ukraine, on the nato borders. absolutely. in some, ways it is surprise like that this hasn t happened earlier. because, obviously, as we are now entering daily 18 of a conflict that russia thought they could season two days, they are getting bogged down. they are trying to end the supply lines. this is a major, major move to say, look, we are not going to stand for humanitarian and, certainly, lethal military equipment, to continue to flow from the west into for your cranium forces. this is why, ali, this coming week, on the 18th, nato is going to hold an extraordinary meeting. an in-person meeting of nato defense ministers. you will see some very forward leaning announcements, i m sure, to. that will stick in that defensive line, the eastern flank on nato. it will probably provide some additional air defense capabilities. last, week two patriot batteries were being moved to
europe has strength. very powerful strength, better than missiles, stronger than tanks. because without you, without your companies and the banks, russia won t have money to bankroll this war. so we wish for peace as soon as possible, and you can do that. you have to defend yourself. no one has the right to destroy people and to cut up europe. we have warned your politicians that that was not safe when moscow will decide whether you have gas or not and how much the gas will cost. we told you that sanctions are necessary to avoid this war. and when russian missiles hit 20 kilometres away from the nato borders, russian tanks were shelling our nuclear power station and everyone finally understood. it became clear that yes, ukraine needs to be listened to. ukraine needs to be supported because your lives also depend on that. do not sponsor.
breach is the no fly zone, what happens then? that plane gets shut down by a western country, and as a result the war escalates further. do you accept that? well we have to understand that we are making yet another disastrous miscalculation in this particular moment. the war against the west has started, it has been started. but if ukraine falls, if ukraine fails to protect itself, then the west will fail to help us with this, then the war will unfortunately spill over further. just listen attentively to what britain was saying, talking about nato borders of 1997 and he is serious about this so that means that central eastern northern european countries are under attack as much as we are under attack at this particular moment. so that is why the action is required, and nobody should be
about breaching nato borders. there is american troops, we now have about 10,000 is american troops, we now have about10,000 in is american troops, we now have about 10,000 in poland. is american troops, we now have about10,000 in poland. are is american troops, we now have about 10,000 in poland. are also a strong signal, all good and well. how worried you think people in poland are by what is happening in ukraine, and the russian invasion a month ago? we ukraine, and the russian invasion a month ago? month ago? we are particularly worried about month ago? we are particularly worried about this month ago? we are particularly worried about this russian - month ago? we are particularly - worried about this russian doctrine of escalate to de escalate, which is what the exercise in their military manoeuvres, which involves using tactical nuclear weapons. and i think there president biden talks about chemical, it is actually code for weapons of mass destruction in general. we need to
read, we are devastated by the loss of brent renaud. he tackled the toughest stories around the world alongside his brother craig renaud. our hearts are with all of brent s loved ones. it is essential that journalists are able to safely cover this ongoing invasion and humanitarian crisis in ukraine. nbc news also released a statement that said in part our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends. lots to cover tonight. tragically as we were just reporting there, we begin with nbc s calipari who is live on the ground in lviv for us. cal, you have been hearing shelling throughout the night. today was a tragic day on many fronts as it has been for the past 17 days. we mentioned we re in the 18th day now. the conflict expanding closer to nato borders. we have now gotten our first report of an american journalist that has been killed. there have been other