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Official line here is that a _ from moscows perspective? well, the official line here is that a new- from moscows perspective? well, the official line here is that a new and - official line here is that a new and significant phase of the special military operation, as they call it here, is beginning. but you do get a sense of increased urgency and increased aggression. vladimir putin has consistently tried to frame his invasion of ukraine as an act of defence. so russia is the victim, ukraine, a...

Leaders on the phone. some from nato, the prime minister of japan as well. we are entering into a new phase in this war. from your context, what is on the table? lets start with militarily. is the united states, are the european allies willing to do anything different in this next phase in terms of heavier weaponry or more direct nato involvement from your knowledge? >> well, john, great to be with you. absolutely. we just saw an announcement by the dutch government this morning that they are fl...

Collapse as ukrainian troops fight back. president zelenskyy says, quote, every lost life is an argument for ukrainians and other free nations to perceive russia exclusively as a threat generation after generation. well bring you the latest updates were getting on the ground ahead. >> also, right now, to mask or not to mask. thats a big question millions of americans are asking. in a jolt to how we travel, a judge struck down the biden administrations mask mandate for planes, trains, and public ...

Making sure that the government was able to remain in place and repel those russian forces. this is a different phase. and we have to continue to not only provide military equipment to the ukrainian government. we have to now cripple the russian economy. so you have the european union now really talking aggressively about a ban on russian oil. we are going to have to try to cripple russia to prevent them from providing additional equipment to their forces in donbas. but this is going to be a ver...

They already have troops and supporters in the area. how does that play out on the battlefield, the kinetic part of that? >> well, i think what it means is that president zelenskyy needs to get advice from his military. the initial focus during this phase should be going against that artillery, should be going against the logistics trains. if you want to run a true offensive, that is going to take mounds and mountains of artillery, food, fuel and thats to be put somewhere. if he can take out the...

It is day 55 of russias war on ukraine, and here is what we know right next. the next phase of moscows assault is under way. its the battle for the donbas. russian troops appear to be concentrated for a major ground assault and air strikes on key cities in eastern ukraine. the kremlin said its goal is to achieve, quote, full liberation. thats what its calling it, of that region. earlier today russian forces seized control of the eastern city of kreminna, the regional governor there said ukrainia...

Navalny now as we are sort of in this new phase really of russias relationship with the rest of the world in the middle of the horrific invasion of ukraine, he is a reminder that many, many russians do not support vladimir putin. there are many millions of people in the country who are fundamentally opposed to the regime of vladimir putin now and to the way the kremlin operates and of course to the actions it takes overseas, and i think sometimes in the global coverage of the crisis in ukraine, ...

National security council, matt miller. matt, thank you so much for joining us this morning. and we would like to just start with what is the latest white house assessment of whats actually happening on the ground in donbas? do you believe this second phase of this invasion, of this war, has started? >> well its clear the russian forces have stepped up their attacks in the east, in the donbas. they increased the amount of artillery attacks in the last 24 hours or so. and its clear, as we have be...

Reinstalled, this is the russian ideology. the russian ideology of bolsheviks, of soviets, the russian inhumane ideology and this is the sign that russia wants actually to conquer ukraine and as far as i see the playbook that putin decided to invoke is similar to so-called donetsk peoples republic and luhansk peoples republic. so they are to reinstall monuments. they are to push into circulation russian rubles. they will grant russian citizenship and if it is possible for him, he is ready to tak...

Is depending on to be able to survive these battles. ukraines morale is remarkably high given the damage their country has suffered. but that is partly due to the charisma of their president, volodymyr zelensky, who has been able to galvanise pretty much the whole country behind him. the big fear in western circles is that if president putin doesnt get his own way here, there is a risk, and the cia has said this, that in desperation he could be tempted to lash out with something like a tactical ...