Russian gas. right. and they re not expecting to have any disruption in supply, with bulgaria, it s different, 90% dependent on russian gas but they re saying for the next few months they re not having to ration gas. amy, still ahead on morning joe, we ll have air defenses out of harm s way amid russia s sought. plus, armed services committee member senator angus king joins us on the heels of his trip to poland, where he saw the refugee crisis first hand. and a stunning exchange on capitol hill. stunning, where senator rand paul appears to repeat russian talking points. it is unbelievable. yeah. what do they have to say. yeah, this is exactly, mika, what rand paul is talking about. again, it s like people are doing putin s bidding in america. you see it on cable news shows.
Alaska. i think tony blinken s response was exactly right. we can argue it until the cows come home about nato enlargement, whether 2008 was a mistake, i think it was. as amy said to put ukraine in a gray zone, not moving in that direction. but this is about sovereignty and this is about respect for boards, not to change them by military force. and vladimir putin s ambition to create a legacy. there s any rule, you don t change borders by force. saddam hussein learned that in 1981, vladimir putin cannot be allowed get away with this and that s where rand paul was way off base with this. and a prominent fox news host in the early days of the war said he was rooting for russia. back to the idea of peace talks, there s been talks in the last couple of days. they say, of course, the biden administration would love the shooting stopped as soon as possible.
Let s talk less. let s not be so aggressive in our rhetoric, let s just be purposeful in our policy. we ve got a couple of thing, amy mckenon, first of all, american diplomats headed to ukraine, the conference in germany about weapons. the shift in rhetoric by lloyd austin, especially on the part of the americans toward the word winning. but on the other side, we ve got russian moves into moldova, specifically transnitsia, and what is that and clint will back us with the map. it s been a big week. with the shifts in war and where this is heading of course, russia s efforts in moldova. and a sliver of breakaway land east in moldova. the moldovan foreign minister
Joy and knowledge that these two people brought to the world. and tried to teach us, and i think during the past five years, six years, seven years, if became very frustrating to them, as they were watching this country change back into ways that they knew all too much about. also with us, we have the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire and national security and intelligence reporter at foreign policy, amy mckenon here in washington with he. good to have you. let s get developing news overnight. russia is halting its delivery of natural gas and supplies to poland and bulgaria. the suspension comes after both countries refused russia s demands to pay for the gas in rubles, instead of dollars. bulgarian officials are working with state gas companies on alternative sources.