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>> jim, i think you've got it exactly right. they're flexing their muscles, they're not running out of regular missiles knocked down by air defense. i think that message is being sent as much to nato as to ukraine. this is the first use of hypersonic weapons inside a conflict. russians know we don't have them fully online, china does. i think the message is not that they want to precisely attack specific targets but they're sending a clear message to nato and in general in the united states in particular that they're willing to ramp it up and have weapons we can't stop at this point. >> and i ...

The u.s. worries economic or military support china sends to russia has potential to change the balance on the battlefield and could take the sting out of western sanctions currently crippling the economy. the white house discussion included the leaders to maintain open lines of communication. china may see this as an opportunity to burnish credentials as major global player, capable of stepping in, solving the geopolitical crisis. >> neither meeting with russia or towards ukraine instead presenting as a mutual party. >> reporter: china's economy takes hits from a new wave of covid. economic b...

You can name putin, not responsible for what he did, we should start to calculate everything what he did to russia what he did to international community, what he did to individual. yes. to be responsible. >> we're going to find out together. he has avoided accountability and responsibility up until this point and the world, i think you're right and the russian people missed too many warning signs about vladimir putin's behavior. maria, thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> all the best to you. coming up, walking a diplomatic tight rope. president biden lays out conseq...

Tranquil. ukraine crisis is something we don't want to see. the two governments are used to combatting one another, traded barbs as vladimir putin rained misery on people of ukraine. >> china is on the wrong side of history with ukraine and aggression committed by russia. it has not stood strongly against it. >> remarks by the u.s. are slandering and smeerg against china. such remarks are not helpful for solving the problem. >> the world's two single biggest economies may have power to stop the suffering, biden needs xi to set parameters for putin. he once called putin his best friend. they me...

Look at them and view their actions, and that is a decision for president xi and the chinese to make. >> reporter: president biden hoping to get xi to take on the role of peace maker. interesting to compare readouts from both sides. u.s. side stressing it was mostly about ukraine with biden warning xi of consequences should china help russia. state media in china playing up that xi pressed biden on taiwan which china considers part of its sovereignty. xi warning biden if the taiwan issue isn't handled property, it won't be good for u.s./china relations. coming up, two million ukrainian refug...