much rewriting, we are told. h how. they adjusted a few lines this morning, emphasized something, but they expected that. they said they were prepared for that, so president biden right out of the gate there, offering that strong rebuke, saying that russia has shame leslie violated the charter of the united states with this invasion of ukraine. he says the war crimes we have seen committed in ukraine should make one s blood run cold, with just how disturbing they have been. and basically a strong condemnation of russia s actions, talking about how they re violating the essence of the united states there. he talked about putin, noting he wanted that troop buildup. they said the thinly veiled threat was reckless. he calls for a reform in the
0 arbiters. poppy, despite the pressure from gop officials, there s no sign that card companies will back down at this point. it s a really significant change, and we ll watch it closely. matt egan, thank you for highlighting it for us. thanks for joining us today. we ll see you back here tomorrow morning. i m poppy harlow. i m jim scuitto, president biden will speak in minutes. our coverage continues with kate bolduan right now. hello, everyone. at this hour, we are moments away from a major speech from president biden, speaking before the united nations general assembly any minute in and out. we see the president entering the u.n. this morning, the who you says the they need to do more to support ukraine and firmly rebuke russia for its unprovoked war. biden s speech comes at a very interesting time. it s just hours after vladimir putin announced he s calling up 300,000 reservists, more troops to fight in ukraine s war. noteworthy as his remarks come after a string of humilia
still quite unstable. you ve argued for the need for a counteroffensive to take place sooner rather than later. but it would seem that ukraine lacks the number of combat-ready troops. there s no evidence of a troop buildup on the front lines. no signs of additional military vehicles or armor heading toward the front. ukraine certainly lacks the manpower and the hardware at least for a counteroffensive in the traditional sense, right? yes, we do have manpower, the key problem is weapons. we still don t have enough weapons, which we ve been asking to provide us. that includes artillery and multiple rocket launches, most of all. that s something which is still we don t have in sufficient numbers. but from the other side, we need to understand a counteroffensive may not take place in the traditional sense. what we do right now, we decrease the capacity and capabilities of the enemy, of russia, and as soon as we see
republic area which is only been recognized by the kremlin. or one or two kremlin s and other states. under international law, there is no doubt if they were partly ukrainian forces, they were not mercenaries. where you are right now, there is a buildup of russian troops read that s an area where they had left previously and it s been retaken. what is going on there right now? two over the last few days, and, as of this morning, there has been an increase in the level of artillery strikes and missile strikes against the environment of kharkiv. there also has been, a very substantial troop buildup coming in from the russian border. which is only 30 kilometers or so from where i am standing and that band of territory is still
process. a state department official telling cnn earlier today if that were to happen it s likely that a nato ally would be involved but noting that these kinds of attempts in the past, in the recent past, have failed. and, matt, as we watch this play out, watching a russian troop buildup, a tank buildup, artillery buildup, a ground war in the east. but russia today also testing an icbm, an intercontinental ballistic missile, sort of bragging about it. reporter: yeah. this is their icbm, a system vladimir putin has been bragging about going back several years now. the missile system itself is not new and the idea russia has icbms is not new. this is a concept going back decades. what is notable is this conspicuous timing of all of this. vladimir putin knows if he does a test like this in the middle of a war it might play well at home in state media propaganda and also sends a message to the west and to ukraine. maybe not more of a message than