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response to the war started by the kremlin. putin s war against ukraine is not just a matter for europe, it is an attack on democracy and the core international principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity. the republic of korea and the united states stand together, part of a global response with our allies and partners around the world. this morning moscow announced president biden, us secretary of state blinken and cia chief william burns have all been banned from entering russia. richard galpin, bbc news. pharmacists are to be given more flexibility to deal with shortages of hormone replacement therapy medicines. they ll be given temporary powers to exchange certain hrt drugs without a new prescription. matt gravelling has the details
good morning. we start this very busy thursday, with a major blow to russian forces. ukraine is saying it s damaged russia s leading worship in the black sea. also breaking this morning moscow making new threats to the baltic region if finland and sweden join nato. former ukrainian president will join us. in new york the man charged in the mass shooting in a brooklyn subway station is to appear in court today. newly released video of police shooting of an unarmed black man barked new protest overnight after his family said he was killed execution style. style.
we begin this morning with dave 50 of russia s invasion of ukraine and breaking overnight ukrainian forces claimed they struck the coast of odessa with neptune missiles. the crew has been evacuated. this morning moscow is warning a nuclear region would no longer be possible if finland and sweden go through with joining nato. the threat comes less than 24 hours after biden spoke with zelinski pledging another $800 million in aid to support the resistance. investigators are on the ground looking for evidence of war crimes. russia is building up for a major offensive in the east. 70,000 troops being mobilized in my region. right now i sent civilians grappling with devastation and
out and saying, look, unless some other court intervenes today i m putting these out. we ll all be waiting to see what is included in this release. garrett haake, thank you so much for that. let s head overseas now where the white house is warning that a russian invasion of ukraine could be imminent. as we speak, secretary of state antony blinken is in kyiv where he met with ukrainian s president even as russia troops continue to amass on the border. secretary blinken will meet with his russian counterpart on friday. he said this morning moscow is fully aware of what s at stake. we ve made very clear to moscow if it chooses to renew aggression against ukraine, it will be met and it will face very severe consequences and again, that s coming not just from the united states but from countries across europe and beyond. richard engel is nbc s chief foreign correspondent. he is in kyiv right now. where do things stand?