disinformation, attempts to topple the ukrainian government, sanctions for ukrainians who left moscow who are still parliament members in the government trying to use their influence, poroshenko, the former leader back in the country. all of this is political instability in ukraine. what lavrov says is this is hysterical actions from the west. they agreed they will keep talked. they will go back to their capitals, talk to their presidents. and blinken promised a written response to his original proposal which the u.s. has said from the beginning is a nonstarter for the two sides to agree to putin s proposal for a treaty to limit nato expansion and actually have nato step back
lore left moscow, i was told white house advisers were in immediate touch with german counterparts. germany is seen as maybe the weak link in the deterrence posture on the part of our western allies. as you say, the president has spoken to the british prime minister and the french president, but this is an important opportunity to hear from the german chancellor on what was discussed yesterday. let me move over to richard engel in you ukraine. president zelensky wanted to call today a day of unity. obviously it s nightfall now. what did you see? how unified is this country? what are they saying that they re seeing on the border today? reporter: first on what they re seeing, they re echoing the same intelligence reports, which is no coincidence, from nato, from the united states, that they see no evidence of a
painful, huge losses. how do we turn how do we get putin to push back? and i don t see that right now. i don t see where that mechanism is. you were doing great reporting from moscow over these past few months. jill dougherty was doing great reporting from moscow. everybody has basically fled, left moscow out of fear that if they reported the truth about the russian invasion of ukraine they could wind up in jail for 15 years. what s it like for the media in moscow right now? there was a moment during the opening days of the war when you knew you had space to go out where the protests were happening and to stand shoulder to shoulder with the protesters, elbow to elbow with the riot cops and know that they weren t going to round you up, that you were very unlikely to be thrown in the truck with the rest of the protesters. that s gone. so when you re in that truck, putin essentially is has created a state where he can decide on what the rules and laws are going to be, and he has a
but a moscow court did find her guilty of organizing an unauthorized public event for a video statement that she recorded prior to the incident. she was fined nearly $300. well, one of russia s top ballerinas is also taking a stand. leaving the world-famous ballet to protest the war. olga left moscow for the netherlands where she joins the dutch national ballet with her first performance already scheduled for april. the premiere ballerina had been there for more than a decade, where she climbed to the position position of principal soloist. regarding the choice to leave russia, she says, quote, i never thought i would be ashamed of russia. i have always been proud of talented russian people, of our cultural and athletic achievements. but now, i feel that a line has been drawn that separates the before and the after.
safe, and of course i fear for them very much. but i hope they will be okay. well, so far she has not been charged for the actual on-air protest, but a moscow court did find her guilty of organizing an unauthorized public event for a video statement she recorded prior to her appearance. she was fined nearly $300 for that. now, one of russia s top ballerinas is also taking a stand, leaving the world famous bolshoi ballet to protest the war. olga smir nova left moscow for the netherlands, where she is joining the dutch national ballet with her first performance, in fact, already scheduled for april. the prima ballerina had been with the bolshoi for more than a decade, where she became a principal soloist. regarding the choice to leave her country, smirnova says, quote, i never thought i would be ashamed of russia.