the hardest hitting so far. german chancellor wolfe schultz announced he was halting the north stream to gas pipeline, connecting russia with germany, and the u. k. and the u. s slapped financial sanctions on russian banks plus several oligarchs close to put in a reminder who in the lord's name, this prudent thing gives in the right to declare new. so call countries on territory the belonged to his neighbors. this a flagrant violation of international law and demands of firm response from international community. clear biden's, final plea to put in a worst case scenario can be avoided and the door for diplomacy is still open. i know we spoke to date of any correspondent nick connelly in kiev and asked him how ukrainians are dealing with this escalation. the past few weeks there was a very strange disconnect where you had the world's media talking about this extraordinary level of attention to promoting visits. almost every day, and yet it felt like the people here on the ground didn't really want to engage with these headlines, didn't want to engage with the possibility of those russi

troops will only increase tensions as the threat of war looms large over ukraine. german chancellor wolf schultz is headed to washington. his mission is to reassure president joe biden that lynn has his back and the rest of nato's allies, in the increasingly tense stand off with russia. people in ukraine are preparing for the worst. she's a chemist by training a soldier by necessity. once when she goes and we have to be ready for a rush, an attack was over, so we can't just stand by and watch. we have to defend our borders. and the future of our nation is latisha. nancy, nancy with russian forces amassing on ukraine's border yanna has put down her pen and picked up an automatic rifle. off for weeks. she's been meeting regularly with other civilians for military training on the outskirts of the ukrainian capital. there ain to defend their country and their loved ones against another russian invasion. oh, let me with its military, no match for moscow's and it's western allies ruling out. joining ukrainian forces on the front lines t f is increasingly looking to it's civilians to fight back human l

president. boredom is zalinski before schultz meets in moscow on tuesday with russian president vladimir booked. i submitted a warm welcome in uncertain times, chancellor wolf shots his 1st visit. he and keith took place amid fears of a russian invasion. and so the meeting with his ukrainian counterpart turned into a more than 2 hour long crisis talk at the joint press conference afterwards. zalinski reiterated his country's desire to join nato, despite russia's demands for guarantees. it would not the right chapter. he barclay, the many leaders hints slightly that ukraine shouldn't take the risk of talking constantly about membership of the alliance. because this risk is connected to russia's reaction. i think no one is hiding it anymore. i think we should be sincere was it's our decision to take anyway, or a cisco figure. both agreed, however, membership in the near future is not in the cards. just like another thing kia would like to have german weapons to defend itself. instead, shots offered more money and political support is my hill kiff, though i'm up here and live. i am once again making clear ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity are non n