world leaders gather there. in a keynote address earlier this morning vice president harris had very strong words for the kremlin. the united states has formally determined that russia has committed crimes against humanity, and, i say to all of those who have perpetrated these crimes, and to their superiors who are complicit in these crimes, you will be held to account. joining me live now live from munich s courtney kube, courtney, thank you very much for being here, you are present at vice president harris s address this morning, what was the response in the room? you could hear a pin drop there in parts of that speech and particularly some of the more graphic descriptions of some of these crimes against humanity that the u.s. is now saying russia is guilty of, so, vice president harris went into detail about some of the things the u.s. is now accusing russia of having done, specifically russian military against ukrainian civilians, and, i am telling you jonathan y
next to the river wyre, nine days ago. and who ll claim the major prizes at this year s grammy awards? all you need to know about music s biggest night. it s 7am in the morning in singapore, and 1am in kyiv where reports say the country s defence minister oleksii reznikov will be dismissed and replaced with the head of military intelligence. it is suspected reznikov, a loyal ally of president zelensky, will be moved to a different ministerial position with ministry ofjustice named as a possible direction. in recent weeks, ukraine s defence ministry has been embroiled in a corruption scandal over an army food contract, with one of deputy ministers fired and named a suspect, and another resigning voluntarily. reznikov became defence minister several months before the invasion. during the war, he fostered relationships with western defence officials and helped oversee the receipt of billions of dollars of military assistance. with us now isjonathan marcus, a defence analyst an
ukraine. one of the most important story lines of 2023. the divide in the republican party about ukraine. alexi buchanan, thanks very much. and thanks for getting up way too early with us on this wednesday morning. morning joe starts right now. a dictator, building an empire, will never be able to ease the people s love of liberty. brutality will never ground down the will of the free, and ukraine, ukraine will never be a victim for russia. never. president joe biden marks one year of war in eastern europe with an impassioned speech promising continued support for ukraine and laying out the stakes of the conflict. meanwhile, we re were learning more about the special grand jury that investigated potential 2020 election interference by former president donald trump and his allies. we ll play for you new comments from a key juror in the case, as some republicans are still trying to figure out their messaging on donald trump and his third presidential campaign. als
about. in terms of well, a military struggle, is it possible for prigozhin and his troops to actually pull off a coup against the recognition military? well, allison, i think it s possible but i don t think it s likely. i think one of the key things to think about is how well prepared is prigozhin to do this? how much support does he have from the military forces, and other security arms, the police for example. the inindustry of the intierior. it s unclear to me that he has that support. it s possible for him to turn people. with the kinds of messages he is sending but it seems highly unlikely that he will penetrate the kremlin web of disinformation that has the russian landscape. david, prigozhin is claiming
change the numbers. this agreement has four more years to run, after that there are questions anyhow, particularly about chinese participation. it doesn t cover other weapons systems. i thought what putin did was extraordinarily modest. taking a step back, i thought it was really good, i m a worrier, i worry about two things, we lack in some ways the defense industrial base to pour out sufficient arms and ammunitions. so it is europe, the readiness issue, the economic issue. we talked about the politics. the other is, if the chinese or russians ever get smart here, they will put out some peace feelers. what worries me a little bit is the ability of western cohesion in the face of that. because what that could do is open up some of the splits within the west as to what do we mean by victory? yeah. what is essential here? it s not just a military struggle going ahead, it s a resource struggle, but it s also going to be a political struggle within the west to maintain