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Its newsday. hello to viewers on pbs in the us and around the globe. nato leaders have approved plans to increase military aid to ukraine and to send thousands more troops to eastern europe after meeting at an emergency summit in brussels. the g7 and eu also held meetings in the belgian capital, in a show of western unity against moscow. well have more on that in a moment. but we start with a special report from inside the city of kharkiv, in the east of the country — less than a0 kilometres f...

Thousands more troops to eastern europe after meeting at an emergency summit in brussels. the g7 and eu also held meetings in the belgian capital in a show of western unity against moscow. well have more on that in a moment. but we start with a special report from inside the city of kharkiv in the east of the country, less than a0 kilometres from the russian border. it has faced relentless russian missile strikes and shelling. our correspondent quentin sommerville and cameraman darren conway hav...

What does he need to accomplish? >> i think he needs to knock it out of the park with that speech, again, emphasizing western unity, american leadership and calling russia out for what it is and then explaining once again why ukraine matters, why this is a greater battle of tyranny versus liberty. >> indeed. we have a tiny bit of time left so i think i can sneak in one more question to you john brown none. what is your gauge for success for this trip? >> i think were seeing it emerge in terms of...

Wide in hundreds of millions of koipzs did not please the fans of the so-called gender freedoms. today theyre trying to kans a country, our people. im talking about the increasing discrimination of everything related to russia, about this trend which is unfolding in a number of western states. >> well, for her part, rowling pushed back against being brought into this discussion. she tweeted, quote, critiques of western cancel culture are not best made by those currently slaughtering civilians fo...

Viktoria, told npr this morning that it believes india is rethinking its relationship with russia. maybe not publicly, maybe quietly, but do you see positive signs there in terms of india refusing, in effect, what seems to be russias request here to do business with us, buy our oil, et cetera? >> well, that might be aspirational at this point. if they were to change course, that would be a significant shift because the truth is we tend to emphasize western unity and unity of the nato allies, whi...

Gary, when you listen to vladimir putin speak, has he always spoken in these kind of rambling, long messages? talk about cancel culture? >> no, not at all. i have to say that putin spoke much more in the last couple of months than probably for his entire career as russian dictator. and his message has been changing. and i guess the latest speech, you know, came from a very different course. i think some are watching fox news. and you know, added these elements of the culture wars in the west. i ...

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Means to resist. vladimir putin also believed that the west would not hold together in support of ukrainian. russia was surprised that president biden and the united states were so effective in rallying the world to prepare for and respond to the invasion. after president biden reinvigorated western unity in brussels 11 days ago, the russians have now realized that the west will not break. at this juncture, we believe that russia is revising its war ames. theyre repositioning their forces to con...

Vladimir putin also believed that the west would not hold together in support of ukraine. russia was surprised that president biden and the united states were so effective in rallying the world to prepare for and respond to the invasion. and after president biden reinforced and reinvigorated western unity at a series of summits in brussels just 11 days ago, the russians have now realized that the west will not break. at this juncture, we believe that russia is revising its war aims. russia is re...

A party along with the united states and of course syria, the middle east being a top concern of both countries. what were going to see today is a tightly choreographed summit, very -- very -- on message, very disciplined. there is not going to be a breaking of bread, there wont be meals that will be shared by the u.s. president and by the russian president. everything is going to be pretty tightly choreographed so there are fewer opportunities for the russian president to go off script but of c...