and you will see that when he is over in eastern poland. he will meet with members of the american 82nd airborne that have been deployed here as this war in ukraine proceeds. now, poland s leaders have their own ideas about security. they would like to see a permanent defense force posted here from nato. they are also calling for an international peacekeeping force in ukraine. that second idea is something that u.s. officials have not warmed to, so this will all be up for discussion when the president meets with poland s leaders over the next few days. hala. all right, kevin liptack traveling with president biden in poland. thanks very much. i will have more from lviv, ukraine, at the top of the hour. but let s bring in john vause in atlanta right now. john. hala, thank you again. we will take a short break but when we come back, the law of unintended consequences with putin s war of choice tripping a global food shortage. leaders at the g7 promise urgent action to help those most
control. but the pentagon s also warning russia is bringing in reinforcements. that s coming after a busy day of diplomacy and morale boosting. as you can see here. for president biden in poland. meeting the polish president along the eastern flank of nato s troop presence and meeting with members of the 82nd airborne, stationed there. you all are an amazing group of women and men. i just want to thank you for your service. as your commander in chief i mean it from the bottom of my heart. the president s visit comes as we are continuing to see horrific images of what has happened in ukraine. officials say some 300 people were killed in that russian air strike on a theater in mariupol last week. you re seeing some of the first images from inside that theater. nbc news, by the way, has not been able to independently verify that. but this is the theater we talked about a lot, which had two big signs, you see them here, that said children, in russian, visible from the air outside the f
president biden in poland today shoring up the western alliance in the face of russia s invasion of ukraine. that as nato has announced key troop movements to its eastern flank amid worries the conflict could spill over. joining me now to discuss is the president of the eurasia group. putin wanted to fracture and weaken nato, and instead his invasion united the alliance and now is bringing tens of thousands of troops closer to his borders. from a western perspective that looks like a failure but do you think he sees it that way? i think he does see it that way. at the very least we know how angry he has been with his senior military leadership. so that means that the news of his performance is getting through to him. i mean, there s always a danger when you have a leader that s been that isolated, you know, for two years with the pandemic and you see how far away he s
were reports of five injuries. we re waiting for more information about that. but this fire is going to burn well throughout the night at that fuel storage facility. it s the type of target that the russians have been striking around the country, trying to hit the logistical weapons of ukraine. this happened in daylight in a major western city. president biden is over the border in poland. i m just an hour away from poland. president biden is scheduled any minute now to deliver a major address on the war in poland. we ll bring that to you live as soon as it comes. it s from the castle there in warsaw, a beautiful location for a speech. we expect to hear from president biden very shortly. and the russian air strike here not that far away in broad daylight. could it have been some kind of a message from the russians showing that they can hit wherever they want whenever they want? who knows. i am joined by cnn s sam kiley,
vehicles and of course aircraft. all defenders of ukraine know that. all defenders of mariupol know that. thousands of people know that. citizens, civilians who are dying there in the blockade. the united states knows that. all european politicians know. we told everyone. and this should be known as soon as possible by as many people on earth as possible. so that everyone understands who and why we were simply afraid to prevent this tragedy. here is what officials in ukraine are now saying. that at least 136 children died in this country since the war began. nearly half of them in kyiv alone. just this week, russian shelling killed a 9-year-old and 11-year-old and a 13-year-old. and tonight the white house is trying to defuse comments made by president biden in poland earlier today, comments that sent shock waves throughout europe and apparent call for regime change in russia. u.s. official scrambled to add nuance to the president s words. but they came from a man who has