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yes. the ukrainian grandmothers who are saying to russian soldiers, i m going to put sun flower seeds in your pocket so that when you die on ukrainian soil they can pop up on your grave. i mean this is not what putin imagined. throwing the book at them now in terms of economic sanctions and punishments is also a part of it. i think the world is there. certainly nato is there. he has managed to unite nato in ways that i didn t think i would ever see again after the end of the cold war. all right. it is the top of the hour on this monday, february 28th. former secretary of state condoleezza rice with those comments yesterday about how putin has managed to unite nato. joining us from nato headquarters in brussels nbc news correspondent josh letterman who covers the white house. josh, you just finished an exclusive interview with nato s secretary general. what did he have to say? reporter: well, mika, if you think back just a few years, the nato alliance was frayed, there ....
Asked for at the time and what better position they would be in then. we also need this is not just about ukraine. the chinese government is watching as well because they re looking at, is this a possible model for them to go into taiwan? the new equipment we re sending to ukraine, we should put the same stuff on a plane and send that to taiwan as well so that we re not in the same situation 18 months, 24 months from now when we re talking about taiwan. that s a very good point. many people are raising that and worrying about the trickle-down effects of this 689 former texas congressman will hurd. it s great to see you. thank you so much. always a pleasure. new day continues right now. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is monday, february 28th 679 i m john berman with brianna keilar. we do begin with breaking news. moments ago, an incredible ....
Day five of the russian invasion of ukraine, and we are following several fast-moving developments. both sides are meeting in belarus right now to negotiate a possible cease fire. kyiv remains under ukranian control, but capital is in russia s crosshairs. vladimir putin puts his nuclear forces on high alert, and the global economy is on shaky ground. financial markets are down and oil prices are up. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, february 28th. i m john that le mire and we will start with the news. as fighting rages on for the fifth day, ukranian resistance has slowed down the russia advance, but it is still pushing forward in the country, according to a u.s. senior official. last night russian forces claimed to have captured a ukranian port city of about 100,000 people, but kyiv, the capital, is still under ....
Good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is monday, february 28th. i m john berman with brianna keilar. and we do begin with breaking news on the russian invasion of ukraine. new reports that the russian forces are encountering stiff resistance, not only from the ukrainian military but ordinary civilians as well. even being turned back in some places. at this moment, there are talks under way between russian and ukrainian delegations close to the border. ukraine is calling for an immediate cease-fire. president zelenskyy making it clear he expects little out of these discussions. we are expecting new reporting about them very shortly. there are growing fears this morning that belarus is prepared to send soldiers into ukraine in support of the russian invasion. that is according to ukrainian intelligence. president putin has placed nuclear deterrence forces on high alert. the white house calls it another manufactured threat. now, there are vis ....
Like this, we may be getting that answer from kharkiv, taking us back to mika s first question at the beginning of this program how long is it going to take for those european weapons to make their way to ukrainians so they can defend themselves against this kind of an onslaught? all right. and with that, we ll continue the coverage here all day on msnbc of the war in ukraine, the invasion of ukraine. that does it for us this morning. chris jansing picks up the coverage right now. hi, there. i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it is monday, february 28th. we have a ton of very fast-moving developments coming out of the war in ukraine. as we speak, talks are being held between ukrainian and russian delegations, but the ....