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Is yet to come. putin indicated, according to the french readout, that he would not stop until he controls all of ukraine. the biden administration again today said there is no talk of nato setting up a no-fly zone despite the horrific images of civilians being killed. the reason russia has nuclear weapons, the department of defense recently established a deconfliction line, learned, with the russian ministry of defense on march 1st for the purpose of preventing miscalculation, military incident...

Representative to that monitoring, the cease-fire monitoring for ukraine, that the russian forces are still increasing. we have to break down these numbers. he said the numbers of the russian forces are now 169,000 to 190,000. but when we look at it more closely, that includes the separatist groups, the militias, the russian-backed forces. we dont know if were comparing apples and oranges, but they are saying there are more russian forces, he is still building up, not drawing down as he has clai...

System. >> is there any way the u.s. would support a no-fly zone over ukraine? >> what that would require is implementation by the u.s. military. it would essentially mean the u.s. military would be shooting down planes, russian planes. that is definitely escalating and would potentially put us in a place in a military conflict with russia. thats something the president doesnt want to do. >> reporter: so thats a no on that? >> those are the reasons its not a good idea. >> reporter: i think that ...

And we are. >> thank you, secretary. are you considering energy sanctions against russia? because realistically, how can the west defeat putin in ukraine when the west also pays putin up to $700 million a day in oil, gas, and coal? i know the british form minister has talked about it, how britain is looking into it. are you? >> first, as a general proposition, nothing is off the table and we are evaluating every single day the sanctions, their implementation, and additional measures. the sanctio...

Particularly disturbing that russia, given the particular responsibility for upholding the u.n. charter is subverting the charter and abusing its position. we are focussed on isolating them, isolating russia and holding them accountable and thats what we and our allies are focussed on doing. >> president zelenskyy is calling again for a no fly zone over ukraine. is that something you are giving any thought to that at all? >> the no supply zone requires implementation, require essentially the u.s...

Prepare this invasion cruelly, cynically, deliberately in violation of the rules of war. ukraine says its continuing to engage russian forces on multiple fronts, on the eleventh day of the war. a presidential adviser says the towns of bucha and hostomel, on the north—western approach to the capital, kyiv, are experiencing constant bombardment, and the authorities are trying to organise an evacuation. reports from the neighbouring town of irpin say theres heavy fighting taking place with hardly...

Today. this is important to know about a no fly zone. implementation by the u.s. military and shooting down planes russian planes. that is escalatory and puts in a place in a military conflict with russia. the president wants to be direct with the american people about what he will do and not do. he is not sending u.s. forces into ukraine to fight a war with russia. and he thinks it is vitally important to be direct with the public about that. >> from the beginning in the aggressive effort as th...

Live in london and in the united states. and so the actual statement of intent needs to be followed up by very rigorous implementation. there needs to be more oligarchs added. and the department of justice has to actually freeze some of these assets and seize some of these assets, and that will send a very strong message back to vladimir putin. >> bill, as you mentioned, the sanctions are targeting a handful of oligarchs but theyre also targeting the russian people in many ways, the country as a...

Power plant that they control. right now they control this one at the barrel of a gun. to state the obvious, although theres opinion, my understanding theres sensors and not just inside this particular plant but also strewn across europe to precisely to figure out whether things are bloeg on air currents that are radio active materials and so forth. my understanding is those are still reporting theres been no issue. needless to say high explosives dont go well together. >> were seeing this happe...

Said in his remarks earlier, that he still hopes that diplomacy can go on here. he also made it very clear that the biden administration has shifted its approach here. it is implementing these costs that it has promised on russia. the sanctions going after russian sovereign debt, the elites, et cetera. and they are looking to crank up those costs so were seeing a pivot away from diplomacy and toward the implementation of costs. were waiting to see what secretary blinken says about that meeting. ...