Also expect the president to address russias Annexation Of Crimea . Reporter probably so just because this dominated the discussion so much. The g7 meeting which was held as a part of the Nuclear Security summit wasnt really, the move wasnt originally part of the plan. It wasnt because of the esflepevents that happened in ukraine. Suspending with the biggest economies in the world. Russia was supposed to host in june in sochi. It is a big step. The question, though, is, specially among critics, will this have any effect . The u. S. Ed administration, other countries repeatedly said, there is still a door open to discussion, to a diplomatic solution. There is a chance for deescalation. We can change things if russia decides to change course. For everything that has been said and all the talks that have
been held, not only among western countries but talks with russia, nothing has changed that course. So it remains to be seen now what could constitute escalation for additional and more d
well make putin s troops on the way out could well make a putin s troops on the way out could well make a kind of mess behind and which well make a kind of mess behind and which doesn t bear thinking about. russia has which doesn t bear thinking about. russia has the world s biggest biological warfare stockpile, lots of radioactive stuff lying about in ukraine, of radioactive stuff lying about in ukraine, that was supposed to be well looked after. as i was saying earlier well looked after. as i was saying earlier on. well looked after. as i was saying earlier on, a nuclear explosion is one thing. earlier on, a nuclear explosion is one thing, the kind of radioactive fallout one thing, the kind of radioactive fattout vou one thing, the kind of radioactive fallout you get from a leak from this kind fallout you get from a leak from this kind of stuff can be more pernicious. it doesn t come out of a big bang, pernicious. it doesn t come out of a big bang, but it spreads
perhaps grim chapter could be coming in the next couple of days. the way the ukrainians held back the russians, pushed them back in some cases has been widely praised rightly admired and almost certainly vladimir putin has been seeing that. he s been caught off guard by how much more difficult this has been for his forces but the russians of course still have that overwhelming superiority in numbers and material. the fear i think don is the russians are going to ratchet things up and bring in heavy equipment and a heavy hand and cause more pain. if they go into a city the size of kyiv. how bloody the street to street battles could be doesn t bear thinking about, don. michael holms in lviv. now to kaitlan collins. you ve been talking to officials about this massive convoy and the possible ratcheting up of forces from the russian side. what are you hearing?
you can see what that could look like. it is chilling. and you get from people we speak to, you know, a real sense of foreboding about how bad this could get. you mentioned the civilian death toll, the official one in the hundreds. it is likely much bigger than that already. and the sort of bombardment they re talking about just doesn t bear thinking about. already some of the video images from ukrainian towns and cities, what we know is happening in the port city of mariupol is horrifying. the reality is those awful images might be just a taste of what might be about to happen if putin follows through. the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy appearing for nato to do more appealing i should say for nato to do more to protect his citizens. he is not holding back tonight. right? absolutely. i mean, he is desperate. we ve heard that. he is desperate right now for more help. let s just take a quick listen to some of what he said.
i think they ve realized that their initial phase of light and quick operations to seize cities has failed comprehensively. so they re reverting to type in the form of combined arm operations. that means bringing in lots of heavy artillery, long-range missiles and rockets, air power, and bombarding cities into submission. they did it in grozny in 1994, and that s the way they re going to do it here in ukraine. and the tragedy is, of course, that so many civilians are going to die. so i would expect to see the russians move their forces from the south towards the north now that the russians seem to be making headway in the south, and to meet up with that stalled convoy along the north. then you will see, to put it bluntly, hell unleashed on ukrainian cities. yeah, it doesn t bear thinking about. i mean the thing is, you know, throughout this i mean there s been sanctions. there s been more sanctions,