have to step the war up and make it even more dangerous and damaging for ukraine. but putin hinted at that, hinting at some kind of mirror response, but we ll have to see. it s not clear to see what additional weapons russia has. it s throwing everything it s got into the fight right now while ukraine is about to launch a counteroffensive that could be very damaging to the russian front lines. so it s just a moment to say where the psychological tone of the war changed. would you say at least at the very at least that for putin, it s a propaganda opportunity? it s a propaganda opportunity and also propaganda setback. when the war comes home to moscow and what he has been calling, don t forget, he doesn t call it a war. he calls it a special military operation. the idea is to keep it below the
incident is a possible propaganda opportunity where they can then justify a response or justify why they have to conscript more russians to fight in that war. dan de luce, our thanks also to richard, and peter, you re going to stick around. we have breaking news right now out of atlanta where there is an active shooter situation. the local police have reported multiple people are injured and the shooter is not in custody at this time. the police are urging people in the area to secure their buildings and shelter in place. obviously this is unfolding as we speak, i want to bring in former atf special agent in charge jim kavanaugh here. jim, unfortunately here we are again talking to you about another active shooter situation. the shooter not in custody. multiple people injured. we re looking at some video here from the scene. what are police on the ground likely doing right now to get this shooter in custody? well, they ve gone and set up their command post on the street. you see
participation, as he sees it, from belarusian or russian athletes, would endorse the war because there is nothing to suggest that russia wouldn t use it as a propaganda opportunity. so we wait to see what the ioc will do. but it s the tone of language coming out of kyiv which really leaves you in no doubt on whether stand and what they see as a key issue. whether stand and what they see as a ke issue. ~ . whether stand and what they see as a ke issue. ~ , ., ., ,., key issue. might this alienate some eole key issue. might this alienate some people from key issue. might this alienate some people from ukraine s key issue. might this alienate some people from ukraine s position? - key issue. might this alienate some i people from ukraine s position? we people from ukraine s position? we have all manner of countries competing in the olympics, and not all of them are full, free and fair democracies. all of them are full, free and fair democracies. you are right, i think this is diplom
is the most frequent target for russia s claim that it s fighting nazis. and on what russia s and there might be, here sjohn simpson. i think what s really going to happen is that russia is going to see this as a real propaganda opportunity, to convince the outside world, actually, that ukraine itself as a nation, the government of ukraine and the armed forces of ukraine are essentially neo nazis. as a direct consequence of russia s invasion of ukraine, finland and sweden have formally applied to join the nato military alliance. on wednesday, ambassadors from the two countries handed in their applications to nato secretary general jens stoltenberg. the applications you have made today are an historic step. allies will now consider the next steps on your path to nato. the security interests of all allies
to be pretty interesting have tested positive for colored before the even left the country to get to china to opening ceremonies are on friday for this is a big propaganda opportunity for china. does the white house have any sort of counter programming that it is planning? they say they re always paying attention to the propaganda that comes from china. and countering it. i think it is important though during this period, nobody takes their eye off of ukraine. because they ve used the olympics in the past as a time frame to breach the sovereignty of other companies in 2014 and in 2008 and in georgia. and we also know taiwan is what she is looking at, everyone is keeping an eye on pollutant taiwan is part of