there for realizing that russian blood will be shed from one of the sides, we turn our colonies around and lead in the opposite direction to the field camps and according to the plan. the kremlin says it doesn t know where bogosian is right now. this is a video where his troops seized military facilities on saturday. officials now tell cnn that u.s. intelligence believes they were planning to directly challenge russia s military leadership for a while. meanwhile, washington did not see any change in the russia s nuclear posture during the turmoil. continues to monitor developments in russia. he joins me now from hong kong. tell me more about where things stand right now. in the last day or so, if that is an indicator, people can be different in a few hours from now. for now, michael, the russian state media is reporting that the highways leading north to moscow are being reopened. these are highways that state television themselves reported how russian officials were t
florida. algae blooms threatening the east and west coasts and what they are doing to prepare. and taking to the streets protests and clashes with police in france as the president moves to raise the retirement age. this is what we are watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan and a milestone and potential troubling statement on a developing partnership of russia and china. xi jinping is traveling to moscow to meet with putin, and this is first trip since the launch of the war in ukraine. this is coming after cnn has learned that u.s. has intelligence that china is considering providing lethal aid to russia, and the u.n. has said that would kcross a red line. and turkey has said that their country would start the process to ratify finland s nato membership, and that is a significant move. nato requires the unanimous approval of its 30 members to start this move. let s start with will ripley on this trip that xi is planning for his trip to russia?
armed. yeah. fascinating analysis, as always. thank you so much. a pleasure. thank you. speaking to capitalize on the chaos in russia, the ukrainian military had simultaneous counsel offenses. the fighting took place in several cities and towns in the east saying that there is progress in all directions but not providing further details. she also acknowledged heavy fighting in southern ukraine, where russian forces are trying to halt ukrainian advances. the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, john herbs, says the crisis in moscow will definitely have an impact on the battlefield at his demoralizing for the russian troops fighting in ukraine. it was very clear that he was spooked. we can understand why he was spooked. he launched an unpopular war.
counteroffensive last year. of course, they pulled out their forces after they took not taking it very well. ukrainians understand this. i suspect this will add a little bit of impetus to a counteroffensive which has not gone badly, but not gone as well as some people expected. that was john herbs, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. there is much more cnn coverage ahead on the russia situation. we will look on the impact the crisis will have on the one ukraine good you re watching newsroom. we will be right back. ( ) this electric feels different. because it s powered by the most potent source of energy there is . you.
the front lines. thank you, ivan. thank you for making that point. joining us is john herbs, and retired general jonathan br breedlove. now, ambassador, the news that i got walking into the studio of finland s hopes to join nato, and now turkey is going to agree to it, and turkey saying that they will start the process for finland s nato membership, and what does this mean for nato? it is good news and it is not surprising. finland is a country with a modern military, and it will add to nato s strengths in the north, and general breedlove can say more to that, and a strong sign that the aggression in ukraine could have consequences, and also, good news to america that long neutral countries like finland and sweden want to join