from oil and gas sales to try to defend that. so this is an important step that the united states is about to take. and evelyn, what about whether they act without europe? well, it s very interesting because congress is pushing this agenda, which i think is almost a very safe a safe position for the biden administration to be in because i would imagine that some of our european allies would not want to go quite that far. if they did, it would have already been accomplished. so i do think and the other thing is, for the biden administration it does blunt the political heat that they would get from the raised the increased gas prices if this is done in a truly bipartisan fashion. we don t import that much oil from russia, so for us it s kind of symbol you can, but as the good ambassador just pointed out, it will increase the price globally, and i do know that or at least i read that the biden administration is heading over to saudi arabia. that would be one country that could
while. yeah. well, that speaks to, again, how the world has evolved. we talk about the dark and light parts of a connected and internet enabled world, but as you say, that may puncture some of the propaganda. on the other hand there s extensive reporting, front page of the times today about people in russia not believing their own family members in ukraine because unlike some of the folks that you cited they are just relying on state media. they don t believe and understand the reality. that dwoez to the information bubble that putin may be also operating in, reading are from a washington post report about the type of intelligence you used to consume in government, it says analysts see putin as isolated, underestimated the west but could still lash out if cornered. he appears relying on a small code yay of advisers who have not told him the truth about how costly conquering ukraine is turning out to be. your thought on that assessment. does it differ from what you were operating on
i have no plan. i just wanted to save my child. so many different tough stories coming out of this conflict, there a mother discussing her only goal to protect her child. nato countries are getting approval to send fighter jets, meanwhile, to ukraine. putin sending about 100% of russian forces into ukraine, families fleeing to the west. the u.n. estimates more than 1.7 million ukrainians have fled to safety. when we last covered some of that crisis at the end of the week, it was more around a million. an 11-year-old boy arriving in slovakia after his mother sent him on a 620 mile journey alone. she stayed behind to take care of someone else, her sick mother. it was an act of necessity, and he made it to the border with a plastic bag, a passport, and a telephone number written you see there on his hand. volunteers were able to help reunite him with family in slovakia. the increase in families fleeing comes as four civilians including two children were killed over the weekend. many oth
game, the pressures internally and how that may affect what europe and the united states are trying to achieve here in the away began, in the away theater. ambassador tefft, thank you so much, sir. thanks very much, ari. absolutely. next we go live inside ukraine as civilians flee bombardments and russian attacks, and i ll be joined by a top official from ukrainian president zelenskyy s government. we re back in just 60 seconds. we re ba ickn just 60 seconds. making friends again, billy? i like to keep my enemies close. guys, excuse me. i didn t quite get that. i m hard of hearing. oh hey, don t forget about the tense music too. would you say tense? i d say suspenseful. aren t they the same thing? can we move on guys, please? alexa, turn on the subtitles. and dim the lights. ok, dimming the lights. [music] at aetna® we re shifting alexa,medicare coverageitles. and dim the lights. into high gear with benefits you may be eligible for when you turn 65.
mentioned that, your rebuttal to the way putin is trying to describe it for his internal consumption or his international propaganda, what else do you think is important for people to understand about ukraine s history which i think listeners can understand is part of your mandate, your brief there as its own sovereign and its own culture, which stands against the claims of the putin government that somehow it is reuniting or reconstituting what he has publicly claimed is one state of greater russia? i can describe the different historical periods of ancient, of period of time in 17th century, how we suffered during the soviet rule. but the main identification of ukrainians are people in kherson region, which is now occupied by russian army, when they re talking about liberation or