missile defenses. >> i would agree. under my narrative, we've always for almost 30 years, three and four administrations, tried to get through negotiations, a handle on the threat. i would think this is the kind of issue we ought to pursue strategic dialogue administration started with russia and the strategic dialogue jake sullivan suggested beginning to be discussed so we are in agreement. of course we ought to try to see if we can get negotiated limits on those but ballistic missile defense capability is a hedge against those efforts. >> where want to turn to questions in a minute but picking up a little bit on the clues in your discussion now in russia particular about the whole conversation may have been different if we can imagine the u.s. never withdrawn from the treaty trying to focus limited activity on missile defense in the confines of the complex you could have, how might this be different? maybe not different at all, or may be quite different. >> i think he's right, efforts over multiple a

homeland defenses and should the u.s. penetrate defenses and how? >> i don't think that the chinese nuclear expansion is driven by the desire to penetrate u.s. ballistic missile defenses. i think the projections are that they would have a thousand strategic nuclear war heads by 2030. that estimate is up from about 400 of just a year ago. why are they doing this? i think they are doing this because we have seen across the board a change in policy by xi jinping. china is asserting itself. it clearly believes it should be a dominant if not the dominant power in the decades ahead. and having a strategic nuclear program comparable to that in the united states and russia is i think part of that agenda. that's clearly where he's heading. and the capability they are developing is -- is -- could overwhelm any ballistic missile defense capabilities. we haven't -- could overwhelm any ballistic missile defense capabilities we have and i think the chinese and the russians know that. we are already in the business of deploying defenses to counter those missiles a

could you talk a little bit more about the activation or the defense plans? what exactly does this change? and when was the last time this was done? thank you. these plans or plans for our developed over the years or to make sure that we have plans in place to react to crisis like the crisis we are faced with now on the they are defensive plans. they are the prudent plans on there are plans of course, and the all east of our lines from the, from the buyer and see down to the mediterranean on the and they give an hour, a mentor. this is so more at fault. it is within politically to find a guidelines on the, on the, on the, on the frameworks or to deploy forces where they deem it needed. and that's exactly what we have agreed today. so these again are defensive plants and showing that we have forces at the sufficient redness at the right place for throughout europe. haven activate or have they ever been activated before? oh, so i don't know whether it's right for me to answered up questions because i don't know whether it has been made public before. so i own w

we argue for the increase of the defense budget for the ministry of national defense. we understand it matters to taiwan's survival. therefore, it is not just the minister of defense himself who is very keen in increasing our investment in the military, it is a whole of government approach to increase our capability so taiwan is able to defend itself. and the increase of our budget, we need to spend in a very smart way, making investment in the defensive articles that will make a difference and also making investment and isometric capabilities so that china understands it will pay a very heavy price if they initiate a conflict against taiwan. we are also engaging in civil defense reform. the government has instituted an all-out mobilization agency underneath the ministry of national defense. we want the people here in taiwan to be able to defend themselves if china is going to lodge a war against taiwan. these are what we tried to do. and the support of the united states, or exchanges or draining or sharing of intelligence are also very important and we are very glad t

according to the russian defense ministry. that comes after the kremlin started a miniature operation, which it says is aimed at defending the don bass from ukrainian aggression. russian armed forces have destroy day to 3 ukrainian military targets. the defense ministry added that no civilian areas with targets it. the strikes were aimed only at military infrastructure and also that safe exit routes for ukrainian soldiers have been arranged. r t that senior correspondent rod goes, dia, reports from the 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, with constant shelling between the 2 sides. so shelling from the ukrainian side and from the self proclaimed all as the now recognized republic of lugens. 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

and ukraine's right to self-defense. russia is using force to try to rewrite history and deny ukraine its free and independent power. -- independent path. nato's core task is to protect and defend all allies. there must be no room for miscalculation or misunderstanding. an attack on one will be regarded as an attack on all. this is our collective security guarantee. today, the north atlantic council decided to activate our defense plans. our top military commander. this is a step to protect and shield other nations during this crisis. and it will enable us to deploy capabilities and forces, including the nato response force, to where they are needed. in response to russia's massive military buildup, we are already strengthening our collective defense on land, at sea, and in the air. in the last weeks, allies from north america and europe have deployed thousands of more troops to the eastern part of the lines and placed more on standby. we have over 100 jets at high alert, protecting our airspace. and more than 120 allied

nato has helped them with the defensive -- defenses. we have also helped them with trust funds and different activities. take -- on top of that, different measures to help them to sanction the naval forces and armed forces. on top of what nato has done, it has also -- including defensive weapons and supported training. it'll be a decision to continue to support. that is for individual nato allies to provide. deconfliction is extremely important to us. we will continue to reach out to them to make sure we can do everything we can. >> yes. what is the message to the countries like finland and sweden about the situation? thank you. >> finland and sweden are very close art nurse. -- finland and sweden are very close partners. even they -- though they do not apply for a membership now, they strongly believe that the nato will not form any type of agreement with russia, based on what russia has proposed to us to sign a legally bound agreement on any enlargement of nato in the future. i think that the sweden and the finland them, it is a quest

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

so we have prepared a new bill, the so called homeland defense bill or homes defense act. i need to include a mechanism that allows for even bigger financing of them under lays ation of polish armed forces and the equipment of potion forces. and we already have the secretary. i have talked about the fact that through building this interoperability for equipping and the potion forces with the most modern equipment in this way, we can increase the defense capabilities of the entire eastern flan complaint because the security of bowen's means the security of the entire eastern flank of natal, i'm also very grateful to the secretary for the development of the 5th corps, which is currently in the ones we talked also about this topic. this is undoubtedly a very important element of deterrence in terms of whether or not we intend to the boy or so. again, i would just say that you know, everything that we do, we will consult with nato in our allies and partners to make sure that, that fully coordinated in any steps that we take going forward. and finally, i would reiterate that we

we argue for the increase of the defense budget for the ministry of national defense. we understand it matters to taiwan's survival and therefore, it is not just the minister of defense himself who is keen on increasing our military, it is the whole government approach to increase our capability so that taiwan is able to defend itself. in the increase of our budget we also need to spend money in a very smart way. making investments in the defensive articles that will make a difference. and also making investments in isometric capabilities so china understands they will pay a heavy price if they initiate conflict against taiwan. we are also engaging in a civil defense reform. the government has instituted an all-out mobilization agency underneath the ministry of national defense. we want the people here in taiwan to be able to defend themselves if china is going to launch a war against taiwan. these are what we tried to do. the support of the united states or exchanges or training or sharing of intelligence also very important. we are very glad the united states has bee

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

would come to nato's defense. but you even her from the defense secretary is a really important bridge not to cross. that is, if you send troops in and that further aggravate atpollutant and does that raise the risk that he will then take a move on ukraine? there's a lot of diplomacy going on as you know an hour and a half from around the u.s. and security council will meet to discuss this. and russia will have a seat at that table. it is a question of how does everyonene dance around this in a way to avoid war? >> as far as the timetables are concerned, you talk about the troops been called up. is there a timetable as far as the deployment is concerned or discussion of one? what's the 80 airborne fort bragg, spent very cautious is not named units. or we should say specific use but the 82nd airborne has been relied upon again and again to go in quickly. it can actually go in this units within their the immediate response force that can respond within 18 hours a been called up. they could get over there very quickl

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.

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

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

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

gdp in our defense >> the move is supporting defense sector trade with key stocks higher. you have gaining nearly 30%. a major gain an s across the spe let's get out to anetta to talk us through what many are calling historic u-turn from germany the reason is this represents abandonment from the german military restraint that has been in place since world war ii. it be an inflation point with the world order. talk about the moment about the historical perspective and what it means for european defense spending moving forward. >> reporter: it is historic moment i think yesterday's speech in front of parliament, olof scholz had an historic speech as a huge u-turn of the defense policy since world war tii he want to see ukraine's military be one of the strongest and best equipped in europe. that means an overhaul ever since world war ii and since the beginning of the merkel era after the fall of the soviet union. in the '80s, to give you an idea of how much our military has been shrinking, in the '80s, there were 3,500 tanks in the military right now, 300 no way we could conf

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. >> are you sanctioning president putin? [camera shutters] >> coming up we will hear from jen psaki, who will update reporters on the administration's latest actions regarding russia's invasion of ukraine. live coverage of that set for 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. a reminder, you can also watch online at c-span.org. you can watch full coverage on our free video app, c-span now. ♪ >> hundreds of thousands of children and teenagers are involved in the civil rights movement. in demonstrations and base many of the risks as the film participants. sunday on "q&a, bp franklin, an author and professor, will talk about the stories of these sometimes overlooked contributors to social justice in the u.s. >> it was the teenagers who showed up for the protests initially because they were not under the constraints that their paren

new york and other states to strengthen cyber defense. we made great advances. we are going to have to be strong, tough and vigilant. who knows what the heck putin will do, but we have to be able to fight back on defense and offense." more reaction from congressional leadership earlier today, adam schiff called for additional sanctions on russia and aid to ukraine, while briefing reporters at the u.s. capitol. his remarks are about 10 minutes. rep. schiff: you also need to sanction russia for this act of aggression placed by the kremlin dictator. we need to move to sanction the largest banks in russia, cut off russia from the international financing system and its ability to access western capital. we need to attack its ability to gather sophisticated technology for its weapon systems, we out to go after more of its oligarchs, and we need to continue to strengthen our nato defenses in the region of protect nato allies. this is a terrible tragedy for the people of ukraine. i think it is the result of a kremlin dictator, terrified of the de

nato has helped them with the defensive -- defenses. on top of that, different measures to help them to sanction the naval forces and armed forces. on top of what nato has done, it has also -- including defensive weapons and supported training. it'll be a decision to continue to support. let us as -- that is what -- that is for individual nato allies to provide. we will continue to reach out to them to make sure we can do everything we can. >> yes. this. what is the message to the countries like finland and sweden about the situation? thank you. >> finland and sweden are very close art nurse. -- very close partners. even they -- though they do not apply for a membership now, they strongly believe that the nato will not form any type of agreement with russia, based on what russia has proposed to us to sign a legally bound agreement on any enlargement of nato in the future. i think that the sweden and the finland them, it is a question of self-determination. then potentially in the future, also to apply for nato membership. for me, the ve

we have a defensive presence in the east. we are increasing our presence not to provoke a conflict, but to prevent a conflict. as long as there is no doubt about nato's readiness to protect and defend allies and our commitment to the core message, the core task of nato, one for all, all for one, an attack on one ally will be regarded as an attack on all, then no ally would be attacked. and that would prevent the conflict. and that would preserve peace for nato allies. that is the reason we communicate so clearly and the reason we are deploying troops in the eastern part of the alliance. to make sure there is no possibility, our readiness to protect and defend our allies. this is to preserve peace, to prevent an attack, and to prevent the war which is going on in ukraine spill over to any nato-allied country. that was the message from nato leaders today, and that was also the message when i met with many of them in the g7 yesterday, and that is also, of course, message when we speak to close partners, sweden, finland, and the

and that's as the russian defense ministry denied such claims. this time a few dozen minutes later ukraine had to admit that the thing, the objects that they shot in the night sky was a caliber cruise mess style, right? so this is again, this is a very popular type of 100, even they targeting some military infrastructure. exactly because ministry is that exactly? absolutely. because the russian defense ministry has been saying that they are strictly targeting military infrastructure, saying that they destroy dozens of fields. just military base is a, you know, ad defense locations and so on and so forth. and this has been echoed by the ukrainian officials as well. for example, in advisor to be ukranian. president said what he was when was talking about what to expect of the 2. he did mention an extensive but compartment of the key of, of the ukrainian capital. but he also said that civilians shouldn't be afraid, as they will not be targeted. basically, he expressed his assurance that civilians will not be affected by this well, extensive bombardm

and ukraine's right to self-defense. russia is using force to try to rewrite history and deny ukraine is free and independent power. nato's core task is to protect and defend all allies. there must be no room for miscalculation or misunderstanding. an attack on one will be regarded as an attack on all. this is our collective security guarantee today, the north -- security guarantee. today, the north atlantic council decided to activate our defense plans. at the request of top military commander -- at the request of the top military commander. this is a step to protect and shield other nations during this crisis. and it will enable us to deploy capabilities and forces, including the nato response force to where they are needed. in response to russia's massive military buildup, we are already strengthening our collective defense on land, at sea, and in the air. in the last weeks, allies from north america and europe have deployed thousands of more troops to the eastern part of the lines and placed more on standby. we have

defense policies. he spent a decade as the national security advisor one capitol hill. 15 years as a active-duty officer. as the picture of the russia and -- invasion of ukraine gets a bit less fog, what is your read of russian strategic aims here? what has jumped out to? guest: this is a massive multi-pronged combined arms assault on ukraine the likes of which we have not seen since world war ii. the goal is for vladimir putin to subject the free people of ukraine to his authoritarian oppression. he is seeking to do that by conducting re movements. you have one major line of assault coming from crimea. another coming from the northeast on the russia ukraine border. the goal is to isolate ukrainian forces in the east. they're using the russian forces and russian backs effort is to dachshund donbass. the goal is to isolate ukrainian forces where most of them are located and destroyed as much of them as possible. the second re movement is focused on the capital coming down either side of the river, -- th

so this is in, in defense of, of nato. but yes, i do expect to see other nato allies step up as some have done in recent days. the u. k. has announced a significant new deployment doubling its forces in estonia, for example, sending new defensive equipment. the netherlands and denmark are sending fighter jets and frigates and another thing that i expect to be coming down the line later this month is that defense ministers will meet here in brussels, in the middle of the month. and i would expect that there you will see a force approved for romania, like the enhanced for forward presence. i units that we have now in the baltic states and poland. this is something romania has asked for for a long time. france is willing to lead it, and i expect with all the pressure now from the kremlin, the uncertainty that we will see that approved at the defense ministers meeting here in brussels. later this month. social reporting from brussels in oliver salad from washington. thank you both for your coverage. showing us now is what tris

so you defense ministers are also convey convening to day walker. we expect her so now it's about the logistics of this, right. i've talked about this for 150000000000 years. that's been set aside. and it doesn't mean that the european unit is suddenly going on a shopping spree to buy all this equipment. no, because this is the kind of stuff that you make orders for and it takes months or for delivery. so what they're going to do is they're going to give the ukrainian armed forces from what is already in the e u struck by that. i mean, what do individual member countries have? so for example, some states i have loads of anti tank missiles at this, her fighter jets and others not. so they're going to be coordinating who's got what and how then to send that off. of course, to the ukranian, a military that has to happen soon in the coming days, as you can understand, the situation on the ground as it is unfolding. and this has to happen sooner rather than later. so it is expected that the defense ministers will now be coordinating the logistics of that

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,

going into defense, the latest as of 2024. this is something donald trump tried to get the germans to move towards it throughout his tenure and failed. and this is all just happened of the past 24 hours and our chief political correspondent, mikaela customers, which i said also caught up with all my naughty poor a member of parliament for the pacifist green's. he's the party co leader and its parliamentary spokesman on foreign affairs with the north for the greens were set on diplomacy until the very last moment where it was your party naive. no, we tried to balance the dialogue and toughness and it was highly necessary to do so . by murray, we see that no will, for, for peace in the kremlin. and this is why we have to shift, so to, to, to shift either going to be now and moment of toughness is, is starting with a, a package of a lot of packages of sanctions which cannot harm the kremlin economy. and of course, we're going to give a weapons to our friends in ukraine because they have this international it rules, rules based ri

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

country's defense forces. as for the united states response, president biden will meet with g-7 leaders this morning to impose severe sanctions on russia. president biden will also address this nation later this afternoon. >>> let's us bring in the ukrainian journalist in kyiv, so president zelensky just spoke, he said the enemy has suffered serious losses, clearly trying to boost morale, in ukraine, also telling people that anyone who wants a weapon should come get one. what do you make of his address? >> first of all, i should probably say that it was not his first address, he had been addressing every single hour, it was a short remark, since the very moment of the attacks, that was quite expected, there were a lot of other things, the president called people to stay home and those who want to fight, i heard the discussion that should also say, and i'm talking to the people all over the country, it's over the border, 2,000 meters long, and the routes of the civilian casualties, there are civilian casualties

department of defense and agriculture and hhs and dhs. this bill has not been completed looking back at after action reports done in the years after covid-19 many of thosed challenges in response were identified prior act exercises and after action review. prior exercisesse and reports from events like ebola and others found that coordinating at the federal level in between the fence and the states with the challenge probably saw this to be the case in the covid response as it relates to supply-chain. the problem is these gaps were not close because nobody was accountable for closing them. and wound we will close all of them that we have to make sure the lessons learned from covid on the exercises in the future not forgotten. turning to dhs and the bio defense since 2012 we have reported on challenges that is a system to detect the newborn attackd . >> we found this faces a number of technology challenges with the inherent limitations of the technology and the uncertainty of combining these technologies for use in the domestic environment

we have a defensive presence in the east. we are increasing our presence not to provoke a conflict, but to prevent a conflict. as long as there is no doubt about nato's readiness to protect and defend allies and our commitment to the core message, the core task of nato, one for all, all for one, an attack on one ally will be regarded as an attack on all, then no ally would be attacked. and that would prevent the conflict. that represents peace for nato allies and one billion people. that is the reason we communicate so clearly and the reason we are deploying troops in the eastern part of the alliance. make sure there is no possibility, our readiness to protect and defend our allies. this is to preserve peace, to prevent an attack, and to prevent the war which is going on in ukraine spill over to any nail -- any nato-allied country. that was the message from nato leaders today, and that was also the message when i met with many of them in the g7 yesterday, and that is also, of course, message when we speak to close partners, s

k defense minister ban wallace. it says talks in moscow with the russian defense minister. second, chicago was constructive, and frank struggled said ties between the 2 nations, more close to 0. it cranes fought a mr. is told out 0 that russia's insistence that they talk directly to the separatists as part of the minsk process is unacceptable. ballier, a separatist leader accused give of raising the stakes by moving military hardware . we've got 3 correspondents, danny, bye for us on this da, such a body is going to be lifeless in moscow. child stratford is going to be in concave, in ne ukraine. first. let's go to our white house correspondent, kimberly hawker kennedy. what more do we know about this phone call? the joe biden has made well, we know that it wasn't initially on the president's schedule, but is says since has been added and a late ad at that, the u. s. president. set to have that call at this hour and according to the white house, what we know is that it will be with transit landrick leaders and that this is to discuss over all the military buildup of. 8 russi

the national guards and territorial defense. even though the situation remains tense, because we heard from mr. putin's speech that his goal is to attack all of ukrainian capture kyiv, and his goal is to have a russian government in kyiv. now, all three of those we ukrainians believe is not only not possible, but we will do everything possible to prevent that from happening. >> [indiscernible] could you kind of stay there -- [indiscernible] amb. markarova: president zelensky is in kyiv. he regularly records messages from kyiv. he intends to stay there, and our armed forces also intense as well as all people who live in kyiv to feel free to defend our capital. reporter: [indiscernible] what exactly does your government believe -- [indiscernible] amb. markarova: the only thing i can say now is what our president says, that at any stage we are ready to -- of course for peace talks, but we are not ready to capitulate or surrender. when we have, or if we have more information about that, because we only have heard what we heard like

on the they are defensive plans. they are the prudent plans on they are pounds of course and the whole east of our lines from the, from the balancing down to the mediterranean, on the and they give an hour, a mentor, come on. this is all more at for it, is it within the politically defined a, a guidelines on the, on the, on the, on the frameworks or to deploy forces or where they deem it needed. and that's exactly what we have agreed today. so these again are defensive plants and showing that we have forces at the high a sufficient redness at the right place for throughout europe. or have they ever been activated before? so i don't know whether it's right for me to answer the questions because i don't know whether it has been made public before. so i own was there that the we act with them today? associate professor hello mark crossing, associate press. is the nato response force inside ukraine right now? no, there are no natal combat troops, nor troops. sir, nate, the troops at all inside ukraine. as we can, we may

so i know technically their defense of weapons defensive, but they can easily be very quick, very shortly within minutes change to offensive and long loaded with the nuclear arm weapons as well. so it's, it's very kind of confusing. we're getting double signal from the u. s. obviously we've got i think we want to ramp up. they'd like to have more thanks. and they want to keep europe split from russia and china as well. and i think europe needs to speak up for themselves. well, l rasmussen, executive vice president of the racist center, always a pleasure to have you on your program on our program. thank you very much for your insights. thank you. i to russia's parliaments is approved a resolution asking president putin to recognize ukraine's self reclaimed done. yes, guns for publics as independent. it's unclear though, whether the motion will get support from the kremlin. vladimir putin, it is meeting with the german chancellor stressed that russia wants to stick to the men's agreements. which state that the break way republics should remain under kids control, but gain more autonomy for

they're also using very good defensive tactics to defend the capital. but they're also saying that the russian soldiers are not -- certainly these columns don't seem to be the most practiced, the most professional. basically they're driving into ambushes. so the strategic problem, a tactical problem when it comes to the way the russians are advancing on this city. >> we've heard that from many of our military experts. please be careful, matthew, as you know. often there's unexploded ordnance that can be dangerous after the attack. >>> fred pleitgen is in the belgorod region. mat tell us what kind of weapons systems you've seen going. >> exactly, what capabilities they have and what may happen next on the battlefield. the area where we are right here, jim. one of the things you said in the lead-up to this, apparently there were rocket strikes on residential areas inside kharkiv. i have to say from our vantage point, impossible to tell exactly what's going on. however, what we have seen here today, jim, is multiple rocket launchers going past that checkpo

according to his defense ministry. that comes after the kremlin started a military operation, which it says is aimed at defending the don bass from ukrainian aggression. russian armed forces have destroyed 83 ukrainian military targets. the defense ministry added that no civilian areas were targeted. the strikes were aimed only at military infrastructure and also the safe exit roots for ukrainian soldiers have been arranged arts, he is a senior correspondent, rodriguez. dia reports from the la guns republic. i was thou, that hasn't been there any explosions in the gods sca oh, in the suburbs in the outskirts of the city as we had seen in previous days with, with constant shelling between the 2 sides. so shelling from the ukrainian side and from the self proclaimed all as 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 t

he's the chief of defense for his military, it's not uncommon for chiefs of defense to observe exercises. i think you have to look at it in the context of what's going on. obviously, we're not looking at this exercise in a vacuum. and we understand that senior military leaders are very much involved in facilitating this build up. a build up, which we believe is destabilizing and unnecessary. has nothing to do and since nato is not a threat to russian sovereignty, since ukraine is not a threat to russian sovereignty, there should be no reason for this buildup. so, we obviously are viewing this certainly in light of what's going on. but his presence alone at this exercise is not setting off alarm bells here at the pentagon. i'm not going to talk about the russian bomber deployments. i think i've made it very clear, and i'll continue to do so that i am not going to put the united states department of defense in the position of speaking to russian military movements with great specificity. we can speak for our own, but i'm not going to detail on a day-to-day basis every movement of every uni

air defense system. although key of denies that saying that it was a russian missile strike, a russian military expert gave us his views on ukraine's tactics. history. the reason of miss l guidance system of the grain onto this complex and one surely gram media will represent this case as a russian attack is a big according to trail the track bath and the nature of the damage. we can surely identified as an anti miss weapon. it is very difficult to establish a serial number, but possible identified. and the main reason is that they are gray and forces on deploying armies in formal conditions directly threaten. so this is the main problem in ukraine's capital officials are urging residents to take refuge and bomb shelters. residents are also seeking safety in the cities metro stations. meanwhile, also where in ukraine are unverified footage has emerged online showing, fighting in the heart of region which borders russia and the don best plains have allegedly been flying over the city of bella clare and sh

we continue to, as i said, explore opportunities to improve our defenses and the defenses of our partners as well. i don't have an announcement to make in terms of what we're going to do differently. we're constantly trying to make sure we're more ready. my understanding with respect to this particular attack is that the inbound missile was engaged by amarai surface-to-air missiles. they are the ones that engaged this missile, the u.s. patriots were fired but it's the amaradi surface-to-air missiles that engaged the targets. reporter: i know i asked two questions but may i clarify something with you on this? in the first instance when the u.s. used patriots, i think that was last monday, the inbound missiles were targeting the air base. did the u.s. forces activate the patriots this time as well because that air base was the target? john: what i can tell you is the patriots were engaged. i don't having any more detailed to speak to in terms of actual target. the patriots, our patriots were engaged. reporter: i'm trying to understand something, are u.s. forces engaging these attacks when t

the defense ministry added that no civilian areas were targeted. the strikes were aimed only at military infrastructure and also that safe exit routes for ukrainian soldiers have been arranged arts, he's a senior correspondent, broadcast fee of reports from little guns for public. 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, with constant shelling between the 2 sides. so shelling from the ukrainian side and from the self proclaimed all at the now recognised republic of lugens. nevertheless, the operation, the offensive that they have launched this morning following, following a very sustained, very loud and very sustained artillery shelling campaign this morning at the, the operation they say is progressing according to plan. they say they have penetrated 3 kilometers into, into ukrainian lines more i believe on that than yet. side just south of us. nevertheless, the frontline stretches for the hundreds of kilometers and we haven't been able to

they say that nato is a defensive alliance. i mean, that would be news to the people of libya whose government was destroyed in 2011 in a nato war. that would be news to the former people view islov via you were slightly no longer exists as a country because nato destroyed it. that would be news to the people have gone austin, who were su, suffered under 20 years of a nato u. s. military occupation. so you know, the u. s. constantly says things like this. it always acts as though it's acting defensively. it always acts as though it's innocent, but the reality is that there are at least 2 nato member states right now, directly on russia's borders. and then there are also numerous other nato member states near russia's borders that have missile. some of them have nuclear weapons and they are threatening russia, and this is in contravention of agreements that were made by the western powers back in 1990 at the time of german reunification. we have so many documents from western government showing that the united states, britain, a

this is, according to the defense ministry. the latest information we have from them is that the southern units from the southern and western part of russia's military, after finishing a number of exercises, are we basing to their initial position their home base. but what we don't know, of course, is numbers and details about exactly what is taking place. that is where things stand in terms of the military movement. i think we have to remember that this country's military information is very much kept guarded. it's not public knowledge. they don't share how many military posts there are and where they are, and how many units are positioned and stationed in each of those military outposts, especially alongside the countries border. so it's very difficult to say one m p. i've spoken to recently said that alongside the countries western border between russia and ukraine. there are actually i about 80000 russian soldiers that are stationed there permanently. so it's not unusual to see a heavy military presence alongside the border