's recognition of to break away regions. the alliances secretary general again, stoughton berg has described it as the most dangerous moment in a generation. he said, russia has not stopped planning f

britain and poland, voice that was within the next 3 years, we will increase the number of the ukrainian armed forces 210-0000 professional soldiers. regina army, british prime minister boris johnson, flew to give to meet with zalinski a day after the u. k, announced new sanctions against kremlin linked oligarchs and companies. if russia invades ukraine, this will be the toughest sanctioned regime against russia. we have other hat, and it is the most radical departure in approach. since leaving the european union, those in and around the kremlin will have no way to hide. meanwhile, poland prime minister mateusz more of yet ski, was already in cuba, where he pledged his support to zalinski and compared sharing a border with russia to living near a volcano. 4 months latricia, we could help ukraine with supplies of defensive weapons in the event of possible russian aggression piano, which hopefully will not happen on, on, you know, some few or little conceal no algorithms. us on it, us ukraine's president has welcomed the international backing diploma beach that did that. him go support for ukraine is t

britain and poland, voice that was within the next 3 years, we will increase the number of the ukrainian armed forces 210-0000 professional soldiers, regina army, british prime minister, boris johnson, flew to give to meet with zelinski in a press conference afterwards. johnson appealed for a diplomatic solution to the crisis. russia. invasion of you, crime would be a political disaster. humanitarian disaster. in my view, would also be for russia for the world, a military disaster as well. and i of the potential invasion completely, a flies in the face of president putin's claims to be acting in the interests of the ukrainian people. if you generally speaking from moscow, russian president vladimir putin accused ukraine's nato allies of exploiting the crisis for their own benefit. and so my loan that you've alicia, their most important goal is to contain russia. that's the thing from you in this sense it, ukraine itself is just a tool to achieve this goal in strong decisions. this can be done in different ways, and one of them is the draws enough into armed conflict to russia continues to build up it

we will increase the number of the ukrainian armed forces 210-0000 professional soldiers. army in a video released hours before boris johnson's visit, soldiers tested rocket artillery systems, just north of the crimean peninsula, which russia invaded an annex from ukraine in 2014. both sides are preparing for war. while the diplomats try to make peace. earlier we asked our correspondent nick connelly in key if, if the latest diplomatic efforts by the british prime minister will have helped a situation. well, it's definitely all about the optics. it's about a show of diplomatic. so there to the ukraine, you get the sense right now, that volume is lensky basically has little in the way of breaks between all the western european and central european leaders here, coming to visit him in cave is definitely not his usual. we have the polish premise to day tomorrow, the dutch prime minister in town. and there was little in the way of escalation in terms of concrete steps. there were threats of sanctions, as you mentioned, but given that they're already being spoke about. now you would imagine th

we will increase the number of the ukrainian armed forces 210-0000 professional soldiers. army in a video released ours before boris johnson's visit. soldiers tested rocket artillery systems, just north of the crimean peninsula, which russia invaded an annex from ukraine in 2014. both sides are preparing for war. while the diplomats try to make peace. earlier we asked our corresponded in kiev, nick connelly about russian president putin's comments about the u. s. using ukraine as a geo political pon. and this is why he had to say, i think for ukrainians, the fact that they are going to be, as long as they are not part of nature, not part of the you or not closely controlled by russia. they're always going to be tensions around ukraine. ukraine is too big in terms of population in terms of its size, geographically and in terms of its strategic location, halt of europe to be a kind of strategic off to thought in the way that the country like finland can be . that is a given. i think most ukrainians are not surprised by that. i think the big thing for most cranes is where the ukraine is at t

so certainly what is not lacking in his spirit and determination to resist among the ukrainian armed forces to _ this territory under control. york invents to be _ this territory under control. york invents to be a _ this territory under control. york invents to be a counter- this territory under control. york invents to be a counter attack or some kind of insurgency that would make it very difficult for vladimir putin going onto the country? i putin going onto the country? i think there will be massive resistance in ukraine. even in the eastern regions of the ukraine which are historically closer to roger, people over the last eight years since russia first attacked ukraine change their opinions a lot. now many people there, they see what was happening and what is happening in the territories occupied by russia and the donbas and they want to leave i don't want this to themselves. the humanitarian catastrophe, impoverishment, there is a big support for the ukrainian government, big desire to resist and to oppose any russian invasion even in these eastern regions of ukraine. not to speak ab

including with trainers and military equipment for the ukrainian armed forces. cyber and intelligence expertise and with significant financial support. we also discussed the presence of the russian forces in the georgian regions of south basidia and the result recommending the recognition of the nongovernment controlled areas. we all agree that would be a further violation of ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty. in the minsk agreements undermining the efforts to find a political solution in the normandy format. today, confirming nato's door ooremains open. any decision on the membership is for nato allies to take and nobody else. the right of each nation to choose his own path is absolutely for the european at t transatlantic security and it must be respected. nato allies restated their strong support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of both georgia and ukraine. we cannot accept the return to theuk age of the influence where big powers, intimidate or dictate to others. there can be decisions about ukraine without ukraine and no decisions

within the next 3 years, we will increase the number of the ukrainian armed forces by 100000 professional soldiers army. in a video release, just hours before boris johnson's visit, soldiers tested rocket artillery systems, just north of the crimea peninsula, which russia invaded, an annex from ukraine and 2014. both sides are preparing for war. while the diplomats try to make peace. but more of their story, i'm now joined by the w correspondence magdalena, whoosh, polo cut in a war. so i'm glad i was poland. roland this conflict. while poland stands for rather tough scans on russia, claiming that the only language that is being understood in russia is a very, very clear, you know, and to remember, poland is also in the front line of it criticizing the gas pipeline. nordstrom, to that they reckon a ring earnings, russia and germany thing that it will be a risk for the whole of you, of and so far, poland mate cleared it in a crucial question off with the delivery that should be coordinated with the partners. but recently it looks like coolant is also willing to an offer, a direct delivery

ukrainian military forces. this is a significant amount of money, in addition to that member states that have been donating to the ukrainian armed forces and at a bilateral level are going to be compensated by the european union at joseph barrel. the use of foreign affairs chief said that the idea behind this was really to incentivize these member states to continue to do that. but also add to encourage others to do the same. but effectively what this is, is the e you saying we stand with ukraine and we're willing to supply ukraine with the necessary ammunition to defeat the russians if at all possible or ukraine is aspiring to join the european union. or that aspiration is a key source of tension between ukraine and russia. assuming ukraine does retain its independence when this war is over. what are its prospects of becoming an eel member state terry, i'll come out outright and say that the prospects don't seem very high. and i'm going to point out to something that they're council president. i have said the european council prison, shar michelle said a little earlier, essentially saying that we have an association with ukrain

my perception, i've been speaking to a number of ukrainian people our armed forces and some part of the territorial force in the last few weeks and these people are prepared to stand, fight, and die for their land. and actually the russians themselves should know this, because they've had to do it themselves in their own history. and i think what we're sealing right now is that level of resistance and determination. you know, a man will fight for his own home much harder than an invading person not fighting for his own home. >> laura: general hedge, glitch the report that there's been at least one russian aircraft down by ukrainian fire, we don't know what type of weaponry was used, we don't know whether it was an unmanned drone or more significant aircraft. would that surprise you given the capabilities ukraine now has from the united states and others? >> no, i'm not surprised at all. i mean, i think the -- the russians have been trying to neutralize a lot of the air defense systems, but some of them will be small hand held, difficult to target and very oefktive. and i think the russi

force. and according to ukrainian authorities, the russian military forces for the last two days, 3,500 people killed. and we see that ukrainian armed in repelling putin's attack against ukrainian cities. not a single ukrainian big city has been captured so far. >> just to explain, last night the president made it clear that this was a very dire moment and that everything was on the line. we're hearing now from the government that they have held back the russian advances around the city. what do you think is going to happen now. peter, let's go to you. >> well, it's too soon to predict obviously. ukraine is facing the world's second largest army, which has shown as taras has said, that it will not stop at anything. it's already committed in plain view over the last days, it has committed a whole series of war crimes. that is enough probably to send the whole gang, putin and his company of buddies and cronies to the hague and then to prison for life. it's too soon to tell, but it's obvious to all military experts the pentagon is firming that blitzkrieg, the short war of shock and awe has completely failed. putin is getting his face k

we have offered military training to offices or from the ukrainian armed forces. we've sent a field hospital, a to ukraine, and we supporting the country economically and politically. and so they are a number of ways in which germany supports ukraine, its territorial integrity. it's political sovereignty, but to isolate this particular item and take it in the broader context and then just look at that. i understand that people are irritated by it. and therefore, i would have a hoped for a cong indication on the part of our minister of defense. it would have made clear that this is not just a $5000.00 hammons that we're delivering, we're delivering a lot of ways of support to ukraine. alexander, a graph, lamb star member of the pro business f d p, and vice president of their parliamentary group in the blender stack. thank you very much for taking the time to answer questions. we appreciate it. thank you. and are lay developments now out of washington. he was present, jo buying gave a statement a short while ago saying the leader of the so called islamic state is de

there have been years of training, ukrainian, ukrainian armed forces and also funding reforms and, and upgrading their defenses. but it is still come to these, these terrible days that we're seeing now in nato has helped ukraine with its cyber resilience. and that will go on. but once again, i think that what's dominating the situation for all of us are these horrible pictures that we're seeing unfolding now from all across the country. so even at this moment though, you do see allies saying that they will be sending more contributions, including of defensive weapons to ukraine. i can't explain how they're going to get this equipment into the country safely and into the hands of of ukrainians. but you do still see contributions being announced, but at the moment from from nato side, when it talks about reinforcements, reassurance and deterrence, it is talking about putting those resources on its own territory in the baltic states in poland, in other countries along the eastern flank, watching the press conference as i did as it happened live, it struck me better in the questions. one o

operation underway. across all of ukraine, with russian forces advancing by land, by sea, and by air against ukrainian cities and ukrainian armed forces. and it is going to be a very, very volatile situation, a very dangerous situation over the next hours and days, possibly weeks to come right. thanks william for that update of the situation there on the ground for keeping an eye on that for us. an important description there. and we know that russia has indeed launched this full scale invasion of ukraine as we just heard. there have been attacks and targets across the country. he says, dozens of people have been killed, many have been injured. this is a large scale air and ground assault by russian forces. and russian president prudent says he is launching this military operation to quote, secure the future of russia as a sovereign nation. western leaders have vowed to impose crippling sanction. and let's go right to washington. now, our correspondent, our washington bureau chief in his pole, is standing by 4th there high enough. you know, this invasion happening and taking place. of course, through the night there in the u. s

ukrainian armed forces have not backed down to the russians so far. thean interior ministry of ukraine, of the ukrainian border guards, are reporting that they refused to vender to a russian warse ship that approached whats known as snake island earlier today. the icountry's military has al blown up their own bridges outside

ukrainian armed forces are are reporting shelling there. u.s. learns a preschool was hit. cnn has a team heading there on the ground. we also just learned that secretary of state antony blinken will make an unscheduled stop at the u.n. in the next hour to address the u.n. security council. there is a lot of news this morning. our reporters and correspondents following every angle of this story across the region as well as back home and that is where we begin with kylie atwood at the state department. kylie, the secretary of state changed the schedule, this is an unscheduled stop in new york this morning to deliver what sounds like an urgent warning on ukraine. what do we know? >> yeah, that's right. the u.s. ambassador to the united nations asked him to come to new york and deliver remarks today at the united nations security council meeting. after a series of meetings late last night that she said occurred between the state department, the national security council and the white house. she said that his visit is occurring because it portrays the gravity of the situation.