specific consequences for russia because an american died? second, earlier this week you said on cnn that one way or another ukraine will be there and at some point putin won t, but we re watching every day ukrainians are getting killed and their cities are being demolished. how can you be so confident to say something like that? are you suggesting that putin should be removed as the leader of russia? thank you. first with regard to the american citizen. i can confirm an american citizen was killed and i don t have any more details for you than that. but i can confirm that. second, it is, i think, not only clear to me but clear to the world that an independent ukraine will be there long after vladimir putin, and it s also clear that this could
sentiment. at the time when putin is struggling to do that, i don t want to give them any propaganda lifeline. look. putin is losing. but a defeated putin is also a dangerous putin. and i think we do have to be we ve got to support the ukrainians, but do it in a careful way. i think the russians want to bring us into this conflict. i think that may be putin s last ga gambit, if he sees the forces in ukraine. and if he can bring us in, and in effect, terrify us into believing that world war iii is possible. ironically, his negotiating position from his point of view will grow stronger. so, i want to keep helping the ukrainians close the skies, give them the antiaircraft weapons and the planes that will devastate the russian military, but i do also want us to be careful not to bring the united states unnecessarily into this
raised the rhetorical stakes of the russian invasion of ukraine by labeling russian president vladimir putin a war criminal. it s an allegation not taken lightly by the international criminal court. already investigating whether russia s attacks meet the bar to be considered legitimate war crimes. the icc s chief prosecutor spoke down exclusively with my colleague anderson cooper to talk about the investigation so far. you re here on the ground. it seems you re moving very fast on this. i think we have to. i think we see on our tv screens, anderson, the attacks against objects, the attacks regarding civilians, and we need to get to the truth. to get to the truth we need to be here and separate fact from fiction. it s not enough to know that war crimes are being committed. you have to prove who is responsible. absolutely. we have a duty to investigate exculpate and incriminating evidence equally.
for what reason? reporter: putin says he s only targeting military targets. [ bleep ]. sorry. this building is not a target. the mayor s brother, is wladimir klitschko, will join us in the 8:00 hour. for the first time, president biden is calling vladimir putin a war criminal. some examples of this, much this small city lies in ruins amid russian strikes. this is what the area and church looked like before the invasion. this is what it looks like now. this was a round-about surrounded by homes and building. now destroyed with scorched rubble everywhere. despite, senior adviser to president zelenskyy said they are preparing counter strubgs against the russians. we have new video showing blown
freedom, democracy and very survival. we ll give ukraine the arms to fight and defend themselves through all the difficult days ahead. someone asked later, the president said he thinks vladimir putin is a war criminal, a characterization he previously stopped short of saying. the president s remarks speak for themselves and from his heart and what he has seen on television, which is barbaric actions of a dictator of a foreign country. they they continued without let up today. more residential neighborhoods said to be hit near kyiv. my conversation who has been living with her three kids in the shelter, a basement really.