the trajectory that it was fired from russia. but we will see. joining us now is nbc news chief correspondent, peter alexander who is traveling with the president in bali. peter, we are they are calling it an explosion, not a missile strike necessarily. what more can you tell us about that? from the words that you just played from biden in the last couple of hours here, it is the fact that he said it appears unlikely that this was a strike that came from russia. we had heard from the polish foreign ministry only about a matter of hours earlier, saying that it was a russian-made rocket that was responsible for this explosion. the white house, president biden trying to be particularly careful as they allow for this investigation to continue. lawrence, i should tell you, within the last 30 minutes or so we received our first statement from the g7 leaders who are here on the sidelines of the g20 meeting, as well as from nato, where they say we
both members of the g20 to be critical of the draft statement indicated support and condemnation of russia in a effort to say this must stop. volodymyr zelenskyy, the president of ukraine, delivering a statement virtually to those saying russia must leave ukraine right now. lawrence. peter alexander, thank you for reporting from bali with the president. we really appreciate. joining us now is ben rhodes, the former deputy of the national security adviser to obama, and an msnbc political analysis. then, just to continue reading that communiqué that peter mentioned, it is a joint statement of nato, the g7 leaders, and president trump. the next line of it says, after the condemnation of russia was clearly s russia s attack on ukrainian cities, which is obviously done by russia today, it then says that we discussed the dust explosion that took place in the eastern part of poland.
we would want to discuss with our european and nato allies as well. so there is a lot to cover here, but i think thus far, this has been a very prudent response and frankly, contrasting with the other news tonight, also good to have a president who is going to be trusted to run this through the professionals in the intelligence community and not make any rash decisions in a matter of very grave consequences. ben rhodes, thank you very much for joining us tonight on this important story. thank you lawrence. coming up, our next guest has been sanctioned by vladimir putin once again. yale university professor timothy snyder will join us next. next 3, 4 hey are you ready for me are you ready are you ready moderate to severe eczema still disrupts my skin.
it is a joint statement of nato, the g7 leaders, and president trump. the next line of it says, after the condemnation of russia was clearly s russia s attack on ukrainian cities, which is obviously done by russia today, it then says that we discussed the dust explosion that took place in the eastern part of poland. we offer our full support for the assistance with poland s ongoing investigation. we agreed to remain in close touch to determine appropriate next steps as the investigation proceeds. nothing accusatory there, then. yeah, i think it is pretty notable, lawrence, that in that statement and in biden s statement publicly, they are kind of lowering the temperature here. obviously if there is a deliberate russian missile attack on a nato country, on the soil of a nato country, that is a matter of the most serious international consequences. we have a commitment to the
missile strike necessarily. what more can you tell us about that? i think what was my striking from the words that you just played from biden in the last couple of hours here, it is the fact that he said it appears unlikely that this was a strike that came from russia. we had heard from the polish foreign ministry only about a matter of hours earlier, saying that it was a russian-made rocket that was responsible for this explosion. the white house, president biden trying to be particularly careful as they allow for this investigation to continue. lawrence, i should tell you, within the last 30 minutes or so we received our first statement from the g7 leaders who are here on the sidelines of the g20 meeting, as well as from nato, where they say we condemn the barbaric missile attacks that russia perpetrated on ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure on tuesday. their first statement condemning the wide attacks have taken place directed at ukraine, not specific to this one strike