experiencing problems with food and gas. but that same official assessed it will not be stalled for long, that the russians could just be regrouping and re-evaluating. the russian defense ministry has issued a warning to civilians to clear security and military facilities in the capital city of kyiv. already they fired on a ukrainian tv tower knocking out the broadcast of state-run television. ukraine s foreign minister says five were killed and five others were injured in that blast. the tower, he added, stood in a spot where nazis killed more than 33,000 ukrainian jews in 1941 saying, quote, 80 years later russian nazis strike the same land to exterminate ukrainians. evil and barbaric. elsewhere civilian defense are preparing for more russian attacks, getting weapons ready and training new volunteers. ukraine s president volodymyr
the chinese officials have tried to claim a neutral position in the war in ukraine, but chinese media coverage is clearly taking a side. a cnn analysis found that china s 1.4 billion people are met with an overwhelming amount of russian state media stories there when they turn to state-run television and social media sites. china has yet to even call russia s attack on ukraine an invasion. but this week, president xi jinping said beijing is willing to mediate the war in a push for peace. joining us now is ian bremmer, the president of eurasia group and author of the power of crisis: how three threats and our response will change the world. ian, great to see you. let me start by just playing for you how the cia director this morning assessed president xi s position on this.
chilling possibility. the prospect of nuclear conflict, once unthinkable, is now back within the realm of possibility. reporter: oren liebermann, cnn, at the pentagon. all right. in russia, a stunning act of protest that unfolded live on state-run television. take a look. with cameras rolling, a woman walks onto the set holding a sign that reads, quote, no war, stop the war, do not believe propaganda. they tell you lies here. the broadcast then quickly cut away to video. cnn has now learned that the woman was apparently an employee of the channel and her lawyer sent us this video, which she reportedly taped before her protest. translator: what is happen in ukraine is a crime and russia is the aggressor country and their responsibility for this aggression lies in the conscious of only one person. this man is vladimir putin.
have been made. the families of both of them are on edge, i mean, - have been made. the families of both of them are on edge, i mean, they i of them are on edge, i mean, they are containing their sheerjoy because they won t believe it until they are actually here. because they won t believe it until they are actually here. that s right and richard they are actually here. that s right and richard radcliffe they are actually here. that s right and richard radcliffe has - they are actually here. that s right and richard radcliffe has been - and richard radcliffe has been uncharacteristically quiet the last 24 hours, so has anoosheh ashoori s wide, they don t want to do anything that would jinx or scupper anything wife. they may have also been asked to be quiet, but it has been such a roller coaster for them, asked to be quiet, but it has been such a roller coasterfor them, so many ups and downs and there have been dashed hopes before but they have never got as close. they are as f
says he is ready to enter talks with the country s opposition. nicolas maduro said, saturday, that everything has been prepared to open negotiations with the opposition leader in early august. and these talks could include participation from other nations, such as norway and the u.s. in an interview with venezuela s state-run television, mr. maduro says his government has, already, discussed a complex agenda with opposition groups. cnn has reached out to the team for comment. no response, yet. now, there is pushback on the streets of hungary against a new law that has been blasted as homophobic. coming up. a clear message from a pride march in budapest. so, are you gonna buy the car? please! if i could just go home, and discuss things with my wife-