is it indeed true that zalinski was the one telling by to tone down the hysteria? there are a lot of questions that also seems to be the sense that at best this was pool on verify john anderson. and it was, if we're being really cynical, that was something in that article that someone really didn't want to come out. just hours before nato said it had no certainty that russia would invade ukraine. russia's foreign minister sugar lever of spelled out clearly that moscow does not want a war, but he also noted moscow can't just stand by watching its concerns. being ignored. love shared his thoughts during a 90 minute interview to russian journalists. among them was ortiz editor in chief margaret of some one young. here's what mister lever had to say. yes, this is alicia authorities, kitty jealousy willingly. if it depends on the russian federation, then there will be no war. we don't want any wars, but we're also not allow our interest to be brutally trampled on and ignored. the foreign minister was asked many questions about the tensions about what russia is going to

europe that says, ukraine tells the west not to stove tensions with russia. president volota, near zalinski says western warnings or russian invasion are hurting his country. also coming up, we go to kaz extends largest city are mattie after it was rocked by a week of deadly unrest. the city is rebuilding the trust in the government, but never recover. ah, i'm nick spicer. welcome to the program. u. s. president joe biden says she will help boost nato's presence in eastern europe to deter russia from invading ukraine . american defense officials have warned that russia has deployed enough forces to invade the entire country, calling moscow's troop, build up something not seen since the cold war years president by. ah, when movies you, us to sir, your potato countries. the deer turn. not a lot. there are conflicting messages coming from washington and give about the threat of a russian invasion of ukraine. president zalinski has cautioned to west against stoking fears of russian military action. he said, war is not eminent near the border with russia. ukrainian soldiers prepare for the worst

is definitely putting pressure on ukrainian government on zalinski. many people will say that the ukraine government is captured already by the western sphere of influence by the united states. in this interesting, when you listen to tony blinking and he's very shaky by the way, very nervous. when you listen to his speech is press conference or the night he's really only concerned with 2 things. one of them is a stockpile or stocks of weapons. the u. s. is unloading all of their old last year's clothes out stock on the ukraine, and then stockpiles of energy or energy energy supplies. and it's funny that these threatening the rest is saying, rushes threatening europe with the weaponized. if russia weaponized is it gas, and l have a dramatic effect on the european consumer and so forth, there's nobody doing more to shut down and it's trained to pipeline than the united states and britain. ok. so, i mean, you can't take us seriously in diplomacy when they're making 2 different statements . basically the same speech, i mean, it's totally inconsistent, lik

thank you so much for joining us. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski is calling for com. after speaking with you as president joe biden. he said there has been no further escalation with russia at the moment. and it's asking allies to dial down talk of war. this, despite tens of thousands of russian troops, mass near the ukrainian border on our mister zalinski remarks come amid a new diplomatic push to ease tensions over ukraine. earlier french president emanuel michael held a phone call with vladimir putin to address the crisis. brittany told my call that nato and the west were ignoring russia. security concerns, but lift the door open to further talks. russian foreign minister sergey la ralph, signaled moscow is open to further diplomacy. he told russian radio his country did not want war. let's talk to our correspond mathias, a billing her she is in a key of ukraine for you. mathias, the ukranian president of alarm is lensky. address the media a short while ago. what. what? what did he have to say? well, his main message was that he wanted to choke down talks of an imm

s. president vladimir zalinski says western warnings of war are hurting his country. he's calling for more diplomacy, amid fears of a russian invasion. also coming up defiance in sudan for weeks, thousands have been breathing bullets and tear gas to demand a return to civilian rule after a military coup or get an update from the capital hart and the coal leader of germany's far right. a f. d, quits the party, he says he lost a power struggle with the a u. d. 's extremist weight. ah, i'm glad i thank you so much for your company. we begin this broadcast with the latest efforts to diffuse growing tensions between russia and ukraine. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski is calling for com. after speaking with you as president joe barton, he said there has been no further escalation with russia at the moment. and his asking allies to dial down talk of war earlier russian, president of russian president putin's whose country has mast tens of thousands of troops near ukraine's border accused nato and the u. s. of ignoring russia's security concerns. nato says it's prepared

, basses you cry, and tells the west not to stock tensions with russia. president, a lot of may, zalinski says western warnings of a russian invasion are hurting his country. also coming up, we go to catholics, towns largest city al marty offer. it was rocked by a week of deadly unrest. the city is rebuilding, but trust in the government might never recover. and people across southern africa returned to find their homes destroyed off the storm. anna leaves flooding and devastation in its wake. ah, i am rebecca writ as welcome to the program. she was present. joe biden says he will help boost nato's presence in eastern europe. i made ongoing efforts to deter russia from inviting ukraine. american defense officials have war, but russia has deployed enough forces to invade all of the country colon moscow's troop build up something, not st. since the cold war. he is president biden. i will review groups for your video pro cruise there term not a lot. and there are conflicting messages coming from washington and key ab about the threat of a russian invasion. president vladimir zalinski has cau

is warning of an armed conflict. ukrainian president zalinski is cautioning against a stoking phase of a russian military action. he said, war isn't eminent. eminent in your view, is the situation being exaggerated by the u. s. and nato. i don't think the situation is being exaggerated. we just have to put our heads into the landscape too. he has a citizen. he has also the risk of huge financial losses. we've seen that when a russian ship left the coach straits and just so from his appointment you didn't understand the to reactive way in the latest diplomatic efforts president post and spoke on the phone to french president back home on friday. both agree to de escalation is needed. of franchise the europeans, let's say better at reading, speaking to president potent than the americans. no, i don't think so. i think we're good. excellent. so far as the cooperation, i have the feeling that here really something have changed after i've gone on. i think the by met ministration closely cooperating with the european union. we can see this in terms of already looking for eternity, i guess ap

is it indeed true that zalinski was the one telling biden to tone down the hysteria that are a lot of questions that will say seems to be the sense that at best this was pool and verify john anderson. and it was, if we're being ready, cynical, that was something in that article that someone really didn't want to come out. earlier, we mentioned that the nato chief had spoken just hours before that. russia's foreign minister spelled out clearly that the country does not want war. sergey love, rob reiterated moscow's position on escalating tensions with the west. however, he also noted moscow can't just stand by watching its interests being ignored. love robin shared his thoughts during a 90 minute interview to russian journalists. mom them was our cheese editor in chief margarita small young. here's what mr. lover had to say. yes, this is alicia authorities configure, lets see willingly, if it depends on the russian federation, then there will be no war. we don't want any wars, but we're also not allow our interest to be brutally trampled on and ignored. the foreign minister was asked m

and i think that was reflected in what president zalinski had to say yesterday. he sort of blamed the foreign media for exaggerating the situation for causing panic. he also wasn't very happy about the fact that several, several western embassies have either shut down or reduce their level of their current staff. he said that all this really is causing, having an economic impact on the car. andries at the $12500000000.00 have already left the company since the beginning of this crisis. and that ukraine really can't sustain that without any help. so we drove, oh, a good portion of that 420 kilometer contact lines. am i v f, go to the south to the port of my view, paul. and we came across several people and this is what they told us. it's in the villages of eastern ukraine that the impact of the conflict is felt the most. victoria is worried about the long term effect it could have on her chill grants. well, house is just under line of conduct. hearing gunshots and loud banks has become part of daily life. a difficult situation for a parent, especially when she say

there was no trace any more, a bite and whipping up hysteria about imminent wool and zalinski, telling him to calm down on its pace. what a pit? well, a slew of tweets from cnn people on from her field about how the white house disputes, how the coal wasn't a success. in fact, it was all just one big light white house on biden zalinski call. anonymous sources are leaking falsehoods. president biden said that there is a distinct possibility that the russians could invade ukraine and be wary reports of anything more different than that are completely false on hot on these heels. he also came out claiming that the original article was riddled with mistakes. dear colleagues, some reports regarding the content of the talks between presidents villa dimmer zelinski and joe biden have appeared on social media. citing the alleged senior ukrainian official. these messages are completely false. site to put it simply, we had an article site in a senior ukrainian official. now the articles disappeared in a whole army, both in the ukraine and state side out, doing damage control. what happened behin

now this is a situation where of course, a mr. zalinski is having to deal with the former president of a patch report jenko, who is back in cave to answer charges of treason and the o. u. s. very much wants the situation with mr. por shanker. essentially a slow rolled so that mr. zalinski his efforts and energy can be focused on trying to avoid an invasion of his country. was a jordan in washington, d. c. thanks very much. now, a caught in germany has begun hearing a case against a syrian dr. accused of crimes against humanity and associating counts of torturing detainees and homes and damascus between 20112012 is also accused of killing one person charges. the doctor denies. donna kane has morphin berlin. so what happened today in court was that the charges were read outs to the lawyers to the defendant and to those gathered in the courtroom and the defendant. this doctor from syria who's been in germany for since 2015. he did not directly enter a plea in wednesday's deliberations. instead, he spoke to the judges and to those gathered in court about the course of his life while he was

white house on biden, zalinski call, anonymous sources are leaking. falsehood. president biden said that there is a distinct possibility that the russians could invade ukraine in february, reports of anything more different than that, are completely false on hot on these heels. he also came out claiming that the rich an article was riddled with mistakes. dear colleagues, some reports regarding the content of the talks between presidents villa dimmer zalinski and joe biden have appeared on social media. citing the alleged senior ukrainian official. these messages are completely false. so to put it simply, we had an article, citing a senior ukrainian official. now the articles disappeared in a whole army, both in the ukraine and state side out, doing damage control. what happened behind the scenes? it's still a mystery font, understandably, there are lots of questions and what suspicions? why such a sharp, 180, who gave the order for the story to be taken down? and so probably not a surprise. biden's critics are calling the transparency. what they want is a transcript of the phone call. wi

a call between us president joe biden and ukrainian president followed him, or zalinski on thursday, did not go well. the senior ukrainian official told cnn amid disagreements over the risk levels of a russian attack. zalinski urge his american counterpart to calm down the messaging, boarding of economic impact of panic. according to the official, he also said ukrainian intelligence sees the threat differently so quickly such late that on top of all the other disagreements within the you and nato. now even washington and kiev, who off quite literally brothers in arms on to on the same page. but then something that cutie happened. less than an hour and a half off to the scene. an article broke, it just disappeared. there was no trace any more of bite and whipping up hysteria about in a wool and zelinski, telling him to calm down on its pace. what a pit? well, a snoo of tweets from c m people on from her field about how the white house disputes, how the coal wasn't a success. in fact, it was all just one big lie. white house on biden's, zalinski call, anonymous sources are leaking. fal

in a press conference on friday, ukrainian president followed amid zalinski, also called for com, saying that panic was causing damage to the economy. pause with winning to stabilize the economy of our country because of those signals which say that to morrow there will be war. because this signals will send by even respected to leaders of the respected countries of sometimes they're not even using diplomatic language. they're saying to morrow is the war. this means panic on the market plan and can the financial sector. his comments come hours after a phone call between french president emmanuel mac, ron and russian president vladimir putin, in which bruton insisted that western responses had not addressed moscow's principal concerns. yet the cold did lead to some progress. the 2 leaders, we're committed to easing tensions through the normandy format for way diplomatic talks between germany, russia, ukraine, and france. let's keep our reasons, the ukranian president. welcome to the idea as a stepped towards calming tensions. but he also called on russia to prove its claims that it has no

well, president zalinski needs to keep or his economy, his, the finances of ukraine stable. so he needs to reassure people. but we know from satellite imagery that over a $100000.00 troops, a mass are all around ukraine. ukraine is surrounded on 3 sides by russia. that this has been exercised before and that russia is making demands, a president put in regards the ukraine as the temporary artificial stage and he's made it very plain. recently. i was the at the nature summit in bucharest in 2008 we're, we're, he spoke about it quite openly. and he, last july he published a manifesto for the subjugation of dismembering, of ukraine. so this is very serious or has a quick look at the mother stories making headlines around the world. a group of canadian truck drivers have staged a protest against governments vaccine mandate for cross border drivers. they're due to arrive in the capsule, ottawa on friday. industry officials say 90 percent of drivers commuting between canada and the united states already vaccinated. a bridge has collapse in the university of pittsburgh hours before

number issue a person is i'm sure that that a chance he chose is that a semi cher isn't thought zalinski laid his name, playing a fictitious ukrainian president on television before getting elected to the real job in 2009. 0, under zalinski, kiev has taken a hands on approach to the news media. it cannot stop russian news channels like r t from beaming into the country. but early last year it took 3 ukrainian news channels off the airways, $11.00 to ukraine, news, one and zip. we're all linked to the same pro russian oligarchy. victor medford truck are ukranian. so i, i, and when you have a war with the country, you can't have that. it's on the machine of that country in, in your home still, i think it was a mistake decision. i am against any kind of shut down anyway. and the keys shutting down r t in europe, in spite of the fact that they are up again, the machine is, this is not a democracy. this is not a european way of development. this is how the freedom of speech works. well, i tend to disagree with this assessment because ukraine's probably one of the countries of the it's most he

well, president zalinski needs to keep her his economy, his, the finances of ukraine. stable. so he needs to reassure people. but we know from satellite imagery that over a $100000.00 troops, a mast are all around ukraine. ukraine is surrounded on 3 sides by russia that this has been exercised before and that russia is making demands a prison put in regards to ukraine as a temporary artificial stage. and he's made it very plain ruby. i was the at the nature summit in bucharest in 2008 we're, we're, he spoke about it quite openly. and he, last july, he published a manifest though for the subjugation or dismembering of ukraine. so this is very serious. so russia has, of course, on the record, denied any plans to invade ukraine, but why do you think we're seeing this troop build up now, what prompted it is that you think of some analysts have suggested that let me put in is taking advantage of a time where europe is distracted. oh, of course, you know that the russians lied about not wanting to take over crimea, and then they lied again about dunbar. and they lied about the malay

well, president zalinski needs to keep her his economy, his, the finances of ukraine stable. so he needs to reassure people. but we know from satellite imagery that to over a 100000 troops, a mass are all round ukraine. ukraine is surrounded on 3 sides by russia. that this has been exercised before and that russia is making demands a prison put in regards to ukraine as the temporary artificial stage. and he's made it very plain ruby. i was the at the nature summit in bucharest in 2008 we're, we're, he spoke about it quite openly. and he last july, he published a manifest though for the subjugation or dismembering of ukraine. so this is very serious the co chair of germany's fire far right a f d has announced he's leaving the party yoke moisten was co leader of the f d since 2015. he said he was upset with the parties extreme right wing accusing it of rejecting basic democratic principles. he was co head of the f t for 6 and a half years longer than any one before him. today, he's not only resigning from office. he is leaving the f t completely. here, morton confirmed this in

the president below to mere zalinski, warren's western country, says western mornings of a russian invasion are hurting his country. also, coming up we go to kaz, extends largest city al mattie after it was rocked by a week of deadly unrest. city is rebuilding the trust in the government might never recover. ah, i'm next, spicer. welcome to the program. you as president joe biden says he will help boost nato's presence in eastern europe to deter russia from invading ukraine. american defense officials have warned that russia has deployed enough forces to invade all of the country, calling moscow's true build up something not seen since the cold war years president by ah, will movies you us 50 sir, your potato countries? did the deer turn? not long. and there are conflicting us. it is coming from washington and give about the threat of a russian invasion of ukraine. presidents lensky has cautioned the west against stroke stoking fears of russian military invasion. he said, war is not eminent. near the border with russia, ukrainian soldiers prepare for the worst. but behind the scenes, a flur

it would be horrified, it would be terrible. design, ukrainian president bold. amir zalinski is trying to reassure his people said, we've seen russian build up forces like this before. the warning from the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff this time is different, and the biden administration is under pressure by some to have the military do more issue sanctions and then escalate. what the 2nd allow on a sand is we're not going to back on the more provocative your, the more result resolve will have her native, so sand american and nato soldiers around russia to read for worse. we're not giving an inch when it comes to native. but the administration wants to send the message, diplomacy can still work. there's no reason that the situation has to devolve into conflict. he can choose to deescalate, he can order his troops away. he can choose dialogue and diplomacy. if not the u. s . as the result will be catastrophic, not just for ukraine, but for russia as well. clerical haine, al jazeera, washington, russian foreign minister says his country doesn't want war, but also want allowance i

we've had vladimir zalinski, the ukrainian president and speaking, saying that he also doesn't particularly see an immediate risk of a russian invasion. and if you take the comments from ads and wednesday from st oldenburg and put them alongside briefings that have been given to the media off the record in brussels, from nato h q that have suggested that there's really a want to get a de escalation from the u. s. side that there wasn't really a unanimity amongst nato members that the, the russian troops in the west of russia represented a potential invasion for such, all really, but that the united states as desperate for a d escalation over this issue. because they really want to switch focus over towards china. this is quite a significant switch of pack though, because if you look at the way this message was put across in the last 2 months, well, was put across very differently. u. s. intelligence officials say russia could invade ukraine as soon as january, and as because of russian troops that are massed on ukraine's borders are now to see to russia could at any point, want an attack in

the key f for talks with ukrainian president walden is zalinski blake, and also accused moscow of trying to undermine ukraine's democracy and its society . he says that washington is committed to protecting ukraine by d, escalating tensions with moscow. lincoln will be here in berlin tomorrow for talks with his german, british, and french counterparts providing cheaper we've offered to, although the ultimate goal is piece, not war blinking, warned russia again today that any aggression in ukraine will come at a high cost. that's why present by nashville to come here to underscore our steadfast commitment to ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity. and it's why we will continue our relentless diplomatic efforts to prevent renewed aggression and to promote dialogue and peace. at the same time, we continued to bolster ukraine's ability to defend itself and make clear the costs of the united states and europe will impose on moscow if it rejects the diplomatic path that we've laid out. and proceed with an unwarranted unprovoked, unacceptable invasion or destabilization of ukraine. earli

so he's been holding talks in kiev, would the ukrainian president vladimir zalinski? lincoln said ukraine faces an unprecedented threat from the 10s of thousands of russian troops. amassed along its border and recent months the prison button asked me to come here underscore our steadfast committee. do you crate sovereignty and territorial integrity? and is why we will continue our relentless diplomatic efforts to prevent renewed aggression and to promote dialogue and peace. at the same time, we continued to bolster ukraine's ability to defend itself and make clear the costs of the united states and europe will impose on moscow if it rejects the diplomatic path that we've laid out. and proceeds with an unwarranted unprovoked, unacceptable invasion or destabilization of ukraine o moscow. ascending more troops to neighboring belarus for joint exercises raising fears of an even greater russian presence on ukraine's border. russia again accusing the u. s. i. ne tosto contentions demanding they stop supplying ukraine with weapons. the biden administration has pledged $20000

during a visit, a key at for talks with ukrainian president vladimir zalinski, antony blink, and also accused moscow of trying to weaken ukraine's democratic institutions and of attempting to divide ukrainian society. he said, washington is committed to protecting ukraine and preventing any escalation with moscow. assistant leaking is due to hold talks with russians, foreign minister, on friday, in geneva, to russian. well, after meeting with president zalinski secretary blank and warned that russia warned russia that it would pay a heavy price for any aggression in ukraine. that's why present button asked me to come here to underscore our steadfast commitment to ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity. and it's why we will continue our relentless diplomatic efforts to prevent renewed aggression and to promote dialogue and peace. at the same time, we continued to bolster ukraine's ability to defend itself and make clear the cost of the united states in europe will impose on moscow if it rejects the diplomatic path that we've laid out. and proceed with an unwarranted unprovoked,

and bear in mind that val autumn is zalinski at the moment, is suffering some of the worst popularity ratings since he became president more than 2 years ago. he is a man that promised in his election campaign to return control of crimea. and this area of don bass to the ukraine, something that he has thus far failed to do or caught in the middle of the diplomatic stand of art. the people living on the front lines under abdul hamid reports on that now from east in ukraine. it's in the villages of eastern ukraine that the impact of the conflict is felt the most victoria is worried about the long term effect it could have on her children. well, house is just under line of contact. hearing gunshots and loud banks has become part of daily life, a difficult situation for a parent, especially when she says this little sign of any help coming new those up. so no hassle done furniture all this time. the government hasn't provided anything and won't do anything right now. either any of nobody has told us anything going on. what will happen? and what should we do for most people here shrugged o

or cha, stratford has moved from dynette can eastern ukraine, ukraine's president vladimir zalinski has been speaking to the media, both international and local journalists in kia. it seems very much that the ukrainian prisoner is trying to stamp his all 30 on this crisis mentioning that sir, ukraine would not accept any kind of agreement made solely between the us and russia. he blamed the media for blowing up the situation for inflaming the situation. seemingly he said that the crisis was no worse than what had happened in 2014 and obviously a time where he was not president. but bear in mind that that was a time when ukraine lost crimea to russian control, indeed lost control of these areas in don barza in eastern ukraine. and it seems as if certainly, as i say, the ukranian president, very much try to stamp his authority on this crisis. and bear in mind that vladimir zalinski at the moment is suffering some of the worst popularity ratings since he became president more than 2 years ago. he is a man that promised in his election campaign to return control of crimea, and this area of

so they understand that now they can do everything, both zalinski and his regime a used 1st of all by the americans in order to escalate tensions. their main goal is not the feature of ukraine, but to heighten tensions around russia and then move on to china. ultimately the russians say that the irony side, the only power on earth that can force the ukrainian government to follow through with a minsk agreements, a comprehensive peace plan to end the civil war. and you credit that the only power that can force you credit of to abide by them is the united states. and it isn't interested in seeing the minsk agreements fulfilled because that would lead to a d escalation. that there wouldn't be a need to keep pumping weapons into your credit, and there wouldn't be a need to escalate tensions with russia. and this is something lea, ukrainians are beginning to understand formulas. the lab rob says that they are being used and sometimes it sometimes regardless of despite what they want and the ukraine has blamed the united states and the media for escalating the situation that have been ukrai

in ukraine itself, the president is urging the us not to escalate tension with russia. vladimir zalinski says talk of an imminent rush. an invasion may be exaggerated, to who have a shy, we do not see a bigger escalation. yes, the truth numbers have gone up, but i was talking about the same thing in 2021. when there were drills in the russian federation, there was a big build up. we were supported by the u. s. europeans called on russia to pull back. i don't think the situation is more intense than that time in early 2021. there was no such coverage of ukraine at that time. tarzan's head was watching that news conference and danielle sketches under the control of russian back rebels. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski has been speaking to the media, both international and local journalists in kia. it seems very much that the ukrainian prison is trying to stamp is authority on this crisis mentioning that sir, ukraine would not accept any kind of agreement made solely between the us and russia. he blamed the media for blowing up the situation for inflaming the situation. seemingly he sa

after meeting with his national security advisers on monday, president zalinski addressed the ukrainian public in a televised speech. he said that his office was working for a peaceful, de escalation of the situation with russia. he stressed the situation was under control and called for the nation, not to panic. one who tried to prove that sentiment was echoed in a separate statement by ukraine's head of security alexi a daniel on when the boss from when the soonest licked. we can see no reason to day to stage a large scale offensive on our country enough. it's impossible to do even physically fuselage yet, but a swine. is there a movements of russian federation armed forces in its territory? it takes place when the you, we detect with it. but there's nothing that can surprised that zillow, mammals was perhaps it surprised our foreign colleagues. they finally saw russian armed forces move across the territory. if a garage liquid us, the wise or more, i'm joined by d. w, correspond jack parrot in russell's good morning, the u. s has put its troops on heightened alert, while ukraine's le

i am a product wiley, key of president volley, mia zalinski says his country's aim is to prevent war with its neighbour, horrible, marcia global edition. we do our best to find a diplomatic solution. we do our best for peace in ukraine. yeah. what should you do? only one thing don't do. hannah could keep your head cool. be self confident, be confident in our army and our ukraine level, where least was, will ye seal? here in the german capital ministers are clear. they say they want the russians to deescalate the situation. even a tiny step backwards would be a welcome step, but that any active aggression would have dire economic consequences for russia. even if that would also cost germany dearly. dominant cane al jazeera berlin. the 1st shipments of international aid have arrived in tongue of 5 days after a devastating volcanic eruption and synonymy. the pacific island nation had been cut off from the rest of the world since saturday, but phone lines are being restored and the runway has been cleared of ash, allowing military plains from australia, new zealand to land with crucial s

s. president of a lot of mary zalinski calls for more diplomacy and warns against panic about a potential russian invasion, even as russian troops continue maneuvers near the border. also coming up defiance in some don, 4 weeks, thousands have been breathing bullets and tear gas to demand a return to civilian war after and military coup or get an update from the capital . hart plus the co leader of germany is far right. a deep quits the party, he says he a lost power, a power struggle with the deis extremist wing. and could he go on to make history rough, an adult, the spanish tennis star surge as in to the final of the australian open in style. his dream of men's record 21st grand slam title edges ever closer. ah, ah. on line mark, thank you very much for joining us. we starts with the latest efforts to diffuse growing tensions between russia and ukraine, ukraine's president vladimir zalinski, calling for com. after speaking with you as president joe biden. he said there has been no further escalation with russia at the moment, and is asking allies to dial down talk of war. earlier frenc