of financial sanctions from western countries. the us and europe have begun to sanction russia s banking system, but they have barely begun to touch russia s largest sources of export earnings, above all oil, natural gas and coal and you re beginning to here in europe and the us discussions of ways of russia s ability to sell these abroad might be cut off, which would further intensify economic pressure on the kremlin. ., ,,., intensify economic pressure on the kremlin. ., ., ~ kremlin. professor, you ve talked about the next kremlin. professor, you ve talked about the next steps kremlin. professor, you ve talked about the next steps in kremlin. professor, you ve talked about the next steps in terms of. about the next steps in terms of diplomacy and economics, but when those routes run out, what happens next? . , ., ., ., next? the biden administration and many eumpean next? the biden administration and many european countries next? the biden administration and many europ
this hospital was hit in the south east. but in melitopol, a town supposedly under russian control, ukrainians are refusing to be cowed. but nerves are being tested across this region. here in dnipro, we found families trying to evacuate their youngest and most vulnerable. this war now getting too close for comfort. this train has just pulled into the station, and all this crowd know is that it is supposed to be heading west, and so they ve been shoving forward. 0ne manjust shouting, let the women and children come through first. but there is chaos here, people desperate to get onboard. now we here, because within a few days, and here, maybe us, kyiv, kharkiv. so i think it s better to leave.
that putin has launched has gone catastrophically wrong. catastrophically wrong. how can president putin catastrophically wrong. how can president putin depend - catastrophically wrong. how can president putin depend on i catastrophically wrong. how can i president putin depend on china? we have seen some sort of economic examples in all of this, but what is it that russia needs from beijing at this point in time? it that russia needs from bei ing at this point in time?i this point in time? after the 24th of february. this point in time? after the 24th of february. it this point in time? after the 24th of february, it needs this point in time? after the 24th of february, it needs a this point in time? after the 24th of february, it needs a whole i this point in time? after the 24th of february, it needs a whole lot| of february, it needs a whole lot more. the relationship between beijing and moscow has been steadily improving for three decades. i think that s the first impor
meanwhile, russia has for the first time acknowledged military casualties, confirming nearly 500 deaths and three times that number being injured. we begin our coverage with this report from our international correspondent 0rla guerin on the russian advance towards kyiv. in broad daylight, danger just outside the window. this is the town of borodyanka, about 25 miles from kyiv. as the russians advance on the city, they are leaving a trail of destruction. translation: they know nothing about our capital, i about our history. but they have an order to erase our history, to erase our country, to erase us all.
given the fact that is taught in the middle of all of this? middle of all of this? the short answer is. middle of all of this? the short answer is, no, middle of all of this? the short answer is, no, and middle of all of this? the short answer is, no, and if middle of all of this? the short answer is, no, and if i - middle of all of this? the short answer is, no, and ifi could i middle of all of this? the short l answer is, no, and ifi couldjust answer is, no, and if i could just slightly quibble with the framing as you introduce the piece, i would say it is not that china has not chosen a site of this, it is very clearly chosen russia s site in terms of its description, including in the readout that you mentioned with ukraine last week, and in all the readouts of foreign minister calls with areas counterparts, that beijing sees this as primarily a nato expansion issue, it continues to refuse to even call this an invasion, instead using the moscow language to describe this as a