the ministry of defense. their website is down as well as the website of one of ukraine's largest commercial banks. this is, we are being told, what appears to be what's known as a ddos attack. that's a denial of service attack when attackers make it impossible for folks like you and me to access those websites. for the time being, and, of course, we're just learning this so a lot still to come out. for the time being it appears to be the forward facing, public facing parts of this bank and of the ministry of defense. we don't know whether there's any damage beyond that. for example, whether there would be any military communications, for example, that would have been affected. right now it means that people cannot access at least these two websites. john, this is obviously something we're keeping a very close eye on. when we talk about the potential for russia to cause mischief to invade ukraine, it's not just from a military standpoint. we talk about hybrid warfare. russia can attack on a number of differen

biden: does the defense department? >> india is one of your major defense partners. is india fully in sync with the united states on russia? pres. biden: we are in consultation with india today. we have not resolved that completely. thank you very much. [shouting over each other] >> are you sanctioning president putin? [camera shutters] >> 10 minutes after 5:00 here

and obviously the defense minister said, don't worry, we're protecting not panicking. so there are conflicting messages. but it has been a shift from zelensky, where here on the ground just talking to some people, there has been some frustration that they don't watch ukrainian media, they have to look at european media, that they feel there is a calm, calm don't worry about anything, a little bit too much from zelensky. that they do have concerns and fears and want to see this more addressed. so it is a bit of a shift as you point out from him. but it goes in line to what we've been hearing obviously from the u.s. as we well know. on the edge, crescendo and words like that they've been using again and again. and it is a situation where i think there is a lot of fatigue of waiting and waiting for what may be something horrific. but may not happen. and they still don't know. >> so, we've also learned that the ukrainian police are in what is called enhanced mode, increasing street pat rome and critical infrastructure protection. what is it like there? >> reporter: so we w

do your point on cyber defense -- to your point on cyber defense come from state or nonstate actors, similarly on the defensive side our state has its posture. what role do you believe that the state has in helping nonstate actors be a part of that defense? is it a program where people need to be educated? guest: is a good question. working out the roles and responsibilities between individuals, organizations and governments is one of the big challenges that we have. on the one hand, it is ridiculous to think that the u.s. government is going to be sponsor for the -- responsible for the siebel security of every single business in the u.s. and you probably would not want that. you do not want the government being that intrusive. on the other hand, it is ridiculous to think that individual businesses and organizations are going to take on the cyber capabilities of the russians, chinese by themselves. as we work out those relationships so that -- how do we work out those relationships? what is the right level of responsibility? what parts of cybersecurity are individuals and responsible

with the russian defense minister survey, chicago world constructive. and frank chicago says ties between the 2 nations are close to 0. ukraine's pharmacist told alta 0 that russia's insistence that they talk directly to the separatists as part of the minsk processes unacceptable. earlier, a separatist leader accuse key of, of raising the stakes by moving military hardware. when natasha butler is live for us now in key f. so the u. s. president's telling us citizens to get out of ukraine . i understand there's some moves elsewhere as well. what's going on? yes, that's right. the dutch embassy in key advising its citizens to leave ukraine if they can, if they are non essential, a stall. we also understand from recalls on dutch radio that the dutch embassy would move its counselor services to a city if in the west or you cray not, that is not going to be making the ukrainian government very happy indeed because they have spent much of the day trying to down play the u. s. president j. biden's, comments and statements that us citizens should leave your cra

bio defense efforts and issue recommendations. she has also served as a staff director and brings a wealth of experience through her contracting work with dhs and the department of health and human services. she served on active duty in the united states army as a military intelligence officer and is eight decorated desert storm veteran. welcome back, dr. george. you are recognized for your opening comments. >> thank you. chairman peters, ranking member and -- ortman, and the rest of the committee thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today about the state of american bio security preparedness. i am the executive director of a bipartisan commission. they send you their greetings and thank you for continuing to secure the homeland. senator lieberman and government -- governor ridge testified before this committee when our commission released its first report, national blueprint on defense. they informed this committee that the nation wasn't sufficiently prepared to handle a large-scale biological event. sadly covid-19 eme

p will be invested in defense in london. and ladies and gentlemen, and i am addressing all parliamentary groups of the german bonus tag. let us in approve this in our basic long minus diligence. and something i would like to add at this point is that we are not just aspiring liberals of to visit your goal. because we have committed to this in our allies to increase our defense spending up to 2 percent of our gdp. we are doing it for ourselves. we are doing it for our own security woolley business dosage, ms. oliver told us to consummate him. well aware of the fact that it will not be enough just to have the german armed forces to stop the challenges facing us. this is why we also need to invest in development with and this is why we also need to strengthen our resilience, but technically and as socially in order to be more resilient against the cyber attacks on our communications systems. and we will need to keep up technologically as well, which is why it's so important for me, for that the fighter planes and tanks that are

we have the biggest defense budget in europe, and second largest in nato. we have contributive more troops than any other allies to nato's enhanced ford presence. a -- forward presence. and today i have agreed with the secretary-general a package of support to strengthen further our securities, sending troops, plans, and ships to defend nato from north to south. earlier this week i met the prime minister of lithuania. i will be traveling shortly to poland. and these are countries where every day the population wakes with an acute awareness of the threat just across their border. and they are countries whose voices and views must be at the heart of every discussion we have. because i believe that if we can keep a strong grip on the fundamentals, those fundamental principles that define our alliance, and combine strong deterrence with patient diplomacy, then we can find a way through this crisis. but the stakes are very high. and this is a very dangerous moment. and at stake are the rules that protect every nation, every nation, big and small. thank you, jens

there are claims this is ukrainian air defenses shooting down a russian aircraft. the biden administration has stressed that no american troops are going to fight in ukraine, ukraine is not a nato member and therefore not bound to the treaty that says an attack on one is an attack on all three members. the pentagon is sending thousands of u.s. troops to the region to bolster the natal block. they are heading first to germany, their next destination is unknown. nato says it's trying to avoid a larger war. >> we are increasing our presence in the eastern part of the alliance but what we do his defensive, is measured, and we don't seek confrontation. we want to prevent the conflict. >> kyiv mayor of said the russian president has lost reality and is prepared to fight against the invasion. he and his brother are former boxers, world heavyweight champion boxers as ukrainians across the country are taking up arms in the face of overwhelming russian firepower. >> shannon: those two brothers are very interesting. key figures in this whole thing as it's going on. we see peo

biden: does the defense department? >> india is one of your major defense partners. is india fully in sync with the united states on russia? pres. biden: we are in consultation with india today. we have not resolved that completely. thank you very much. >> ukraine, while briefing reporters at the u.s. capitol. his remarks are about 10 minutes.

we will also continue to conduct military exercise with her allies and partners to enhance defensive readiness. and if russia invades we will take further steps to reinforce our presence in nato, reassure our allies and deter further aggression. to be clear, if russia decides to invade that would also have consequences here at home. the american people understand defending democracy is not without cost. this is a cause the that unites republicans and democrats and i want to thank the leaders and members of congress of both parties who have forcefully spoken out in defense of our most basic most bipartisan most american principles. i will not pretend this will be painless. there could be an impact on an energy crisis so we are taking active steps to alleviate the pressure on her own energy markets and offset raising prices. we recorded major energy consumers and producers we are prepared to deploy all of the tools and authority at our to disposal to provide leet relief at the gas pump. and i will work with congress on additional measures to help protect consumers and address the impac

oh, this is al jazeera, these you top stories, nato defense ministers meeting in brussels. calling this a pivotal moment for ukraine and global stability. russia says it's begun pulling troops back from ukraine's borders. the u. s. in its nature allies say they haven't seen any evidence that brushed deciding who's.

the russian defense ministry has just announced new developments. they've said, look out, forces of we've taken territory from the ukranian army, 46 kilometers beyond what was the contact line before. don't ask. forces of advanced by 10 kilometers. meanwhile, the ministry has released the following video. me. well, let's what it shows down being blown up by russian forces. it was constructed back in 2014, while ukraine to block a canal supplying water to residents of crimea. that's why the reason became part of russia now crimea residents have suffered severe water shortages as a result of that. the russian defense minister, though says surprise, will now be restored. i mean, while lot of concern, of course, surround the fighting around the noble for my nuclear power plant. so the exclusion zone that area now remains calm. it was taken 2 days ago, one of the control of russian forces russian troops are now there alongside ukrainian guards jointly keeping it secure. the facilities, safety personnel continue to serve their radioactivity levels are rep

air defense system. although key of it says it was a russian missile strike. the russian military gave us this view non ukraine's tactics. history was the reason. a lot of michelle guidance system of the grain onto this how complex and one surely gram media will represent this case as a russian attack. but there's a big according to that country l, the track back and the nature of the damage. we can surely identify it as an anti miss weapon. it is very difficult to establish a serial number, but the from possible to identified. the main reason is that they are gray and forces deploy our moments in hormone conditions directly threatening. so this is the main problem, right, and you cranes, capital officials are urging residents to take refuge in bomb shelters. presidents are also seeing safety in the cities metro stations. meanwhile, elsewhere and ukraine. unverified footage has emerged online showing, fighting in the heart of the region which borders russia and of the dumbass plains have allegedly been f

in ukraine's air defense system. although, must point out. the key of says that it was a russian missile strike. a russian military expert has given us his views on you came tactics. this was the reason favor of miss l. guidance system of a grain onto this complex. and one surely gram media will represent this case as a russian attack. according to that control, the track bath and the nature of the damage, we can surely identified as an anti miss. so it is very difficult to establish a serial number from possible to identified. the main reason is that they are gray and forces deploying harmonics, form and conditions directly threaten. so this is the main problem in ukraine's capital officials are urging residents to take refuge in bomb shelters . residents are also seeking safety in the cities metro stations. meanwhile, elsewhere ukraine and verified footage has emerged online showing, fighting in the heart of region which borders russia and the dumbass plains have allegedly been flying over. the city of bala, clare

defensive steps that we are taking to shore up the defenses of our partner ukraine. steps that we are taking to deter a russian invasion or renewed russian aggression against ukraine. some of that is consistent with the defensive steps that we've taken. some of that lies in the fact that we have been very clear, not only the united states, but our european allies and others, about the massive costs, economic, financial and otherwise, that would befall the russian federation if an invasion, renewed aggression, were to go forward. you've already seen manifestations of those costs even in advance of the imposition of any new soorntion authorities on the russian federation. we've talked about this before. but the russian stock market has declined significantly. the value of the ruble has declined significantly. markets are growing increasingly pessimistic about the implications of the sanctions and economic measures we have talked about were they to go forward. so that, i think is a review of what would -- what would transpire were these measures to be fully put into pla

according to its defense ministry. that comes after the kremlin started a military operation, which it says is aimed at defending the don boss from ukrainian aggression. russian armed forces have destroyed 8 to 3 ukrainian military targets. the defense ministry added that no civilian areas were targeted to the strikes were aimed only at military infrastructure and also the safe exit routes for ukrainian soldiers have been arranged. ortiz, senior correspondence broadcast div reports from the la guns republic. i was thou, that hasn't been a any exclusions, and the gods sca oh, in the suburbs in the outskirts of the city as we had seen in previous days with wisconsin shelling between the 2 sides. so shelling from the ukrainian side and from the self proclaimed or at the now recognized republic of you guns. nevertheless, the operation, the offensive that they have launched this morning following, following a very sustained, very loud and very sustained artillery. shelly campaign this morning as the the operation they say i

p in future for defense. and i forgot the and, and the weapons weapon delivery, which was a, to boot in german politics for the last centuries. okay, let's just listen to, i mean, the german liter. all i shall say we're referring to here has in some quarters, have been accused of not appearing to be fully engaged in facing up to the challenge posed by vladimir putin. now, surely, given what melt has been saying and what we're about to hear that can no longer quite apply. let's listen to all our shelton. his own words. 14 but, and was his imperial shootin wants to create a russian empire in all he wants to reconfigure europe according to his own ideas. and he does not hesitate to use military violence in there what we see this to day in ukraine. so we must ask ourselves what capabilities putin's russia has. and what capabilities do we need to meet this threat to day and in the future? later on in that so called emerson douglas mia, and that we must invest more in the security of our country to defend our freed

there are areas in terms of cyber defense. we are collectively stronger together when we work together. so there are areas that each one brings a unique capability in terms of that. >> from your comments, i would imagine you would be a stronged a have indicate for srael with the defensive means they need? >> senator, i am. >> thank you very much. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator. let me recognize senator gillibrand. >> thank you so much, mr. chairman. in recent years, beijing has elevated middle east significance by billing commercial ports in pakistan and beginning another project in uae, which was halted by u.s. pressure. with china relying on the persian for its energy supply, do you view china's initiative in the area as a fundamental priority? >> senator, i do. right now, 18 of 21 countries in have signed strategic agreements for initiatives with china. china has increased their spending 360% in the middle east, so i believe it's of great concern. we have to expose their predatory practices where they treat

a here right now is the announcement from the russian defense ministry. or the russian troops, as always, will return to their permanent bases. as soon as their combat training activities are completed, the units of the southern and western military districts, which have now completed their tasks, have already begun loading equipment on to trains. these will move to the garrisons today, individual units will return on their own. i crossing like not to correspond, danny armstrong down there right there on a red square with us and battles and the kremlin behind him. danny, this is big news. the west has been creating a panic over a supposed imminent russian invasion of ukraine. but what we're seeing right now, greats of bit with that, doesn't as absolutely right, rory, as you just heads as the chief spokesperson for rushes, defense ministry, eager can a shanker of saying that all russian troops, military personnel, but we will be returning to their garrisons from the southern in question, a military districts. this of course, is a diplomatic answer from rus

so there's a strong, very strong defense relationship between the 2. but coming in contact because of attentional invasion by russia, ukraine, it clearly is, it has an added emphasis of trying to communicate to russia, as well as reassure paul's that the us will support them in any conflict with russia. while we appreciate you breaking down for us, what is quite a complex story that's richard width a defense analyst out of washington, d. c. thanks for being on the program. so let's just recap that breaking news out of eastern ukraine. rushing back separatists later has an evacuation of civilians to russia if follows arising shelling in the break way region of dumbass, announcing the move on social media. dennis push and off the don't yet, the people's republic says russia has agreed to provide a combination for people leaving with women and children and the elderly to be evacuated. first, child stratford is covering this story out of novice. he loves car, which is in south eastern ukraine, childs what elsie hearing about the latest news from that regio

every year for defense u. s. administrations, as you well know, have been pushing the germans to make this move for years. was it pressure from the outside to that turned the germans around here now, and he said that very explicitly in the speech actually was quite interesting that he said it's not because the allies have been pressing us to do this. but because we absolutely are intent upon defending our democracy, and he essentially made it clear that germany sees the attack on ukraine as an talk on universal values on democratic values. and that this is about being a vigilant democracy. and there's actually a famous essay by one of germany's great philosophers, karl popper, that talks about the vigilant democracy and the fact that democracy only works when citizens stand up for it. and he was making it very clear that that is how he sees these, as you say, a drastic departures in what we have known before germany. long ago, signed up to this commitment to do 2 percent of g, d. p as a for its defense spendin

the defense department is good at spending money. whatever money is issued to the department we would find a way to spend it. but 175 points doesn't move the needle. we have to have more flexibility to with the money we do get orient it towards the problems that are most severe. that's what moves the needle. >> you have got a background and telecom and what do you see in the budget process where lockheed might improve way d.o.d. does business? how might you start to do that? >> i think it hinges on what kendall just said about flexibility. that is within programs and across programs as well. i can give you an example of that. but i think the basic problem that we are facing is there is an advancing threat, as you just said, frank. and there is no denying that. it's a multi-front. we are in space and cyber where we never really had to contend before in any concerning level like we have today. and there is going to be a roughly flattish budget environment to do that in. and then that drives you to an efficiency argument. how do we get

this is naught, self defense unto article 51. it is naked aggression. it is an unprovoked unjustified war. and this council must condemn it. russia's latest attack on our most fundamental principles is so bold, so brazen that it threatens our international system. the united states sets the bar when it comes to invasions. i will refrain from listing the aggressions that the united states has committed in its history, but it has no right to preach morality to russia. i will ask all of you to pray for so. so those who has been already killed for souls of those who may be killed mission with i do apologize. but before moving to a moment of silence, i want to include in the list those people who perished over all these years in don bass. they also are worthy of being mentioned. all human lives are valuable. let's not forget them either. how as before the text of the draft resolution was watered down in apparent attempt to gonna more support, for example, the word condemns was replaced by deplores. still, india, china, and the united arab emirates, abstained

we have the biggest defense budget in europe, and second largest in nato. we have contributive more troops than any other allies to nato's enhanced ford presence. a -- forward presence. and today i have agreed with the secretary-general a package of support to strengthen further our securities, sending troops, plans, and ships to defend nato from north to south. earlier this week i met the prime minister of lithuania. i will be traveling shortly to poland. and these are countries where every day the population wakes with an acute awareness of the threat just across their border. and they are countries whose voices and views must be at the heart of every discussion we have. because i believe that if we can keep a strong grip on the fundamentals, those fundamental principles that define our alliance, and combine strong deterrence with patient diplomacy, then we can find a way through this crisis. but the stakes are very high. and this is a very dangerous moment. and at stake are the rules that protect every nation, every nation, big and small. thank you, jens

then it's been in official, the president, the prime minister, the defense minister, but also defense ministers of other to both estates law and estonia in an effort to kind of coordinate job response and gave russia intentions become mobility. and also, i think it is, it, is it of a reassurance to the bodies? yeah, and while this is going on, the criminal says that russian president vladimir putin was supposed to attend and apparently did military drills involving nuclear capable missiles. what is the significance? well, i think that's here, it is seen as a retching up tension without crossing you know, the red line making the russian presence felt and reminding the world at russia is the 2nd biggest superpower. and in terms of nuclear weapons, it is a threats and this threat, although i don't think that anyone including lloyd austin here in venice. ah, speaking about in our 3rd world war and they will. but it is seen as part of this playbook, which is a combination of information warfare, political threats, and deployments. lloyd austin here in vilnius, gave some detail additional d

>> so, india is one of your major defense partners. is india fully in sync with the united states on russia? pres. biden: we're in consultation with india today. we haven't resolved that completely. thank you all very much. thank you. [shouting over each other] >> are you sanctioning president putin? [camera shutters] >> members of congress are weighing in on president biden's announcement of more sanctions against russia. presented of lisa mcclain of michigan says this administration waited until russia attacks ukraine to impose sanctions that would actually cripple the country. they're doing this completely out of order. california congressman john garamendi tweeting, "the sanctions we imposed exceed anything that's ever been done before. strong, decisive action today by potus in response to russia's unprovoked attack on ukraine." and records -- represented pat fallon from texas as russia needs to be removed from these swift banking systems immediately. swift is based out of belgium and handles payment and messages, including money t

first, we are shoring up defenses at home. while there are currently no specific or credible cyber threats to the homeland, the u.s. government had been preparing for potential geopolitical contingencies since before thanksgiving. the white house coordinated extensive outreach by agencies with the private sector, specifically private sector owners and operators of critical infrastructure. departments and agencies have gone to unprecedented and extraordinary lengths to share sensitive information, and most importantly to outline specific steps companies can take to make their systems more secure. as an example, the department of energy shared technical indicators of techniques used by russian cyber actors to conduct cyber-attacks against ukrainian electricity systems during prior crises in ukraine. we are also using the authorities we have to require companies to put in place the cyber defenses needed. for example, tsa-issued directives that require oil and gas pipelines to report cyber incidents, conduct vulnerability assessme

that's from the defense ministry . as jonah reported, there's been an attack on a oil storage area, also gas in there where we're, we're here. there's also been a report from amnesty international and other pressure groups of, of, of cluster bombs being used a cluster munitions being used in civilian areas. multiple attacks, those cluster bombs are anti personnel, military bombs, but they're illegal internationally, particularly if they're hitting civilian areas. they're absolutely lethal. so the evidence is piling up, and ukraine is intent on trying to get vladin. vladimir putin are to be charged with crimes against humanity. when all this is over and re simmons with the latest on the situation across ukraine speaking to us from the v there. andrew, thank you. well, as we mentioned, e u foreign ministers have imposed, the new measure is on russia. the block says it will supply weapons to a country under attack. that's the 1st time the european union has ever done this. european union steps up once more its support for

i mean, it is a political failure and we saw the former defense minister anecdote come convo. i didn't know whether you were gonna fight or just now come out and say exactly that this was a failure. this is, this is a prominent figure. it doesn't have anything to lose any more in political, political terms here in germany, and really saying it's a historic failure of german policy and not to bolster own abilities just in case something like this happens. this is also before defense minister, she talked of a trade agreement with america and north america. more in strategic terms rather than economic terms. frankly, talking military is not something a german politician. certainly not the german public feels comfortable with. and that puts german chance at all. so it's still within his 1st 100 days in office, into a position where he will have to explain to a german public to make economic sacrifices. and why all of a sudden and defense security policy is a cool political theme, which is something that in the past many politicians avoided because it really was talks it where it t

maybe even though so to show you that of the defense minister as well. what about the sanctions that you know right now that they continue to under off new ones, just any more details of the further punishment the russia can expect? while we are expecting the e u to unveil a 3rd draft of sanctions and that could include a sanctioning russian not allowing it to take part in the swift international payments section, we know that cyprus has just given it's not to prove to push that through, but there are still some european countries who at the moment or at least trying to stop that. but that could be the next step in terms of you sanctions against russia or audi charlotte dupont. thank you. but thanks for joining us there and change, and after a lot of stuff coming to us right now on the hour every hour, fielding it as much as we can with back in just a moment. ah, ah bill mccauley who measure but anyway, the gwinnett supervision sort of different here. there is no 0 humans to to know was her colors have been, you know, there's most of them are still got a

p in future for defense. and i forgot the and, and the weapons weapon delivery, which was a, to boot in german politics for the last centuries. okay. let's just listen to, i mean, the german leader. all i shall say we're referring to here has in some quarters, have been accused of not appearing to be fully engaged in facing up to the challenge posed by vladimir putin. now, surely, given what melt has been saying and what we're about to hear, that can no longer quite apply. let's listen to all our shelton. his own words, 14 but, and was his imperial foot and wants to create a russian empire in all he wants to reconfigure. europe, according to his own ideas, and he does not hesitate to use military violence. what we see this today in ukraine. so we must ask ourselves what capabilities putin's russia has. and what capabilities do we need to meet this threat to day and in the future? later on in that so called emerson douglas mia, and that we must invest more in the security of our country to defend our freedom a

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nato is a peaceful and defensive alliance. and we are willing to work with president putin to give him the assurances he may need. we could point out until he invaded ukraine for the first time in 2014 nato did not permanently station any troops anywhere east of germany. and it was as recently as 2017 the u.s., u.k. and other allies established the enhanced forward presence to protect the baltic states. even then the total deployment of fewer than 5000 troops posed no conceivable threat to russia. and it is only in the last few weeks in response to the current crisis we have dispatched reinforcements, those numbers that constitute no possible threat. until 2014 european allies were cutting their defense budgets and shrinking their armed forces, perhaps faster than was safe or wise. and to the extent that this was changed it is the proof of the accident of president putin -- actions of president putin and the tensions he created. if nato forces are now closer to russia's borders, it is in response to his decisions and the justi

and so father, us have said we have no reason to change our defense conditions. so we'll stay as we are, which i think is the only way to rick to the boys. for weeks we've been hearing that russia's army is far superior to that of ukraine, but they haven't progressed as far as many had expected in ukraine. how do you explain that? well, many in the west or all the west have been surprised by those. there are different maybe different reasons for this. one is what the pence are gone last night called creative resistance of the ukrainians, who are dealing with russian forces. while counter to their doctrine, their ambushing, they are attacking support convoys, all these things. on the other hand, as we've seen in the video from the front lines, it's not the newest, the russian material, it's not the newest tangs and all this stuff which has been brought up. so either russia is not as well equipped as everybody in the west thought over the recent years or russia is keeping it's most modern. it's best equipped troops still back and we'll bring them into the fight lat

defense minister has to explain. one specific question he has for him is why there are a british soldiers training ukrainian, a military personnel in kiev and how many of them there are there and when will they leave? this is something he wants answers to. and the russian defense minister also said that at the current state of relationships between moscow and london are, is close to 0. of course that comes at the heel of a visits by list trust the british foreign secretary who was here on thursday meeting her russian counterpart, sergey love. rob and that meeting is being described as one of the worst meetings by a british diplomat to be had with a russian counterpart in recent years. those trust had a lot of demands to make an organ love rob was not having it. he said that she is come with a list of very strict and rigid demands and is not really here to listen to russia's position at. survey love. rob said that it was basically like a and mute person speaking to a deaf person. and at the end of the press conference

this is naught, self defense under article 51. it is naked aggression. it is an unprovoked unjustified war. and this council must condemn it. now at this point, following the resolution and the fact that it was essentially voted down because of russia's membership as a permanent member, the security council, we then got to hear the russian ambassador refute some of the allegations and the russian ambassador pointed out that lou ganske and don ask, have been subject to showing a food blockade and ongoing attacks since 2014, that russia has waited for 7 years for the mens agreement to be implemented that would deescalate the conflict and reintegrate the eastern regions back into the country. russia waited for 7 years before ultimately granting recognition to the republics. now, the russian ambassador was quick to point to the hypocrisy of the moralistic tone where it seems like us leaders have so much empathy. suddenly for the people in the ukraine. but they're not, you know, worried about, you know, pushing the country into a conflict. number one and numb

a russian defense ministry made those announcement. they said that people's militias of the nets can lugens had indeed i went to advance, at least at 9 kilometers into the territory controlled by ukraine. at least 3 different settlements had been liberated here in the next people's republic. however, heavy fighting still continues across the entire front line. for example, in the south of the republic near the city of murray oval, according to the representative of the people of militia, the but sally and cold as of, of the ukrainian military is so called a national defense battalion is spin, affiliated for many years with neo nazi believes while they have apparently encircled the city and there preventing the civilians from evacuating virtually making them into human shields. and of course we're hearing a lot of reports from a there as different elements in dumbass. people than s people's republic are being shelled every month. can i also just ask you about these videos that we're seeing coming out of care and miss our shut down and s

>> does the defense department of the united states -- >> india is one of your defense departments, is india fully in sync with the united states on russia? >> we're going to be, we're in consultation with india today. we haven't resolved that completely. >> okay, thank you all very much. thank you. >> the press colleagues certainly hungry for questions, and answers, and a lot frankly to go through here, with the president addressing the nation, one more time, announcing a whole new round of sanctions, he calls them significant sanctions, that will make it difficult, designed to make it difficult for russia to operate in the marketplace, and make financial transactions across the world. there are export limitations the president is talking about, things that would maximize the long-term impact on russia, and the president addressing the nation after meeting with g-7 leaders, suggesting there's not a lot of daylight between the partners as they approach next steps toward russia, although acknowledging that the idea of moving russia out of the s.w.i.f.t. banking system, that's an interme

p will be invested in defense. we spoke earlier to our team, political correspondent, me here, the couldn't and put it to her that this is a historic change in german, foreign and defense policy. absolutely, this is a paradigm shift in german defense policy. frankly, we seen more change in that in the past 24 hours than in the previous 24 years. that is now safe to say it started when saturday evening. we got news that all of salts is now planning for germany to directly to dive a weapons to ukraine, although we're not sure yet in which shape or form the honda will actually take place. and then today we heard from a social democrat john, whose chief whip in parliament is really leaning in the direction of having to, having tried to understand russia in the past, more of a pacifist kind of angle. well, he, out of all people now announced these 100000000000 on top of the ordinary defense budget. that's twice more than twice the current defense budget here in germany. and he's also agreed to above 2 percent of g d. p.

and a quantum leap in defense spending. this represents a dizzying departure from what was essentially long a post war consensus that germany would essentially tie its own hands militarily and absolutely prioritize diplomacy and dialogue. and the reason for that, you could say, is that germany learned the lessons of the 2nd world war and war of aggression that it initiated to. well, it essentially south military might, was off limits as a tool of foreign policy. we are seeing that change, and i have to say it truly is a watershed for me over 30 years of reporting on germany. i've heard many politicians professed that this country is going to take greater responsibility that it's going to commit more to defense. that it's going to play a more active leadership role in common european security policy. but never so concrete, never so impassioned, and never so defiant in never. so emotional watershed moment is what you said. and i think we've been hearing that word throughout the day. this is a radical departure, just the just

let's get our national defense spending up-to-date, and let's heightened that. let's heighten that as an issue. jack reed has been speaking every day on the floor of the senate about that, and the alarm bells still don't seem to be going off. i can't think of a better signal than getting our defense plus top -- plussed up. sen. shaheen: you are right, this is something our allies are looking at. they want to know can we get a budget from the united states? and our adversaries are sure looking at that. putin is saying they can't pass a budget, they are never going to unite against our actions. and china is looking at that as well. so this is critical for us to get done. i had a chance to have breakfast with a bar partisan group in the commons down at the marine corps, and we asked what is the impact going to be if we don't have a budget, and you have to work off a continuing resolution? and he was very concerned about what the impact was going to be. mr. green: let's hope we get there. i'm going to ask you a more difficult question. i think the taft question is,

failure in ukraine's defense system. although the key says it was a russian missile stripes on both sides now accusing each other for that explosion . there are no block of flat key of officials or urging residents to continue to seek shelter in various boma shelters. this is an unverified video from one as well . we can see people seeking shelter. residents are also seeking safety. as we understand the cities underground metro stations as well. so meanwhile, the russian president, vladimir putin, is alleging that ukrainian radical nationalists in the army are using civilians as human shields. this is by deploying heavy weapons in densely populated areas. again, this is according to the russian president with us is the ukranian radical nationalists are deploying heavy weapons including multiple loans, rocket systems, right in the central areas of large cities, including kiff and harko, they planned to provoke a response from russian strike systems on residential areas in fact, they act in the same way as terrorists do. t

higher defense number, lower nondiscretionary defense account. pay raise, obviously the pay raise that we're anticipating is really a down payment on inflation, because let's face it, we're not keeping pace with inflation, with a 7% inflation rate and rising. we may end up with 8 to 10% inflation in the next year according to some economists. so let me get to what's happening to our defense spending. it's no secret, this hearing is obviously at an unclassified level. it's broadcast on the internet. there's no doubt that our enemies are watching at the present time. while we are frozen, unable to properly provide for our nation's defense, our adversaries are planning to react accordingly. admiral, please give this committee your assessment of probable chinese activity regarding taiwan over the next year and what an invasion of the island would mean for america and its allies. >> ranking member calvert, thank you. so i mentioned up front in my comments that what the cr does, what the cr yields for the nation is a smaller, less ready, less capable,

spending like that more than 2 percent of the ftp in future for defense. and i forgot the and, and the weapons weapon delivery, which was a, to boot in german politics for the last centuries. okay. let's just listen to, i mean, the german leader. all i shall say we're referring to here has in some quarters, have been accused of not appearing to be fully engaged in facing up to the challenge posed by vladimir putin. now, surely, given what melt has been saying and what we're about to hear that can no longer quite apply. let's listen to all our shelton. his own words. 14 but, and was his imperial shootin wants to create a russian empire in all he wants to reconfigure europe according to his own ideas. and he does not hesitate to use military violence. what we see this today in ukraine? so we must ask ourselves what capabilities putin's russia has. and what capabilities do we need to meet this threat to day and in the future? later on in that so called emerson douglas mia, and that we must invest more in the security of our country to defend our freedom and d