Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, states that the decision to deprive Russia of the status of an IAEA member state does not depend on the will of the agency's director General.
president will also meet with troops, u.s. troops from the 82nd airborne division, deployed at least temporarily, to poland, a key nato ally. tell us about this deterrent mission that is under way, because i can assure you based on my conversations with senior polish officials, they re very nervous, god forbid this war in ukraine could spill over into poland, a nato ally, that would mean 29 other nato allies would directly be involved. this is part of what the nato alliance and the u.s. along with all members of nato are now doing. beefing up their military presence across the eastern flank. the 82nd airborne is central to the u.s. part of this, for deterrence against the russians, and reassurance of the allies and, of course, in poland, to send a message to the polish government that one of the most elite u.s. military units is there and ready. the 82nd airborne has been in
enemy. according to preliminary data, there were about 200 russian troops. some of them are in the ground. while others escaped. three tanks and nine bpm. there is one of them here, which is now ours. joining us now it talk about all of this is retire general philip breedlove, a former commander for europe. let s begin with the reporting we just got from our fred pleitgen on the ground in kyiv, there are multiple ways and multiple intelligence reports that told us how much success the ukrainians are having, in protecting kyiv and how many roadblocks, literal roadblocks and logistics issues russia is running into in and around kyiv. do you believe that the success the ukrainian forces are having, particularly there, will continue?
there is concern that it not appear escalatory to the russians. that was in the beginning, when they deployed several weeks ago. now much more open and don t f forget, poland is a major route for those weapons being shipped in to ukraine to help those forces fight against russia. wolf? yeah, not just symbolic, but sends an important message that the president of the united states is going to be meeting with members, troops from the 82nd airborne division, temporarily, repeat, temporarily deployed here to poland and elsewhere in eastern europe. nato allies, thousands more troops have come over the past month or so, to this area, very, very potentially significant. barbara, we ll get back to you. kaitlan, we ll get back to you as well. john berman has a lot going on over in ukraine. john, ukrainian forces, they are a month into this war, holding off russia, but russia still
that extended into a month now, wolf. president biden is on his way to poland, he s going to get a humanitarian briefing on the effort that you have even under way here because of this crisis, this refugee crisis that has been caused by this invasion. over 3.5 million people have been displaced from their homes in ukraine because of this russian invasion. and over 2 million of those who have come here to poland alone. not all of them are staying here, but officials believe many of them will. that is the other side of this effort. the polish president asked for help with this, given they have taken in this huge influx of refugees now living here in poland, working here, going to school, and trying to re-adjust their lives, following this invasion. and so the other aspect of president biden s day today is meeting with members of the 82nd airborne division. that comes as they are trying to bolster the nato presence here in eastern europe, on this flank, many of these nations that border u