biden declared western support for ukraine in its war to repel the russian invasion. i speak once more to the people of russia. united states and the nation of europe do not seek to control or destroy russia. the west is not plotting to attack russia as putin said today. millions of russian citizens only want to live in peace with their neighbors are not the enemy. a level of cohesion solidified thanks to the russia s invasion nearly one year ago. vladimir putin delivered his own address to the russian parliament somehow pinning this invasion of neighboring country of the west. it is impossible to defeat russia on the battlefield, therefore, they are conducting more and more aggressive attacks against us. putin announced he was suspending participation in the only remaining nuclear control pack between the united states and russia. the world s two largest nuclear power. secretary of state antony blinken called putin s announcement deeply unfortunate and irresponsible.
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cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with dramatic video. we re going to show it to you right here showing the moment a bomb explodes in a cafe in st petersburg, russia, killing a well known russian pro war blogger. may have been presented to the blogger hidden inside a figurine. the dead blogger had more than a half million followers on his pro military blog, where he aggressively supported the war in ukraine openly criticized the setbacks. russian troops face there. cnn s matthew chance is in moscow for us. well jim. this explosion killed one of russia s most prominent pro war military bloggers, posting under the name of vlad lent tartasky. he accumulated more than half a million followers on his pro war telegram channel in which he was notoriously hard line enthusiastically, for instance, declaring on ukraine we will kill everyone. we will rob everyone we will have our way. and, of course, like other prominent russian military bloggers criticizing aspects a
jeff is live. well, that changed today. it is hard to argue with how powerful the images are as those air raid sirens go off just as the president arrives in kyiv. president biden spent five hours in total in ukraine city. he was greeted to president zelenskyy, he paid tribute to soldiers and announcing half a billion dollars to assistance, that s on top of the $50 billion already given since the war started one year ago this week. one year later, kyiv stands. ukraine stands. democracy stands. the americans stand with you and the world stands with you. kyiv captures a part of my heart, i must say. biden spent 23 hours in ukraine, he s now in poland, but his short time in the war zone did not come with criticism from republicans who think his time is better served elsewhere, pointing to the disaster and east palestine, ohio. he goes to ukraine and has not mentioned ohio, east palestine and is not talking about visiting it. those people are suffering. they need to h
and whether his client wants to see the former president indicted. mr trump has been seeking donations. as you know, from his supporters fundraising off his claims he was going to be arrested this past tuesday and in a new series of statements on the social network is calling the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg, quote, danger to our country and to quote animal he s also linked to an article with a photo of bragg next to a photo of himself with a baseball bat looking like he s ready to take a swing. brags office, meantime, sent a letter to house republicans who are seeking to investigate the investigators. the letter says. house republicans only got involved quote after donald trump created a false expectation that he would be arrested the next day, and his lawyers reportedly urged you to intervene. neither fact the letter continues is a legitimate basis for congressional inquiry. here s how speaker mccarthy s reply. impossible. i don t understand why he only just poli