good wednesday morning, i m lindsey reiser at msnbc headquarters in new york. right now escalating tensions between the u.s. and russia with ukraine front and center. in the last hour, president biden led a show of unity with leaders of the so-called bucharest nine, our eastern european nato allies and he had this blunt message about the future. today as we approach the one-year anniversary of russia s invasion, it s either more important that we continue to stand together. because what s literally at stake is not just ukraine, it s freedom. looming over it all the spector of nuclear weapons with new comments from a top putin ally this morning saying russia has the right to defend itself with, quote, any weapon including the nuclear kind. this as we also learn russia told the u.s. it was going to test an intercontinental ballistic missile before president biden s trip to ukraine. and another wrinkle during a meeting with china s top diplomat earlier, russian president v
to 160 kph cause extensive flooding and mudslides. in iran, increasingly violent anti government protests have continued for an eighth day. the uk opposition leader, sir keir starmer, will set out to his party conference the dividing lines between labour and the new conservative government. and after 12 long years of tory failure, didn t theyjust and after 12 long years of tory failure, didn t they just show their true colours yesterday? yes! and their true colours yesterday? yes! for and is” , , to door in occupied parts of the country to collect votes for self styled referendums on joining russia. russian state media says door to door voting is necessary for security reasons. these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of luhansk and donetsk in the east, and zaporizhzhia and kherson, in the south, and cover around 15% of ukraine s territory. the so called referendums have been widely condemned. president biden described them as a sha
reports from ukraine say armed soldiers have been going door to door in occupied parts of the country to collect votes for self styled referendums on joining russia. russian state media says door to door voting is necessary for security reasons. these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of luhansk and donetsk in the east and zaporizhzhia and kherson in the south and cover around 15% of ukraine s territory. the so called referendums have been widely condemned. president biden described them as a sham and a false pretext to try to illegally annex parts of ukraine. our correspondentjames waterhouse reports from kyiv. russia s version of their so called referendums a free and fair democratic process where ukrainians in kherson decide whether they want tojoin russia. but, on the same spot today in the city centre, it s deserted. ukrainian officials have posted footage like this. apparently, ballots being taken door to door with the suppor
reports from ukraine say armed soldiers have been going door to door in occupied parts of the country to collect votes for self styled referendums on joining russia. russian state media says door to door voting is necessary for security reasons. these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of luhansk and donetsk in the east, and zaporizhzhia and kherson, in the south and cover around 15% of ukraine s territory. the so called referendums have been widely condemned. president biden described them as a sham and a false pretext to try to illegally annex parts of ukraine. our correspondent, james waterhouse. reports from kyiv. russia s version of their so called referendums a free and fair democratic process where ukrainians in kherson decide whether they want tojoin russia. but, on the same spot today in the city centre, it s deserted. ukrainian officials have posted footage like this. apparently, ballots being taken door to door with the sup
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