Nato leaders met this week in wales amid growing signs that russias ambitions may go beyond the annexation of crimea in march and incursion into eastern ukraine, now talking openly about a new russia. President Vladimir Putin reportedly told a European Union official that russia could take kiev in two weeks. So, whats russias next move . And could it be against a nato member state . Lets ask wall street journal columnist and Deputy Editor dan henninger, Foreign Affairs columnist Bret Stephens and Editorial Board member matt kaminski. So, matt, looking at where we stand right now, does it look to you as if nato, the u. S. And europe, have essentially written off ukraine . Well, thats been the story for the last six months. The u. S. And the eu did not react forcefully to the taking of crimea in march, and Vladimir Putin saw a green light to move forward. He has moved forward. Every step weve been late in imposing hard sanctions. Weve always tried to give russia a way out, which putins t
Beyond the annexation of crimea and recent incursion into eastern ukraine, now talking openly about a new russia. President Vladimir Putin reportedly told a European Union official that russia could, quote, take kiev in two weeks. Whats their next move . Could it be against a nato member state. Lets talk to dan henninger, Bret Stephens and Matt Kaminski. Matt, looking at where we stand right now, does it look to you as if nato, the u. S. And europe have essentially written off ukraine . Well, thats been the story for the last six months. The u. S. And the eu did not react forcefully to the taking of crimea in march, and Vladimir Putin saw a green light to move toward forward. He has moved forward. Every step weve been late imposing hard sanctions. Weve always fried to give russia a way out. But most importantly weve abandoned ukraine but not helping it defend itself. Although ukraine is not a member of nato, its worked closely for years, served in afghanistan and iraq. They deserved ar
Europe ends their ordeal. One European Union official warns this crisis has barely begun and is far from over. The United Nations estimates that 2,000 new migrants arrive in hungary each and every day from syria, iraq, afghanistan and other nations in turmoil. Out of sheer desperation to get somewhere safe, many are making the journey on foot after failing to get passage aboard trains. A cold rain greets them as they walk the final steps into austria and thats where we find Cnn Senior International correspondent, arwa damon. Reporter they are coming across the border right now. They have to walk this last portion of the trip. It is raining, it is pretty miserable, but very few of them care because finally, they have left hungary behind. They have left the horrific conditions they say they were living in there behind and now they are walking here into austria. They will be boarding buses, taken to a Registration Center not too far away from here, in that building. They are being heat, c
The two brothers involved in the attacks may have secretly taped a nuclear facility. Bill one of the men is on u. S. Terror watchlist. Reporter police are laying a hammer down in the brussels area. There is an operation going on right now as we speak where some of the bombers came from. s 10 minutes from our location. This area is 15 minutes from brussels. Its a nice area. There were terror suspects in this area. Thats when police came in last night. Two people were arrested. A total of six people all together in central brussels and skarbeck. We talked a lot about this picture. The airport Surveillance Video showing the three men. The two guys in the dark jackets. Those whether suicide bombers. The guy in the white jacket currently remains at large. We dont know if the operation may be going after him or if he was among them. As soon as we are done here well get to that other location. A possible second bomber in the metro subway attack may be at large as well. We are hearing it could
Initiate the formal process of leaving the block. Hes leaving that task for the next Prime Minister. Jeremy corbin, a Labor Party Leader was once seen as a possible candidate for that job, but his Opposition Party is falling apart at the seams. 19 members of corbins shattered cabinet have resigned, all questioning his leadership. This disastrous fallout in the world market continues to spiral downwards, as well. Ratings agent Standard Poors downgraded the uks Credit Rating by two notches monday. The eu leaders are converging on brussels in just a few hours. Our International Diplomatic editor Nic Robertson is following the action there. You kind of wonder what the point is of David Cameron having a meeting when hes now effectively a lame duck. I think theres an element of that about it, max. But i think maybe if we look at this strategically, and, of course, politics, so much has happened in terms of politics in the last week, but theres so much more of a playout in the coming months a