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Vladimir putin a pariah. after 20 years of saying maybe we can do business, we'll invite him to the g8, maybe he'll turn our way, nato has clearly made a decision, that was a bad bet. and we're going to now rewrite the security infrastructure in europe. the question on the short term is, what about ukraine? you heard from the foreign minister. he needs weapons, weapons, weapons. president zelenskyy today put it this way. >> translator: today western countries have adopted new sanctions against the russian federation blocking new investments into russia and restrictions on banks in russia. addi...

From their perspective. nato is a defensive tact, the kremlin is not buying it. they have decided now is really the time to draw a line in the sand. they are demanding nothing less than a complete reconstruction to help the european security infrastructure, something they're tired of, and i've been here since 2018 when this ukranian crisis started, and it's interesting to see the sense of frustration the kremlin has growing to exaspirationexas. richard, you have covered this issue for such a long time. is there anything about this today or the readout from these talks that surprise you? >> not...

A ukrainianjournalist and joins us now from kyiv. thank you for being with us. we had a british politician saying he thinks an invasion is imminent. do you think that? do you think the russians are going to invade soon? it would be hard to express an opinion. as a journalist i do talk to a lot of people. the threat is there, it is not a bluff, there are russian troops standing at the border. it is not really theoretical. however, to my mind, i think the decision still would be taken by the kremlin because the point is moscow is looking at how the west is reacting. this is a diplomatic crisis f...

Yeah, i suppose the point is — there is a clear message there — they're trying to disrupt you, they're trying stop you doing what you do. how do you respond to that? i think how we respond to that is to stay the course. we work together as a collective, all of the different hbcus consider ourselves sibling institutions. we collaborate together to support each other, we advocate for investments and security infrastructure for our campuses and we actually, as an hbcu, as a black and catholic institution, xavier specifically has been on the forefront of reconciliatory conversations and we hav...

Now to the us. the white house has condemned a spate of bomb threats against a number of historically black colleges. the threats, made to more than a dozen universities and schools in cities from baltimore to new orleans, began on the first day of black history month in the united states. patrice bell is vice—president and chief of staff at xavier university of louisiana. she explained what her institution and others are doing in response. we work together as a collective, all of the different hbcus consider ourselves sibling institutions. we collaborate together to support each other, we a...