prices up, taxes down? possibly the one good thing about inflation. the changes uyou could see in your paychecks on your tax returns. welcome to the lead i m john berman in for jake tapper. we begin in the world lead in a few minutes russian president s vladimir putin rule of martial law goes into effect. this despite the fact that putin s army doesn t have full control over the area. and as the campaign to plunge ukraine into darkness continues, energy officials said they had no choice but to introduce blackouts following days of devastating russian cruise missile and drone strikes. missiles hit at least three power stations just today, that s according to the ukraine. nick roberts is in kyiv. reporter: ukrainian civilians now under russian martial law. lined up to be evacuated in kherson city. potentially to russia. russian imposed officially, in illegally annexed kherson told them it s not safe to stay. up to 60,000 forced out, boats used to ferry them away from the fron
Whipping up hysteria. the principle threat from a military perspective is from russia on ukraine and to ukrainian soil, which is why we continue to provide security assistance material to the ukrainian armed forces. in a moment, victoria sparks, her first television interview since meeting with ukraine. but first, to greg palkot on the ground in kiev with more. greg? hi, trace. there s a lot of diplomatic clash involved. 130,000 soldiers now said to be there. the u.n. security council, the u.s. ambassador branded the move provocative. russia said they had no intention of invading.
President biden set to speak with russian president vladimir putin tomorrow, as the white house warns russian forces could strike ukraine at any moment, even while the beijing olympics are still going on. the administration warning americans to get out of ukraine now. the pentagon sending an additional 3,000 troops to poland to reassure nato allies. but tonight, the kremlin accusing the white house of whipping up hysteria. lot to discuss with former-defense secretary william cohen. secretary, thank you so much for joining us. um, i had been telling you that i have a bad feeling about this. i hope that i am wrong here. um, but let s discuss. the white house issuing this dire warning, russian attack ukraine could come within days and i want you to listen to what just tonight what the house intelligence committee chairman, adam schiff, is talking about watch about putin. i find it hard to conceive that he would go to the trouble of this massive buildup for the
And tributes pouring in for a former miss usa. what we re learning about her tragic death. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening there were some sharp exchanges in the united nations today between the u.s. and russia, diplomacy going nowhere as the showdown grows over russia s military build-up on its border with ukraine as ukraine tonight appears to show more signs of preparation for war, civilians getting weapons training the u.s. took its growing concerns over russia s plans to the u.n. security council. the united states warning the russian build-up threatens europe russia accusing the u.s. of whipping up hysteria while denying plans to roll troops across the border. tonight, a move in congress to raise the ante on sanctions against russia andrea mitchell is watching it all for us and has the latest. reporter: with russia deploying more fighter jets and conducting anti-submarine naval
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