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Continues, it completely changes the political and social and security culture of the entire transatlantic alliance. and thats not an understatement, right? for president biden, the administration, the white house house has repeatedly said theres not going to be a no-fly zone. it means putting u.s. troops on the ground, u.s. resources on the ground to enforce it, and thats not going to happen, but the question remains. we do not know how putin will respond. we have seen unprecedented response fr...

Him a favor of investigating joe bidens son and burisma, so i havent forgotten about that and i think the president will talk about how much hes rebuilt the nato allies and the relationships that we have and the leadership that the united states has continued to show. and i also know that hes going to speak to the bravery and the resilience and the courage of the ukrainian people which we have all been watching for days as our hearts and prayers are with them and with the diaspora around the cou...

Escalation. defense officials are telling the examiners that russia might target the convoys of weapons headed to the ukraine. deputy defense minister adding the consequences of launching a military attack on natos territory are quite clear. that is an understatement but joining me is john ratcliffe, former director of intel. i realize the desire to get help that ukrainian people. but do you think that u.s. officials have really gained -- what happens if those nato convoys are in turn attacked? ...

But they do horrific things once they do, right? >> yes, they do. thats not hot you control a population. you cant control 40 million people by fear, not when you have 200,000 troops. yeah, if they could move a million in and destroy the cities, possibly they would control us. quite frankly, they dont have enough troops or capacity to do it. theyve been able to take one city in the south. thats it. they have not been taken mariupol and theyre not taking kyiv. this is supposedly the second larges...

All the time, hundreds of people coming through. the figures will continue to grow. us secretary of state antony blinken was here just a little bit earlier on and he was here visiting the centre that has been created behind me where he saw row upon row upon row of camp beds where people are just getting a little bit of sleep and a little bit of respite. hes been saying and praising how poland has come together to look after all of these people who have had such difficult journeys. one of whom is...

Fired into this country. ukraines top diplomat urging to say they need more weapons, not just javelins and stingers. he wants bombs. theres a sign they dont have enough funds -- to annihilate the russian convoy. we are two hours into a curfew. we heard air raid sirens a short time ago, sending people scrambling. another night of uncertainty, and people are afraid. >> thats probably an understatement, including you. thank you very much. our people are amazing in this coverage, and what they are d...

Artillery. weve seen the occasional flash on the horizon. more action tonight than the last few nights. some people saying the cloud cover has listed today. weve had significant cloud cover the last couple days. people here in kyiv are afraid. theyre afraid of when russia will come. in theyre going to fight back. you walk around the streets here, theyre empty, this is a bustling city of three million. theres no one out today. the barriers are up, the sand bags are up and tank traps are up. the o...

Warned it may pull out of the new start deal, and both countries still have huge arsenals. america has an estimated 5,428 weapons, russia an estimated 5,977. all of which is why were looking to history and the present. its not the first time this has happened. its happened several times during the cold war. it never, of course, led to nuclear war. but i cant say how this is a positive development for the ukraine crisis. that is perhaps an understatement. and today, russia blamed various comments...

Support for the ukrainian community how ukraine has been through this before and relies on their faith and culture to fight on. >> the stories that we are hearing are brave, independent people of honor and faith that are the citizens of ukraine that weve come to love and so respect are very inspirational to us. >> inspirational an understatement especially for the people i talked to at the protests. theyre watching very closely as more protests are expected here in new york city and across the g...

Conflict. in short, an act of war. putin is already watching on the ukrainian people, the war is getting worse. more people are suffering. today, putin violated a cease-fire he agreed to, just hours earlier. preventing safe passage to citizens fleeing his violence. its an understatement to say there is a refugee crisis underway. and it is worsening. >> i took my daughter. and then, hopefully, we will arrive. i left my husband. back there. >> we begin our coverage this hour in lviv, ukraine. it i...