powering possibilities™. this is cnn breaking news. hello and welcome to our viewers around the world and in the united states this hour. i m hala gorani live in lviv, ukraine. it is just past 6:00 in the morning in this western ukrainian city, and we begin this hour with new reports of heavy fighting north of kyiv, the capital. but ukrainian forces say they are recapturing territory east
i m john vause at the cnn center in atlanta. back to hala gorani life in a moment. but we leave you with the music of a 9-year-old playing a message of piece. ign options. when a normal day is anything but normal, we fit your schedule, with our uniquee tub over tub process, installed in as little as a day. when high quality is the only qualitity that matters, we fit your standards, with a lifetime guarantee. bath fitter. it just fits. visit bathfitter.com to book your free consultation.
ukraine, to pull out of ukraine, but for belarus as well not to exacerbate and worsen the situation in ukraine. and a message for china, as well. that they need not to give military and economic support to russia, and that they need to take a position along with the other international along with the other democracies in the world. so, this is a much different place, as you say, hala. well, it s a united front publicly. but of course, there are some disagreements on the final, perhaps most drastic steps that these alliances can take. one would be imposing a no-fly zone or even a humanitarian assistance zone over western ukraine. we re not there yet. and also, there is this idea of really sanctioning the energy sector as a whole in russia. and you have countries like germany that are opposed to that right now because they truly rely on russian oil, to the extent that um stopping those shipments would result in,
putin could understand that there are red lines, bridges to cross from which you cannot come back from. um, he does hope that putin doesn t cross those. um, he is concerned about it but i think it it paints that picture that there is still the potential there for president putin to back off, and not be entirely alienated and made a pariah from the international community, although many nations around the table, at nato, at the g7, at the at the european at the european council leaders summit today, many nations may feel that. but that is not potentially a united position, yet. there is scope for president putin to back off now, all thou no indication whatsoever that he is going to do it, hala. thanks very much, nic robertson, live in brussels. i will have a lot more from lviv, ukraine, at the top of the hour. but firste, let s go to john vause in atlanta. hala, thank you.