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Russia may be considering using chemical and biological weapons in ukraine. the president said that by making false chemical weapons allegations against ukraine and the united states, russia may be seeking to create a pretext to use them itself. lets have a listen to what he said. his back is against the wall, and now hes talking about new false flags hes setting up, including hes asserting that we, america, have biological, as well as chemical weapons in europe. simply not true — i guarantee ...

That it respects values, that it respects human rights and basic rights for the human person to live is something that has to move all the societies and the governments helping ukraine and pressing on putin. the problem is we are not just the end goal for putin. if we fall, if we fail to protect ourselves, if we are destroyed, he will spill over this war to other regions, and he has been already vocal about that. yesterday two meetings, yesterdays songs that they were singing, they have been act...

>> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt good evening, everyone back from assignment in ukraine and good to be with you on this friday evening the footprint of russias war in ukraine expanding tonight. targets struck in the west and center of the country for the first time today and more claims of russians targeting civilians. but nowhere is the situation more dire than the city of mariupol its population hungry, thirsty, and desperate. tonight choked off from relief and escap...

Have direct access to him, and even when they do, its not like -- you know, its not like a typical situation that you would have here in the u.s. government where you have usually a frank and open exchange of views. with putin, you have to be very careful what you say in front of him, so thats a bit of isolation as well. i dont think he thinks that, you know, somebodys going to launch themselves across that long table and try to poison him, you know, with the tip of an umbrella or something. i t...

And bats and parasites like lice and fleas as agents. this was all roundly condemned as you just heard by the uk, by the us, by albania, by france, india also which has a historic relationship with russia and the us, so humanitarian situation and previous agreements had to be respected. and of course we are hearing from the western nations that they fear this is russia using the security council effectively to try and plant a pretext, a reason for its use of chemical or biological weapons, which...

Operations. >> now, we know that russia is not afraid to use internationally banned chemical weapons for assassinations. they used chemical weapons when poisoning -- alexander lit in yanko in 2006. again when it targeted former spy sergei -- and his doctor in 2018. a chemical nerve agent was also used in the attempted poisoning of alexei navalny, in 2020. russia also supported syrias government, in its efforts to cover up its use of chemical weapons against its own people. but considering russia...

When the nerve agent sarin was used against people and saraya syria, the west failed to retaliate but the world watched on in horror. -- the un security council has voiced concerns that russia is creating a similar false pretext ahead of a chemical attack in ukraine. >> russia asked for todays meeting for the sole purpose of lying and spreading disinformation. and that is exactly what you have heard from the russian pr this morning. >> pressure is now on president biden to respond. but he has on...

>> yeah. president biden said friday there would be a severe response from the u.s. but he didnt elaborate. the biden administration as you know has warned about russia using these so-called false flag operations in the donbas region, the disputed area in eastern ukraine as a pretext for an invasion. turned out to be pretty accurate. how concerned are you that putin will use that same strategy to launch a chemical attack? >> the administration and nato has been very good about calling out these ...

Official state media accounts, chinese officials sort of tweeting around the edges, or amplifying this. then, what is so striking to me, is when you see it in realtime. no one was saying anything about anything having to do with, they have biological weapons on march 1st, or february 20th. all of a sudden its like, fox news, and the russian ambassador, boom, right in the middle of the discourse. >> yeah, look, this is a second attempt to create a pretext for this war, its very much post-talk, bu...

Which really does feel like this will be his last ditch effort to get as much support for his country as possible. >> griff jenkins live from washington. what is interesting, comments made by senator lindsey graham with regard to nato involvement going forward. he said god forbid russia detonate nuclear weapon. that nuclear weapon and fallout is not necessarily confined just to the borders of ukraine. that nuclear fallout well could hit other countries issue including the nato countries and what...