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Of confidence that the. any >> this going to, -- what about the way from ending free covid tests? >> no. i dont think the two things are necessarily related. >> when we -- >> do you think that when we remove free testing fewer people will test? >> well if there are fewer tests around, then fewer will be used. but the question really is, do we still need to have a universal free testing offer which, is as it sounds, doesnt mean whenever they want to test? and termination based on the advice. that...

>> no, i see it as a defensive move by the russians. knowing theyre in trouble because this base apparently was being used to funnel in international personnel. and so they killed a number of these people. and it is an effort to prevent them being reinforced from outside additional people. so im sure the ukrainians have taken measures for that. and the russians monitored and picked it up and they struck. and i think it was coincidental due to its location but on the the other hand, the russians ...

Possibility of sending high velocity style streak and portable anti air missiles. he says we believe this system well remain within the definition of defensive weapons but will allow the ukrainian force to better defend their skies. so there you are getting a bit of nuance.— a bit of nuance. exactly, you chose an _ a bit of nuance. exactly, you chose an indication - a bit of nuance. exactly, you chose an indication of i a bit of nuance. exactly, you chose an indication of a i a bit of nuance. ...

Defensive. its a fine line. i know you have got a point in that it probably doesnt make a difference to the russians. but we are parsing it very carefully, and it just goes to how worried we are about vladimir putin escalating and rattling that nuclear saber, right? we would not ever go near a nuclear threat actual use in a conventional conflict like this and it appears at least he is giving us to believe that he might and he is deterring us. >> it seems like the u.s. and nato are turning up to ...

Closing the sky. and no one can say that it will start world war iii because it has already started. and if you know lots of countries supporting ukraine, no one is supporting russia except -- and we hope for weapons, we hope for military support, we hope for taking part in this defensive. we dont want to offend belarusian. we are not bombarding belarus. but we are trying to defend our country and defend all the world and defend europe. we hope that nato and united states will close the sky beca...

Are up 780 across ukraine, although that number may be higher. >> and this is notable, the uk minister said russia is surprised by the scale and ferocity of the defensive. u.s. secretary lloyd austin traveling in austria said the country has made a number of missteps. in a news conference today, austin said the smartest thing for putin to do is end the war and end the bloodshed. >> russias invasion has created a toll on many lives. indiana concluding far too many civilians. yet russias invasion ...

They have potentially to keep people on edge, to prevent nato and western allies from going further into the battlefield, certainly from imposing something like a no-fly zone because the fear at the end of that is that a direct confrontation could lead to the use of these weapons of mass destruction. >> it appears like weve reached a new phase in this war. ukraine forces are launching counterattacks now. it seems like theyre on the offensive around kyiv. what do we know about the fighting around...

In mariupol. officials now say 300 people seeking shelter there were killed. we do have it all covered tonight, beginning with this new message from russia. what they now claim their military goal has been all along. martha raddatz with her sources. can the russians be believed on this? abcs james longman leading us off from inside ukraine tonight. >> reporter: tonight, russia now signaling a major change in ukraine after facing significant setbacks, now appearing to be reframing its mission. th...

The russians as part of their playbook will often publicly state they are open to peace talks in negotiation will continuing a more aggressive military campaigns. i think you have to see a change of behavior on the ground before we see the hearts and minds of russian leadership opening up to a piece negotiation erie there are reports that the tally bennett has invited volodymyr zelenskyy the president of ukraine and vladimir putin the president of russia to come to jerusalem for peace conversati...

In this conflict is the fact our defenses are well coordinated and theres a tremendous amount of intelligence sharing going on. >> and so weve also been hearing reports that, in fact, ukraine that had been on the defensive with these kind of cyber warfare tactics has now actually been using some of those tactics themselves. is russia now defensive here in terms of what ukraines been able to do? >> well, theres been a lot of reports now. its tough to verify those reports as some of them come from...