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And you certainly dont do them if youre getting ready to pack up and go home. russia continues to deny it plans to invade ukraine. the foreign minister, sergei lavrov, said it was nato that was escalating the situation — not russia. translation: with respect to when i de-escalation starts, or when it i would end, these are not our words. these are the words being introduced by the propaganda machines. these words about escalation and de—escalation are something that every european politician...

The aftermath of a ukrainian air strike on russian helicopters, destroyed while sitting on the tarmac. "the new york times" says conservativest malt estimates s 7,000 russian soldiers have been killed. kyiv officials tell the "wall street journal" four of russias top generals have died on the battlefield. but putin remains defiant. on wednesday he said the west is trying to defy the russian people and insisted anyone who isnt a true patriot should be purged from society. we have so much to talk ...

Countries. joining me now, retired brigadier general with the brookings institution and former national intelligence officer for russia and eurasia at the national intelligence council. angela also author of the book "putins world." we begin with you. russias military attack intensified the most recent miles from the polish border. do you view this as a shift in st strategy from the russians at this point? >> it could be. i think. the first thing theyre doing is going after the supply lines. inc...

Institute who worked with albright at the state department and shares the concern and the expertise about russia and vladimir putin, the author of "putins world", thank you for joining us tonight, beginning with your colleague, my condolences. >> well thank you very much, it is a sad day and it is a great loss. she really was a pioneer. she was of course twice a refugee from nazism and communism. so she knew who it was like to have to flee murderous dickators and she was someone who believed not...

Russian airwaves are clogged with propaganda and the kremlin has passed laws making it difficult to report on this unprovoked invasion, much less criticize it. joining me now, angela stent, senior fellow at the brookings institution and author of "putins world." plus, former ambassador to ukraine, john hertz. welcome to the program. you have really dug into putinism, as well as the man himself. what do you make of how its going down in russia? are you seeing anything, other than, you know, accep...

Hello, im maryam moshiri. youre watching context on bbc news. russia says it will stop supplying gas to european countries it deems �*unfriendly�* — unless they pay for it in roubles. vladimir putin has signed the decree which will take effect on friday. european states are calling it blackmail. the financial system of western countries is being used as a weapon. the assets in dollars and euros are frozen so it makes no sense to use the currencies of these countries. meanwhile, president b...

Killed, but their bodies are in the streets because they cant be collected. its simply too dangerous. it sounds very much like the situation in mariupol where an absolute humanitarian catastrophe somehow continues to get boris. russian and ukrainian forces had agreed to a limited cease-fire in order to let people escape, but russian forces blocked more than 40 buses that were supposed to carry people to safety. ukraines deputy prime minister says russian troops also seetzed two humanitarian conv...

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Comes from all of these domestic inquiries and he cannot just get rid of them. i think the russians dont understand that about our system. >> but theyre so good at this. they have been studying america for so long, how could they have missed that? it is not a new facet of american politics. >> for some reason they always think that the u.s. president can pick up the phone and tell the u.s. congress and tell other people what to do. and they never seem to learn. >> so does donald trump apparently...