. ♪ ♪ >> who is volodymyr zelenskyy. might say more of the stuff of a screen play than a history book. that is not so far off. first time most of the world heard about volodymyr zelenskyy, he was the president of a country under siege, they were told ukraine had no chance against putin's army, 4 weeks leader, zelenskyy and his country men are still hanging on despite a brutal assault, that targeted civilians that including hospitals. and in crosshairs, ukraine president. volodymyr zelenskyy was born in 1978. in an industrial city that was then under rule of the soviet union. >> not a notable or developed city. a regular soviet city of the late 70s early 80s, his childhood of the probably not very remarkable because of the city he grew up in. >> where zelenskyy grew up was mindless and repressive. this was built along. >> there was a lot of soviet union's most important industry was low called in ukraine. in-- located in ukraine, a lot of their important defense industry and coal mines and steel mills, ukraine was central

volodymyr zelenskyy played this video showing the toll the war is taking on his country.ended with that message, close the sky over ukraine. through an interpreter, volodymyr zelenskyy compared russia's ongoing attack to our american history, september 11th and pearl harbor attacks. he referenced dr. martin luther king's i have a dream speech when talking about his own dream for ukraine. and then he addressed president biden directly. >> i wish you to be the leader of the world. being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace. >> not long after this speech, president biden announced more support for ukraine. the u.s. will not call for that no fly zone, but president biden did highlight $800 million in military aid for ukraine. he also made his strongest condemnation of russian president vladimir putin to date calling him a war criminal. congresswoman, nice to have you back on the program. you were in that auditorium this morning when president volodymyr zelenskyy gave that speech. you tell me what stands out to you even at this moment. >> well, what stands o

bombardeo a un hospital materno infantil en ucrania, el presidente volodymyr zelenskyy responsabilizascÚ de esa atcidad y asegura hay niÑos bajo los escombros. mÁs de dos millones de personas han salido huyendo de ucrania, miles mÁs intentan escapar de esa guerra que podrÍa ser la peor crisis humanitaria de nuestros tiempos, frente a la crisis las ciudades fronteriza han ayudado y dado la bienvenida a los refugiados. >> i habrÍa registrado los datos de millones de envÍos a mÉxico. pero hoy comenzamos en ucrania, donde en algunas ciudades las autoridades denuncian que llevan una semana bajo el fuego constante. >> estad unidos teme que rusia comience a utilizar armas quÍmicas en ucrania, la casa blanca cree que la acusaciÓn del kremlin de que estados unidos estÁ almacenando este tipo de armamento en territorio ucraniano es falsa y absurda y que puede ser usada como excusa para que las fuerzas invasoras comiencen a usar este tip de armamentos lo que ha confirmado rusia es el uso de bombas termo bÁricas, tambiÉn conocido como bombas de vacÍo absorben el oxÍgeno del aire de los alrededores

volodymyr zelenskyy is pleading with the u.s.something nato is rejecting. i asked a member of the ukrainian parliament about this earlier in the week. he told me conflict between the u.s. and russia is already inevitable. no fly zone or not. watch. >> this will get out. we think that putin lost his mind and he will definitely try to attack one of nato countries in the future, so regrettably, one way or other, the u.s. will be in district military confrontation with putin at some point because he has completely lost his mind and he's completely irrational. we ask to do it quickly now and to stop him. that's the only language the bully understands. >> tom, what do you make of the parliamentarian's argument there, that there is no way for the u.s. to avoid direct conflict with russia at this point? >> well, i think that's wrong. but before we get to that, i just have to -- i can't let it stand to say that trump was somehow tough on russia here. there has to be a correction involved because the policies of the u.s. government were to

at the same time, you can see volodymyr zelenskyy's point of view. he is a leader hold up in kyiv the last few weeks. he's spoken to the world, he's appealed to leaders, but it is not doing very much because he is still seeing his civilians die. look at what is happening in mar pal, this kharkiv, kyiv, mykolaiv. the bombing has continued. so he might be trying to find any route possible that might lead to cessation in this violence. and he has appealed to the kremlin for meaningful talks. what he means to say is talks that actually stop the bombing and killing because that has not done any good. and so as a leader he is seeing his citizens die and he is saying, look, what can we do to just at least have a ceasefire so we can keep the humanitarian corridors open. thousands of people on the move, more than 3.2 million have left the ukraine in the last few weeks. it is -- the responses of kremlin will be interesting because they will probably say we've been having meaningful talks, trying to find a peace settlement but ukraine haven't been able to agree

ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says he's ready to discuss a peace deal. he says ukraine will not seek nato membership in exchange for a cease-fire, the withdrawal of russian troops, and a guarantee of ukraine security. he also repeated his call for direct talks with russian meantime president vladimir putin. meantime a video shows an attack on a shopping center in kyiv that killed at least eight people on sunday. russian officials claimed the building stored rockets and other weapons for ukrainian forces. elise preston is in new york follllowing the latest developments. >> good morning, anne-marie. nearly a month into its invasion, russian forces are continuing their air assault on major ukrainian cities despite making little progress on the ground. now there's concern russia may turn some attention to u.s. companies in response to crushing sanctions. the white house is warning that russia may wage cyber attacks against businesses and critical infrastructure in the u.s. >> the magnitude of russia's cyber capacity is fairly consequential. >> reporter: addr

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watch this. >> remember that volodymyr zelenskyy is a thug.. >> like 90% of the country is with the ukrainians and opposed to putin. when you see a member of congress say things like this, the one thing i want you to know they're outliars in the largest sense possible on our side. >> so break it down for us. i mean, wartime is usually when you would think that the country rallies together, certainly when we are heavily invested in what the outcome of ukraine is. this is not a war that we're just watching for a distance. we are arming one of the sides. how does this division affect the united states' response to the war in ukraine? >> well, ayman, first and foremost lindsey graham was donald trump's greatest defender throughout the impeachment process. what we're pointing out right there is what we should be arguing for, but in words, fine. but not in deeds. and the way to get past this is to remember that the united states, we do stand for democracy and we stand for alliances. we stand for global leadership. there is a record for that. there i

volodymyr zelenskyy says 100,000 people are trapped without food, water or medication. he also says russian troops have seized humanitarian convoy. >> these are missiles, fired by russia from sea and land. these images are released by russi's defense ministry. as were these, and which russia claims to hit an anti-aircraft system. but, shells are not only falling on military targets. in kyiv, this home was hit by a russian strike. firefighters worked to put out the blaze that followed. it was a strike on the roof, i walked out of the house to smoke a cigarette and when i walked back inside, it happened. in mariupol, the city under siege it relentlessly, satellite and ages show the extent of devastation. life is hell for people stuck in the city. >> russia has used 1000 missiles against peaceful ukrainian cities. countless numbers of aerial bombs. russian troops have destroyed our cities. some have been burned to ashes. in many cities and villages, people camped very dead relatives with dignity. these buses are headed close to mariupol. they are intended to collect people

ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy will virtually address congress today. >> our friend, volodymyr zelenskyy -- >> reporter: yesterday he spoke to canada's parliament asking lawmakers to picture what it would be like if the fighting was taking place in their cities. >> can you imagine hearing you, your children, hear all these severe explosions, bombing of airport, bombing of ottawa airport? >> reporter: he repeated his call for a no-fly zone, something he's expected to do again today. but the west has refused out of fear for an all-out war as nato pilots would be directly engaged with the russians. kyiv came under deadly shelling on tuesday. the city's mayor pleaded for residents to shelter but said many want to fight. >> everyone understands don't want to leave, want to defend, defend our city. >> reporter: in a surprise move, the prime ministers of poland, the czech republic, and slovenia visited the embattled capital. >> we know that you are fighting not only for your homes, for your freedom, for your security, but also for others. >> reporter: after zelenskyy addresses congres

since when he has spoken to president, volodymyr zelenskyy six times and putin, three times.hey want to maintain its mediator role or potential mediator role, but it doesn't want to put any russian noses out of joint. it has pretty much carte blanche to carry out raids and assets in southern syria, where the airspace is controlled by russia, and it wants to maintain that ability, when it feels there were assets important to syria, which threaten it. at the same time, they are mindful that there is a very large population in russia and doesn't want to do anything that could cause them problems. that said, israel has been sending humanitarian aid, it is the only country, it believes, to have sent a field hospital to ukraine, and on monday, the team was sent to fly out and operate that hospital in western ukraine at the polish border. but perhaps the most poignant quote, per from president, volodymyr zelenskyy was when he was addressing lawmakers, he said you can mediate between two countries, but not between good and evil. cnn, tel aviv. >>> that is going to do it for me, in lv

ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy spoke to germany's parliament. he said the german government is hiding behind their wall, making it difficult to see what ukraine is going through. nbc's alice barr continues our coverage from washington, d.c. >> reporter: amid the growing list of horrors in ukraine, a new attack demonstrating the depths of the devastation. russian forces bombing a theater where ukraine's government says hundreds of people were sheltering. satellite images show the words "children" written in russian outside the building. president biden today calling russian president putin -- >> a murderous dictator, a thug waging war against the people of ukraine. >> reporter: that after calling putin a war criminal. >> he is a war criminal. >> reporter: a label the state department avoided. >> personally i agree. intentionally targeting civilians is a war crime. >> reporter: the kremlin calling the language inexcusable. >> what is inexcusable is what russia is perpetrating against ukraine. >> reporter: lloyd austin meeting with allies in slovak

. ♪ (mÚsica) ♪ >>>> no nos rendiremos es el mensaje del presidente volodymyr zelenskyy en medio de la los bombardeos rusos, mÁs de 20 mil extranjeros en ucrania. el rechazo mundial crece contra putin, desde la frontera con el Éxodo de quienes escapan de la guerra esta es nuestra noticia principal, ademÁs este martes. >> no mÁs petrÓleo ruso, estado unidos prohÍbe importar petrÓle de rusa, el presidente biden advierte quel golpe tambiÉn dlerÁ en los bolsillos estadounidenses, desde kiev hablamos con un voluntario que ayuda a escapar a quienes quepo ado atrapado en medio de los bombardeos >> en el dÍa internacional de mujer, cientos de ucranianas empuÑan las armas contra los soldados rusos en mÉxico toman las calles contra la violencia y la impunidad >> noticias telemundo con julio vaqueiro desde la frontera de ucrania y polonia. >> buenas tardes, desde polonia donde el flujo de refugiados es cada vez mÁs intenso, huyen de una guerra que deja imÁgenes cada vez Ás dramÁticas como la imagen de este pequeÑo desconsolado que se despide de su padre, un policÍa que se queda en la ciudad para

>> i understand volodymyr zelenskyy's sentiment. i also understand the sentiment of the people of ukraine, to have nuclear power facilities purposefully bombed and shelled. to have missiles strike apartment buildings intentionally, to have people shot at just for protesting. i completely understand what they're going through, and we want to be as helpful as possible. we don't want to make the situation any source, of course, but we want to get the ukrainian people as much help as we can. we're taking it very seriously. we want the best situation and the best outcome for president volodymyr zelenskyy and the people that he represents in the ukraine. we want to protect democracy in that part of europe. >> two things i want to get from you, congressman. i know you were on that zoom call yesterday with president volodymyr zelenskyy. what was your take-away. >> i was not on the call yesterday. i didn't have a chance to participate on the call. >> got it. >> go ahead. i'm sorry. >> no, no. for some reason i was told you were on the call.

my guest for this hour today is ukraine's president, volodymyr zelenskyy. esident zelenskyy, welcome to the show. >> reporter: greetings. greetings to you all. thank you very much for the opportunity to speak with you. >> president biden has called vladimir putin a war criminal, and yet you have called for negotiations with him. will it be hard, will it be painful for you to have to sit down with putin, were he to agree, and negotiate with him? >> translator: i am ready for negotiations with him. i was ready over the last two years and i think that -- i think that without negotiations we cannot end this war. i think that all the people who think that this dialogue is shallow and that it is not going to result in anything, they just don't understand that this is very valuable. if there is just 1% chance for us to stop this war, i think that we need to take this chance. we need to do that. i can tell you about the result of this negotiations. in any case, we are losing people on a daily basis, innocent people on the ground. russian forces have come to extermin

we know that yesterday the first call was with volodymyr zelenskyy.s actually game after zelenskyy put out a statement in hebrew calling all jewish people to support the ukrainians. zelenskyy himself is of course jewish. and according to a senior ukrainian official who spoke with me who was briefed on the call, they said that zelenskyy wanted to emphasize the missile strikes that landed as we heard from alex marquardt in that area of the babin yar memorialed a well as an area call umam which is holy to many orthodox jews. we also know they discussed security concerns. according to media courts, zelenskyy asked israel to provide ukraine with more equipment. instead it's sending things like medicine and blankets and other humanitarian things. the only comment from the israeli side regarding the call of zelenskyy is they agreed to continue to maintain continuous communication. shortly after the call with zelenskyy, naftali bennett spoke with vladimir putin. now the kremlin said this was at the request of the israelis. the kremlin put out their first read

. >>> in ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyy striking a tone on peace talks at today's congressional address, this as president biden is set to travel to europe next week. >>> plus russia stands on the brink of default as moscow faces a repayment deadline without access to the u.s. dollar, potentially triggering its first sovereign debt default since the currency crisis back in 2019. >>> and more than one-week suspensions for nickel they'll give the nickel traders the green light once again to resume that action it's wednesday, march 156th. you're watching "worldwide exchange." ♪ >>> good morning i'm dominic chu in for brian sullivan futures looking for some more gains right now at this point. the dow has climbed higher by roughly 280 points the s&p by 45, and the nasdaq by a whopping 218 this is coming after a nearly 600-point gain for the dow just yesterday, as you see there picking up steam throughout the course of the day. the wind streak is now two days, the s&p, the nasdaq, the russell 2000 cap indices all coming off their first winning session in four days. the move's higher in equiti

ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy describing the destruction and heartbreak to canadian lawmakers, again receiving a standing ovation. >> close the airspace. please stop the bombing. how many more cruise missiles have to fall on our cities? >> reporter: zelenskyy is expected to repeat the call during his virtual address to congress today. >> my guess is everything he's going to request is something we ought to be doing. >> the administration has been equivocal in saying no to a no-fly zone but there are plenty of tools we can give ukraine. >> reporter: the biden administration is considering providing ukraine with killer drones, equipped with missiles that could target tanks and artillery from miles away. president biden already signing off on nearly $14 billion on humanitarian and military aid. >> we're going to be able to quickly ramp up our response and help alleviate the suffering that putin's war is causing. >> reporter: as the crisis worsens, roughly 3 million ukrainians have fled their homeland. >> i'm fleeing for the sake of my children, she tells us. president biden will

ukraine is an independent sovereign nation and i have full trust on president volodymyr zelenskyy and the government on making the right judgments on what kind of peace talks they should engage in, what kind of agreements they can agree to. >> and this comes as the russian military claims that it has launched more of those strikes that, you know, are using hyper sonic missiles. it is the second day in a row we have gotten those reports. in the south of the country in ukraine, the russian offensive there on mariupol continues. on saturday an art school sheltering 400 residents including women and children as well as the elderly, that was hit by russian shelling. this according to the city council there. that following the russian bombing of a theater in the same city that happened earlier this week. and officials say that hundreds could still be trapped under the rubble of that building that was struck by the russians. president volodymyr zelenskyy says the siege of mariupol will be remembered for centuries for what he is saying were war crimes committed by russian troops. we have a lo

volodymyr zelenskyy is in a bunker. vladimr putin is at a political pro-war rally right now. have diplomacy when it is one country -- only one country is willing to actually negotiate. >> china has good relations with russia, has good relations with ukraine. and china keeps close communications with the united states and with europe. >> brennan: uh-huh. >> they enable china to reach to all parties' concerns in a crisis. china's unique role can help the peaceful -- >> brennan: tell me -- i keep hearing you say that. i want to understand how china is helping. if you're not con devaldemng, yng offadim putni theenlobaecod prices spiking -- if china wants stability, why not cut off vladimir putin? >> we have already made it very clear that, you know, the intrity of all countries, including ukraine, should be respected and protected. but as i said, condemnation only cannot work. what we need is good diplomacy based on reason and courage. >> brennan: i want to -- >> and looking at the approach to the security issue in europe -- >> brennan: i want to talk to you about one quick thing

yesterday ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy asked congress for more aid, including fighter jetsain today he repeated that plea for a no-fly zone, a request the u.s. and its allies have rebuffed for fear of direct confront station with russia's military. we begin in kyiv with charlie d'agata. >> reporter: the latest word from the international red cross that the effort to evacuate as many as 200,000 residents from the southern city of mariupol has failed again for the second day in a row. both sides blaming each other for breaking a temporary cease-fire with renewed fighting. residents in the besieged city of mariupol have withstood some of the heaviest shelling from the russian military since this invasion began. "doctors without borders" describes the humanitarian crisis as catastrophic and it's civilians are in desperate need. the city's hospital is overwhelmed. a man rushes in, clutches his 18-month-old son, wounded in shelling. doctors try frantically to revive the little boy, but they are unable to save him. his mother breaks down in tears. elsewhere, the brutal onslaught h

mark stone, sky news, at the nato hq in brussels. >> when the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is calling for bullet protests, to demand an end to the russian invasion. speaking in english, president zelenskyy thanked the world for support, but stresses the toll the war has taken. >> i think everyone who acts in support of ukraine, in support of freedom. but the work continues! the -- against peaceful people go on. one month already! that long! it breaks my heart! hearts of all ukrainians! and every three person on the planet! >> top russian diplomat just told sky news that russia contends the rights to use the nuclear weapons a provoked by nato. the un ambassador to the -- says that his country is not committing war crimes in ukraine. >> this is one of few places left in new york where this man would still be welcome, it's here at the russian missile into the u.s. and, where it's leading diplomats right there speeches. and they figure out how on earth to defend the indefensible. >> vladimir putin's personal spokesperson says that russia retains the right to use nuclear weapons

ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy has signaled he's ready to accept neutrality to help restoreeace and some russian demands are on the table, that ukraine will remain free of nuclear weapons. >> the peace agreement should include them leaving our territory, all of it. >> reporter: one ukrainian military official believes russia is trying to split the country in two like a north and south korea. kyiv schools are reopening virtually today. officials hope it will take students' minds off the war and be a channel for psychological support. teachers have been told not to overburden students with assignments. anne-marie? >> elise preston in new york. thank you very much. >>> the deputy white house press secretary has tested positive for the coronavirus. karine jean-pierre took a test upon returning from europe yesterday. she last saw the president during a socially distanced meeting on saturday. under cdc guidance, mr. biden would not be considered a close contact. this comes as the fda is expected to authorize a second booster shot for people 50 and older as soon as this week. appro

and volodymyr zelenskyy speaking to cnn from his hidden bunker in kyiv. plus an american couple's premature twins each weighing 4 pounds. the desperate struggle to get those babies out of the country. let's go "out front." i'm erin burnett. two major cities coming under attack as russia condense si phis its campaign targeting more and more civivilian areas. in kharkiv, this is the graphic aftermath after a building was hit. bodies can be seen on the ground. everything scorched. this is the moment a russian missile struck kharkiv's historic square. you can see what the russians have done to it. in the capitol of kyiv five people were killed when they hit a massive tv area. the holocaust memorial was damage the. that memorial memorializes one of the worst mass killing. president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyy tweeting, what is the point of saying never again in 80 years if they're being bombed again? five killed there. atrocities taking place across ukraine and they are looming large around the world including in washington where president biden will deliv

an extraordinary sight today as ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy, fighting for his country's survivaln from members of congress. appearing virtually in his trademark green army shirt, zelenskyy made a desperate appeal for more help. >> translator: we need you right now. >> reporter: invoking pearl harbor -- >> translator: when your sky was black from the planes attacking you -- >> reporter: -- and the attacks on 9/11. >> translator: our country experienced the same, every day, right now, at this moment, every night for three weeks now. >> reporter: he also played a video showing the death and destruction unfolding across his country, moving some lawmakers to tears. president biden, too, commented on the carnage. >> bombing apartment buildings, maternity wards, hospitals-- i mean, it's god-awful. >> reporter: later, the president went even further in condemning putin. >> i think he is a war criminal. >> reporter: zelenskyy begged for help closing off putin's main pathway to inflicting pain -- the sky. >> translator: is this a lot to ask for, to create a no-fly zone over ukraine, to sav

in just under 90 minutes, ukraine's president, volodymyr zelenskyy, will deliver a speech to congress. he's expected to ask for help again to defend his country. "today in the bay's" cheryl hurd takes a look at what president zelenskyy might ask for. >> reporter: ukrainian president zelenskyy will address congress virtually. he is expected to renew his calls for more weapons to fight against the russian invasion. >> he's been reaching out for several weeks now, pleading with the west, specifically nato, to give him more support. >> reporter: the u.s. has been giving support. president biden signing a massive government funding bill, which includes close to $14 billion in emergency aid for ukraine. >> we're going to be able to quickly ramp up our response and help alleviate the suffering that putin's war is causing. >> reporter: zelensky made an appeal to the canadian parliament for aid. >> you need to do more to stop russia and protect ukraine. >> reporter: congress is expecting to hear that same message, a message ukrainian americans are anxiously awaiting to hear because they are wo

eastern ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy will speak to cox.hter jets for the ukrainian military. you can watch that speech right here on cbs. for more news download the cbs newsal app on your cell phone or connecte tv. >>> it's wednesday, march 16th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." capital curfew. people in kyiv are being ordered indoors as russia increases its bombing campaign there. what ukraine's president plans to say during his address to the u.s. congress today. >>> heading overseas. president biden plans to visit with nato leaders in a major show of support for ukraine. >>> and another covid booster.en officials to green light a fourth shot, and who would be >>> well, good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with the war in ukraine. as russia ramps up bombing of the country's capital, russian

ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy thanked president biden for an additional $500 million in aid which will go services. and there are new numbers from the united nations this morning. they say four million people have fled ukraine since the russian invasion began. that number is more than the worst case predictions that were made at the start of the war, and anne-marie, roughly half of those refugees are children. >> bradley blackburn, thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> here at home, powerful storms packing dangerous winds and possible tornadoes are pounding parts of the south this morning including places that were hard hit by severe weather just last week. seven people were hurt in arkansas yesterday after a tornado tore through the region destroying homes and businesses. a school in springdale near the missouri and oklahoma borders was heavily damaged. no one was inside at the time, though. in louisiana, a tree crashed through the roof of a home narrowly missing a baby sleeping in a bed. >> i said, wait a minute. let me go through the wash room. i went through the wash room

i have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyy. slava ukraini. glory to you. my colleagues, slava ukraini. president zelenskyy: glory to here. thank you very much. madam speaker, members of congress, ladies and gentlemen, americans, friends, i'm proud to greet you from ukraine, from our capitol city of kyiv, the city that's under missile strikes from russian troops every day, but it doesn't give up. and we have not even thought about it for a second. just like many other cities and communities in our beautiful country, which found themselves in the worst war since world war ii. i have the honor to greet you on behalf of the ukrainian people and freedom-loving people, who for eight years, have been resisting the russian aggression. those who give their best sons and daughters to stop this full-scale russian invasion. right now, the destiny of our country is being decided. the destiny of ukrainians will be free, whether they will be able to preserve their democracy. russia has a path, not just our lands, not just our cities, it went

you knew of volodymyr zelenskyy when he first became president.. he's a young man, 44 years old right now, as recently as a month ago there were western leaders sane this guy is not up to the challenge of going against the master manipulator, vladimir putin. wet has volodymyr zelenskyy done that is impressed you in the past several weeks? >> well, i've been very impressed by how he has used his communication skills, as an actor and comedian, and his executive skills, as the head of a large media empire, and now the president of a large country in the heart of europe. he has combine those two talents to communicate with his people in a time of great stress in peril. unite the ukrainian people behind him, and inspire the world. the man has met the moment, he is a true ukrainian hero right now. >> ambassador, thank you for your time tonight, we really appreciate it. former ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch, she's the author of a new memoir, lessons from the edge. we really appreciate you being with us this evening. we'll continue with more ahe

volodymyr zelenskyy echoed winston churchill's wartime vow to fight to the very end. [ applause ] members of parliament gave him a standing ovation. mr. zelenskyy urged more action against russia [ speaking foreign language ] >> strengthen the sanctions against the terrorist state. recognize it as a terrorist state. find a way to make our ukrainian sky safe. do what you can. do what you have to. >> mr. zelenskyy supports british prime minister boris johnson's commitment to a new marshal plan. he was also grateful for the uk plan to phase out russian oil imports by the end of the year. ukraine's president thanking his u.s. counterpart after joe biden announced the u.s. would be banning all russian energy imports. volodymyr zelenskyy said he's grateful for the powerful signal to the whole world. the eu announced plans to move away from russian energy by the end of the decade. the moves are meant to punish russia for its assault on ukraine, but mr. biden warns americans will also feel the impact. >> this is a step that we're taking to inflict further pain on putin. there will be cost as well

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he continues to talk we will bring you the latest from volodymyr zelenskyy releasing what they see is the official release of russian servicemen killed so far now the eu foreign ministers are arriving in brussels along with non-eu members as nato is set to hold an extraordinary meeting. >> this alliance came together with speed, with unity and determination. immediately launching the rapid response task force. putting in place the graduated plans to bolster nato's security every ally in one way or another, is coming to ukraine's assistance every ally, in one way or another, is helping to strengthen nato itself as the secretary-general said, ours is a defensive alliance we seek no conflict. if conflict comes to us, we're ready for it and we will defend every inch of nato territory >> let's get to steve sedgwick who joins from us brussels in front of nato headquarters steve, what have you been hearing this morning >> reporter: it is quite extraordinary over the last hour where we have seen a procession of foreign ministers 30 foreign ministers from nato and eu representatives and sweden

ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy used nestle's own slogan to scold the firm in an address to thekyy went on to say of the swiss company that they refuse to leave russia even now when there are threats from russia to other european countries. not only to does when there is even nuclear blackmail from russia. zelenskyy's plea sparked a social media #boycotnestle. stopped all imports and exports except for what it calls essential products. it's not advertising in the country. it says it's not making a profit there. coke industries, by the way, that the conglomerate run by charles koch is staying in russia, operating two glass plants that employ about 600 employees. we will not leave there. russian officials indicated they will simply take over and nationalize any properties american companies leave behind. but at least on social media there is this backlash calling them half exits. some companies say it makes sense to keep a small presence there. other companies are paying their employees even while winding down their business, john. >> yeah. different levels for sure. but you know

give me a break. >> reporter: president biden revealed talking to volodymyr zelenskyy every day. we don't expect him back here until tomorrow night. neil: i understand the position they locked themselves into increasing domestic production but what harm would it do when talking to the leader of venezuela, cobbling together a deal with iran, not exactly friendly, you would think in terms of the lesser of evils if that is how you are looking at it, domestic production would be a bad alternative. >> reporter: the harm the way they see it would be to the environment. the street credit promising that they were going to get the country off of fossil fuels and that is why they paused to new permitting and cancel the keystone xl pipeline because they were trying to limit the impact this president was going to have on climate change. it is more important to have production then it is to protect emissions or lower emissions than that would go back on something they were trying to do last year. the harm would be to their environmental street credit. neil: the irony is we look for getting oi

. >> reporter: speaking from his office thursday, president volodymyr zelenskyy also denied russia's claims that ukraine is preparing to fight back using chemical weapons. on capitol hill, u.s. intelligence officials warned russia may launch false accusations to lay the groundwork for a cover-up. >> this is a classic move by the russians. >> reporter: president biden says cutting off russian oil into the u.s. is only part of the fight against putin's war. >> he's now facing a more united, energized, nato in the west than he ever imagined. >> reporter: the white house has announced it will announce more sanctions today. president biden is expected to deliver remarks in which he calls for an end to normal trade relations with russia, clearing the way for increased tariffs on russian imports. that's a move that still would need congressional approval. marcus, kris? >> brie jackson in washington this morning, thank you. >>> our coverage of the war in ukraine continues. our nbc news team has been reporting along the ukrainian border for the last two weeks, and this morning the "today" sho

earlier today, president volodymyr zelenskyy, on a bipartisan call with u.s.ed again for the consideration of a no-fly zone. stressing the, quote, barbaric murders of his country's civilians at the hands of russia and vladimir putin. that is all coming just hours of ukraine's deputy prime minister announced russia had violated its temporary cease-fire agreement, briefly put in place for civilians in two cities could evacuate safely. regional police announcing today that six people had died, including a child. in a russian air strike of a village southwest of the capital city. with me now is ukraine parliament member kira rudik. kira, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. how are you doing? >> oh, hello, i'm doing great, thank you so much for having me tonight. >> what is a day like for you right now, kira, in the capital city? >> well, today, i spent two hours training with my resistance team. we are training every day, and we are firing guns. we are exercising. we are making sure that we are ready to what is coming. then i was driving around the

ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy describing the destruction and heartbreak to canadian lawmakers, again receiving a standing ovation. >> close the airspace, please stop the bombing. how many more cruise missiles have to fall on our cities? >> reporter: zelenskyy is expected to repeat that call during his virtual address to congress today. >> my guess is that everything he's going to request is something we ought to be doing. we're coming on the air just ahead of ukraiian vez zelenskyy's historic virtual address to congress. remarks will happen in what's called the congressional auditorium at the capital visiting center as the ukraiian plead for more american help. there is the congress applauding the ukraiian president. let's listen in. >> good morning. good morning, mr. president. good morning, madam ambassador, who is with us this morning. [ applause ] mr. president, it is my honor to present to you the congress of the united states, which has great respect and amiration and appreciation for your courageous leadership. members of congress, i have the high privilege and distinct

now, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy said peace is the obvious goal. but in an interview with independent russian journalists sunday he put conditions on participating in those talks. >> translator: we won't sit down at the table at all if all we talk about is some demilitarization or some de-nazi de-nazification. for me these are absolutely incomprehensible things. >> well, journalist attica schubert is in valencia, spain with russian reaction to this interview. but let's start with senior international correspondent arwa damon in istanbul with more on what turkish officials are saying we should expect from this next round of talks. arwa. >> reporter: hi, hala. remember, this is also the second round of talks that is set to be taking place in turkey. and turkey has been playing a fairly significant role when it comes to attempting to mediate between both sides given that the country does have both a military and economic relationship with ukraine and russia. that being said, even though turkish officials have been cautiously optimistic about the poten

ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy has urged nato to set up a no-fly zone but has been denied. london with more on this. >> reporter: the us and nato firmly, spreading the conflict further. president biden has been speaking to volodymyr zelenskyy and promised more humanitarian aid, military assistance and financial support ukraine needs but all this talk of assistance by the us and other western countries anchoring russian president vladimir putin and he is lashing out comparing this to a declaration of or against russia. these comments come as they say they will suspend operations in russia, atms in stores and many major companies but the russian military escalation continues in ukraine. the city of mariupol is under siege. we are hearing of the humanitarian court, a very difficult journey out for many civilians trapped in that city. russia added size on mariupol to create a corridor from russia to crimea but as the fighting continues millions of people are heading out of the country. the un estimates 1.9 people trying to leave today. there was outrage around the world russia'

but ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says, no. is blasting the decision this week by nato. joining us now is michael bossert. a senior fellow with the atlantic council. he's a former spokesperson for the organization for security and cooperation in europe. michael, thank you so much for joining from us lviv. what do you think about the disagreement over the no-fly zone. it really doesn't seem like the west has any intention of doing this? >> no, and i just watched president zelenskyy on ukrainian television and i've never seen him so angry. and in ukraine it's called -- basically close skies. that's what they're looking for. in talking to experts from ukraine, they're telling me for hea heaven's sake, at least western ukraine protected. as we you see behind me, the city of lviv, is the center of ukrainian patriotism historically. this is where a lot of dissidents were sent to the gho gulage from here. as difficult as it is to say this in twisted mind of a person like putin, they're probably looking at lviv and saying, wow, this is

ukraine's president, volodymyr zelenskyy, praising the united nations today for voting to condemn theinvasion of his country. zelenskyy tweeting, the world is with us. the truth is on our side. victory will be ours. cnn's bill black with us, they have come a long way. commanding the resistance from a bunker in kyiv. >> there is one really good reason why even in peace time, that volodymyr zelenskyy had what it took to lead his country. his preparation was pretending to lead his country. in a popular ukrainian have the have the show, he played a teacher suddenly elevated to the highest office after private rant about corruption goes violent. in real life, his political party uses the name of the show as its own. zelenskyy's show biz career was all comedy and light entertainment, including -- playing in the movie franchise. somehow that path has led him to the role of war time president at a perilous moment in the country. >> is it fair to say that he was an unlikely presidential candidate and a thoroughly ill probable war time leader? >> i think that is fair to say. he is a man of extr

the president volodymyr zelenskyy saying then this gigantic explosion that happened today, you mentioned some of the numbers, that now the toll of people who are injured is at -- stands at 20. and one of the things that we have to point out is that there are emergency crews, according to the ukrainian side, still on the ground, still trying to dig people out. latest we have is that there's eight crews trying to work that. obviously all of this as there is also a war going on there, fighting going on in the kharkiv area as well. still obviously unclear what exactly hit that building. you could see, however, that it was a very large explosion, which could point to rocket artillery pieces hitting that building. and from our vantage point here just across the border which is obviously a very unique one. we can see some of the weapons maneuvered into place that we know are used on the battlefield or at least the types of weapons that are used on the battlefield. rocket artillery certainly has been one of the ones where we have seen it get moved closer to the battlefield. just yesterday we saw

i'm volodymyr zelenskyy, the new president of ukraine. >> zelenskyy is the tom hanks of ukraine. >> thatpolitical career, he begins as a comedian, and he imagines himself into the role of and everyman. >> the imagery of zelenskyy like that with his team in the streets, and then you see putin, the small man and all alone, and zelenskyy and putin, and that is amazing that god has a sense of humor, and so which is going to take over. >> vladimir putin was born in october of 1952 in post world war ii leningrad and his father a veteran of the world war ii, and he grew up studying ju doe. >> to toughen himself up, he started to learn ju doe and became a master, because they were very clever in a sense that they would be unexpected, because he would go for the opponent's opening. >> vladimir putin grew up in the soviet union a closed society and one-party state, a state where everything was controlled, business, information, education -- everything was controlled from the top-down by the state. he then joined the most repressive organ of the state, kgb. >> mr. putin was formed by the soviet uni

lawmakers, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy calling for greater military assistance including the transfer of fighter jets from eastern european countries and the establishment of a no-fly zone. the u.s. and nato still resisting such a move, warning it could prompt a full-scale war in europe. >> a no-fly zone might be just a bridge too far that they're not willing to take right now. the u.s. -- it's something that could escalate to the nuclear war. >> reporter: russian president vladimir putin declaring that any country or organization implementing a no-fly zone would be considered participants in the conflict. as ukraine pushes for more sanctions, putin stating the sanctions already imposed on his country are equivalent to a declaration of war against russia. on the ground in ukraine, a show of solidarity from the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken side by side with the ukrainian foreign minister on the polish border. >> as to the pressure on russia, not only is it unprecedented, not only is it producing very, very concrete results in russia, but that pressure, too, will