Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. It is thursday, april 28th. Im Brianna Keilar with john berman. And Vladimir Putin is warning the west that his bloody war against ukraine will expand, if anyone tries to interfere. And that rhetoric is coming as the u. N. Secretarygeneral who just came face to face with putin tells cnn this war will not end until russia decides it will. Translator if someone intends to intervene in what is happening from the outside, and creates unacceptable strategic threats for us, then they should know that our response to oncoming strikes will be swift, lightning fast. We have all the tools for this. Ones that no one can brag about. And we wont brag. We will use them if needed. The war will end when the Russian Federation decides to end it, and when there is after the ceasefire, the possibility of a serious political agreement. We can have all meetings, but that is not what will end the war. Overnight, the uk Defense Minister sa
This time in the donetsk region. The u. S. Has credible information that a Russian Military unit Executed Ukrainians who were trying to surrender. Russia is intensifying its bombardment in the eastern part of the country. At least 27 homes from one village were hit. For word yet on casualties. The russianoccupied city of kherson was rocked overnight. Russia has installed a new government saying it will be impossible for ukrainians to return to control. The head of the United Nations will be meeting with ukraines president today after of course he met with putin just yesterday, as natos Secretary General offers a new warning that this war could last years. Lets get started with cnns scott mclean whos live in lviv, ukraine. Scott, whats the very latest youre watching there on the ground . Reporter hey, kate. Yeah, obviously this statement from the u. S. Official to the u. N. Yesterday is quite remarkable, accusing the russians of executing ukrainian troops who were trying to v surrender.
Military, economic and humanitarian assistance for the next five months. Well go live to the white house momentarily for Reporting On If and when that package might get through both the house and the senate. It comes on the same day that the head of nato said members of the alliance have pledged and provided more than 8 billion in Ukrainian Military aid so far. And this morning former nato Supreme Court allied Commander Navy admiral James Stavridis told us what theyve done to keep ukraine in the fight and how the new aid package could help tip the scales. It is an enormous step. And really if you look back to, say, world war 2 and you look at what the United States was doing for a very beleaguered, very encircled united kingdom, this is beginning to hit those levels. And in fak, were hearing Historic Alecos as you know of the Land Lease Program which was the cornerstone of Franklin Roosevelt did for winston churchill. Were in that same mode here with our friends in ukraine. And i think
But an adviser to president zelenskyy just said this, quote, sooner or later debts will have to be paid back. That is why disarming the Belgorod Vor On Nez Depots is a absolutely natural process. Karma is a cruel thing. Russia is escalating its economic attacks beyond ukraine into the west. It shut off gas supplies to poland and bulgaria. Theyve shut those off because the nations refuse to pay for the gas in rubles. This is significant. Both countries rely on russian energy, they are nato members, and both have aided in the ukrainian defense. In the meantime ukraine now admitting it is taking significant losses in the east as the russians are intensifying attacks there in this new Strategic Bombardment of the area. And in the south a second missile strike overnight on a strategic bridge near odesa, this is actually video from the first strike. New images coming in moments ago showing the damage there, this is a rail and road bridge and its the only link between the Southwest Corner of