freedom, their country, their independence, there are shades of winston churchill in what they are saying, young men volunteering, taking women and children to safety. it is admir ablg. emotionally, i want us involved, when you think about it, it is one hell of a risk. carley: president biden might disagree with you. he made his state of the union address and touted the sanctions he s put forward so far. take a listen. president biden: 2000 our allies we are enforcing powerful economic sanctions. we re cutting off russia s largest banks and international financial system preventing central bank from defending the russian ruble. make putin s war fund worthless. carley: europe buy russian
financial support for ukraine and says this has to be stopped. make putin ila says this has to be stopped. make putin play pay says this has to be stopped. make putin play pay the says this has to be stopped. make putin play pay the price. putin play pay the price. strengthening the hand of ukrainians at the negotiating table. bitter at the negotiating table. after ears of at the negotiating table. after years of detaining at the negotiating table. after years of detaining and - at the negotiating table. after years of detaining and and iran, she has arrived in oman under way back to the uk. attacks by russian forces have continued in ukraine, three weeks into the war even as both sides talk of possible compromise. in the capital kyiv, the emergency services said russia had shelled a residential building. the city is currently observing a 35 hour curfew. although russian troops have pushed forward towards the outskirts of the capital, their progress in the north has been slow
putin. i know fear is rising another potential iron curtain could lead to a brain drain from that country. obviously people are risking their lives to oppose vladimir putin. a quarter million have already fled their country by some estimates. you have been encouraging the biden administration to accept these russian refugees which you call the best and brightest people in russia. you believe it is in our national interest to, quote, make putin s loss our gain. is that another way the u.s. could turn putin s assets against him? and are you getting some traction on that? do you believe the administration and others in congress would welcome the idea of having these russians leaving their country come to the u.s.? i believe so, yes. and, look, we have to take care of the ukrainian refugees first. but most of the ukrainians who are fleeing their country right now are women and children whose male relatives are still home fighting in ukraine. most of them want to go back.
nearly a quarter of russians may have already fled their country by some estimates. you have been encouraging the biden administration to actually accept these russian refugees, which you called the best and brightest people in russia. you believe it is in our own national interest to quote, make putin s loss our gain. is that another way the u.s. could turn putin s assets against him, and are you getting some traction on that? do you believe the administration and others in congress would welcome the idea of having these russians leaving their country, come to the u.s.? i believe so, yes. we have to take care of the ukrainian refugees, first. but most of the ukrainians who are fleeing their country right now are women and children whose male relatives are still home fighting in ukraine. most of them want to go back. and our policy is designed to help them go back, by helping the ukrainian military win this fight. with tens of thousands of russians who are fleeing putin s totalitaria