area. so the question being asked this sunday, is this putin s definition of an off-ramp scenario? we ve been hearing that for five weeks. so that may be one in putin s mind, if he secures the south, he gets a direct line by land to the port of sebastopol. this normally freezes over during the winter. this means at will, eia and now russia can have military deployments year around. this is the idea of creating an archetype that may be very similar to north and south korea. they ll occupy this area, and leave this unoccupied. richard, thank you for walking us through this.
hello, everyone, i m alicia menendez. the president is back on u.s. soil, but his focus remains on ukraine. on the heels of his powerful speech, repute yading vladamir putin, and lamenting the fact that putin retains the power to sow terror in ukraine and elsewhere. among other things in a powerful, human moment, he went off script and said what the rest of the world seemed to be thinking. for god sake, he said, this man cannot remain in power. the white house and democrats making it clear the president was not signaling regime change. the president, i think, is a straight shooter. he s deeply empathetic. i m sure he s frustrated with these scenes of children being killed. but they have said we need a negotiated end to this war. that has to be with putin. the president s lament comes
they say both men have been handed over to the security services. and that gets people here a little bit paranoid, because russians can easily blend in here. they re familiar with the language. they look like many of the ukrainians here. so people are worried that, you know, key locations may be given away, targets may be given away, positions may be put for the russians to find for these sort of people. ali, as always, thank you. joe biden s very human moment saturday saying russian president vladamir putin cannot remain in power reverberated with many around the world, who are disgusted with russia s actions with ukraine. the u.s. ambassador to nato clarifying the president s comments. let me be clear and just state right off the bat that the u.s. does not have a policy of regime change towards russia. but i think what we all agree on is that putin cannot be
as putin s threat lingers more urgently than ever. there was a report that a ukrainian holocaust survivor was killed in russian air strikes. and a holocaust memorial in kharkiv was damaged in russian shelling. as we come on the air tonight, breaking news from ukrainian president zelenskyy, saying ukraine is prepared to discuss adopting a neutral status as part of a peace deal with russia. but such a path would have to be guaranteed by third parties and put to a referendum. joining me now from lviv in western ukraine, where air raid sirens blaired a few hours ago, our correspondent ali. we understand you heard fresh air raid sirens go off where you are. what can you tell us? reporter: that s right, about three hours ago the sirens went
sanctions. so the second point, i want you to listen to what joe biden said about sanctions. here he was thursday. increasing the pain and why i asked for this meeting today with nato is to be after a month we will sustain what we re doing for the remainder of this entire year. that s what will stop him. i want you to talk me through this emphasis on maintenance of sanctions. you heard him saying not next month or the month after. when we talk about the fact that this is going to be a long, sustained effort, how long? what are we talking about before it reaches a breaking point? well, it s hard to say how long the sanctions will stay for, because it s hard to know when putin s behavior will stop.