war studies at kings college, england. thank you so hutch for being with us. i want to start on the news there. do you make of the cease-fire in humanitarian corridors that russia has declared while at the same time we have nato and u.s. intelligence saying putin plans to, quote, bombard cities into submission? it s obviously good news if you can get out people who have been having a terrible time and need food and medicine as well as rest from the bombardment. you have to assume that when these people are out the bombardment will be stepped up and there ll be a harder push to get into the towns. so it doesn t necessarily make a lot of difference to the outcome of the of these battles, as it were, but it s obviously welcome to get as many civilians out as possible. yeah. bigger picture, you ve said
poised to, quote, bombard cities into submission in the ukraine, which could inflict many more civilian casualties. a senior western intelligence official telling cnn his experience with western leadership and vladimir putin leads him to believe, and i quote here, they have a completely different standard when it comes to respect for human life. and the u.s. official tells cnn that russia is planning to deploy up to 1,000 mercenaries in the near future. pentagon saying russia already rained down more than 500 missiles on ukraine in a week and a half since this invasion began. and this is what those missiles are doing to the cities and towns of ukraine. look at this. on the out skirts of kyiv, a residential neighborhood attacked. a woman watching, just watching as her house burns. in western kyiv, a business center just destroyed. and we have tragic news and a story we first brought you last night. the missile attack on an
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of ukrainian towns and villages refusing to make a no-fly zone. secretary blinken was also told the european union is ready to cause more economic pain for russia. he met with the eu commission president in brussels friday. blinken said the war in ukraine may not be over soon so the two sides should keep up the pressure on moskow. he she said the eu is ready. we know this conflict is far from over, and be very clear we are ready to take further severe measures if putin does not stop and reverse the war he has unleashed. so for more on that and the consequences of the sanctions on the global economy we re joined by natasha bertram from brussels and elainy giokos is standing by. putin s plans to, quote, bombard