the colors of the ukrainian flag. that is tonight s last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. stephanie ruhle starts now russia, intensifying its bombardment of western ukraine. as the threat grows in the coast, they remain trapped under rubble. a city, now destroyed by war. president biden, warning of consequences, as beijing bails out the kremlin, as putin puts on a stage display of patriotism in moscow. it is being called the pro putin wing of the gop. why the rhetoric of some republicans is getting them cameos on russian state tv, as the 11th hour gets underway in this friday night. good evening, once again, i m
charlie, you knew i would call you for this. it s not just people like you criticizing those pro putin voices. house minority leader, calling out one of, them earlier today. watch this. medicine is wrong. if there is any thug in this world, it s putin. you just watch. putin, with russia, directing russia to bomb a maternity ward. we watched, yesterday, in a theater, that is identified in the, front and back of the air with the housing children, bond. it is atrocious, it is wrong, this is the aggressor. this is the one that needs to end this war. these are the ones that eventually unite against. you have kevin mccarthy are strong, and accurate with the words. however, peter navarro, j.d.
with us now is moscow correspondent for the new york times. i want to start with the huge rally putin held to celebrate the annexation of crimea eight years ago. four weeks into this invasion with all the reports that perhaps his troops are suffering more losses than expected. he didn t take in a lightning strike take over kyiv. what is he trying to achieve now? good morning. president putin is trying to not shore up support and show the entire country is unified behind him. this was a heavily produced show. and estimated 200,000 people were there. a lot of putin s favorites performers and poets. and it was a celebration of course of the eighth anniversary of the annexation of crimea. and also attempt for putin to portray the message that everything is going according to plan. the kremlin has been clear from the beginning their messaging
russian army has become an army of terrorists. they are trying to terrorize these populations, and particularly ominous, stephanie, are the reports we are going to see. chechens and syrians who are going to be free boutter s looters, rapists, coming into the middle of this conflict. i fear that is putin s next card, to terrorize the population. free boosters, looters, and rapists can be our next chapter. wow. doug that s heavy. admiral james, thank you for joining us this evening. i appreciate it. thanks, steph. coming up, the small but local group of pro putin republicans. we are going to talk to our french charlie sykes about the split in the republican party when the 11th hour continues. when the 11th hour continues when the 11th hour continues when i got out of school, i ended up having a tremendous amount of student loan debt. sofi helped me refinance all my student loans into one loan, with one low interest rate,
russia for occupational territory, and use air strikes indiscriminately. under jinping, under two hours again today. china had the opportunity, and they didn t take it. they did not distance them selves from russia, and condemn this war. what does that tell you? nothing new. it s china. they play for china, but at the same time, they have no support for putin. china is looking for advantages, and they re not there during the war, because putin s not winning and they lose the war. then you look at taiwan, with great interest. but right now, china has no interest. fearing, at the same time, it wants to keep other options, and all options, on the table. i wonder what president biden was telling she jinping. he was making an ultimatum. he met, three times, once of