which have hit urban areas across ukraine during a wave of strikes in recent days. the german government has said the first of its four iris t air defence systems was delivered to ukraine on wednesday. for his part, vlaidimir putin has accused the west of stoking the global energy crisis, suggesting damage to the nord stream gas pipeline was the result of international terrorism. with mr putin under increasing pressure at home and abroad our russia editor steve rosenberg considers what his next move might be? what will vladimir putin do next in ukraine? what is he thinking? his special military operation has not gone according to plan. but u turns? that s not his style. this is. at an event in moscow, classic putin the kremlin leader painting russia as the victim and the authorities in kyiv as terrorists.
his special military operation has not gone according to plan. but u turns? that s not his style. this is. at an event in moscow, classic putin the kremlin leader painting russia as the victim and the authorities in kyiv as terrorists. keep in mind, though, that it was russia that invaded ukraine. i don t follow them. constantin s newspaper has criticised russian officials for nuclear sabre rattling during the special operation. he says putin wants a new world order and don t expect de escalation any time soon. he s authoritarian leader of a nuclear power. he s unchallenged leader in this country, and he has some strong beliefs and perceptions which drive him crazy,
the russian cruise missiles which have hit urban areas across ukraine during a wave of strikes in recent days. the german government has said the first of its four iris t air defence systems was delivered to ukraine on wednesday. for his part, vlaidimir putin has accused the west of stoking the global energy crisis, suggesting damage to the nord stream gas pipeline was the result of international terrorism . with mr putin under increasing pressure at home and abroad, our russia editor steve rosenberg considers what his next move might be? what will vladimir putin do next in ukraine? what is he thinking? his special military operation has not gone according to plan. but u turns? that s not his style. this is. at an event in moscow, classic putin the kremlin leader painting russia as the victim and the authorities in kyiv as terrorists.
i hope it s a lesson for the rest of the world. he will use whatever means necessary to advance what he thinks are his interests. and i think with with respect to energy, i think we ought to be tough. it s hard. it s easy for me to say sitting in america, but this is the moment where europe finally reduces its dependency on russia. i was in that obama transition team back in 2008. and we wrote the memo back then we should do it then. finally, we should do it now. with respect to the what s happening in odesa, it s classic putin. on the one hand he agrees and then he attacks. we have to move forward. it s very difficult to negotiate anything. mike mcfall, thank you. now to a high-tech line of artificial intelligence in china. nbc s janis mackey frayer finished the research base of giant panda in the country to
and to contemplate the pros and the cons. the cons in this case are quite significant. martha: we need to think several steps out in terms of any action that we would take and what that would lead to. i hear what you re saying there. i want to get one more question in with you before i let you go. emanuel macron is the point person for discussion with putin. he said that he got on a ut90-minute phone conversation d he s convinced it s going to get worse. he showed no signs of negotiation. he also said that putin said that everything is going as planned. clearly it s not. because the war plan has been captured. it s in the hands of the ukrainian. they re nowhere on the time scale. i think it was by march 6, as i recall. we might have been able to save in the 90-minute phone call, which was a one-way conversation