we believe in the sovereignty of ukraine, the territorial integrity of ukraine, territory of ukraine and the right for their future. and we will do everything we can to affirm the vision that ukrainians have for themselves. >> thank you. thank you deputy secretary. it has been reassuring to talk to you, but i'm quite sure there are still some elements where ukrainians would like to have nato membership and i think we fully have to accept that it is their right to ask at this critical time. it is uniquely difficult situation and circumstances to try to join nato. yes, i think we need to support and strongly support nato's enlargement. thank you for reassurances that they will be supported by more deterrent measures rather than less deterrent measures that russia seems to be seeking. and thank you for releasing what more the u.s. is ready to do to ensure ukraine is feeling supported at this important moment in its history and thank you for understanding the difficulties the country has in reforming itself while it is at the same time at war. i am quite sure that our listeners and viewe

should care the same about ukraine because ukraine cares about europe, ukraine is one of the largest trading partners and exporters, ukraine bares a huge territory and basically on the forefront, on the black sea security border, includes many of the other western countries and basically, if we're talking about democracy, democracy is about people and you should care not about ukraine, you should care about ukrainian people who have chosen the west and that is what we should stand for and if we stand for ukrainian people, we stand for their values and if we do not, then we have double standards. kristina kvien acting ambassador for washington, here in ukraine, why should the us care about ukraine? first of all, we want a europe that's whole—free and at peace, and we've wanted that for a long time. it is in the us interest, it is in europe's interest, and it is in the global interest. i think that ukraine, any country has the right to choose its own path. ukraine has made very clear that its path is western integration. eu, nato and western integration and no other country outside o

if you're an american citizen and if you're in the ukraine you should consider leaving the ukraine. you can go to our website and see what they put up . >> they didn't forestall an evacuation crisis. >> that's also correct. >> rest assured david that whatever task the united states military is called upon to accomplishwill be prepared to do it . let's go back to the phone and reached out to phil stewart. >> i have a question for both of you. secretary austin, president biden's decision to rule out us forces, russia early in the crisis, must have impacted begins calculus in some way. how do you assess it impacted his calculus and do you have any concern about strategy other than that ambiguity in as far as deterrence and to milley, if president biden responds with economic sanctions how do you anticipate russia will retaliate and how are you preparing for potential retaliation and potential retaliation against the homeland byrussian use of cyber warfare ? >> tank still. i would speculate about what or how president clinton is thinking. i think that's been the question that everybody

ally to ukraine. i want to put that question in a moment to jessica, but it's just worthy of note that admiral shinbach actually went even further than what we heard there and suggeststed that shared christian allah values could make russia a good ally for germany vis a vis china uh jessica. let me just put that question to you about about whether germany is letting its its partners down. it has categorically ruled out sending defensive question to you about about whether germany is letting its weapons to ukraine and it's even blocking a shipment of german origin artillery from estonia to ukraine. how reliable is germany as a partner? look, germany's response was already disappointing these comments from former admiral just added fuel to the fire. and and now the just the other day of this announcement of germany sending 5000 helmets as military support to ukraine. um these kinds of misstatements and missteps only reinforce the very valid impression that germany is not doing enough. um quite frankly w

, defend ukraine? amb. thomas-greenfield: we provided ukraine military support to help them prepare for such an eventuality, and we are also having discussions with nato partners and other allies on how we will respond should the russians take such an action. this is not something i can preview for you to help the russians prepare for responding to our actions. jonathan: the national security adviser said the united states was ready for other talks but also said "we have been very close with russia on the consequences of further military action or destabilization, so we are ready either way." given that quote and what you just said, the united states is prepared to do anything and everything, including military action? amb. thomas-greenfield: we are prepared as you quote to take the necessary actions to respond to russian aggression, including at the security council where i will be leaving efforts to bring this before the council. it the russians make the decision to invade ukraine, this is an attack

i introduced the stand for ukraine act to help restore ukraine's soafnt in -- sovereignty in the face of kremlin aggression. i will continue to ensure that the united states does all that it can to help ukraine defend itself against putin's bullying, to provide the assistance it needs, to support its integrity and to bolster its security of the region. and i urge this body to do just that. finally, senator cruz would like to suggest that partisan loyalty is why we believe his approach at this time is wrong. what is wrong is to break the coalition we now have against putin at one of the most critical times of ukraine's history. germany is a critical part with us, an ally with us to deter putin. nord stream today, not that this legislation would, one less reason for putin to say, well, that's gone, why shouldn't i invade any how? i urge my colleagues to address the actual, imminent threat amassing along ukraine's border to make clear to putin what the massive costs of his actions will be. we might still be able it to turn putin back, but we must be belaser focused on what it -- be laser

and, of course, with ukraine as well you often hear the refrain nothing but ukraine without ukraine. and it's no secret that there are challenges in working with some of our allies, notably germany on certain issues not only nord stream ii but i think it's necessary to keep us united front as possible, recognizing that it may not always be possible in every instance, but we need to keep in mind that there are a few things that putin was more than a divided nato or eu, and that would be a disaster for ukraine, for european security, and indeed for global security. secondly, the u.s. government across various relevant agencies state in defense of treasury and intelligence agencies and energy and usaid, i think are working very hard to strengthen ukraine's security resilience to counter russia's aggression. very have been stepped up rot efforts even within the last few weeks and days military equipment and other defense support, cybersecurity is very important, intelligence, powdering sabotage subversive efforts, disinformation. just a small example state department issued, has issued f

so media will russia actually invade ukraine? so the question of why the russian will invade ukraine certainly appears to be approaching now the moment of truth, so to speak, alexander, because president putin has been waiting for the united states to respond to a written list of demands. and the u. s. has now done so and apparently included confidence building offers, including on restarting the weapons talks, which you have just said is necessary. so are you really so certain that there is no face saving compromise, insight, as you said in your opening statement, the face compromise can only be all set for a saving compromise. if nato will not expand the to create. i think that putting wants to crown his presidency, his long presence, if what 20 years to achieve a non membership off a crane and georgia in his neighborhood. and sir, as long as soon nato will not give the guarantees of not bringing this country into nato. there will be quarrels, but i think that there will be indeed some compromises. sir. the talks and the negoti

what the national security imperative is for ukraine. how does ukraine affect us national security? and nobody in this administration is willing to answer that. plus the united states is not willing to address many of the concerns, legitimate concerns that moscow has laid out in the, in its to written documents. what the united states is doing in ukraine now will clearly escalate into something that's going to be untenable. and it's going to create tremendous tensions around the world for quite some time to come. well, as the u. s. calls so russia to pull back his troops on the ukrainian border. the 1st shipment of washington's $200000000.00 military aid package arrived in care of on saturday. i will note that the united states is delivered more security assistance to ukraine in the last year than any point in history. these deliveries are ongoing, including today there's more deliveries coming. we recently notified congress of our intent to deliver and 17 helicopters of the nato members, estonia, latvia in lithuania, have pledged to send more lethal weapons to strengthen ukraine's

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 malaysian alina, and so on. so yes, i mean, aggressive like nothing you about that. but why do they have 100000 troops? must ukraine is a demo

ukraine, secretary general, political and practical support to ukraine is very, very important, but don't you think that time has come, and as a part of deterrence, nato policy to provide to ukraine membership action plan. thank you. >> what we have stated very clearly is first of all, we continue to provide support to ukraine. political support for ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty, but also practical support with our comprehensive package, trust funds, activities conducted by the nato office in kiev where we help to implement reforms, modernize ukraine's armed forces and i always encourage allies to step up and also provide more support within the nato framework i, for instance, visited odessa some time ago and i saw how nato helped to train and build the naval capabilities of ukraine at the naval academy in odessa. we also exercise together and we work together in many ways on top of that, we also have many allies providing bilateral support to ukraine with training, with capacity, with different types of equipment and i encourage and welcome the support nato allies provi

nothing about ukraine without ukraine. nothing about nato without nato. nothing about europe without europe. based on our discussion, i believe we can carry forward this work of developing understanding agreements together that ensure our net, our mutual security. but that's contingent on russia stopping, it's aggression toward ukraine. so that's the choice, the grocer faces. now, it can choose the path to diplomacy that can lead to peace and security, or the path that will lead only to conflict. severe consequences and international condemnation. the united states and our allies and partners in europe stand ready to meet russia on either path. and we will continue to stand with ukraine. i believe that foreigners to lever off now has a better understanding of our position and vice versa. today's discussion was useful in that sense, and that's precisely why we met. so i'll return to washington this afternoon to consult with president biden, and our entire national security team, as well as members of congress and politically, allies and partners in the day

s. president will invade ukraine, something that u. s. intelligence has been indicating for some time, not only because the of russian troops have been amassed along the border of ukraine, read by the 10s of thousands. but also that we see the up tick since november a on social media that seems to indicate that as well. but now the u. s. president saying that he believes that in fact, bladder of hootin and has a perhaps made the decision to is somewhat imminently make that invasion and that it would be a regrettable decision. and the u. s. president also saying that if vladimir putin does do this, that there would be harsh financial sanctions. something that the international community has warned and cautioned against repeatedly and that it would be punishing and have lasting effects in the short term, mid term as well as long term. kimberly, what are the next move from washington likely to be in relation to russia? well we know that the. c secretary of state to antony blinkin has been in the region. he is talking not only to the presi

done under president obama provide them weapons they need so ukraine arm, defend the ukraine territory. air defense systems as well, that is part of fulfilling our commitments under that memorandum as would be sanctions on north stream 2 gas pipeline, you raise a good point, if ukraine still had nuclear weapons it would not have russian troops, this goes to barack obama in 2013 and 14, first not enforcing his own red lines, being seen as a push over by strong man like xi jinping, and vladimir putin. and then unwilling to send anything more than meals ready to eat and blankets to the ukraine army in aftermath of the invasion of crimea. what people like vladimir putin see that kind of weakness from american president, they saw from barack obama, and unfortunately, what they have seen from joe biden over the last year. then they get more aggressive, they take more risks, that will threaten the united states and our safety and prosperity, which depends on international is a stability and security. >> speaking of joe biden, i want to ask you, about the signal that joe biden sent throughout

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ah, petro pro shank oh, flew back to ukraine with hefty charges of treason against him. and yet outside key of airport, thousands of his supporters stood cheering. i was now c o b and i salute enough 6 to 30 after meeting his fans. paro shinkel was taken to court for a hearing he's under investigation for allegedly financing bubble groups in ukraine's turbulent don bass region. the ukranian government considers them terrorists pro shinkel has insisted from the beginning that the accusations are unfounded and were invented by his successor to defame him up for lew. wait. all right. it's an absolutely faith case in summer we will make the suspicion public for you every one will have the opportunity to enjoy this unique nonsense. we will see that there is nothing there people blatchley shall thumb, lithium, enjoying among no. ha, if pershing was found guilty, he could be imprisoned for up to 15 years ago. but the former president does not expect these charges to hold water. he says he has returned to defend his country against russia. russian troops and military tanks have

well i, ukraine is no procuring weapons from many countries there. there was this big shipment from the u. s. to have been deliveries from britain, also other countries, the baltic states and the netherlands have announced shipments. it's mostly about light weapons that are easy to use and effective in case of an evasion, anti tank weapons. of course, a complicated military systems are less urgent on the list as it would take time too, and store them and train soldiers. so it's, it's mostly a weapons that would make an invasion by russia more costly. this is the, the idea now to deter russia by making an invasion, costly our tar, aside from deterrence. there's also been a flurry of diplomatic activity aimed at defusing tensions by now. the united kingdom says the kremlin is trying to install pro russian leadership in ukraine. what has a re reaction been there to this accusation? this press release is raising more questions than it provides answers. they gave a list of 4 former officials of the general coverage administration. that's the administratio

i mean, the way it's phrased here, it's about ukraine. it's not about ukraine. it's about nato expansion. that's it. that's part of the narrative that really irritates me. go ahead real quick. well, it's more about american hedge him hedge of many, and about america as we know in the last 10 years trying to talk russia everywhere throughout the world, whether it's syria, of course, ukraine or venezuela. so this is just a situation. ukraine is just one more move in the greater well, here we go to a hard break here and after that hard break will continue our discussion about russia. nato tension stay with our tea. ah, ah, ah. in champs all down through here. oh, mr. larry over here. so your camps are always a little nicer than this evidence of absolute poverty despair, and people in our city and other cities all across america are living like this. where at the original need and village and then opened up in 2018 right now. there's 31 homes on the property. it's a little over 4 acres with 31 homes and a community center. unfortunately, a lot of people don't make i

ukraine. she made the remarks during a virtual discussion hosted by the yalta european strategy. >> and supports ukraine's european perspective. ukraine free, and democratic, and therefore prosperous. the kremlin has put the man's to the west to allay russian security concerns. russia says if the demands are not met it will consider military measures. it is wholly understandable that ukraine feels itself taken as a hostage. what can europe and the west do to protect ukraine's territorial integrity and also, most importantly, ukrainian freedom? we welcome wendy sherman, the u.s. deputy secretary of state, and the diplomat who led the most recent talks with the russian federation. welcome, and also welcome my fellow board members. united states plays a key role in protecting the principles of international law, and for the right of every nation to choose their own way into the future. secretary sherman, what can you tell ukrainians and europeans, what is our way forward? sec. sherman: thank you

now, ukraine is not a member of nato. and nato is not out there trying to recruit ukraine. and there is absolutely no proof out there that the objective is for nato to encircle the russian federation. only five of the 30 allies that neighbor russia with just 1/16 of its borders are budded by nato -- butted by nato, if it is 6% of your border being blocked, that's pretty amazing. so that knocks down another president putin's points. last, as the secretary says, the kremlin attempts to encroach upon its territory but in reality the growth in alliance membership is the natural response of those states to its own malign activities and threats. this would be a decision, as it should be by the people of ukraine. our member here is to be able to make the point to president putin that the road he seems to be on infringes upon that sovereignty of that country and upon the ukrainian people. >> well, i am here and i believe my colleagues are here today because we, like every american, are cheering for our commander in chief to be successful, to help protect our values and interests as

we begin in ukraine. this our were the 1st shipment of additional american military aid has arrived. according to the u. s. embassy, this is part of a package worth $200000000.00 us dollars promised to kiev last week, by u. s. secretary of state antony blinkin. the initial delivery includes ammunition for ukraine's front lines as the country amps up its preparedness for a possible invasion by russia. moscow has deploy tens of thousands of troops near its border with ukraine, but insists it has no plans to launch an attack. the russian military flexing its muscles in the worn at region bordering ukraine. moscow denies its planning and invasion, but with this slick video released by its defense ministry and at least wants to send the message that it's ready to fight. there is real concern in the region about russia's motives. russian troops are now positioned in bella, rues, all along russia's border to ukraine, and our maston, eastern ukraine, where fighting has been ongoing for years. further to the north

ukraine is a partner of the -- ukraine's partners have been steadfast about standing with ukraine and its right to choose the future, not mr. putin's right to choose that future. the united states, nato, and other partners have been working closely with the ukrainian government and people to try to address the current crisis. i want to highlight the role of the biden administration highlighting the role of nato, which just announced additional assistance to ukraine over the past couple of days, which i think is important to strengthening the resilience of ukraine internally. a number of other countries have also stepped forward, and i think to those countries that have an watching what is happening, you can really see a change in the approach of the issue, and i think the threat level that is being discussed. there is a clear understanding now that mr. putin's designs are not only about security in your input about security in europe and globally. with this backdrop, i want to turn to our founder, and then we will have our ukrainian speakers stepped in. my colleague in brussels, who h

>> well, the reasons why putin attacks us is not because he wants ukraine or only ukraine. the reason he attacks us is because we have chosen to be a democracy, and with have the europe (indiscernable). so it is an attack on democracy. and i believe nobody is safe if ukraine will be attacked. we do not want to be part of the soviet union or the russian empire or the russian federation. we want to be sovereign, and we are sovereign, and we're fighting for our independence. and if ukraine will be further attacked by russia, of course they will not stop after ukraine. so that is why it is in the interest of europe ando defend ourselves, but also to show that the international rule of law still works. >> brennan: all right. ambassador, thank you very much for your time today. >> thank you, and thank you to all of your viewers and all american people for support. >> brennan: we'll be back in a moment. when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. hi, i'm joel osteen. i'm excited about being with you every week. i hope you'll tune in. you'l

assistance to ukraine. the block also had talks via by video link with the u. s. secretary of state antony blinking around a $100000.00 russian troops have mast at ukraine's borders in the recent months. the kremlin denies plans of an invasion and says, nato is responsible for the escalation intentions. are reporters and moscow went out into the streets to see how people felt about the stand off with ukraine. here's what they had to say. breathe, that was your key. i have fringe in kiev. yo and i love ukraine grew. i'm against war, govern forever. rust abuse moore's him. a war would be pointless. there won't be one or wish you right. no. is an attempt to world wide. he taught the atmosphere at an attempt by certain people to make others believe that one site is planning to attack the other. mom, mom, when you can use it though, we don't want war. you queen is a brother nation for us. oh, this is why war this is a political fight, but it does skip but momos get my president's here and over there, do you have

ukraine on about ukraine without ukraine. how are you planning to fulfill that promise even in this discussion with russians next week? secretary blinken: thank you. well, let me take the second part first. we are absolutely committed to the principle, nothing about ukraine without ukraine, just as we are fully committed to the principle nothing about europe without europe. at the meeting of the north atlantic council foreign ministers today, one of the things that really stood out to me in all of the interventions and something that secretary general stoltenberg mentioned himself in his press conference was the deep appreciation for the intensive consultations we've been engaged with engaged in in recent weeks with all of our european allies and partners about the situation in ukraine and european security more generally. and that will continue. and as it happens, just before coming to see all of you, i was on the phone with my friend and counterpart from ukraine, the foreign minister, dmytro kuleba. and that engagement will

and ukraine. you have president biden talking about a potentially imminent attack while president zelensky asking the white house to calm down that type of talk. what were some of the other concerns president zelensky brought up? >> yes. how to square the circle where you hear almost absolute certainty coming out of washington with president biden saying that there is a distinct possibility there will be a russian invasion. another russian invasion of ukraine month. moscow saying, we have no plans to invade ukraine, we don't want war. in the midst of it all, the ukrainians and the preside saying calm down. he is worried this will cause panic to get these were read the world does not understand ukrainians have been living with this crisis since 2014. there already is a war in the east of ukraine. it has been forgotten until now by the world. he is concerned about the impact on the economy of ukraine as well. besides that, he made clear today that if and when there is a war, because he did not dismi

. ukraine is a proud country with a long history. they have known invading forces before from the mongols to the tosses. unfortunately for trust though, she also demonstrated a lack of understanding of the regions history. the mon goals and todd hers were one in the same invasion force, often referred to as the tar mom goal yoke. so when she says from one to the other, it's not exactly clear what's in between for russians. diplomats mistakes like that are both laughable and disturbing. comical as these are now is not the time for laughing. we're witnessing the actual professional level of people who alongside making absurd statements. a providing ukraine with lethal weapons, increasing their own military presence at russian borders and encouraging care to further undermine the minsk agreements. well, we have to look at the rec, all the officers intelligence services and how they the news we had the debacle about the iraqi was me to present or weapons of mass destruction where you had our mission challenge in services alleging that th

here is ukraine's un ambassador . ukraine strongly rejects any attempt to use the threat of force as an instrument of pressure to make a crane and our partners except illegitimate demands. there is no room for compromise. on principle is use the most principal position of for ukraine that we have inherent, sobering right? to choose our own security arrangements, including treaties of alliance, which cannot be questioned by russia. more although, these ride is enshrined in many international legal instruments. the thrush itself, a body to my 1st gets to 9, says this crisis over ukraine is about more than the threat of a russian invasion. it is about the trans atlantic security order, as we know it, and rushes determination to change it. in her latest book putin's world russia against the west and with the rest, professor angela stent analyzes what is motivated. vladimir putin, especially in his foreign policy, professors did, is a former us national intelligence officer for russia in eurasia. she told in georgetown university school of foreign service. she's a fellow at the brookings

have arrived in ukraine as the u.s. warns of a swift and united response if russia invades ukraine. how much of a deterrent is all of this for president putin? what diplomatic options remain, offering possible off-ramps here? >> reporter: the offv-ramp is a discussion about possible troop deployments by russia and nato. reciprocity is what nato is talking about. that's a minimalist version of what president putin actually has said he needs to have. so, it's hard to see how that's a viable off-ramp for president putin at the moment. you know, what -- to sort of shape and get him onto that off-ramp, that's what these military deployments are about. they are intended to signal to president putin the cost of an invasion that russia says it's not about to take, the cost of an invasion has a political price to pay for president putin, who has been threatened with strong and swift economic sanctions, the likes of which he has never seen before. he knows he exerts a large amount of influence over european nations because 40% of

including russians and ukraine. -- russia's and ukraine. we encourage parties to pursue general talks on the implementation of the minsk agreement. security council agreement 2202 which provided useful guidelines to address the situation in eastern ukraine is also a valuable tool in the diplomatic efforts to overcome the situation. brazil welcomes the resumption of talks in the normandy format and the renewed commitment to the cease-fire in eastern ukraine. despite the sensitive and difficult nature of the issue on our agenda today, i would like to conclude with a note of hope. it has been encouraging to hear over the past few days statements to the effect that there is no military solution to the situation. at this moment, in particular, this should be the motto of the whole united nations membership and our security council for renewed commitment to diplomacy and prevention. i thank you, madam president. >> i thank the representative from brazil and give the floor to the representative from kenya. >> thank you, madam president, for giving

this is happening around ukraine, but it is not just about ukraine. in december, putin released a list of demands for america and its allies which included removing nato troops from eastern europe and barring ukraine from ever joining nato. the u.s. and europe said no. yesterday, president biden told the president of ukraine, zelensky, that there is a distinct possibility that russia could increase and did you cried in february. if it were up to them, there would be no war. so we start tonight in eastern ukraine, near the russian border, that is where we find nbc's richard engel who joins us live. richard, we know the background, what is happening now? >> there is a game of wait and see. ukrainian government, presidents lewinsky, today gave his clearest comments yet. saying that the ukrainian people should ride this out. that they should not be overly concerned that this is something that russia does periodically, that it masses forces, it holds military exercises near the border, that it is a kind of psychological warfare, and that they shouldn't giv

if you're an american citizen, and if you're in ukraine, you should consider leaving ukraine. and you can go to the state department website and see what they've put up. reporter: there were similar advisories before afghanistan too and it didn't forestall an evacuation crisis. gen. milley: that's also correct. sec. austin: rest assured, david, that whatever task the united states military is called upon to accomplish, we'll be prepared to do it. let's go back to the phone and reach out to phil stewart. phil? reporter: yes, hi. i have a question for both of you. to secretary austin, president biden's decision to rule out deploying u.s. forces to combat russia, earlier in the crisis, must have impacted putin's calculus in some way. how do you assess that it's impacted his calculus? and do you have any concerns about pursuing a strategy other than an ambiguity and as far as deterrence goes? and to chairman milley, if president biden responds by deploying u.s. troops in nato's eastern flank or with economic sanctions, how do you anticipate that russia will retaliate? how are you

then it became 5 with ukraine and ga, potentially joining. that would be 7 with all the perks that carries like us bases and troops. pray tell how is that not the dictionary definition of encirclement russia uses statement from high level officials as well as disinformation and propaganda outlets to intentionally spread outright falsehoods, to attempt to create a pretext for military action. we all know how the u. s. uses differ information to create a pretext for invading independent states. the irony seems lost entirely on the us state department. we still remember collin bow right. sadam. hussein has not. verifiably accounted for even one teaspoonful of this deadly material. the chief of the state department. whether of all around 2 decades ago, lying to the world, about saddam's weapons of mass destruction. and setting the stage for the invasion of iraq, which killed an estimated half a 1000000 people. because i don't believe that russia has come close to that level of misinformation. there are no credible reports of any ethnic russians o

our nato members have pledge to send more lethal weaponry to ukraine. at the same time that the west is urging russia to remove trips from its own soil near ukraine's borders . now, washington has confirmed plans to send military helicopters to care. i would note that the united states is delivered more security assistance to ukraine in the last year than any point in history. these deliveries are ongoing, including today there's more deliveries coming. we recently notified congress of our intent to deliver and 17 helicopters. it seems all the stops have been pulled at this point. from the, from the side of nathan lethal weapons are flooding into ukraine at, at record speed when record amounts. ukraine has confirmed that it has received the latest shipment of american lethal arms, amounting to 100 tons of 100 tons of lethal arms in just the legs of shipment. estonia, latvia, lithuania, have all to voice their desire to supply. perhaps i have begun to supply you credit with the guided missiles, javelin guided missiles that they have in turn received from

the primary objective is to realize a failed state ithe ukraine and set the conditions for ukraine to be returned. it is something that russia has accepted over the course of the post-soviet collapse. they had tepid concerns. it really pushed up to georgia and the ukraine and that is when these issues went head-to-head. laura: authorities in brazil say 24 people died in some of the worst floods to hit the country in decades. 341 thousand cities have declared states of emergency. the rain began in the last week of december. the singer of the 1960's hit be my baby and baby i love you has died at the age of 78. the lead singer of the rod ants died surrounded by her family and in the arms of her husband jonathan after a brief battle with cancer. you are watching bbc world news america. still to come on tonight's program, novak djokovic admits to making a false statement on a travel document he gave to australian border patrol. we have the latest on his quest to play at the is trillion open. -- at the australian open. here in the u.s., prices are rising at the fastest rate in 40 years. the

and with ukraine as well you often hear the refrain nothing about ukraine without ukraine. and it's no secret there are challenges in working with some of our allies, notably germany, on certain issues, not only nord stream 2, but i think is it's necessary to keep as united a front as possible, recognizing that it may not always be possible in every instance, but we need to keep in mind there are few things that wants more than a divided nato or au, and that would a disaster for ukraine, for european security, and indeed, again for local -- and indeed for global security. secondly, the u.s. government across various government agencies, state, defense, intelligence agencies, energy, usaid i think are working hard to help strengthen ukraine's spirit of resilience to counter russia's oppression. there have been stepped up efforts even within the last few weeks, and days, military and other support, cybersecurity intelligence, countering , subversive efforts. a small example, state the state department has issued stat sheets recently countering russia's narrative. you can chec

what's the difference between a ukraine that's a member of nato receiving western military and ukraine, who's not a member of nato receiving western military from the russia perspective. there is no difference. what talks the site, the palm of this outline, what it science is example the russian disinformation and report that presents its opinions as follows. facts. it was probably just a couple of hours before the talks rushes for a minute. there was critical of both the content and its timing it to my you got it, was it, but then leave documents which the u. s. department has of course prepare deliberately for today's meeting was more simply impossible to read the study of to scroll through a couple of random pages to be sure none of the provisions done. any critical analysis would be in many cases, simply a line. while among the devious claims and the reporters, that nato is not encircling russia with its military bases. it argues that the real problem is that russia is just a big country with more on the story. his more, i guess, if well, over the past 24 hours, washington has laun

. russia is constantly trying to bring ukraine back into the orbit of its influence. ukraine doesn't want to return to that. and that is the choice of the majority of the ukraine. and the last time the israeli government tried it. it failed, but it's taking another shot at funding an organization designed to push back globally against bad p r. in oxy robbie's, here with the details. that's right. it should, these really government has signed off on spending a $100000000.00 shekels that over $30000000.00 over the next 4 years to fund concert. an initiative to quote, fight the phenomena of dealing to migration against the state of israel. and believe civil legitimacy in the world. there's been a rising tide of damaging headlines and critically news coverage of israel. the efforts of bts, the palestinian lead boy caught divest, and functions movement to spotlight state orchestrated crimes, have been effective in shifting western public opinion. the palestinians way, that sounds like a stated strategy to remove palestinians from east jerusalem to make this also be in a steady stream of n

goal to exclude ukraine. the fact the whole situation sometimes portrayed in the media in terms of the foggy while we're saying this cold war optics plays into the hands of russia because that's called moscow, called like c. as for how this conflict will play out, one does not have to go back centuries as vladimir putin would suggest, to see what may be coming, or even back to the 19 ninety's when the soviet union fell apart. there is some more recent history made in 2008 another conflict between russia and one of its former republics. that provides a model that the kremlin and its essayist in chief, probably having mom. one of the, her people, mitchell was in russia is the georgia war in 2008, which was only 4 days long. but it was, it was efficient to essentially and georgia, euro atlantic operations. and what happened in georgia after the war is very much what russ would like to see happen in ukraine, florida. i limited a military campaign that takes out ukraine's a military capabilities. gracie back on th

without ukraine. nothing about nato without nato. nothing about europe without europe. based on our discussion, i believe we can carry forward this work of developing and understanding agreements together that ensure our mutual security. but that's contingent on russia stopping its aggression toward ukraine. so that's the choice that russia faces now. you can choose the path of diplomacy that can lead to peace and security or the path that will lead only to conflict, severe consequences and international condemnation. the united states and our allies and partners in europe stand ready to meet russia on either path. and we will continue to stand with ukraine. i believe that foreign minister lavrov has a better understanding of our position and vice versa. today's discussion was useful in that sense, and that's precisely why we met. so i'll are urn to washington were this afternoon to consult with president biden and our entire national security team, as well as members of congress, and critically allie

in ukraine. amy: that is president biden speaking at his two hours news conference wednesday. secretary of state tony blinken is planning to meet with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov on friday. blinken is meeting with some of his nato counterparts in berlin today and was in kiev on wednesday. to talk about u.s.-russian relations, we are joined by katrina vanden heuvel, editorial director and publisher of the nation magazine. she has been reporting from russia and on russia for the last 30 years. she's also a columnist for "the washington post." her latest piece is headlined "stop the stumble toward war with russia." in your piece, you write in the technical argyle of diplomacy, what is going on in the ukraine crisis is nuts. katrina, can you first respond to what president biden said, what the white house to back after, and actually what is going on? >> amy, first of all, what you just listen to, david sanger of "the new york times" who has been on the be to promote conflict with russia, u

in eastern ukraine. when and if putin decides to move to western ukraine. host: jimmy on the democratic line. good morning. caller: before people make a decision on what we should do, they have to look at the situation. putin is kgb. he is carrying out a long-range soviet strategy. russia and china are communist parties. this is not a conflict between the country of ukraine and russia, because if he had a shooting war with russia, russia could have riots in every city because they work with groups like antifa. this is a world event. you can have terrorism. iranian terrorism because putin has been rearming by far in columbia. he is open iran to build up weapons. russia has a lot of political party in this country on both sides. i think putin is good. then there is other people that act like pollution is bad. putin is bad -- that act like putin is bad. he is bad. i read so many publications. many countries around the world. not that the enemy sees being the enemy took away the image of the enemy. then we have a new enemy according to the mediator, it is the t

this war is not only east of ukraine, this war is east of ukraine, this war is east of ukraine, this war is east of europe. we can now speak to steven pifer who's a former us ambassador to ukraine, and now, william perry, fellow at sta nford's center for international security and cooperation. thank you very much forjoining us. i hope that —— have the defence minister saying we need sanctions on russia now, basically ahead of the game. would that help? i basically ahead of the game. would that help?— would that help? i can understand _ would that help? i can understand his - would that help? i can i understand his position, would that help? i can - understand his position, and the west is doing what it can to make that sanctions threat as large as possible. but my guess is it would be difficult to persuade all of the europe members to do it now. i would like to see the us eu message to the russians this is if you go into the ukraine militarily again, this is what will happen. my guess is also that many eu members would want to see exactly the skill of the russian attack before

, that he doesn't consider the separatist part of ukraine as ukraine? >> that's part of it. the russians are lying. the activity of their forces on ukraiian territory, if president putin is willing to lie like he did in 2017 when he said russian troops weren't in ukraine, then of course the bar is that much lower for lavrov or any other subordinate leader. so their actions do speak louder than words, just like secretary blinken said. and at this point we're all but certainly locked in on this trajectory towards war. the respective parties, the ukraine, the u.s., and russia, have marked out positions that are extremely difficult to reverse course on. for ukraine, it would probably mean the end of zelenskiy's tenure. i think there's a good chance he could get recalled by his parliament. for the u.s., it would double down on perceptions of foreign policy failure after afghanistan, not saying that that was a bad decision, just the way it was executed. >> i understand. >> and it would make things difficult going into 2022. putin has the most flexibility beca

it's correct and we are not planning to deploy nate to combat troops to ukraine. and i don't install and berg was also at pains to say that nato is very open to having more talks with russia, particularly when it came to alms control. but the idea of having more talk came at the same time as reports are coming out. there are plans for huge sanctions being planned by nato countries, driven by the united states and the united kingdom. the sanctions would target russia's energy and banking sectors. they would kick in. of course, if there was any invasion by russia of ukraine, i spoke to martin dozer, germany. the last part he says, the nato chiefs remarks may reflect a growing realization that a war and rushes border. can't be one called the 1st step. it's a good step below to stop this propaganda which has been proceeded for last. let's see, 2 or 3 months. no, maybe the need to stay. maybe the us government agencies and inside that so it's not useful to escalate. this is conflict because the panel room and if you object to flee, it was clear that russia cannot have

nothing about ukraine without ukraine. there has been a constant line of communication. secretary blinken has been to ukraine several times. senior officials from several different agencies have been in contact with their ukrainian counterparts. they are doing their best to ensure that no matter what we do vis-a-vis vladimir putin, we maintain unity and cohesion of the alliance. not least because that signals to putin that he is facing a united front, with ukraine, the united states and all of our nato allies and partners. host: our guest, andrea kendall-taylor, is a former intelligence official with the central intelligence agency, an expert in russia and eurasia. she currently serves as the transatlantic security program director at the center for a new american security. what is your organization about? guest: we are a think tank in washington, d.c., that is dedicated to informing and generating new ideas for national security and foreign policy. it is a research institution, trying to improve and enhance u.s. foreign-policy policy and national security policy. host:

and the ukraine aren't on the same page. the foreign minister said there can be no such thing as a half invasion, that a russian minor incursion is the same as a major invasion. yesterday president biden strongly suggested more than once in his comments that a minor military action by russia into ukraine would elicit one kind of response and a major invasion potentially toppling the ukrainian government would trigger massive sanctions and also said that nato allies are divided about how they should respond to russia, if it carries out a minor military action or a military action that doesn't cause any casualties or a full blown invasion. his comments were quickly clarified by the white house, but the presidents words have much more weight than a written statement from a white house spokesman. so today they have going out of their way to say there is no issue but by going out of the way, revealing they're clearly upset and comes at a time when the u.s. is trying to show unity and strength as diplomatic negotiations are contin

whether for the sake of avoiding war in, in ukraine, germany has to deliver weapons to ukraine. so is this one position. there is the opposite position that we should refrain from doing that? the ukraine minister has, of course, all reasons of the world. i mean, he wants he wants and he's got west and support any weapon delivery will help him. and if not today, because of a lack of attack from, from any side from russia, it may be tomorrow after tomorrow, due to reconquer rebel hold territories or even crimea. when you, when you look at the comments of the german vice admiral, the vice admiral of the navy, do you think it's possible that germany might want less tension with moscow? i know washington has been putting pressure on the german leadership. for example, you got to shut down north stream to if or if russia does go into ukraine. but did you think germany wants less tension? do you think it better relationship with moscow? you get this feeling over the last weeks that not only among the population, there was always a great strong consensus in, in terms of good relations w

jon: from kyiv ukraine, steve, thank you. fox news senior strategic analyst and retired four-star general general jack keane, i haven't heard any justification from vladimir putin as to why he might want to invade ukraine other than him making pronouncements about how they are traditionally part of the russian family, what is the thinking and what is his reasoning. >> is reason is a longtime frustration that ukraine broke away from russia became an independent nation in as opposed to maintaining the cultural ties and historic ties with russia began to look to the west and he had them running the ukraine and the more the people look to the west no more covid was cracking down and people ran him out of the country in 2014 that's what prompted putin humiliated and embarrassed to annex crimea and move into eastern ukraine they admitted the lessons learned in eastern ukraine was a failure depended on unconventional warfare they were not able to take on the territory that they wanted, the reason this is important because so many of