and ukraine, on the river between the two. those haven t gotten very far. they made some progress, they thought, on humanitarian corridors. and we heard today that the diplomatic the humanitarian corridor coming out of mariupol didn t work. the russians violated that right away. so, that s not promising. the russians, by the way, said former minister of culture to those discussions where the ukrainians were serious about it. they sent their defense minister and senior member of president zelenskyy s team, political team. so, that s probably not going anywhere. we know that the israeli prime minister was there for a long talk with president putin. and that probably is more likely to get somewhere. that is, at least you re talking to the person who s making decisions. president putin is clearly responsible for this war, and he will be responsible for ending
new tonight, italy s prada announcing it has ended operations in russia. short time ago, president biden applauded visa and mastercard for what they did, saying he welcomes their decision. the president s statement coming shortly after he spoke with ukrainian president zelenskyy by phone. the call in which biden noted his administration is surging security, humanitarian, and economic assistance to ukraine, is working closely with congress to secure additional funding. that according to the white house. this morning, president zelenskyy made his own personal plea for help to a group of u.s. lawmakers, telling them ukraine needs three main things, oil, a no fly zone over ukraine, and jets to fight russia. as of this hour, nato is ruling out that no fly zone request. as reported, putin says a no fly zone would, in his eyes, be a third party getting involved in the armed conflict. in short, an act of war.
contours of that conversation? one of the things that was very interesting the last couple of days was the undersecretary of state for policy, tory newland, had an interview with presumably this did get to russia. indicated that if if russia, if putin were to withdraw, if he were to stop this fight, if he were to withdraw the military, that the sanctions, which are hammering the russian economy, would be released, would be pulled off, would be relaxed. that s an incentive that even if president putin doesn t understand it, when the russian people hear tas report it, they will say this is a big problem for us, we can get out of it. why didn t he do it? i just can t get over the video we keep playing over, the
u.n. mission personnel who are expelled out of the country. also ahead, diplomacy at work from israel to france. world leaders are working to deescalate putin s attract on ukraine. former ambassador to ukraine on if it can be done. and the ukrainian president, who he most needs to talk to. i think i have to talk with putin. the world has to talk with putin because there are no other ways to stop this war. many challenge. your dell technologies advisor can help you find the right tech solutions. so you can stop at nothing for your customers.
population could be displaced by putin s atrocities. think what we re talking about beyond temporary protective status, tps for ukrainians already inside the united states is something we have talked about many times in other context. that is raising the cap on asylum seekers in this country and also family reunification efforts. there are going to be some people who are here and some people in other countries and there is going to have to be a mass effort to reunify those families. that s exactly right. this is where we need to apply any pathway that can help lighten the experience of what the european nations are feeling and experiencing. so, that is tps. it s surging the conflict capacity to poland and other nations where we have embassies and consulates that have long lines. it s allows family reunification and beyond the process, which is how families can reunite with americans here now. it s just too time consuming a