nato leaders and european officials to discuss the war in ukraine, of course it will be touched upon the fact that they will continue to send ukraine weapons and systems to defend themselves, what is likely not going to be announced is any kind of effort by nato directly to close those skies over ukraine to close that airspace where so much of the destruction by russian forces has been wrought against ukraine. john. it will be so interesting to see what comes out of the meeting on thursday. such an unusual rapidly called meeting. something of that consequence, they would have to produce something more than words. what that would be remains to be seen. natasha bertrand, thank you so much for being with us. u.s. officials have confirmed that russia launched hypersonic missiles against ukraine last week. this is the first known use of those weapons in combat. the speed of the missiles, their
against this war. and we have heard from president zelenskyy said is unprecedented sources. significant logistical challenges. the uk s ministry of defense has warned russia will continue its attempt to encircle kyiv and will continue to use heavy fire in urban assaults raising concern over in discriminate attacks by russian forces since the beginning of this invasion. john. yeah. it has been horrific. nada bashir, thank you very much. christine, back to you in new york. we heard from vladimir putin on friday. he called this the self-cleaning of our country, which is just so troubling when you hear what s happening there. his motivations and justifications there. all right. thanks, berman. a supreme court justice in the hospital right now as hearings begin. the latest on justice clarence thompson next.
where russia and ukraine stand on peace talks. the ukrainian president zelenskyy says he s ready and willing to negotiate with president putin. natasha bertrand live in brussels with the very latest on this. natasha. reporter: yeah, john. so u.s., pure pine nato officials telling us they have very little on the status of this, four rounds of which have taken place when russia invaded ukraine. some of the positions that have been out there, have been made clear publicly, too. we know the ukrainians have been demanding a complete cease-fire, full withdraw from ukraine, as well as security guarantees from the west. but the russians as well have been putting out demands that the u.s. and europe see as really, really difficult to reconcile with what the ukrainians might be willing to accept. things like the full recognition
of may its tax. and maryland for 30 days, ending april 16th. lawmakers in california are proposing a $400 rebate. they say that would cover the cost of the state s highest in the nation 51-cent tax for most people. trying to figure out a lot of ways to stop the bite of high inflation. thanks for joining us this monday morning. i m christine romans. i m laura jarrett. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. good morning to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is monday, march 21st. i m john berman in lviv and western ukraine. brianna keilar is in washington. we begin with ukraine rejecting an ultimatum from russia for the city of mariupol to surrender. it has just been decimated. 7,000 people did manage to evacuate over the weekend. so many remain trapped.
the 1990s. but they have improved their safety record due to more stringent traffic control measures and large fleet of planes. if indeed this crash is as bad as it appears to be, this is a big deal. they have turned their website black and white of this hour, even though there is no official statement on their website, certainly an indication that the news in the coming hours may be very bad, john. sounds grim. thank you. a ukrainian mother protecting her baby from harm after a strike on her building in kyiv. i was wounded in the head and blood started flowing.