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Ukraine and russia, the kremlin spokesperson laid out some demands from russia like ukraine must choose neutrality. stay out of nato. acknowledge crimea as russian territory. and recognize the self-declared luhansk and donetsks peoples republics. these were the same demands putin was making before the invasion. where does that tell you if thats where hes still at in terms of negotiating and these ongoing talks? >> its a very good question. so our sense is that mr. putin all along, for whatever r...

By the ukrainian forces and the resilience the ukrainian army had demonstrated. but im wondering because you said theres no off threat and yet the foreign ministers of both countries will meet on thursday in turkey. will they will they employ a different strategy? whats the point here? right. so i think that both parties are both sides are stalling for time because the requirements that putin had put forward so far include three things. one is that ukraine has to change its constitution to becom...

Demands to know what kind of country destroys maternity wards. >> translator: childrens hospital? maternity ward? why were they a threat to russian federation? what kind of country is russian federation that is afraid of hospitals? afraid of maternity wards and destroys them. >> straight now to cnns michael holmes, live in lviv. kaitlan collins at the white house. hello to both of you. michael, the latest to come out of russias invasion of ukraine, a maternity hospital bombed. its unthinkable. a...

About 20,000 russians have fled their own country to georgia since the invasion. georgia has had a difficult relationship with russia since it gained independence from the soviet union 30 years ago. russias backing of two breakaway self-proclaimed republics erupted into a full-blown conflict in 2008. georgias president is concerned about where mr. putin could turn now. >> we are all worried in one way of what putin might do next, and hes using quite a lot of these threats, some psychological, so...

That zelenskyy would basically sign an agreement that would replace his government with a pro-russian government? and then are these questions about recognizing crimea as russia or recognizing the two so-called peoples republics in donetsk as independent states, those are going to be very, very difficult questions. and at some point to get a negotiation going, moscow has to show some give. and at this point at least publicly, that hasnt happened. >> i spoke to igor nobokov about these potential ...

Exports, out into the world shipping lanes. watching whats happening in the south, is very important. >> just getting picked up on what is on board, i think im fairly accurate in this, it is a medieval tactic of standing about finances, and it is very continuous, these artillery shellings. if ukrainians continue to resist in the manner they do, it looks as if there may not be much of ukraine left in the not too distant future. >> its an absolute irony, and it is outrageous, and an attack invasio...

We know this administration has just announced that theyve been adding 11 armsfigures to its sanctions list. that wont do anything. theyre moving to the u.s. any time soon. they have no plans to leave russia. so all of these things that were doing, in name only provide pressure on putin, is the last thing that ukraine cares about. now ukraines strategy is to buy time so the rest of the world can increase the pressures. the pressures dont do anything while ukraine continues to see their citizens ...

There to listen, not to offer any ideas of their own. it takes two to tango, but, you know, the russian foreign minister wasnt authorized to dance at these talks. but nevertheless, the two sides did come together and that in itself is a positive at the highest level talks that have taken place since the conflict began and both sides came to the table, you know if i can draw a silver lining out of this, with some element of compromise, the russians backed away from the idea they wanted a puppet r...

Being part of this russian world. so the only realistic thing potential military neutrality. why sorry to say this, people of ukraine are disillusions with nato, why, because our skies are still open with missiles flying in every day and tens and hundreds of thousands of civilians are dieing and so that causes the people to reassess their desire to join nato soon as possible. thats the only realistic thing on the table. everything else, except fake republics, accepting crimea, we simply dont tru...

Iron fist. this is someone who orders assassinations and poisonings of people. so i dont think it is off-base to think that he wouldnt be able to control his own people. so unfortunately, i dont think the economic sanctions will ultimately have the change that we wanted to have. but, you know, perhaps they can. >> before we go, melinda, i want to know who is with him. a lot of people on russia dont actually know who is in ukraine. they are going along believing in state media, but one portion of...