davos, first, there is no snow. it s taking place in spring. also this is such big head winds from the war in ukraine, the result in inflation, the risk of recession, to big commission as well as climate change and the pandemic. so much, anna stewart, we know you are following it for p. i m christine romans. i m laura jarrett. new day starts right now. i m john berman with brianna keilar on this new day. president biden catching his own administration off guard with a tough message for china and moments ago china responds. the first shipment of desperately needed baby formula arrives in the united states as more babies are hospitalized. and president biden shifting his warning about monkeypox as another possible case is being investigated in the u.s. and the republican showdown in georgia, former president trump and vice president pence campaign for dueling candidates as voters prepare to head to the polls. good morning to to our viewers here in the united
in the last few days dim tree peskov had said that he had not been following the case, they didn t have many details about it. that has changed and in his latest press conference he said that the russian federation, moscow cares deeply about the fate of its soldiers and has been following and will continue to follow this case closely even if it cannot do much about what now happens to vadim shysimarin himself. so important to note he knew it was wrong. he admitted that he knew it was wrong and he resisted it initially. melissa bell, thank you so much. in a rare joint interview president volodymyr zelenskyy and the first lady of ukraine say the war has torn apart their family, just like it has for millions of their fellow ukrainians. cnn s suzanne malveaux live in lviv for us this morning. really interesting to hear them speaking together, suzanne. reporter: it really is, and the ukrainians i spoke to say that the first lady was popular
translator: our family, like all ukrainian families, is now torn apart. we didn t see each other for two and a half months. we only talked on the phone. thank you for this opportunity because now we are spending some time together. we are dating on tv. and using a little bit of humor there. she also was asked in the interview whether or not the war has taken her away from her husband or her husband taken away from her and she says no one takes away her husband, not even the war, john, but she also on a more serious note has really been pushing humanitarian efforts during this crisis, really trying to help ukrainian children, particularly those disabled, to leave the country, get the help they need and also to bring in critical medical supplies to hospitals, incubators, those types of things for babies and children in those war zones.
federation itself and the fact that it has sent these soldiers into war unprepared, unknowing for the most part of what it was they were getting themselves into that should really be the one to be facing judgment at this stage. clearly this was, though, a civilian court judging vadim shysimarin on the facts of the case as laid out by the prosecution. that he had killed an unarmed civilian in the first few days of the war, the 28th of february, brianna, he and his column of tanks had come into ukraine, they hit a mine, he and several other cold years escaped in a stolen car, they come across the unarmed civilian and vadim shysimarin had been given the order to shoot him. he had resisted that order but it had been given. another soldier also testified this week the order to shoot in a way that could not be refused. he now will spend the rest of his life in a ukrainian jail. one of the other interesting developments this morning, brianna, is the change of tone from the kremlin over this c
and well-liked before the beginning of the war, she had graced the cover of ukrainian vogue. she is a mother of two, an architect and before the invasion of ukraine some of her initiatives included improving school lunches for kids around the country, she was promoting equal rights for women and also the ukrainian language and culture throughout the world, but, of course, after the invasion their roles changing dramatically as the rest of the world got to see her husband in his presidential role on the streets, very public in defiance of the russian military, walking with his military in the streets of kyiv and other parts of the country. the first lady in an undisclosed location well not being seen that much, but she was asked a very personal question here. her husband, very much known around the world, but has he changed? what is he like personally? take a listen.