even as the threat of a north korea missile test looms during this visit. all this is a balancing act as russia s war in ukraine hangs over the white house. today in another public show of support, the president met with leaders of finland and sweden as they pushed to join nato, a historic step as more countries unite against russia and condemn its invasion. the big question here is can turkey get on board? we are following all the headlines out of ukraine and the state of play there. first, let s start at the white house and we are joined now. arlette, tell us more about the president s message and his mind set as he s embarking on this. he s flying to asia for his first trip to the region as president. officials said he had hoped to get there earlier in his presidency, but was constrained due to covid-19 and other crises such as the war in ukraine. but the president will be traveling to both south korea and japan to meet with the leaders of each of the countries as well a
they fought without the new weapons and things that we are now sending in to ukraine, and they ve held out for a long time, and tactically, what that means is they have tied up russian forces, battalion task groups around mariupol that were not able to go to the rest of the fight. sadly now as mariupol falls, those forces will be able to join the rest of the fight in the region. now, we have ambassador volker with us. i want to ask you about the other moves parts we have today. the leaders of finland and sweden met on the heels of applying to nato, and yet, turkey is doubling down today saying no to those countries joining the alliance, accusing both of housing kurdish terrorists organizations. how pivotal is this moment, ambassador, and how do you see it playing out? well, first off, everyone needs to understand that nato makes decisions only by
rooms. six floors down below. see the explosions right there. this is the kind of thing that can happen here, that people can actually survive for quite some time, but they need food, they need water, and in this case they need ammunition in order to do it. it could take a while before it s actually completely subdued. if mariupol falls, colonel, what is ukraine s best hope to defend their remaining coastal areas? so when you look at the big map here and you see what they have, the best thing that they can do is keep everything keep the russians away from this area right here. keep them away from the rest of the area to the west of kherson and obviously keep them away from odesa. this is going to require so many different aspects of force. they re going to have to really draw the russians down into areas here. they re going to have to try to keep them out of this area, and they re going to have to try to
worse than what many cities are going through here. what we see in the west is not the targeting of the city but of its rail infrastructure, the rail lines bringing in heavy equipment from the west to the east. if mariupol falls and troops equipment that comes through here can get to the ukrainian front lines. . ~ can get to the ukrainian front lines. ., ~ , ., amber heard has taken the stand for the first time in the defamation trial brought by her former husband johnny depp, telling the court he repeatedly struck her whilst he was drunk and taking drugs. mr depp is suing ms heard over a story she wrote in which she described herself as a domestic abuse victim. he denies the allegations. david sillito has been following their case. will you please state your name. yes, it is amber laura heard. amber heard over the last three and a half weeks,
grim. a long held goal. even if mariupol falls, it does not mean russia will cold it. ukrainians are getting better and better equip, they ll continue fighting. cnn, washington. for specific of the war and russia s war crime, we have a journalist for president zelenskyy. miss mandel, vladimir putin says russian ukraine managed to achieve serious breakthrough during negotiations back in istanbul. the situation changed in his words following the allegations against russia s war crimes in bucha. does that make any sense to you? well, thank you for having me. actually, everything that is said from the russian s side