toward waters near the northeastern and southwestern parts of the island. videos released by the chinese military show multiple conventional missiles being launched from the mainland. military helicopters were seen flying past pingtan island, one of the closest ports to taiwan. projectiles spotted being shot near the taiwan strait. chinese state media said the exercises are to simulate an air and sea blockade around taiwan. the military posturing is a deliberate show of force after speaker pelosi s visit, something china warned would happen. china claims taiwan is part of its territory, despite never having controlled it. and vowed to take resolute and forceful measures in response to the speaker s visit. cnn s senior global affairs analyst bianna golodryga joins
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war in ukraine. now, while the planning for this call had been under way for quite some time, it is taking place against the backdrop of a potential trip by house speaker nancy pelosi to taiwan, something that the chinese have said they would strongly oppose if she moves forward with such an endeavor. president biden last week revealed that the u.s. military was against pelosi, did not think it was a good idea for her to be traveling at this time and administration officials have been working to try to convince her of the possible risks. defense secretary lloyd austin said he spoke with pelosi recently about the security assessment for that region. china has vowed a forceful and strong response if pelosi moves forward with that trip. and while they haven t detailed exactly what that might look like, there are concerns that any increased military posturing in the region could potentially lead to a miscalculation that could in turn turn into conflict. right now as this phone call between
fire aircraft to bulgaria to use in the coming months. the kremlin s position and the foreign ministry s position is that all nato, all foreign troops and military hardware should be removed from bulgaria and romania. and that s just been announced. so that tells you the tough line. going into this today, russia is deploying its defense missile systems, hundreds, to military exercises in belarus. again, officials the signalling of russia s very strong military posture around ukraine. so, you know, the atmosphere is as diplomacy at work, but it s really pro scscribed and contai by experts and military posturing. and so many layers, accusations by the u.s. that russians are recruiting officials to taken side, take over the government inside ukraine. so many different things to talk about here for that take stock
we re nearly out of time. so real quick, if you can, but to that point, is it fair to say mr. putin has long thought he is not given due status as a global leader and this is giving him a platform, a spotlight he s been wanting to so long? how much is ego? look, i think he really feels personally humiliated by the collapse of the soviet union and what he believes was the end of cold war where u.s. saw a loss. it s a dangerous sent when i want you think about leaders having that sense of humiliation. they say crimea s annexation helped russia get off its knees. now russia wants to put the west on its knees by doing this military posturing and threatening europe. we are really in precarious times. lucia isavitch, appreciate your expertise.
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