so you would ask why the need for this phone call right now. from the russian perspective, it s not clear, and it s what perhaps is slightly puzzling as you try to figure this the maneuvering out here is, you know, one would have expected the kremlin in the past perhaps to have laid out why the phone call why they wanted to have this phone call and made something of it. they have made a lot about pressuring the united states into getting into these talks. they made a lot about that video conference that president putin and president biden had several weeks ago. this is radio silence on the phone call part of it, max. okay, nic in moscow, thank you. a former u.s. president donald trump submitted a new filing to the u.s. supreme court on wednesday. they are hoping the court will block the house committee investigating the january 6 insurrection from getting his white house records. the high court hasn t yet said if it will take up trump s
of lethal aid arrived in ukraine. 80 tons of weapons reinforcing the country s defenses against the russian forces amassing on the border. also top brass presented the president with the option to bolster forces in the baltics and eastern europe. repositioning 5,000 u.s. troops. cnn is covering the story from every angle as only cnn can. nic robertson in russia, jasmine wright in washington, d.c., and melissa bell in paris. we begin with nic in moscow. good morning. how is the kremlin responding to all this? reporter: i think we re going to get an update on that in the next hour or so. the kremlin spokesman is due to speak. there is so much has happened. russia has been accused of backing a former, a former ukrainian member of parliament to become the new leader in kiev. that s something we can expect to hear more about. but i think the announcement from president the announcement over the weekend
when it comes to these cyber attacks which is another major factor of a potential invasion that we ve talked about. kaitlan at the white house. clarissa in ukraine and nic in moscow. thank you, one and all. joining us to discuss, under president obama, and distinguished fellow at the woodrow wilson center, and robin wright. president biden argues there s plenty of room to argue for diplomacy. here a littlettle snippet. the united states has put on the table. we re proposing new arms control measures, new transparency measures, new strategic stability measures. these measures apply to all parties. nato and russia alike. i have a difficult time imagining that will sway putin and convince him of the good intentions that the americans and nato have.
are hearing about at all. that s what happens when the state controls the media. the argument a manufactured one, preposterous one, here in the country. nic robertson, good having you in moscow. let s talk to leader of the ukranian party. thank you for joining us. thank you. we were just speaking to my colleague nic in moscow. do you think there is a point to these talks between the ukraine and russia as russia continues to attack, including civilians? i personally don t see a point to these talks, and since putin has had war for eight years, i can give you tips on
cease fire to end the conflict in the east of ukraine between the russian-backed separatists and the ukrainian government. it s been stalled and not going anywhere. the ukrainian government giving ground to russia on this when it doesn t see what it wants implemented out of that agreement is going to seem like conceding to that essential, you know, secession of territory from the east of ukraine. what president biden seems to be saying that the discussion with russia is going to lead to him putting pressure on ukraine to make some concessions over the mince ii agreement. but, again, that s separate to what president putin has said that nato cannot allow ukraine to become a member. but already this is very tricky and sticky grounds. nic in moscow watching. thank you.