consequences. reporter: on the same day secretary of state antony blinken declared the u.s. has assessed that members of russia s forces have committed war crimes in ukraine. u.s. officials now pressing for an unequivocal show of western unity, and new measures to ramp up the pressure on russian president vladimir putin including sweeping new sanctions on russian officials and oligarchs. four new divisions set for deployment. we re going to have to make a series of ongoing assessments about our force posture that will take us weeks and months into the future. reporter: biden s arrival coinciding with the first delivery from the $800 million in u.s. military assistance. even as western leaders grapple with the acute danger of a moment putin finds his invasion stalled. something biden addressed directly earlier this week. the more his back is against
possibilities that you ve just described. i will say the use of nuclear weapons would be unconscionable by the russians. and that they should believe that and know that themselves, having just signed on as a member of the u.n. security council, a permanent member of the u.n. security council to a statement that said nuclear wars cannot be won and should not be fought, and we think they should live by those words. that s why it was outrageous toer what what the russian spokesman had to say yesterday. the biden administration has now formally, officially declared that russian troops have committed war crimes in ukraine. does the u.s. believe that designation will have any impact whatsoever on putin s reporter: wolf, this does not seem like a government, a president, a leader who is subject to shame, who is likely to alter his behavior in light of pronouncements like this, but it is very important regardless for the international community to stand for the proposition
into the former soviet bloc. she also pushed for the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. albright was an advocate for peace around the world. she received the presidential medal of freedom in 2012. the nation s highest civilian honor. madeleine albright was 84 years old. our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer in the with wolf blitzer in the situation room in brussels. captions by vitac www.vitac.com happening now. breaking news. president biden just landed in brussels for critical talks with u.s. allies about russia s war against ukraine as the bombs keep falling and civilians keep dying. the u.s. now formally declaring that kremlin forces have committed war crimes. this hour, we re getting new glimpses of the widespread destruction from russia s invasion, and a new estimate of the toll on vladimir putin s
that there are ways in which wars should not be fought. that includes the deliberate targeting of civilians and some of the other outrageous steps the russian military has taken. we have made that declaration. our european allies have made that declaration as have other countries. all they re doing is describing what your viewers have been watching unfold on your screens for some time which is just an outrageous targeting of civilians by the russian military during the course of this conflict. so, so horrible. president biden s principal deputy national security adviser john finer, thanks very much for joining us. appreciate it very much. coming up, we have other news we re following, including sad news. madeleine albright, the first woman to become u.s. secretary of state has died at the age of 84 of cancer. cnn s richard roth has details of her truly remarkable career and her influence on western
remembering madeline albright who died at the age of 84. coming up, i m going to speak live with former president bill clinton. he ll share his thoughts on the loss of madeline albright. that s coming up very shortly. l more breaking news we re following. continue to watch all the late breaking developments on president biden s high-stakes trip here to brussels to huddle with allies as russia s invasion on ukraine unleashes terror on millions of people. with ear live from our european headquarters. our special coverage continues next. to h help protect kids and the world they ll inherit. 80% get genetically meaningful health info from their 23andme dna reports. 80%. that s 8 out of 10 ople who can get somethin enlightening. something empowering.