we do not need this panic said mr. zelensky. rather this is needed for those people who believe in the russian aggression. the ukrainian officials talk about a lack of threat from russia. in particular this pertains to the minister of defense. the president himself zelensky who is said themselves they do not see in this activity that it is a threat. we are prepared later. boot urged all colleagues to not use the security council to push forward the propaganda of our colleagues. we would also like to remind members of the council the russian delegation in december announced his plan to have an annual discussion of the situation in ukraine during our counsel that starts tomorrow. the seventh anniversary adoption of the fact that measures of the agreement will be an excellent opportunity for us to constructively show the security council's commitment to the international basis for ukrainian. the event is planned for the 17h of february if our american colleagues really need to say in public any additional information about this, th

what do we know about mr. biden's call with is zelensky? is the president on the same page in terms how this crisis is escalating? >> reporter: jim, president biden tried to make clear in the phone call the u.s. has solidarity with ukraine as this threat of a russian invasion looms. the president spoke with zelensky just under an hour from the presidential retreat at camp david and the white house released a readout of that discussion saying that president biden made clear that the united states would respond swiftly and decisively together with allies and partners to any further russian aggression against ukraine. the two leaders agreed on the importance of corporating to pursue diplomacy and deterrence in response to russia's military build upon the border. this follows president biden secure call yesterday with russian president vladimir putin and saying no major break it through on that conversation added the president made clear to putin swift and severe costs if he moves forward with an invasion. we know the united states has been wor

the french president is the latest in a series of european leaders to lend mr zelensky public diplomatic support. yesterday, mr macron held five hours of talks with president putin in moscow, but the talks failed to resolve the crisis, as paul adams reports. how are you? fine, just fine, how are you? emmanuel macron believes he can prevent war. 0n the back of several phone calls, a face—to—face meeting in the kremlin. the french leader says mr putin wants an historic agreement on the future of europe. translation: we are aware today, both of us, _ of the gravity of the situation. and of the urgent and imperative necessity, in the interests of everyone, to find a path of peace and stability in europe. but now the focus is back on kyiv. mr macron coming to ukraine's capital to brief the government here on his talks in moscow and, perhaps, to reassure ukraine once again that nothing is being done behind its back. translation: it looks like we are supported. | i mean, it looks like that, but we will see. the result is what matters, but we don't see it clearly yet. translation: | think -

mr president, president zelensky earlier this evening — president zelensky earlier this evening called for continued diplomacy. separately, president putin also spoke about— president putin also spoke about his continued readiness to engage in dialogue. we encourage such efforts, even at this late — encourage such efforts, even at this late hour. un staff remain on the — this late hour. un staff remain on the ground to provide humanitarian assistance to the people — humanitarian assistance to the people of ukraine. we are committed to staying and delivering. all parties must ensure _ delivering. all parties must ensure their safety and security. respect for international humanitarian law and international human rights law is— and international human rights law is also paramount. we cannot— law is also paramount. we cannot predict exactly what will happen in the coming hours and days— will happen in the coming hours and days in ukraine. what is clear— and days in ukraine. what is clear is— and days in ukraine. what is clear is that an acceptably high — clear is that

mr zelensky accused russian troops of deliberately bombarding civilian residential areas, in what he called a "brutal" overnight shelling campaign. speaking this morning, ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskiy has said he is open to "honest" talks with moscow, but ruled out negotiations being held in the belarusian capital of minsk, saying the neighbouring country is being used to launch attacks. there has been heavy fighting in ukraine's second—largest city, kharkiv, where tanks have been seen driving through residential areas. earlier, local officials confirmed russian troops had entered the city. a large blast was heard to the west of the capital kyiv earlier. an oil depot was also blown up close to the city last night. and ukranian media is reporting that russian forces occupy nova kakhovka, to the south of the country. it's been reported that around 200,000 thousand people have crossed into poland. thousands have crossed into hungary and moldova. this is the fourth night of russia's attack. signs of fierce defence but russian forces come. ukraine's president are again address

mr. mcconnell: madam president. the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: for pt first time in 12 years americans say that crime has gotten worse in their area over the past year. many democrats have spent the last year and a half trying to defund police, smear law enforcement and go soft on crime. as a result, innocent citizens have spent a year and a half watching murders, car jackings and other violent crimes skyrocket. on monday, in my hometown of louisville, kentucky, we were stunned by what appears to have been an assassination attempt against a jewish mayoral candidate by a prominent far-left activist who previously called for defunding our police department. this far-left black lives matter activist and defund the police cheerleader, walked into a jewish democrat's campaign headquarters and opened fire. obviously every aspect o

how could i be a nazi, mr. zelensky said, when i am jewish? steve in anaheim, california, a republican, good morning. caller: people onto retreat back to their corners and knock off the political agenda they have. i mean, the thing i am old enough to remember is when jimmy carter put sanctions on russia and russian-made -- and russia made tons of money going around the sanctions we had. this is before the computer era the. we should talk to iran to see if we can get them on board and squeeze russia for what they have done, because you either believe in democracy or you do not. we have already missed the military option so now we only have one left, and if we do not use the playbook correctly, he will just skirt around whatever we do. he has already made a deal with china, like you said, with the wheat and everything else with the banks. he will probably go to south korea. and somewhere in the middle east, like he has been doing in the past. it is time we took our head out of the sand and started to get serious about stopping the totalitarianis

mr zelensky says russian forces deliberately bombarded residential areas in ukraine overnight, describing the assault as "brutal". there's been heavy fighting around chernihiv, and in kharkiv, ukrainian officials say dozens of civilians were killed, and hundreds wounded, in missile strikes. in the capital, kyiv, the ukrainian military says it pushed back repeated assaults overnight. they appear to show a large deployment of russian ground forces, including tanks, near the town of ivankiv, about 80 kilometres north—west of kyiv. the convoy is thought to be at least five kilometres long. the united nations refugee agency says more than half a million people from ukraine have now fled into neighbouring countries. poland alone is handling 250,000 refugees — the european union says it's preparing for millions more to arrive. shops have reopened in kyiv after the lifting of a curfew which has been in force since saturday evening, allowing residents of the city to emerge from their underground shelters. in other developments, the russian currency, the rouble, has tumbled almost 30% to record

mr. president, president zelensky earlier this evening call for continued diplomacy. separately, president putin also spoke about his continued readiness to engage in dialogue. we encourage such efforts even at this late hour. u.n. staff remain on the ground to provide humanitarian assistance to the people of ukraine. we are committed to staying and delivering. all parties must ensure their safety and security. respect for international humanitarian law and international human rights law is also paramount. we cannot predict exactly what will happen in the coming hours and days in ukraine. what is clear is the unacceptably high cost in human suffering and destruction of an escalation. the people of ukraine want peace, and i'm certain you want peace. we must do everything in our power to ensure that peace prevails. thank you, mr. president. >> i think her for her briefing and give the floor to those council members who wish to make statements. i give the floor to the representative of albania. >> thank you, mr. president. colleagues, the first time the -- fourth time th

mr zelensky is facing down a political power. four years ago, he was a comedian in a tv series. he played a character who accidentally becomes president. that became reality when, with no political experience, he ran for office and he won. it was a landslide victory. it promised to tackle corruption and it something new. translation: | will vote for - zelensky because there is hope that this man, who comes from the people, can better understand us and break the system that exists in the country. but to his critics, this was a man without the necessary substance. translation: | don't think| the other candidates will say no to putin. they willjust have a laugh with him, drop to their knees and give up ukraine. that hasn't happened. as the russian military gathered on ukraine's border, president zelensky was visiting his troops and sending this message. we just begin both our independence. that's it. but we are deciding what we want. we are deciding what we'll do. days later, a man who once made people laugh was leading them against an invasion, and while the ship on friday, for a

you know, all of the back and forth between the leaders, mr. biden, mr. scholz, macron and zelensky in ukraine. he may have calculated much like in 2014 after the sochi olympics that he could go in and annex a part of eastern ukraine, which is quite possible. make that the buffer that he's saying to nato that he needs. but you know, that would be the first and probably not the last move on his part. >> sandra: struck me that according to u.s. military and intelligence, this new assessment revealed that the russian military could take nine different routes into ukraine in a full scale invasion. something to watch. we'll see where the goes next. appreciate you joining us, sir. >> thanks, sandra. >> sandra: nevada joining new york and other blue states lifting the mask mandates. now the guy behind this billboard in times square wants to know why the white house won't do the same. the trucker standoff prompting something that could bring talks on. molly? >> the freedom convoy continues. there's big concerns what it could mean for trade and supply chains acros

in a video message, mr zelensky urged russians to put pressure on vladimir putin to halt his invasion. air raid sirens and the rumbling of artillery fire can be held in the capital. ukrainian soldiers are taking up defensive positions on the outskirts to withstand russian advance. we will be back in the next few minutes. high pressure is the dominant feature across much of england and wales this weekend meaning fine, dry conditions. a good feel of sunshine. this is nottinghamshire a few hours ago. a slightly different story across scotland and northern ireland. an approaching front. you can see in the earlier satellite picture this cloud draped across scotland and into northern ireland, just pushing into the far north of england. bringing a bit patchy, light rain at times. you can see this area of high pressure drifting eastwards over the next 24—48 hours as this frontal system starts to push eastwards. a blustery picture across scotland into northern ireland this afternoon. some drizzle but further south and east is where we keep the best of the sunshine but the winds will be picki

that would enable mr. putin to then claim that there's chaos, and he has to intervene and for peacekeeping purposes. i think that's the greatest concern. what russia is trying to do is build the pretext to invade. it's trying to persuade the world, its own people, and avoid the problems of being labelled as an international criminal state. one by one the united states has punctured the balloon on that. we've identified numerous false flag plots, as we call them, and the latest information we just heard from about moscow and warnings of strikes in moscow on theaters and shopping centers is more of the same. it wouldn't surprise us to see some major explosions in moscow set by mr. putin's own people as a pretext for invasion. that's what we're looking at right now. >> well, we know from our sources we've been speaking to that u.s. officials are saying there is this intelligence that orders have been sent to russian commanders to proceed with an attack on ukraine. now i'm told by a source tonight familiar wit

president zelensky stood very firm and mr. putin's running out of time. that was the reason why, i believe, foreign minister lavrov did a public conference with putin was to sort of extend the clock to increase the diplomatic pressure as the forces approach readiness. >> part of russia's plan according to one u.s. official is that they would begin with air and missile attacks on key military infrastructure and then further stay awinvade kyiv with or two days of military action. sounds like if it happens it's going to happen very fast. >> well, i think that would be the military logic behind this, get it over with. the longer it delays, as you drag an operation like this out, the more resistance might rise and the more nato and nato nations might do something. so obviously if you can create -- present a fait accompli to nato, a night of devastating missile and a morning of air strikes and jamming and nothing works and there's a seizure of the ukrainian government and somebody pops up and says, no, i'm the real president, pres president zelensky as abdicate

. >> mr. president, you gave a very impassed speech just now, we'll get to it in a moment, but i'm not sure how many people why this room expected to to make a decision to leave your country and be here today. what was so important about to be here, and what do you know that others don't know. they think he's made the decision to enter your country. >> translator: thank you very much, thank you for this question, and thank you for your invitation. it is very important when ukraine is being discussed, for ukraine, for them to come from our country. it's important for all or to not agree to everybody behind our back. i do believed this is the case, and i had very important meetings today with leaders of different countries, and still more to go. i would like you to hear, to see, to ask questions, to get answers to understand the resilience of our country. we're not panicking. we're very consistent. we are not responding to any prove indications. we have our own vaccine already developed for that

including president zelensky. at every step, we have shown the united states and allies and partners are working in unison, which he hasn't been counting on, mr. putin. we are united in our support of ukraine. we are united in our opposition to russian aggression. and we are united in our resolved to defend nato -- the nato alliance. yesterday, the world -- we are united in our understanding of the seriousness of the threat russia is making to global peace and stability. yesterday, the world heard clearly the full extent of putin's twisted rewrite of history back more than a century, as he waxed eloquently. noting that -- well, i won't go into it, but nothing in his lengthy remarks indicated any interest in pursuing real dialogue on european security in 2022. he directly attacked ukraine's right to exist. he indirectly threatened territory formerly held by russia, including nations that today are thriving democracies and members of nato. he explicitly threatened war, unless his extreme demands were met. and there'

and we also have no such right -- >> brennan: mr. ambassador, you didn't answer the question -- you didn't answer the question about presid president putin and ppresident zelensky. is a goal to try to get the rest of the world to recognize crimea as part of russia? is that what this is all about? >> the issue of crimea is closed for us. it is a russian territory, and we don't want even to discuss this issue at all. it was not -- how to say -- military operation by russian forces. it was a decision by people who live in crimea. >> brennan: is russia ultimately trying to get the rest of the world to give that portion of ukraine over to the russian federation? is that what you're trying to do here? >> we are not trying to take any territory of a foreign country. i would like to confirm that donbas is a part of ukraine. >> brennan: do you think your policy right now is affective, given that the reaction to russia's military buildup has been for nato and the united states to just pour more money and weapons into the area. isn't that the e

here he is meeting mr. pruden on monday. this was afterwards. president macro we are both aware of the gravity of the situation and the urgent and imperative the subsidy in the interest of everyone to find a path toward peace and stability in europe. s: on the russian side, vladimir putin has hinted progress has been made. afterwards he said mr. macron's proposals could form the basis of steps. the message from the kremlin was this. >> in the current situation, moscow and paris could not make any deal. it is not passable. france is a member of the european union. france is also a member of nato. leadership belongs to another country in this block. what kind of deals can he speak of? ros: russia continues to build up its forces on the border with ukraine. there are around 125,000 troops, about 70% of what is needed for a full-scale invasion. the nato defense alliance estimates 30,000 troops are being sent to belarus. russia, meanwhile, continue to deny its plans to invade ukraine. or the latest, we are in moscow. >> at the kremlin, they are keepi

mr. price: good afternoon. my apologies for the delay. we intended to start early today. we are now starting late. i report to higher authorities as we all do. i would like to start by saying this, the american people are standing with the people of ukraine as they suffer an unprovoked and premeditated attack by russia's military forces. it is a brutal attack. it is in danger lives and livelihood of millions of civilians. we will not falter in our resolute support of ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. this is a dangerous moment for europe. prudence assault on ukraine is an -- letter plumes assault on ukraine. but putin did not account for everything. and he did not account for the bravery and the resolve of the people of ukraine. we commend the ukrainian people for showing strength and determination in response to an unprovoked attack by the kremlin. we have seen ukrainian soldiers demonstrate incredible bravery on the first state of self-defense, shooting down russian aircr

mr macron said he demanded that putin sees the offensive and institute a ceasefire. may be little chance of that, but he did say that he also said to mr putin that he should stop targeting civilian areas, and the russian president seemed to agree with that, make of that what you will. we heard from the russian side that it was only possible to do a deal if their core concerns were met, and that meant a demilitarised, neutral ukraine, and russian sovereignty recognised over crimea, so little chance of that. and in the light of that, stepping up and in the light of that, stepping up of eu sanctions, more than a dozen big russian oligarchs, business figures is targeted, asset freezes, travel bans, these are big bankers, old kgb friends of president putin, his security service contacts, and that is a high—profile sign of the hardening we have seen in the eu and the unity of this position coming together in this crisis. clive. yeah, to you, sarah, in washington, a highly unusual gathering of the un general assembly today, and an assessment from us officials of russia's

mr biden has also been speaking in the last few minutes to the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, and we have been handed a statement in regard to that phone call. open volodymyr zelensky quote reached out to me tonight and we have just finished speaking. i briefed him on the steps that we are taking to rally international condemnation including tonight at the united nations security council and he asked me to call on the leaders of the world to speak out clearly against president putin's fragrant aggression and to stand with the people of ukraine. tomorrow president biden will be meeting with the leaders of the g7 and is due to announce a new package of economic sanctions against russia in a televised news briefing. condemnations have been widespread across the board, suddenly when it came to the security council meeting. we had a statement from many a country however there has been widespread criticism of the western response to the aggression in ukraine, that sanctions have been cautious, narrowly targeted thus far. are we likely to see a big ramping up we likely to see a big

mr biden promising america will respond quickly and decisively should moscow invade with promises of major economic sanctions. one option includes keeping the controversial nord stream two pipeline which would bring russia natural gas to germany under the baltic sea, bypassing ukraine offline. on cbs face the nation, republican congressman adam kinzinger said russian president vladimir putin needs to learn a hard lesson. following all of his aggression . we have to shut down nord stream two. regardless of what happens in ukraine. the call comes as president zelinsky continues to downplay intensified warnings of a possible russian invasion within days, saying he has not seen any convincing evidence. president's alinsky's comments come even as the u. s warns of more russian troops pressing closer to ukraine's borders and some airlines canceling flights or diverting them away from ukraine. more military aid continues to flow into ukraine a new shipment arrived from lithuania on sunday. ukraine's defense minister, thank the lithuanian government for the delivery of stinger missiles and o

mr. putin is trying to bully, is trying to intimidate president zelensky of ukraine and probably president biden as well. he wants -- putin wants to try to rattle his saber to bring all these forces to the border of ukraine and intimidate president zelensky into caving, into compromising his own security, his own independence, his own sovereignty. and putin is trying to bully the president to do the same thing. so he's clearly a provocateur. he can do it. bluffing is when you have a pair of deuces. he's got aces. he can clearly move in. putin can clearly attack. we hear that all the time. we know that's true. but he so far has not decided to. so far, laura, he has hesitated and has been willing to negotiate or at least have conversations with people as they have come through moscow. >> well, to extend that analogy of poker, you've got to know when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em sometimes. is there an off-ramp for putin right now? obviously, this is a lot of gamesmanship, and although we

mr. biden also told him a diplomatic solutn s still possible. president biden plans to speak to ukraine's president zelensky later today. our imtiaz tyab reports from kyiv. >> reporter: ukraine's armed forces may be small compared to russia's, but they are mighty. president zelensky oversaw the exercises in crimea, a territory seized by vladimir putin eight years ago. the u.s. is now warning of an all-out invasion of ukraine, and says there is mounting evidence that russia is poised to attack again, this time with a multi-access assault, using ground troops, and even ballistic missiles. but zelensky says those dire warnings are doing more harm than good. >> the best friend for enemies is in our country. and all of this information that helps others doesn't help us. >> reporter: as thousands took to the streets of kyiv call for peace, the u.s. quickly pulled military and other personnel out of the country, along with the u.k., canada, and australia, and nearly a dozen other nations following suit. russia's buildup in the region is only growing, w

and then tomorrow, monday, we expect the foreign minister, mr. lavrov, to speak with the french foreign minister. but on that track, it does not seem as if there is much being accomplished. we don't know whether there's another track of negotiation or talks, but at this point it doesn't seem to be getting very far. >> all right. jill dougherty and arlette saenz, thanks to both of you. >>> let's bring in now john bolton, former national security adviser under president trump. good to see you. so the secretary of state and the president both say vladimir putin has made up his mind to invade ukraine. already there is, you know, local separatist activity taking place. in your view, is putin's playbook already in play? >> well, i don't think we really know what putin's playbook is, but i think both the president and his top advisers have been displaying extraordinary defeatism. the president and his advisers, like secretary of state blinken, have flatly admitted that their policy has failed. they say they tried to establish deterrence, which is in the

hill and general hodges, mr. putin is making demands that he knows the united states and the rest of nato and ukraine will never agree to. president zelensky and president biden have firmly rejected those demands. president zelensky and biden are not backing down in the face of putin's saber rattling. they are not compromising principle, and they are not blinking. mr. chairman, i believe president putin will blink. i think presidents biden and zelensky are staring him down successfully. putin appears for now to be seeking negotiations. the strong measures taken by ukraine, nato, and the united states appear to have deterred an invasion, at least for now. however, until mr. putin withdraws the large military force from ukraine's borders and sends it back to normal duty stations, we should continue to take the strong steps that seem to have deterred an invasion so far. mr. putin seems to be coming around to the conclusion that negotiations are a better option than invading. the united states, nato, ukraine, and the

. >> it's hard to know what mr. putin is thinking at any given moment. he has a huge array of military forces around ukraine. he has a lot of options available to him. we wouldn't want to speculate that just because in zelensky is out of the country that that is his moment. he has options available to him. one of the options is diplomacy. we hope that's the option he chooses when his foreign minister gets to sit down with secretary blinken later in the week. bill: president zelensky said if you are telling me 100 per per it's going to happen, what are you waiting for. >> they are going to be unprecedented. i mean this as a strong message to mr. putin and use it as a deterrent. he has not conducted another invasion in ukraine, and we think there is time to prevent that. if you punish somebody for something they haven't done yet, they might as well go ahead and do it. we are holding that in abeyance and hope that can affect mr. putin. bill: can you characterize how much activity there is behind the scenes to give putin taken offramp? >> there has been a lo

he will be talking to mr. putin in moscow today, tuesday. after that meeting in kyiv, the ukrainian president, zelensky, when you mention nato, he made clear ukraine would still like to at some point be in nato. you know, something, of course, that russia vehemently opposes. a red line. i mean, zelensky said, and the quote was, yes, we would like to join nato as it will protect our integrity. and that's not something that goes down well in moscow, as you can imagine, given it's at the heart of the tensions, nato expansion. of course, there is no immediate prospect of that happening. it can't happen for a variety of reasons. but again nato expansion is the issue at the top of russia's agenda, don. >> michael, thank you. appreciate it. i want to bring in cnn white house correspondent john harwood and senior political analyst ron brownstein. good evening. john, the u.s. closing down the embassy in ukraine. russian forces moving in to attack positions. what are you hearing from the white house at this hour? do they think there is still a chance

zelensky asked the u.s. to not cause a panic and you have the russian minister accusing a propaganda campaign. taking a step back, is there a sense diplomacy could work before violence happens? >> thank you. let me say the u.s. president and the president of ukraine have similar interest $to avoid warfare of course but also different interests. so president biden's primary concern is making sure americans who might be in ukraine still are safe, that they leave. i understand president zelensky's concern about there not being a panic for people. i understand they've kept open the airspaces over ukraine and have financially supported that. having said that, we have a very difficult situation on our hands. you asked whether i think diplomacy can still work. i always think that's the number one method we should employ. however putin is a very hard person to negotiate with. he's not trustworthy. honestly, that makes diplomatic relationships difficult. at this point, our relationships have to be observed with our e

mr. kirby: even in the last 24-48, mr. putin has added military capability along the border with ukraine and belarus and is exercising some of his units on the ground as well as naval units in the black sea. he continues to add to his readiness and give himself more options should he pursue a military path here. i would like to refrain from getting into specific movements of their troops. i think that's probably not a wise thing for me to do with any specificity. i would just say this -- he continues to advance his readiness, should he choose to go down a military path, should he choose to invade again. he is doing all the things you would expect him to do to make sure he is ready for that option or options. reporter: there is no indication of what they have called exercises have been changing in any way their presence? mr. kirby: i want to be careful to characterize another nations exercises. exercises are designed to make you ready and that gets to my previous point -- he continues to d

and that gets to the question of whether or not our allies will stay with us if mr. putin decides to limit russian military move, for example, into eastern ukraine. to zelensky, look, i think once russia commits its military power into ukraine, the united states can share operational intelligence. it can help the ukrainians with cyber. it can sanction, sanction, sanction, beef up nato's eastern flank. and assuming -- if the military operations are not comprehensive or expansive, it can conduct supply operations to the ukrainian military. if mr. putin decides on a full-fledged invasion designed to destroy the ukrainian military, destabilize the government in kyiv and for at least a short period of time occupy key cities, i think there's going to be very little that the united states is going to be able to do for the ukrainians on the ground. >> and then you just heard, you know, that this is straight out of the russian playbook. and using this as, you know, pretext to start a military operation. if the u.s. feels like it is aware of that, then why would the u.s. allow

but he was turfed out because zelensky wanted you, his great mate, to take over naftogaz. what does that tell us about corporate culture in ukraine? this quote of the us ambassador, marie yovanovitch, was made in 2017 or �*18, when i was number two at naftogaz. i was the executive director of naftogaz. so did you share her assessment that your boss, who was then turfed out by zelensky, was as clean as they come and fearless in pursuit of reform? at that time, again, the person that you are mentioning was my boss. i was in charge of all the important reforms. the fight against gazprom corruption, stockholm arbitration, and he was my boss. and when he was fired by the government, for a very obvious reason, naftogaz, unfortunately, became loss—making. so, when i left naftogaz in the first quarter of 2020, immediately naftogaz became loss—making. and as you mentioned yourself, it's the biggest taxpayer in the biggest country, in ukraine, so it was very important for the government... as i understand it, mr kobolyev had been running naftogaz for years, so to blame him for

ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, has declared martial law. he urged his citizens not to panic, insisting his country would emerge victorious. and nato says it is activating its defence plans, bolstering its presence in front line states. in the last hour, boris johnson has said this hideous and barbaric venture must end in failure. well, our correspondent paul adams, failure. well, our correspondent pauladams, here in failure. well, our correspondent paul adams, here in kyiv, has this round—up of the day's dramatic events. until early this morning, some here seem to have doubted that he would do it. not any more. the west warned vladimir putin was about to attack. he said he had no such plans. that fiction now utterly exposed. explosions right across this vast country. in the far south—west, a missile struck an airport. unverified images from ukraine's northern and southern borders seem to show columns of russian armour entering from belarus and crimea. within hours, russian tanks were reported to be on the streets of ukraine's second lar

it is not something mr. putin gets to veto, period. ok, thanks, everybody. >> the un security council has called an emergency meeting tonight as the crisis in ukraine continues to escalate. ukrainian president zelensky acknowledged in a recent address to the country that an invasion has been ordered by russian president vladimir putin, and that calls to the kremlin have gone unanswered. we will take you to the you in meeting -- the u.n. meeting at 9:30 p.m. eastern. you can also watch live coverage on c-span.org and our video app. >> c-span's washington every day we take your call live on the air on the news of the day, and we discussed policy issues that impact you. jose morning, discussion on the latest developments in the ongoing crisis between rushing to and and ukraine. and a washington post columnist previews the conservative political action conference this week in orlando and looks at the future of the republican party. watch live at 7:00 eastern on c-span and c-span now, our free mobile app. join the discussion with your texts

>> i think that mr. putin underestimated the challenge of ukraine. i think that he thought that he could come in with a stiletto and take out a few weapons and the ukrainian people would collapse and disruption internally and maybe all of the spy kraft would work, but it is not happening, because the ukrainian army is fighting and the ukrainian people are united, but, but, tu he bulk of the russian forces are not engaged. they are going to be using the foreign detachment battalion groups and the artillery air defense and they spread out and find the opposition that they fight against, and sometimes they win and penetrate, and that is what is going on right now, and this is the very early stage of the battle and the mission is to close in on kyiv and then besiege it, and apparently mr. putin is giving orders to clear it. so this is going to become very bloody and violent in the days ahead unless we get some support and assistance and get this fighting stopped. i am hoping that the united states and our allies are going to push stinger missiles into ky