tonight, president biden addresses the nation on vladimir putin. the president blasting putin, calling putin s actions the beginning of a russian invasion of ukraine. saying vladimir putin has announced he plans to essentially carve out a big chunk of ukraine. the president saying putin thinks he has the right to declare new so-called countries. putin giving the green light for russian troops in eastern ukraine. the president hitting russia with tough new sanctions tonight. republicans and some democrats pushing for those sanctions to be even more punishing. and bracing for the impact here at home. the markets already reacting today and gas prices, what americans should be prepared for. ian pannell from kyiv tonight. martha raddatz in ukraine. cecilia vega at the white house.
leaders and that i have not reacted well when biden has called him a pure thug and other names. and yes, the president of the united states is not mincing any words at all in blasting putin, the leader of russia. to our viewer, thanks very much for joining us. i m wolf blitzer here in warsaw poland, and i will be back here with a special edition of the situation room 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., and the newsroom continues right here with my friend jim acosta. acosta. stay with us. captions by vitac www.vitac.com this is cnn breaking news. you are live in the newsroom with jim acosta and you are following breaking news. president biden in poland in a
war games. it s not a big deal when the u.s. was repeatedly saying they re going to invade, u.s. intelligence was correct, they did invade, and these were powerful, powerful words that the president of the united states uttered in blasting putin. reporter: yeah. i think you re absolutely right, wolf. those are extremely powerful words. i m sure president zelenskyy very keenly heard those words as will many residents of the city i m in now. we are once again hearing massive fighting going on close to where we are, massive outgoing artillery and incoming thuds as well. as president biden delivered those strong remarks, obviously the fighting still very much continuing. i think some of the things president biden said would resonate not just with folks in ukraine but in general with a lot of these countries in eastern europe that have been trying to counter some of those power moves that the putin administration and vladimir putin himself a has been making
putin s days are numbered. we have to wrap this up, and encourage the russian people to act on those words. what does it say from the military perspective when the commander in chief, general eaton, when the commander of chief says of the russian leader that he cannot remain in power from your perspective? wolf, when we started the army national war college, the college where we take the 42-year-old, 43-year-old, we are greeted with welcome practitioners of the military art. we are going to talk about that, and we are also going to talk about the economic, diplomatic and cyber components of national power. infor information operations. so right now in the pentagon, i am confident that the j-5 folks
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