least three people were killed. the word talks today of ending the carnage as nbc s richard engel reports from ukraine. the direct negotiations between ukraine and russia in turkey today went nowhere. ukraine s foreign minister saying russia is demanding the government surrender and his russian counterpart denied his country even invaded ukraine, as insisting it s carrying out a limited military action to defend russia. he also denied that russia bombed the maternity hospital yesterday, dismissing what he called pathetic outcries about it. and claiming ukraine stayed the whole thing. russia appears to be living in an alternative reality now, driven by one man, president flatterer putin, who had vilified overcome sanctions, noting there are causing surging bryce prices in the u.s.. ukrainians are putting up a tougher fight than expected.
west, and quite frankly, a divided america. but he got none of that. in fact, he is now facing a more united energized resolute nato in the west than he ever, ever imagined. president biden gets tonight s last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. hle starts now tonight, more ukrainian cities bracing for russian attacks. as talks fail to reach a deal on a cease-fire. more airstrikes hitting hospitals, yet somehow, putin s inner circle insisting they are not attacking civilians. and the desperate escape from a city under siege, the ukrainian woman flaying her hometown and filming her journey out. after russians cut off water and power, she will be here live. plus, our exclusive reporting, how goldman sachs is cashing in on the war in ukraine and using a loophole in the biden administration sanctions to do it. as the 11th hour gets underway on a thursday night.
like rubber three? if we even contemplated widening the war, to where it included tactical, nuclear weapons, it would be astonishing, the level of harm we would then encounter. so, i am not convinced that we are on the verge of world war three, at all. i think putin is over a barrel. stymied by courageous ukrainian ground forces, with a handful of planes. he has committed 60% of his ground combat for trying to subdue one country. he has a lot of nukes, a lot of oil, and natural gas, and that is about it. now, he s an international pariah. nato is really arming, and the germans are about to double their defense budget, next year. it putin s are the one in trouble. now, the problem is, the
recklessly, entered at. it is on the ground here, getting annihilated, and it is a democratic country, it is an allied country, even though they are not a new country, and we have to rethink what this means. we have given putin, in essence, running room to do it he wants, even though we are still play javelins, two years, it other weapons. we just didn t allow the planes to bered to ukrainian pilots, and letting putin dictate the terms, and extent of the conflict. that is not good news for ukraine, and this is why you hear president zelenskyy pleading with the international community, to do something else, and getting frustrated. general, we keep hearing, it is exactly what ron just said. this could ignite, potentially, world war iii. with russians actions every day and now a top threat of a chemical attack. does that seem an awful lot
reporter: good afternoon from warsaw, good morning in the us. the president is meeting with ukrainian refugees. earlier he met with polish president duda. we have a brief view of his remarks. he expressed the importance of unity in the war russia has inflicted on ukraine, the importance of a unified nato response to the russian aggression which the president has said is the strongest tool against flatterer putin, did not expect nato and its allies to be so aligned. the president speaking with duda said they pledged to take them as the polls jenner - a surge of 2 million. we understand that. thousands of people a day trying to get into the united