and the 141 countries that came together at the united nations to make that clear. so, there is a huge tide of support for ukraine. there is a huge weight bearing down on russia. let s see what the impact is. hi there. thank you so much for so we heard this morning at nato that the situation will get worse before it gets better. so tell us what do you know that we don t and is the no to the no-fly zone considered or would you consider that as massacre and just to follow up, would the europeans trust in russia to opt for diplomacy? thank you so much. when we say it is likely to get worse, it s unfortunately based on everything we know about president putin s methods when it comes to seeking to subjugate another country to his
no one should doubt america s ready iness or our resolve. at the same time we ll keep the dialogue open but unless it changes course it will continue the road of increasing isolation, and economic pain. and we ll support ukraine and in its talks with russia to reach a cease-fire. something that the foreign minister and i have been discussing on a daily basis. in the meantime, we re working urgently with the government of ukraine and the icrc to create civilians to get out of city and to allow food medicine and other vital supplies to get in. russia s attack created this humanitarian crisis. now all countries have a responsibility to pressure the kremlin to alleviate some of the misery that is has wrought. of all of the consequences of moscow s unprovoked attack, one of the most unexpected is the spark it has lit in people
well, it is hard to imagine that his plan included inspiring the ukrainian people to defend their country with such tenacity. strengthening the resolve and solidarity in the e.u., united the worl in opposition to moscow including 141 countries and at the united nations and international businesses associations, cultural ins tulgss that have cut ties with russia. causing the russian economy to go into free-fall. motivating tens of thousands of russians to protest and countless more to leave the country. and an increasingly turning russia in a pariah state. if that was president putin s plan, well, you could say it is working. russia has never been so isolated. we have never been more united. but let me reiterate one thing because it is very important. we take these actions not because we oppose the russian people, we do not. we regret that tens of millions of russians will suffer because of the dangerous decisions made
realtime if need be. particularly because now that the air space over ukraine is contested by both russian and ukrainian aircraft. so that contested air space now buttresses right up against nato. so smart thing to do and we re glad it is in place and glad the russians have acknowledged that they will use it. on odesa, i don t have we want to take you live now to brussels where secretary of state antoni blinken is speaking. president biden made reen earthizing our foreign policy. it is why the secretary of state, i ve come to brussels, home to nato and the e.u., more than two any other world capital. and that is why we invested so much effort in finding new ways and coalitions to bring allies and partners together. now we re seeing why that work matters. at nato, we were joined by the ministers of finland and sweden,
escalate and russia hasn t dominated the air space, land space or cyberspace. they haven t taken control of this. we re close to a tipping point with the russian soldiers on the ground, examples of soldiers abandoning tanks. that is unheard of from a military perspective. so the ukraine citizens and militaries is doing a superb jobch it is their fight and we re doing all we it to support them. i mentioned at the top that the city of kherson in the south has fallen now under russian control reportedly. what does it take man tain that control, especially when you have such defiance from the people there in that city? victor, with 90% of the forces committed now, unless more come in, the gorilla sabotage math doesn t work for the russians. they won t have enough troops to