reporter: there really isn t. things they can use to shoot down russian planes and missiles but coming to anything that resembles putting u.s. or nato troops on the ground in ukraine it is a complete nonstarter and continued to be and a new polish proposal they xebt to present here at nato to put a peacekeeping troop into ukraine which is different than a no-fly zone to accomplish the same purpose. the u.s. and nato officials have been said they don t entertain that idea. you don t have peace. if you put them in there now they fight russians and a potential to drag the u.s. and nato into a european-wide war with a nuclear armed russia and something the officials say they
preparation for this summit? what does the administration want to get out of this? and what does biden need to say in order to get there? what s interesting is normally you have many months to prepare for an emergency summit, but the reality is they ve been running their entire strategy through this group of countries. when you look at the components of what they ve done in response to the war in ukraine, it s been coordinated sanctions largely with other nato countries. it s been the provision of arms to ukraine. again, largely in partnership so other countries. the fortification of nato s eastern flank and it s been responding to humanitarian crisis with refugees coming to europe. so what they ve been doing in the days leading up to this summit is identifying what new measures can be taken to indicate here s the next round of sanctions on russia. here s the next round of coordinated military assistance that we re going to be providing ukraine. here s the fortification of the
supporters of the war even as propaganda claims that to harm civilians. a former colonel in russia s intelligence agency, former defense minister of russian-backed separatists in eastern ukraine said in a video interview posted online on monday that russia had made a cats troughically incorrect assessment. so, rick, i tee that up to ask how significant these cracks are in putin s support. well, it s impossible to know, but i m sure it is significant. it s been reported in fact that the head is under house arrest. you know, all of the reporting about how insulated putin is, but he s made some catastrophic choices and the intelligence that he s gotten has been fantastically wrong. this idea that they would be met with bouquets of roses when they
counter offensive since the start of the war. the most blue they have ever had on the map and finding it very encouraging saying the goal is to get rid of the red splotches but so far with the counter offensive 48 hours in is significant changes around the capital. richard engel, thank you. joining the coverage, josh letter marn live from brussels. cal perry in lviv, ukraine. cal, we talked about the meeting against the backdrop of the widening destruction. tell us what you are seeing and what it is like on the ground right now. reporter: look. i think richard as usual set it up perfectly. you have two fronts one month into the war and one is a counter offensive that ukrainian forces seem to be able to make. i think it is surprising and hearing mostly in the
leahy called it a sad day for thest senate after jackson s repeatedly interrupted by lindsey graham. other subjects of abortion to immigration to voting rights. and tributes are pouring in for madeline albright who passed away at age 84 from cancer. we begin with developments in the war in ukraine and efforts by the united states to put an end to that war. which is now entering its second month. on the agenda for president biden at the nato summit set to begin tomorrow keeping the west united in a pressure campaign against russia and reassuring allies that the u.s. will support them. to that end the administration is reportedly set to unveil a new round of sanctions targeting russian lawmakers and nato secretary-general announced did deployment of troops in eastern europe. all of that is happening against