such is the dependency on russian oil that there s no obvious alternative without doing a lot of self-harm. the european union is talking about making this step. the point that zelenskyy has been making for some time is that this decision needs to be made quickly. he was very keen to celebrate the uk s decision to pointed to that intention already. thank you so much for that reporting, phil black in lviv. joining me now with insight, former moscow bureau chief jill doherty and cnn s chief national affairs correspondent jeff zeleny. a new general after a month or more of not making the gains that they wanted for russia. is this a signal putin is willing to go all out in order to get maybe some semblance of a victory by this may 9 date? i do think that s correct.
and moments from now the president expected to address today s new sanctions against russia, including banning new investments and sanctioning vladimir putin s adult daughters. joining us pentagon correspondent chief white house correspondent peter baker. as a former moscow bureau chief, you know vladimir putin and watched him for years. how significant are these new sanctions especially in light of china and india refusing to take sides and germany still relying on russian energy, will this have an impact. it is one more tightening of the screws. it suggests that the united states is not going to let it up, it is not going to relent and will continue to find new and different ways to turn up the pressure. you know, but you re right to point out that russia has outlets elsewhere through china and india and that is a
new yorker, also a former moscow bureau chief and co-wrote a book called kremlin rising, vladimir putin s russia and the end of the revolution. what does the ukrainian president need and want from the u.s. right now? unfortunately, when you have an invasion army and that s what it is of 100,000-plus russian troops on your border, you re never going to get enough security. the united states isn t in a position to militarily head off an invasion. so it comes to the question of what levers, if any, does joe biden, the rest of nato and ukraine do they have on vladimir putin right now? but the key thing, as the correspondent just pointed out, is keep ukraine putin s goal is to separate ukraine from the west, is to show that he s negotiating superpower to
could carry out military exercises with more transparency. but it remains to be seen whether russia is taking this diplomacy seriously or intends to invade ukraine regardless. we have to be prepared that russia was using this week of diplomacy and especially the meeting with the united states as a pretext for conflict. that they very well may walk away from these discussions and declare that diplomacy has failed. reporter: alex marquardt, cnn, jgeneva. jill dougherty is an adjunct professor at georgetown university and cnn s former moscow bureau chief. she joins me now from washington. always great to have you with us. glad to be here. so no breakthroughs in those high-stakes talks in geneva. where do you see all this going and how likely is it that a russian invasion of ukraine can be averted at this juncture? well, the second question is almost impossible to say. i mean if you talk to the russians, they say, we have no
you control the messaging. but not 100%, because today, many russians do get their news and information online, and there, they see a very different picture. so if you use the words attack, invasion or war.? we can say only special operation. yevgenia edits an online magazine. like other independent russian media, the authorities have banned it from calling this a war. what is the kremlin trying to do to the truth now in russia 7 what they always do. listen, you know, they always, you know, turn truth into lies. they lie. they just lie. censorship at home. war abroad. let speak now to david sater, former moscow correspondent and long term observer of russia,