that even your colleagues have heard that the president was talking to vladimir zelenskyy. now we ve heard that vladimir zelenskyy has released a video of himself, talking about the fact that there is going to be martial law. we are hearing explosions, we are hearing sirens in kyiv, we are hearing as you just heard with richard angle, and in mariupol, what is happening in the white house. we just got a new statement alley from the white house, on the presidents call with president zelenskyy. saying that is interesting ali. then more casual language. . presidents key says to biden in a statement, reached out to me tonight and we just finished speaking. condemned the unprovoked and unjustified attack from russian military forces. we are taking the steps to rally international, at the national security council. bind saying that zelenskyy
0 official, i asked him if president putin is directing this himself. and he said yes, that is how it is going. that is not surprising. we know that president putin makes all of the decisions. in the end, he will have had advice from that small clique around him, that ultimately he is the decision-maker. and another element of his televised address, which to reiterate, if russians will be stunned by. waking up and seeing now, another man from that televised address, which is chilling frankly. is that president putin requires russian s nuclear capability. and clearly, openly threatens western leaders. even after the collapse of the ussr, losing a significant part of the nuclear potential. today, russia is one of the most nuclear powers. and he says, i think that this is a direct message to the west. in this regard, no one should have any doubt that a direct attack on russia will lead to defeat and dire consequences for a potential aggressor. and so, i just want to say all, just before t