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Taylor. ambassador, thank you for joining us. what goes through your mind right now hearing the president of the united states say hes convinced putin has made the decision to invade in the coming days? >> wolf, its sobering. it is sobering. its a chilling thought that the russians would attack kyiv where i served and other parts of the country where i visited. people will clearly die, ukrainians and russians. so its depressing to think. now, that said, the president also thought there was still...

A bleak picture. the threat this invasion could actually happen its bigger than ever. >> i appreciate it. i want to turn now to cnn global affairs analyst susan glasser. good evening to you. this is the first time the president is saying putin has made the decision to attack and is going to target the capital of kyiv. biden also tweeting tonight, were calling out russias plans not because we want a conflict but because we are doing everything in our power to remove any reason russia may give to ...

Cannot get any more obscene in the way that it ruptures human lives no matter how young, it does. and a sobering, sad part is that it will continue to do so. theyve been travelling 30 hours already, there are many more hours ahead. more than 1.5 million people have now left ukraine since the conflict began. of those, close to a million are now in poland. hungary and slovakia have each received over 100,000 refugees. and moldova, romania and russia have seen more than 50,000 people cross their re...

Does not have no impact on chinese leadership? >> i think it does. it is cautionary and sobering for them, thinking about, say, invading taiwan, how the world has reacted, but i will say this, bill. it is not exactly a one to one thing. china is ten times the economic size of russia, so everyone is a lot more reliant and intertwined with chinas economy than they are with russia, and the other thing is, a lot of these sanctions bullets cant be fired more than once. a lot of the european economies...

And you hear how the children behave, they also want calm, silence, cosiness and warmth. what do these children mean to you? translation: many people ask me why i do this job. ifeel that im needed here. just when you think that this war cannot get any more obscene in the way that it ruptures human lives no matter how young, it does. and sobering, sad thought is that it will continue to do so. theyve been travelling 30 hours already, there are many more hours ahead. stay with us on bbc news. stil...

>> jesse: we start again in ukraine where the sounds of air raid sirens are piercing the sky as russia rages war. missiles and exmolestations raining down on the capital of kyiv while putin continues vicious assault on neighbor. russian forces have surrounded the city. there are reports indicating sending on the military airport 20 miles south of kyiv. and just moments ago ukraines president made a sobering statement and, quote. tonight is the night the enemy will storm kyiv. our enemy will use ...

What do the children mean to you? translation: many people ask me why i do this job. . i feel that im needed here. just when you think that this war cannot get any more obscene in the way that it ruptures human lives no matter how young, it does. and a sobering, sad part is that it will continue to do so. theyve been travelling 30 hours already, there are many more hours ahead. more than 1.5 million people have now left ukraine since the conflict began. well, over half of those are now in poland...

Silence, coziness and warmth. what do the children mean to you? translation: many people ask me why i do this job. . i feel that im needed here. just when you think that this war cannot get any more obscene in the way that it ruptures human lives no matter how young, it does. and the sobering, sad part is that it will continue to do so. theyve been travelling 30 hours already, there are many more hours ahead. more than 1.5 million people have now left ukraine since the conflict began. well over ...

War cannot get any more obscene in the way that it ruptures human lives no matter how young, it does. and the sobering, sad part is that it will continue to do so. theyve been travelling 30 hours already, there are many more hours ahead. well, as weve seen the russian invasion of ukraine is causing chaos for millions of people. and yet, in the midst of all this, two people on the front line have decided they will not let a war get in the way of their own plans for life, as the bbc�*s tim allma...

Upsidedown in terms of providing support, increasing their defense budget. so its inspiring and sobering at the same time to visit there in the midst of this crisis. and europe has waived visa policies, and welcome in thousands and thousands. doesnt america need to do the same thing? we are told they are making accommodations for activists -- thats not enough, is it? >> no. i think we should make the same kind of accommodations and welcome these people, at least for temporary residency status ju...