Historic cities literally pounded into rubble. All this because president putin was determined to conquer another country. He failed in that goal. Ukraine has not and will not be conquered. It will remain sovereign and independent. As this war stretches on, the courage and strength of hew cranes military and its ukraines military and its people becomes more extraordinary. Theyll do whatever it takes to protect their homes, their families, their fellow citizens, their country. The United States and our allies and partners will continue to stand with them and help provide precisely what they need to defend their freedom. In the coming days, i expect to speak with Russian Foreign minister lavrov since the war began. I plan to raise an issue thats a top priority for us, the release of americans wheeler and griner who have been improperly detained and must be allowed to come home. We put a substantial proposal on the table a few weeks ago to facilitate their release. Our countries have talk
This week, president putins war on ukraine entered its sixth month. Costs continue to climb. Thousands of civilians killed or wounded. 13 million ukrainians forced to flee their homes. Historic cities literally pounded into rubble. All this because president putin was determined to conquer another country. He failed in that goal. Ukraine has not and will not be conquered. It will remain sovereign and independent. As this war stretches on, the courage and strength of hew cranes military and its ukraines military and its people becomes more extraordinary. Theyll do whatever it takes to protect their homes, their families, their fellow citizens, their country. The United States and our allies and partners will continue to stand with them and help provide precisely what they need to defend their freedom. In the coming days, i expect to speak with Russian Foreign minister lavrov since the war began. I plan to raise an issue thats a top priority for us, the release of americans wheeler and g
Poses any threat, and he has resisted or attempted to roll back efforts to hold moscow to account. So heres the president just a month ago not exactly Holding Moscow to account. I believe that president putin really feels, and he feels strongly, that he did not meddle in our election. What he believes is what he believes. What i believe is that we have to get to work. Having russia in a friendly posture as opposed to always fighting them is an asset to our country, not a liability. Well, today Vladimir Putin is returning the favor. This morning in his yearly press conference backing up President Trumps position that reports of potential russian collusion are pure fiction. All of this has been invented, made up by people who are in opposition to President Trump with a view to shedding a negative light on what hes doing. With us from the Washington Post, White House Bureau chief philip rucker. One of the reporters that as a byline in that bombshell piece. In moscow, keir simmons and jona
quickly to do the same. many countries beyond europe have condemned russia s aggression, and are holding moscow to account. the ukrainian people are more determined than ever to defend their homeland, preserve their culture. we ve been listening here to talking about the global consequences of putin s war in ukraine as well as the americans who are trapped and being held in russia. let s bring in cnn s senior international correspondent fred pleitgen to help us analyze all of this. he talked about everything from the grain shortage, just the huge implications globally of all of this as well as how they have been trying to get the americans back. fred, what did you hear? yeah, i think really interesting that secretary of state blinken there said that the u.s. put an offer on the table a while ago to try and get both brittney griner and paul whelan released out of russian
they are all throwing the resources and reserves into the battle. also in the line of russian fire, a revered church went up in flames. the all-saints church which had recently been renovated was deliberately targeted by russian forces. translator: this can no longer be fixed. because this war is already going on. but the terrible consequences of this war can be stopped at any moment. the russian army can stop burning down churches, the russian army can stop destroying cities, can stop killing children if one person in moscow simply gives such an order. and the fact that there is still no such order is obviously a humiliation for the whole world. america s new base to ukraine has arrived in the country. bridget brink toured areas around the country that had been damaged. she said holding moscow