decades nothing happens, and then it happens. germany is doubling its defense budget. the swedes, neutral. and the swiss. the fins are probably going to have a referendum for the fins to join nato. and there will be a line for countries to join nato. yes. which, again, this is something that vladimir putin it is his worst nightmare. so the question i think we have to get to at some point is how do we move him away from where we re going? because it gets worse for him. we re going to have much more on all of this still ahead on morning joe. the biden administration announces another fresh round of sanctions against russia, and europe s largest oil company, shell, is joining its rival bp and stepping away from operations in that country.
and that speech while the eu watched, while europe watched, while the world watched, simply churchillian. we are fighting for our land, we are fighting for our lives, we are fighting for our future. yeah, the churchillian-ness of this will be reinforced by the fact he gets a standing ovation from the european parliament at a time he is saying, now you have to admit us. i don t believe it is going to be possible not to admit ukraine. it might take time, it will obviously take time. this is something europe has not seriously considered before. now i think it is going to happen. i think with zelenskyy himself in that bunker as david was putting so well, not knowing, you know, whether his kids will be killed. right. he has kept his kids there with him in kyiv. his wife has said i know he s number one target, i m number two target. you cannot watch that and not react deeply, viscerally to what
of this force. the russians hope to be able to avoid crushing the city of kyiv. their battle plan always was to surround it. they were waiting for the europeans basically to give up, for zelenskyy to flee the country and they ve stood firm. so the russians are having to change their plans, but don t imagine they don t still have the power to crush ukraine. i don t think that putin is ready to accept failure, which means that much more carnage is ahead. for all of us as we watch this, you know, outside invader try to squeeze the life out of freedom-loving people, speaking of zelenskyy this morning, it is going to be a terrible moment for all of us because we are all going to think, the west is going to think, we need to help these people, how do we help them without risking world war iii. right. that s what the next week is going to feel like. and that s the frustration a lot of people feel, why can t we
there. it is the city that has the largest number of universities in our country. the youth is bright, smart there. the people who gathered there all the time and were gathering there all the time for celebrating all celebrations on the largest square in our country, the freedom square, and this is the largest square in europe and that s true. this is called the freedom square. can you imagine? this morning two cruise missiles hit this freedom square. dozens of killed ones. this is the price of freedom. we are fighting just for our land and for our freedom despite the fact that all the cities of
be lonely lonesome. we have proven our strengths. we have proven that as at a minimum we are exactly the same as you are. so do prove that you are with us, do prove that you will not let us go, do prove that you, indeed, are europeans, and then life will win over death and light will win over darkness. glory be to ukraine. a standing ovation. look at that. willie, president zelenskyy getting a standing ovation. what an extraordinary address while he is hiding from russia indiscriminate russian missile strikes. the european union, which has