years ago. people here already shed blood to get rid of the last leader who was the kremlin-backed victor who was ultimately forced to flee after opening fire on his own people. so there's a sense in the ukrainian capital i think no matter how tough things get and no matter how outmatched the ukrainian military is by russia's military -- and make no mark about that. that is very clear that people here will fight. and whether that takes on a sort of guerilla type of incarnation or more classic formal one or a street protest, revolutionary type of movement remains to be seen, but they will fight, wolf. >> very interesting. you know, phil, this revelation from president biden today, very dramatic. it fits into this strategy to reveal intelligence on putin's plans in realtime. does the administration still feel this approach is the right one considering, ultimately, they believe putin will invade
why are you leaving? selina, don't throw your life away. don't worry, honey, i got nine of them. i the new incarnation of the batman will be in the cinemas next month. claudia redmond, bbc news. before we go i want to remind you of the latest developments that russia, ukraine conflict. the meeting will be held in a few hours' time as a result of those escalating tensions between the two sides on the request of kyiv, i might add. ukraine's resident zelensky has appealed directly to the people of russia for p saying the possibility of war depends on you. he switched to the russian language in that address and said that 200,000 russian troops were massed on ukraine's border and had been ordered to move forward. he said he had again sought talks with vladimir putin but was met with silence. there's lots more for you on that story on our website. do make sure to have a look at that. we will also have a look at lots more on the story throughout the day on bbc news so do stay tuned for that.
variations on a grimace, and everything's in your voice. it's so much more of a vocal part than i would ever have realised before. but, yeah, very satisfying. he wasjoined on the red carpet by costar zoe kravitz, who plays catwoman, and fellow british actor andy serkis, who's playing bruce wayne's loyal butler, alfred pennyworth. it's a beautifully written role in this version. it's slightly different to the way that alfred is normally portrayed in the sense that normally alfred and batman are kind of an ensemble and they're facing the foe together, but we actually meet him at a point of great tension. the killer left this for the batman. why is he writing to you? the reboot from director matt reeves focuses on the emotional connection between alfred and bruce wayne. why are you leaving? selina, don't throw your life away. don't worry, honey, i got nine of them. i the new incarnation of the batman will be in the cinemas next month. claudia redmond, bbc news.
some respects, the semantics don't matter. what matters is the brutality that's been brought to these outskirts of kyiv, these areas in which the russian advance was halted. and this has huge implications for how russia prosecutes the rest of this war, especially in the east. but also, for the international legitimacy if there is anything left of that of vladimir putin and his senior leadership. >> speak to that for a moment because clearly many people say, well, what does it matter if it's a genocide or war crimes? the russians won't pay any attention to it. they never have in the past. they never will in the future. >> yeah, and i think one of the big on-the-ground implications is that russia has said in the last couple weeks, it wants to reorient its military offensive to the donbas. to the east of ukraine where i served for a year as a cease-fire observer in the first incarnation of the war and back then, in donetsk and luhansk, there was some support for the idea of russia presiding over --
committee is like we're going to do whatever we need to do to get to the bottom of this. and the question i have for you is knowing the republicans in this -- in their current incarnation as you do, is there anything that this committee can do to jim jordan and others to make them give the kind of testimony that would actually help us figure out what happened on 1/6. >> well, i think they're going to resist in every way they can. again, guilty dogs barking loudly. i think the committee has certain powers to increase pressure on them. what i would be worried about if i were on the trump side of this equation is if this hits a boiling point with the committee, and there are subpoenas and defying and all that, that may give -- that may give a push for the justice department to act and get aggressive, which i hope is what happened. i think they have a lot of indirect pressure. but there is almost -- with the exception of kinzinger and cheney who are heroes here, there is no good faith on the republican side in the house on
tools that we will have to consider. >> mike, you and i are old enough to remember when the only thing more unusual than a congressional committee threatening to or, in fact, subpoenaing another -- a sitting member of congress, was the possibility that under those circumstances, the sitting member of congress would defy the subpoena. so i ask you, you know, this all -- it feels like this committee is, like, we're going to do whatever we need to do to get to the bottom of this, and the question i have for you is, knowing the republicans in this -- in their current incarnation as you do, is there really anything that this committee can do to jim jordan and others to make them give the kind of testimony that would actually help us figure out what happened on 1/6? >> well, i think they're going to resist in every way they can. again, guilty dogs barking loudly. i think the committee has certain powers to increase pressure on them. what i would be worried about if i were on the trump side of this equation is if this hits a