so, general, do you see the $200 million in defensive aid now being given by the united states to ukraine as being fruitless at this point, that not enough can even be given to ukraine at this point to defend against a possible invasion of russia or does that change the narrative at all? well, i think it s an important political gesture. everything president biden and secretary austin and secretary blinken are doing adds value. certainly the presence of german chancellor in the white house where at least he did not object to president biden s characterization of economic sanctions was helpful, but in terms of military situation, you know, $200 million is a drop in the bucket. we really have not rebuilt ukraine armed forces that s capable of carrying out independent operations against the russians. not going to happen. putin, though, is in bigger trouble than many would imagine. how long can he keep a giant
so, president macron leading the charge in this diplomatic effort. what s expected to come out of his meeting with the russian president? reporter: kind of an audacious move injecting himself into the process, trying to de-escalate the situation. he said he s going to have three objectives. he said this through a spokesman at the palace who basically said that they re going to be looking at trying to de-escalate the military situation. that will be the toughest according to the spokesman. he is going to re-renovate the minsk agreement so they can talk to the separatists in the east. and finally, to give moscow an idea of the new rules for cohabitation as president macron put it himself in an article in the local newspaper here yesterday. basically to give moscow an idea of the new rules of cohabitation, living together with nato and europe. so, it s a big agenda that s going to take place in a very
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response i ve discussed in details with our allies and laid out very clearly for president putin. reporter: now the question is exactly how significant and severe these sanctions that we re expecting the u.s. to announce today to actually be. we know that in the past, the u.s. has talked about cutting off banks to the financial system, severe export controls, and additional actions with the nord stream 2 pipeline but this will happen in waves as russia continues, as the u.s. expects it will continue to escalate this military situation with ukraine. kate? jeremy, thank you so much. joining me now for more on this, cnn global affairs analyst, susan glasser and steve hall, former chief of russia operations for the cia. troops ordered in by vladimir putin, the white house now calling it an invasion. what do you think of this moment? well, it s a really important moment and it s particularly
won t be able to listen to spotify or have apple pay, it is not a big deal because we are dying here. they need to go out and overthrow the government so we need the west to pay a lot of attention to them also, not only to us. irate pay a lot of attention to them also, not only to us not only to us. we have to leave it there but thanks not only to us. we have to leave it there but thanks for not only to us. we have to leave it there but thanks forjoining i not only to us. we have to leave it there but thanks forjoining us i not only to us. we have to leave it| there but thanks forjoining us from khaki. let s head to another of ukraine s cities. further south the port of kherson is surrounded by russian troops and armoured vehicles. the russians claim they have already captured it but the mayor of the city denies that. we just heard the american said the same. the military situation remains unclear. people are stranded there and site additions are terrifying. one resident who lives