do you support putin's positions there? when you picked up the nobel peace prize in 1991, you said, "you know what? i am always an optimist." i wonder if there is much room for optimism today. when you see the crisis in relations between the western powers and vladimir putin, when you see conflict, again, on the eastern borders of europe involving russia, can you be an optimist today? the world could be on the brink of another conflict today. mikhail gorbachev, we have to end there but i thank you very much indeed for being on hardtalk. spasibo. ochen spasibo. hello. as we turn the weather page from summer to autumn, it looks like nature is taking its cue, as well. big changes this weekend. there could be a bit of thundery rain around across much of the uk — not everyone will see it — and potentialfor some strong winds, as well. the weather charts really scream autumn — area of low pressure which will develop. around that, bands of heavy and thundery rain, and potentially little smaller areas of low pressure within it

-- putin putin's raising the nuclear threat. he was also clear in terms of china, letting them know clearly where the united states stands. i think jake sullivan delivered that message again, as you pointed out, over the weekend. it is a message we need to continue to deliver. in the meantime, we need to make sure we are prepared to respond, should we need to. we just confirmed a new head of strategic command, which is the command in the military that has oversight over all of our nuclear weapons. we need to make sure we are doing everything we need to in order to prepare. but also, we are pointing out what the dangers are of escalating any nuclear conversation so people understand what is at stake. again, i think the administration is trying to act on both fronts. both to point out that we are prepared to take action if we need to, but that this is not something we ought to be thinking about because of the catastrophic circumstances that would have been putin, should putin use nuclear weapons. nick: do you think the administrat

putin does not need a pretext for escalation. he is escalating and he is going to escalate anyhow because he is failing. he is failing to reach his political and military goals in ukraine, and the more he will be failing, the more he will be trying to escalate more. we can stop them together if we have all the instruments. but the key to that is we can stop them together and putin sees that ultimately, ukraine, for good or ill, is deeply, desperately dependent on the continued and increased flow of weapons, military assistance, more ammunition coming from the west, and if that flow cannot be sustained and, indeed, ramped up, then putin believes you have a serious problem, and if you look at the reality, look at germany which you raised with me, what we see and hear is a country still deeply relu cta nt. the german defence minister christine lambrecht said just the other day, quote. we are reaching the limits of what we can give out of the bundeswehr, german army. that is the reality that you have to deal with. you see, we are see

what do you make of this and what putin said today. >> yeah, well, when you put it in context, what putin is really dealing with here is, a stunning military defeat. and huge amount of casualty. he has got 25,000 killed, 65,000 wounded outs of a force of about 200,000. those casualty ratios exceed anything we have experienced in modern warfare. so he has got that issue to deal with. and that's what's driving the mobilization. so he is annexing territory here because he wants a political victory at home. is he telling the people we have gained this territory when, in fact, he is actually losing his territory is the reality. in two of those provinces that he is annexing in luhansk and in cher shawn, he is losing territory as we are speaking here tonight. as a matter of fact. so, that's the political side of it. and then the military side, and what he wants to do, because of the bluster and the intimidation and the coercion that's in that speech, he really wants to have the ukrainians freeze in place. stop the counter offer. ukrainians are not going to do it. >> bret: to that point, you know

joe biden condemns putin as imperial engines moscow raises the stakes. —— putin's imperial aims. the ability to call on nuclear weapons but nevertheless, even the discussion of that is so worrying for so many people. it’s worrying for so many people. it�*s completely horrifying. i have teenage children who talk about the news and are very aware of what's going on in the robe at this point, i turned it down. i used was to get your head around that? we have all this hope for the best but i don't know what putin is going to do, can anybody possibly no? but what i do know is that he is relying on the support of his base and he could lose the kremlin at this point and in order to keep his support, they're largely not exposed to politics, they have this tacit support in russia and there's about is 15%, 20% that they could have which is incredibly proactively supportive of the war years of another minority of on 20% were for its been completely against him. there's a big mass of people in the middle of opted out and getting quite fatigued and any propaganda on a day today basis but

putin knows that. if we were to give ukraine the artillery with the longer range, and we were providing them with aircraft and earlier on if we considered a no fly zone ukraine might have been able to take the fight to the enemy in a speedier fashion and avoided the catastrophe we've experienced in ukraine. ukraine lost millions of people displaced and innocent civilians killed in this barbaric war that needs to end with ukraine's victory as soon as possible. >> dana: dan hoffman, thank you so much. the speech is a half hour away and we'll check back in with you. thank you. >> bill: a look at the all-important swing state of pennsylvania. we're within seven weeks from mid-terms. democratic senate candidate john fetterman adopting a strategy called every county, every vote against his republican opponent dr. oz. rich edson is in washington with more on the race and where it stands today. rich, good morning. >> good morning, bill and dana. a massive shift away from the democratic party among blue collar

>> it also means putin is having trouble winning. his aim is to change the borders, change the map around russia. if he needs to call on 300,000 reserves from across russia, it means things are not going well for him. in some ways, this should be really encouraging to the united states, to the europeans, to the global allies that are helping ukraine in this fight. it means what the u.s. and united nations are doing to help ukraine is working. the reaction should not be and clearly was not in resident biden's speech to say president putin is being aggressive, let's worry about that. it is to say we need to keep standing up to him. i think we will hear a lot of conversations about that now as president putin discusses or says i'm not bluffing in terms of his strategy for ukraine and the potential failed at using a nuclear weapon, what he wants from the west is for the west to back down. he is betting that in the cold winter, the west will say, i don't want to be in this fight, but the response should be stepping up, pviding more milita

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and ensuring putin fails in ukraine. and i think if we take a step back and now it's hard to see the record of the war, putin's record is anything more than a failure so far been on the weakness of the russian military been exposed but there's going to be long term damage done to the russian economy and generations of russians as a result of this. he faces two new members of nato in finland and sweden as well. and so precious going to pay a very heavy price i think over a long period of time. i'm very proud of the role the united states in the u.s. intelligence community is playing to support ukrainians. >> could you also talk a little bit. [applause] could you also talk about the decisions to classify intelligence on russia and ukraine what that means for other major issues including cyber challenges? >> decisions to declassify intelligence are always very complicated ones. but i think when president biden has decided very carefully and very selectively to make a public some of our secrets it has played a very effective

putin, australians were murdered. they were murdered by russian-backed rebels using russian-supplied equipment. we are very unhappy about this. mark: i mean, up to this point, russian-australian relations had very much been about trade and cultural contact. suddenly, it became much, much more conflictual, and suddenly we had the australian very much pushing for independent investigations for justice to be done, and that made, in a way, australia a problem for the kremlin, and the kremlin's natural response is, when it sees a problem, it makes problems back in return. sean: when protestors condemned putin over mh17 during the 14 g20 meeng in brisbane, australian cossack simeon boikov led a counter rally defending the russian president. sean: four corners has learned australian authorities were monitoring boikov over concerns he may have raised money for separatists in ukraine and may have traveled to the conflict himself. sean: do you deny it? simeon: of course, i deny traveling to ukraine. i haven't been to ukraine si

see ukraine or putin finished-— either see ukraine or putin finished. ~ �* , finished. we've been saying that this is _ finished. we've been saying that this is absolutely - that this is absolutely existential, if we stop fighting, we will cease to exist because russia has decided that we are nonexistent and they want to eradicate us. and it erases from the map of the world. and that means that there has to be russia's defeat, rush is weakening and russia's punishment for this absolutely illegal aggressive war that they are fighting. right now and call and get a special operation, now may be changing a little bit because of the partial mobilisation that they are announcing today, basically. and, yes, we are sure that despite russia being defeated, there is no peace, not for ukraine. there is no peace for european continent and basically, there is no peace for the globe as well. because russia, they will use its victory if it is allowed to win this war for a continuation of the aggression or continuation of the atrocities of other parts, and other parts of other parts, a

i think putin is predictably unpredictable. i don't think he was looking for a stable relationship with the united states. i was credit for the framing at the time but actually think it has helped a lot. i think the fact that president biden had made an effort of bringing the allies together and gave the nines export credibility. because the united states had made an effort with putin. and of course putin blew everything up with the expanded invasion. again, it's not the fact that the bandwidth of the leading policymakers the next aids, the president others within the bureaucracy, the resources, then that this was desired at the beginning of this presidency. because really the way they look to russia and europe it was not about russia and europe is about how they fit into the broader competition with china. the focus on europe what is what europeans are you going to be able to do for us, with us and our competition with china? it was about helping russia could just stay quiet. so that the united states can focus on china. the c

this is pure and simple russian rhetoric from putin. if there was a threat to russia proper, no doubt that putin might consider using nuclear weapons. for a newly annexed territory in ukraine, putin is making this veiled threat out of desperation but he would not use nuclear weapons to defend territory that he just took in another nation. that is just russian rhetoric. protests — which started in iran — have now been taking place in cities across the world, over the death in custody of a young woman who was detained by the morality police for allegedly violating the islamic republic's dress code. emily brown reports. an eruption of demonstrations in iran since the death of a woman for allegedly breaking strict hijab rules. her name was mahsa amin. she was 22. she collapsed after being taken to a detention centre to be educated. eyewitnesses say she was beaten. the police have denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered southern heart failure. —— sudden. since a death, women in iran have burnt headscarves. the the hijab

so, but that's putin to people. two people, i think it is more about how he learned to -- how he put an end to what is seen today almost as a golden era in soviet history. hashem: donald, the fact that he managed along with ronald reagan to scrap the entire class of nuclear weapons in eastern europe could that be seen as his , biggest political contribution ? guest: well, i might have once said that, as you know, that i was an inspector on the treaty myself, personally. but the treaty is no longer in existence. it was a major contribution at the time that lasted for several decades. there were innovations in that treaty, most notably, on-site inspections. but that now is under a cloud given the drift and increase in distrust between the two countries, and other geopolitical factors such as the rise of china which have made that kind of control somewhat obsolete. hashem: was gorbachev in a way or another a victim, because the hardline communists, starting from the late 1980's, were working hard to try to discredit hi

at the negotiation table what do you think is the right approach to the situation as i said putin could end this war tomorrow if he chose to it would be better for russia better for the russian people obviously better for ukraine it would be better for the world because this war is also uh resulting in an exacerbation of inflation high energy prices um food insecurity in the global south and all of that needs to be put at the kremlin's doorstep in addition to the fact that you know putin's making choices about russia's own future including stopping investment in your infrastructure at home so that he can fund this war look i think the ukrainians will keep fighting because they have the momentum and they want to get back their sovereign territory our position has been that we want to strengthen their hand at the negotiating table and that's why we're providing this economic and security support that this is their land but again um if if putin is prepared for serious diplomacy and prepared to get his uh army off ukrainian territory i think the ukrainians would be delighted with that putin

reacting to putin's speech. um ali what do you make of biden's reaction to his speech yesterday it wasn't very strong was it? well i think we should also see that in context with other statements by biden. and just recently biden a couple of days ago said in you know in the direction of putin don't do it, don't do it, don't do it. i e referring to the possible use of nuclear weapons. so i think the the u. s. is very very determined in its in its will to first off to prefer their support ukraine and also to signal to moscow not to overstep the red line of using nuclear weapons in order to achieve its goals. now we've talked about this speech by vladimir putin. let's briefly listen in to what he actually said especially about the mobilization. now marina what does he gain with this partial mobilization? and what does it mean? well he potentially gets 300,000 new soldiers and that's a lot he has been losing a lot of their soldiers or are they just they're folks who have a basic military training. so at one point yo

putin was speaking in vladivostok. he vowed to press on moscow's military action in ukraine until it achieves his goals. he warned that such a move, capping prices by the eu, would represent a clear breach of the existing contracts, saying that russia would respond by turning off the faucets. ursula bundle line had this to say. pres. von der leyen: we know our sanctions are deeply granting into the russian economy with a negative impact. but putin is partially buffering through fossil fuel revenues. so the objective is we must cut russia's revenues, which putin uses to finance his atrocious wawar in ukraine. mark: vladimir putin criticized europe's calls for a price cap on russian gas. he has branded it stupid. he condemned the western sanctions as -- these are his words -- a threat to the entire world. pres. putin: some like to isolate russia, but as we have always said, it is impossible. just take a look at the world map. reporter: a message from vladimir putin to western capitals against sanctions against russia, wh

and putin is a man of the big surprises. so it is open and often make things which no one expects from him and we should brace for more surprises. one surprise, he did not deliver your this week was uh chancellor shultz's request that putin withdraw the troops from ukraine in a telephone call. putin made it very clear that he has no regrets regrets whatsoever about the invasion and would do it all over again. would you say that chancellor schulz was right to give diplomacy a chance at this moment in time? and where do you think things could go from here? i think so it's right to make these calls. i mean, no surprises in the answer putin gave obviously, but it's important for also a domestic reason for schulz. he has to make clear to the german public that he's trying everything especially if we expect and i do expect that we will have to send more heavy weapons at some point and then being able to say, look, i tried everything, i talked to him, i presented my case and he wouldn't he wouldn't answer. so is a very, is a better

the threat putin is trying to pose _ a forest. the threat putin is trying to pose is— a forest. the threat putin is trying to pose is not received it seriously and dramatically as in february. help _ and dramatically as in february. help our— and dramatically as in february. help our viewers understand this. there have been changes to the russian constitution and since 2020, so after you advised the russian government, any russian leader, vladimir putin included, but also successors cannot seed any russian territory as agreed formally by the russian federation, so in your view, this means that this is now as far as russia is concerned part of the greater russian federation forever. yes, i think this is the kremlin is position— yes, i think this is the kremlin is position although we understand that nobody— position although we understand that nobody does recognise this as it was already— nobody does recognise this as it was already told by ukrainian authorities and by western governments they will not change how they refer _ governments they will not change how they refe

it is a dangerous president for mr putin to be using this kind l for mr putin to be using this kind of rhetoric in the context of a war clearly that he is losing inside ukraine. we're gonna continue to monitor as best we can and make sure that we can do what we have to do to protect our national security interests and those of our allies and partners. the interests and those of our allies and partners-— and partners. the white house national security _ and partners. the white house national security spokesman. l and partners. the white house i national security spokesman. will take a look at some of the stories making the headlines in the uk. the bank of england has warned that the uk could already be in a recession is raising interest rates to the highest level for ia years. the base rate has gone up by half a percentage point in 2.5% as the bank tries to curb soaring inflation. the bank tries to curb soaring inflation. health leaders in the uk have warned that the government's plan to tackle the challenges facing the nhs in england this winter don't go far enough. the health secret

can putin's threats undermine support for kyiv? ivanna klympush—tsintsadze mp, welcome to hardtalk. —— ivanna klympush—tsintsadze in kyiv, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for inviting me. it's a pleasure to have you on the show. i just wonder that if you now have any mixed feelings about the speed and the scale of ukraine's battlefield successes in recent days, given that the response from putin in moscow appears to be a very significant escalation of his military commitment. well, definitely, you're putting it right, stephen. it is about escalation and readiness to escalate that we are seeing in this speech that was delivered by putin, and we see that he is probably trying to address several audiences, from my perspective, both internal audience in the russian federation, trying to — not to accept that he is basically losing to ukrainian armed forces but is trying to present this war is the war against the common west, against nato countries, and is basically trying to ensure that he is fighting the war with the whole wes

europe and the united states know about what is really happening in russia the truth that vladimir putin is trying to hide and in today's episode the kremlin's gas blackmail moscow signals a cold winter for europe hoping for the lifting of sanctions journalist safronov is sentenced to 22 years in moscow repression in russia continues the new academic year under a blitz in ukraine and under the pressure of propaganda in russia today the 196 day of the war that russian president vladimir putin unleashed in ukraine on february 24th vicious battles are taking place primarily in the herzone and kharkiv regions where ukrainian troops launched their counterfensive about a week ago even managing to regain control of several settlements very little information comes from the location of the fighting itself but one thing is clear dozens and hundreds of human lives are lost every day of the war the massacre of civilians including children will continue every day as long as the work continues tv rain newsroom presents russia tomorrow the winter will be serious russia threatens europe with a cold win

is president putin capable of something like that? would he be allowed to do something like that given that three people have to have codes for the use of any nuclear strike? it for the use of any nuclear strike? , , strike? it is definitely crossing _ strike? it is definitely crossing a _ strike? it is definitely crossing a redline. i l strike? it is definitely - crossing a redline. i think he is capable. don't forget his days as leader of russia is numbered. he is an elderly man. but the other thing we may see, should his problems start ratcheting up even more on them battlefield in ukraine i could see a scenario where for example they attacked those aboriginal nuclear power plant or create nuclear contamination, which could be a pretext to withdraw troops for their safety. we are not out of their safety. we are not out of the woods whatsoever. in fact, this is an escalation. i think the west now has to use what other measures it has left, there are not many, to tighten there are not many, to tighten the noose around putin. for the

but the mission has not changed we continue to tell the truth about russia the truth that vladimir putin is afraid of make sure to support us on gofundme like this video subscribe and share this video on your socials and in today's program failure at the front the ukrainian army continues as successful counter-offensive vladimir putin under fire from his supporters due to failure in ukraine [music] the european union significantly limits visas issued to russian citizens this past weekend in russia was simultaneously one of the strangest and liveliest in russia in recent months moscow held its annual city day to celebrate the anniversary of its founding an occasion which russian president vladimir putin marked by opening the sun of moscow the tallest ferris wheel in europe in the capital it's pretty amazing they don't have a 140 meter ferris wheel in europe incredible thank you very much for continuing to help recreation and entertainment thrive in moscow it's really important for everyone now don't get us wrong what's important isn't putin's grand opening or the ferris wheel what is impo

putin to say, loo, this is russian territory. and now ukrainian attacks are on the motherland not ukrainian territory. which is not true. as you heard jake sullivan, our national security adviser say today, we are not going to recognize that in so many nations around the world already going to recognize that. -- aren't going to recognize that. is nothing more than a ploy by vladimir putin to gain electoral issues, that which you cannot gain militarily. but it's not going to work, note -- no one will recognize it, and what needs to happen is mr. putin needs to leave ukraine and stop the war. laura: is it a problem that president putin could say in the middle of next week that russia's territory has expanded and any ukrainian attacks and russian territory could even be met with a nuclear response? he said he's no bluffing, do you believe him? >> we do think that part of the reason he will conduct the referenda is so he can claim russian ownership over territory that's clearly ukrainian so he can then use it to justify further milit

i think it's a very dangerous signal from president putin that tells us that putin is not going to finish this war. that is what's going on. >> the biden administration has built its entire policy around avoiding direct conflict with russia. once this annexation happens, does it change that dynamic? is russia using this as an excuse to say that it is being attacked because the west is providing ukraine with weapons? if it is seizing eastern ukraine to annex it. >> yes, that's exactly so. that is correct. look, he knows, he feels it, and his military leadership reports to him. he knows that he's losing the war in the battlefield ukraine has seized the initiative. he cannot explain to his society why and he's lookingor answers to these questions. it's seven months since russia occupied -- tried to occupy ukraine, but they couldn't. and now he has to justify it. he has to take steps to justify it. he says, see, let's look at it. i am not afraid of ukraine. it was a special operation. but now it's russia, it's our territory. look, we conducted referenda. now it's the west who attacks russia.

it russia about announcement from president putin?— president putin? it certainly does the sureness - president putin? it certainly does the sureness and - president putin? it certainly - does the sureness and certainty of being punished if you come out to the street and demonstrate against the war now is very high, people who go out know they are putting themselves at risk, risk of prison terms, some at risk of being sent to ukraine to fight their own behalf of the government. so given how high the penalties are for participation when we hear news like a thousand people were arrested over the last 2a out of demonstration that means tens of thousands are coming out, that is a really serious show of opposition to this war. in terms of what the president had to say in his speech, what did you make of it, he actually said i am not bluffing, your thoughts?— said i am not bluffing, your thou~hts? ., , , thoughts? putin was believing, the only other _ thoughts? putin was believing, the only other guy _ thoughts? putin was believing, the only other guy who

vladimir putin and his nuclear threat tonight. and president biden on the world stage responding today. what biden said about nuclear war. and what he says putin's real goal is when it comes to ukraine. tom soufi burridge in ukraine tonight. mary bruce traveling with the president here i new york. >>> the category 4 hurricane barrelling up the atlantic. winds up to 130 miles per hour. now moving towards bermuda. a trail of destruction in its wake. the east coast soon feeling the affects from florida to maine. rob marciano in bermuda tonight with the new track. and we're watching the next potential threat. could it be coming to the gulf? >>> tonight, the battle against inflation here in the u.s. the federal reserve today hiking interest rates another three-quarters of a percent. how this will affect credit cards, car loans, and new mortgages. rebecca jarvis breaks it down. >>> tonight, news on the nba owner suspended and fined $10 million for racist and misogynist remarks. what he now plans to do. >>> the washington monument vandal

"i trust putin 100%." later, the president met his defence minister. they have decided on mobilisation because they are short of troops. 50 short, that in prison camps across russia, this mercenary chief, a close putin ally, has been recruiting inmates to fight in ukraine, promising them their freedom if they serve six months with his group, wagner, and survive. when vilena went to visit her husband in prison a few days ago, she was told the husband, a convicted murderer, wasn't there. translation: i said, - "what do you mean, not here? "he has been here 13 years and suddenly he's gone?" they told me they had no more information. a few days later he called me from a ukrainian number. i know for sure that my husband is in ukraine. even if he agreed to go there, he was sent illegally. sending convicts into combat is against the law. now the kremlin will be sending reservists to ukraine. but in moscow tonight, a protest against mobilisation. hundreds have been detained across the country. not everyone in russia is willing to stay silent about vladimir put

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really dominated by president putin seeking moscow. everything russia does reverberating here through the united nations. president biden actually accusing russia of violating the u.n. charter. thank you so much for watching this special edition of "bbc world news america" from the narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ ♪ narror: you're watching pbs. ♪ da-da-da-duh-da-da-da♪ ♪ da-da-da-da-da-da ♪♪ judy: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight. pres. biden: we will stand in solidarity against russia's agression, period. judy: the world stage. president biden calls on global leaders to counter russia's invasion of ukraine as vladimir putin drafts 300,000 more soldiers for the war effort. then,

putin's actions are a sign he's struggling. the sham routine he put on this morning showing the unity, you know, people holding hands together. the united states is never going to recognize this, and quite frankly, the world is not going to recognize it either. america is fully prepared with our nato allies to defend every single inch of nato territory, every single inch, so mr. putin, don't misunderstand what i'm saying. every inch. >> let's bring in dw correspondent carolina chimoy in washington. what else have we been hearing from the white house today? >> as we know, as well as the other western leaders are ready did, the u.s. administration has condemned the annexation as a legal, as well as the referendums. at the same time, the biden administration announced today new sanctions in announced to the kremlin -- in response to the kremlin's moves that will sanction any individual entity or country that provides political or economic support to these attempts of annexation from russia. the biden administration says they've al

nick: let us talk about how putin's responding. we mentioned a couple times with a very overt nuclear strategy. jake sullivan was on the morning shows, he said this. any use of nuclear weapons will be met with catastrophic consequences for russia. that phrase was very specific and repeated three times, we have been clear and specific about what that will entail. senator shaheen, you first. do you believe the administration has been clear and specific enough with the russians behind closed doors and now in public? and what do you think the planning and response should be for any kind of russian nuclear event? >> sen. shaheen: one of the things jake sullivan also acknowledged was there are continued conversations with top russian leadership, sort of the red phone we remember from the old soviet days. those conversations are ongoing, that is very important. i think the president at the u.n. was very clear in front of the world community of nations about our position and a concern about putin's raising the nuclear threat. he was also c

, who knows putin well. i also sat down with the president of south korea to ask about the threat from his neighbor to the north, who just declared itself a nuclear state. >>> also, hijabs burned, protests rage and chants of "death to the dictator" ring out in iran after a woman dies in police custody there. what will come of the demonstrations? i will ask an expert. >>> but first, here's my take. let's not play down what has happened this week. the leader of the world's largest nuclear power publicly threatened to use nuclear weapons. in an address in moscow on wednesday, vladamir putin declared that russia would use all weapons systems available to us to defend the country. he emphasized it. "this is not a bluff." it might be. putin's threat is an add-on of traditional soviet doctrine. now they contemplate scenarios which it could use nuclear weapons. but putin nose that the west has powerful nuclear weapons of its own and that the doctrine of mutually assured destruction has prevented any power from deplo

because putin is an old veteran spy and you do not leave your spies behind. it is shocking, frankly — or surprising, i would say — that this swap included so many individuals — first of all, in number and then, as you said, from the azov brigade and others we may not have expected the russians to swap — several foreigners as well who had been captured in the donetsk area. yes, andi yes, and i think viktor medvedchuk, president putin's godfather to his child or something so there is a family connection there as well. yes, but as i'vwe tweeted, i want somebody to count up how many godchildren vladimir putin has because i think it is a way of showing loyalty and fealty. evelyn farkas speaking to me earlier. that's the picture in russia. meanwhile, russia's conduct in ukraine has been strongly condemned at a special meeting of the un security council. the american secretary of state antony blinken said president putin had shown contempt for international law and the world must not let him get away with it. his comments came as the ukrainian military conti

and as putin's desperation grows, ukraine's resolve hardens. they're not stopping now, fighting with their hearts. do you get a break now? >> no, no. >> reporter: no break? >> no, no break from 24 february. >> reporter: nonstop? >> nonstop. i have more motivation than tiredness. >> reporter: yeah. putin plans on holding referendums in territories seized just east of here to force through a vote to become part of russia. this sets the stage for him to claim an attack on any of those regions is an assault on russia. jericka? >> similar to what we saw in crimea. thank you, debora. in new york, president joe biden used his address to the united nations to denounce russia and president vladimir putin's quote, brutal needless war, and called on all nations to stand firm against russian aggression in ukraine. the president also called out putin's latest nuclear threats as reckless and irresponsible. cbs' chief foreign affairs correspondent and moderator of "face the nation" margaret brennan has been at the u.n. all day. good evening to you, margaret.

he thinks putin should not stay, but putin was already reelected or reinstalled himself in 2018. what gorbachev was saying was staying until 2024, which technically putin's term should be expiring in. so those words he said, none of it is support for putin staying forever. gorbachev was saying early on putin was helpful in bringing chaos of the sort of chaotic global capitalism that developed under yeltsin under some control. but absolutely, i don't think we should interpret this as something that gorbachev was supporting putin. he hated the war. i did not talk to him, but i spoke to somebody to kind of deliver a message to him and his words to me that he hated all of it. he just thought -- he felt very sad that russia gave up on this potential that really was given to us into the world. as for the protests, yes, mikhail gorbachev -- it is a just bought it country. it always existed through repression and he could not escape some of it. in 1989 who could have sent to east berlin to defeat the falling of the berlin wall. and yet he didn't. let's remember, i know it is a horrible t

is it going to risk his position politically, putin? well, we saw some level of protest happening in some of the major cities around russia after mobilisation was announced. but they are really low level at this stage, and that is because many people do feel like there's no point in protesting, because ultimately there's not going to be a massive overthrow. it's not legal to be protesting in russia at the moment. and people who are picked up off the streets that we saw, there were about 1,400 people picked up from st petersburg, moscow and other cities, they will be detained and if they are arrested again, that could mean that they get a jail sentence. so a lot of people don't want to risk this. some people just leave the country. now in terms of whether or not president putin can continue to bring people with him with mobilisation, i think it probably brings a lot more of this home to certain people. and i think there's a big concern that while at the moment this is partial mobilisation, many in russia are worried that it could expand.

and as putin's desperation grows, ukraine's resolve hardens. they're not stopping now, fighting with their hearts. do you get a break now? >> no, no. >> reporter: no break? >> no break from 24 february. >> reporter: nonstop. >> nonstop. >> reporter: putin plans on holding referendums in territory seized just east of here to force through a vote to become part of russia. this sets the stage for him to claim an attack on any of those regions is an assault on russia. jericka. >> duncan: similar to what we saw in crimea. thank you, debra. in new york, president joe biden used his address to the united nations to denounce vladimir putin and what he called "russia's brutal needless war," and called on all nations to stand firm against russian aggression in ukraine and called out putin's latest nuclear threats as reckless and irresponsible. cbs chief foreign affairs correspondents and moderator of "face the nation" margaret brennan, has been at the u.n. all day. good evening, margaret. just how real is the threat of russia using nuclear weapons in its

vladimir putin has just raised the stakes. he's warned he will defend the annexed territories with all means at his disposal, and he says he's not bluffing. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. the us has announced more sanctions against russia. president biden says the us will not be intimidated by putin. america and its allies will not be intimidated. we will not be intimidated by putin and his reckless words of threats. —— words and threats. he won't scare us or intimidate us. putin's actions are a sign he's struggling, the sham referendum he carried out. earlier, we spoke to barbara plett usher in washington for more details on the us response to russia's latest actions. one of the sanction�*s measures is to threaten imposing costs on any country that does, in fact, recognise president putin's moves. now that would not be very many, but i think the idea isjust to really isolate russia on the world stage, and the americans say that their g7 allies are prepared to do the same. the sanctions also target the military—ind