good morning. i m kristen fisher. i m jim sciutto. joe biden is meet virtually with g7 leaders and the ukrainian president as the world marks one year since russia s full-scale invasion of ukraine. the u.s. has pledged another $2 billion in aid to the country and announced new sanctions against russians, and the people who help them around the world, particularly procuring weapons for that invasion. defense secretary lloyd austin vows the u.s. will stand by ukraine, using a phrase we have heard frequently of late, for as long as it takes. as long as ukraine continues to conduct operations and continues to work to take back its sovereign territory, we will be there with them. you can expect that the international community will be with ukraine once the fighting stops. and just look at how the front lines of this war have evolved over the course of the past year. in that time, more than 8,000 ukrainian civilians have been killed, entire communities have been decim
assessments predicted kyiv would fall within days. but it didn t. people doubted the ukrainian people would stand together. we watched them volunteer to fight in droves, and they re still volunteering and still fighting. europe s hospitality for millions of ukrainians, many doubted it would last. those families are still welcome in europe. many also doubted that the u.s. and allies would unite, would stay together. but nato is perhaps stronger than before, and europe is stopping the flow of russian energy it depended on at great economic cost to itself. as joint chiefs chairman general mark milley told me early on, ukraine is a defining battle for the world. if there is no answer to this aggression, if russia gets away with this cost free, then so goes the so-called international order. if that happens, we re heading
europe. and i think it s really a dramatic moment, i mean, i really think that we are, at this point, the confrontation is really as we were just saying, almost going back to another cold war. yeah. general anderson, what do you make about this shift that seems to have occurred, not just rhetorically but also in terms of weapons? i want to play out how to rhetorical shift has played out. here s how if i recalls have been talking about this conflict recently. we want to see russia weakened to the degree that it can t do the kinds of things that it has done in invading ukraine. if there s no answer to this aggression, if russia gets away with this cost free, then so goes the so-called international order, and if that happens then we re entering into an era of seriously increased instability. if you re inside the pentagon right now, what are your marching orders based on what they just said? well, obviously, abby, we re
for ukraine. the global international security agency put in place in 1945, it s lasted 78 years, prevented great war if there s no answer to this aggression, if russia gets away with this cost free, so goes away the so called international order and then we re entering an era of seriously increased instability. his comments came after a meeting with allies hosted by secretary lloyd austin in germany who reiterated his goals to see russian capabilities weakened. also criticized the russian foreign minister over his comments of a danger of a nuclear war saying it was completely irresponsible and anytime a senior official of a nation rattles the nuclear saber, everyone takes it seriously, joining me, former cia director and head of command, general david petrayas. when you heard the comments about weakening russia from secretary austin, general milley
with cnn s jim sciutto today, kelly, general mark milley, the joint chair of the chjoint chie of staff, what he said about russia if not held accountable for ukraine. the global international security agency put in place in 1945. that international order has lasted 78 years. if there s no answer to this aggression, if russia gets away with this cost free, so goes away the so-called international order. and if that happens, we re entering into an era of seriously increased instability. his comments came after a meeting with allies hosted by defense secretary lloyd austin in germany, who reiterated his goals to see russia s military capabilities weakened. milley also criticized the russian foreign minister over his recent comments of a danger of nuclear war, saying it was completely irresponsible and, quote, any time a senior official of a nation rattles the