those that are launch for domestic public attention. always from the problems away from home. we can think back to the crimean war in the 19th century. the japanese war in the 20th century. and so. on and so this is yet another one that may walter not to be s last. and as you said a few moments ago, thousands of people went to the streets, all over russia. actually, the updated figures that we just heard from the human rights group that more than 3000 people were arrested in the last few days in dozens of cities across the country are going to the streets and protesting against putin s aggression on ukraine. and it is important for, us here in russia, that the world here s lauding clear that this is not russia s war. this is not a war by the russian people or the people of ukraine. this is a military pride by this aggressive, an elective, unaccountable. and, yes increasingly deranged
honest, what is the point of these talks between ukrainian delegates and russian delegates? unless putin is at the table, nothing is going to happen. and even if he is, is not going to do anything reasonable. stephanie, you re right. is not gonna do anything reasonable. he s sending a former minister of culture to these talks. whereas the ukrainians, president zelenskyy sent his defense minister. and one of his chief lieutenants in his party. so, the ukrainians did the right thing of saying, look, there needs to be a discussion. there needs to be a conversation. it needs to be a negotiation, and there needs to be a cease-fire. you can t get anything done while there is fighting going on. matt bradley that a great job of describing exactly what s going on with ukraine. and alex vindman just said the same thing. ukrainians are going to fight. ukrainians are unified. presidents alum ski has a his
responding to the sanctions that will prove to be extremely effective in putting all sorts of economic pressure on vladimir putin, the oligarchs of cabinet. it will take a while to have an effect. now, the dark side of the point is, i believe, things are going to get a lot worse before they get better. i believe that civilian casualties in ukraine are going to mount. the ukrainians are putting up an extraordinarily brave front. they are proving that sometimes the will to fight, with nothing more than a rifle or a cocktail bomb, can overcome the russian following orders. the biden administration, i believe they ve responded effectively. they have let this correlation. but they are going to come under intense pressure soon. as civilian casualties now from
international support for ukraine. and against russia. so that is the good news out of the sudden again. abandoning their brand. the swiss. no longer neutral. thank you all so much. we are gonna leave it there for now. but i am sure you will be back very, very. soon very me bass, ambassador william taylor. thank you and good evening to you. all coming up next, an in-depth look at this criminal sections. and how it s impacting russia. why it s bad news for the russian economy hitting putin where it hurts. and the effects we could fear share at home. and later, former homeland security, secretary dick johnston on the dangers of lies. tearing through society. as we face this crisis abroad. our special coverage be on ukraine s border is just getting underway on this monday night. just schwab starter kit™. new investors can open an account and get $50 to split across the top five stocks in the s&p 500®. night.
and moscow. matt, as i understand, you just heard aerate sirens where you are. it was just a week and a half ago, you and i were talking, and you are telling the ukrainians, they don t think anything is gonna happen. yeah, stephanie, that situation is obviously changed. this is now five days exactly, and one hour into this assault, this really did catch a lot of ukrainians off-guard, and i m in a different place and where i was last year and we have these conversation. those in the eastern part of the country in the city of kharkiv, which is the second largest city in the country. it s the largest russian -speaking city. it s the kind of city where vladimir putin might have expected that his military might have walked in their, waltz right in, and the russian-speaking people there would have welcomed him as liberators. liberate us from their supposed the presses in kyiv. now this, of course, is all of putin s the ranged, iridescent