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The ussr in 2011. and of course since then the bbc�*s sarah rainsford, a fine reporter, has been deported. and there is a sense of pressure on everybody of almost orwellian control. and as all of you in your different ways try to understand what is happening and report on what is happening, sam greene, i wonder if there is a fundamental challenge at the heart of this which is the man who started this war, the man who dominates russia is not a man who is easy to understand. he is not a man whoj...

Will double down on attacks as a result. theres a new u.s. intelligence report thats also shedding some light on vladimir putins motives or intentions, i should say, when it comes to the united states. cnns katie joins us now with details. what does the report say? >> reporter: this is a report that the intelligence community releases every year known as the worldwide threats assessment that gives around the world rundown of how the intelligence community is viewing a variety of different threat...

The -- i can tell you this: that just yesterday on a bipartisan basis, nearly all the members of the intelligence committee issued a statement calling on the administration to assist to expedite the transfer of those migs to ukraine. and although i cant tell you whats in our intelligence, i can tell you that as you might assume, we wouldnt be taking such a strong stand if it was something that was absolutely going to be viewed as escalatory. we think its going to be viewed as something that woul...

Ban, but courtney, let me close the loop on this a bit. because you had talked about the big question why would poland send these jets to germany first. and weve talked about the logistical challenge here in potentially getting the migs into ukraine. where do you land them, how do you get them into the air space and what if they engage with russian fighters, et cetera, on the way over. so on, so forth. is there any possibility that poland is essentially trying to hand that kind of logistical hot...

A figure on that because this crisis is unfolding. but i believe the nordic countries, scandinavian countries, and the european countries will stand by to support the bordering countries of ukraine. all right, youve also said that norway is providing ukrainians with some military equipment, anti—tank weapons, protective vests, helmets and so on, but i want to put to you what fabrice pothier, a former head of policy at nato who has served under the current secretary general, jens stoltenberg, a...

Attention from police. in kyiv even those fleeing through humanitarian corridors dont escape scrutiny. >> because we are afraid that russians may have sent some of their own. >> reporter: ukraines rail chief says security has been beefed up to guard against saboteurs planting special targets to guide russian missiles. staff detained this man near kharkiv. >> constantly catch them and send them to police. >> reporter: how do you know for sure? >> russian documents. many other stuff. >> reporter: ...

. here now is peter, hudson institute senior fellow. this was an embarrassment. jake sullivan might have had good intentions going here, but he will deal with one person an will deal with the president of the united states. he will not deal with jake sullivan. this is all just smoke and mirrors meaning nothing. why do you think china made it clear point to brush off the ukraine issue in their state media report on this meeting? >> war at the time is a clarifying moment. the chinese have faced a ...

Before i let you, go you are the president of the nato parliamentary assembly, which is the legislative arm of nato, presidents zelenskyy, im sure youre fully aware, has been critical of the alliance after the refusal to in force a no fly zone, deliver jets to ukraine, and now he says that ukraine should accept that it wont be able to join nato. how has this conflict shaped the alliance? for better or for worse? >> i think putin deserves a lot of credit for solidifying the alliance, as i, said t...

Nation will suffer an incredible price to get what he describes as eventual victory. bianna? >> so important to hear that soldiers perspective of whats happening on the ground there as hes trying to defend his country. ivan watson, thank you so much. well now lets get to the critical phone call between president biden and xi jinping. weve learned that it just ended moments ago and lasted nearly two hours. joining me now, cnns john harwood live at the white house and cnns david culver live in s...

Significant increase in the numbers of atatacks and the typs of weapons being used in kharkiv especially. and then we had these two strikes against air fields in the west of the country, not that far from where you are, which clearly indicate as you were saying in the intro there, a possibility or i think frankly a certainty that the russians are trying to interrupt the ability of the ukrainians to resupply, firstly, and secondly it use air fields for military purposes, a lot of their air force,...