objectives of the war very explicitly. so, remember, when we were first talking before he invaded, what were the objectives? ukraine s not a real country. they re just russians with accents. let s take them all in to russia. that didn t happen. denazification. that didn t happen. ending ukrainian military support military. that didn t happen. taking the major cities. that hasn t happened. and so, putin has very consciously changed the objectives of the war, which is, special military operation in defense of donbas. that, to me, is a hint how this war might end. if he connects crimea to donbas, takes mariupol, that might be a moment when he says, we ve achieved our objectives. let s now sue for peace. whether zelenskyy can sue for peace after they ve taken that territory, that s a different matter, but in putin s mind, i think that could be a moment for compromise. okay. michael mcfaul, come see me any
which it seems as if is vladimir putin s goal now, at this point, his new goal, i should say. what then? yeah. of course, putin wants to go to the other regions of ukraine. he looks at kharkiv in the northeast. he looks at odesa in the south. he looks at different places. so it all depends on what type of capabilities they still have after, like, let s say, a month or two months. so, that s all about that. and our goal is to make sure that his capabilities are destroyed, and because he will stop only where he is stopped. he s not going to stop voluntarily, you know? we need to stop him and then he doesn t move on. that s it. that s the only option. are you worried about delivering the military aid to the ukrainian soldiers that actually need it? and i bring this up to say, of course, you re traveling from the west, much of this military aid in order to reach the ukrainian soldiers, it s just a
covid s economic impact, growth in deliveries and the mailing of government checks related to covid aid. and french president emmanuel macron leading opinion polls just one day out from the country s presidential runoff with far-right candidate marine le pen. some french voters in overseas territories are voting today in a race that could have serious implications for europe and the west, especially amid russia s invasion of ukraine. we re going to have coverage of the election right here on msnbc. you don t want to miss that tomorrow. coming up next, everybody, desantis vs. disney. no individual or no company in florida is treated this way. the florida governor may be living in fantasyland because the company s punishment may be a financial nightmare for florida taxpayers. state representative anna eskamani is joining me next. state representative anna eskamani is joining me next. well, the stock is bubbling in the pot just till they taste what we ve got [ tires sque
and the contents of what would happen in terms of delivery with that kind of a payload. let me ask you about vladimir putin and the fact that zelenskyy said in this news conference, i still am willing to meet with him. talk about the prospect of that, first of all, and what he would potentially gain from a meeting with putin. well, i mean, you have to, as winston churchill said, jaw jaws better than war war, but we obviously need some sort of an end game here, but not at any cost. ukraine is and the president has been absolutely clear on this. ukraine is not going to sign anything that s that smacks of capitulation. and look, you know, we are fighting the anti-christ here. here we are, one day before orthodox easter, and he s lobbing rockets into odesa, killed eight people, including a
friendly countries, i believe that this will not produce a desired effect. i consider this war can only be stopped by whoever started it. ukraine is closing in on the end of the 59th day of the war as the region prepares to observe orthodox easter tomorrow. but officials say there is no sign that russian attackers will observe the holiday. earlier today, a missile strike in the city of odesa killed at least eight people, zelenskyy says. ukrainian officials released this video claiming that it shows the aftermath of that strike. nbc news is not yet able to independently identify where or when this was taken. ukrainian officials in luhansk say that region is under 24-hour shelling. russians are accused of opening fire in an artillery attack on civilians in a downtown area there. and new today from mariupol, ukrainian officials say russian forces have restarted their attacks on that steel plant where hundreds of ukrainian fighters and possibly civilians are blocked in by the russian mil