does the secretary general plan to discuss this issue with vladimir putinputin, maybe some support for the refugees from the united nations? >> i think the secretary general wants to speak to president putin directly to express his concerns. but also to hear directly from president putin his assessment of the situation. now, with regard to refugees, this is something that if substantiated would be for the refugee agency to look at. i would then reeffer you to the refugee agency. okay, if there are no other questions, thank you very much. >> so there he is, the spokesman for the united nations secretary general ban ki-moon, speaking on behalf of the secretary general, saying that ban ki-moon is gravely concerned about what's going on right now, a it's the hope that cool heads will prevail, there will be a calm approach, it is said that ban ki-moon will be speaking to the russian president vladimir putin to discuss what's going on. we're following the breaking news out of ukraine, tensions developing now between the u.s. and other countries, it's a serious situation. let's bring in our u