western reporters actually inside the country. look at the unrest going on in iran right now, the unrest in russia right now. yeah. people say they ve never seen protests at this scale. it s getting serious. a lot of mothers getting out there. they don t want their sons being dragged off to war. we begin with a new development on the war in ukraine. volodymyr zelenskiy is accusing russia of nuclear blackmail and says he does not think president vladimir putin is bluffing, this as the u.s. announced an additional $457 million in civilian assistance to ukraine. nbc news foreign correspondent erin mclaughlin has more. reporter: days after russian president vladimir putin issued a thinly veiled nuclear threat, u.s. officials sending a message of their own. if russia crosses this line, there will be catastrophic consequences for russia. the united states will respond decisively. reporter: that warning coming the same weekend that outrage, fear, and brutality swept
reported phone call between the white house and one of the rioters involved in the attack. the u.s. is warning russia to stop what antony blinken calls loose talk about nuclear weapons as vladimir putin continues to face military challenges in ukraine. also this hour, we will get an update from iran where the leader is issuing a new warning in the wake of historic protests after a woman died in police custody. we begin this hour with the latest on hurricane ian which is intensifying quickly. the national hurricane center says it expects ian to rapidly strength especially today and produce significant wind and storm surge in western cuba. it is expected to make landfall between tonight and tomorrow morning, bringing more than 13 inches of rain. in florida, governor desantis declared a state emergency across the entire state. and president biden approved a state of emergency already. tampa is now at a higher risk for heavy rainfall, storm surge and strong winds. residents
On Tuesday, the Belarusian Armed Forces began manoeuvres in the regions bordering Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland. Source: Ministry of Defence of Belarus; European Pravda with reference to Belarusian state-owned news outlet BelTA Details: Thus, as part of a comprehensive inspection of the territorial defence of Gomel Oblast, a command and staff exercise with the Territorial Defence Forces of the Rahachow and Karma districts will be held from 2 to 4 April under the leadership of the military commis
The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has completed an investigation into the former head of one of the departments of the Uzhhorod District Territorial Center for Recruitment and Social Support, who forced soldiers to build him a private mansion, according to an SBI press service report on Feb. 14.