them hospitalized. they are a region that have really been the epicenter of these cross-border attacks. it was an important staging ground at the beginning of the car for russian troops entering ukraine. continues to be. so has really been seen as a target. but this is something that, you know, creates a delicate situation in some ways for ukraine. they don t claim responsibility forbe these attacks, but they do clearly see these regions as a threat. an adviser to the president on tuesday saying any kind of peace settlement in the future with russia should include a demilitarized zone in these specific regions, paula. and clare, i know that there is some confusion, really, or let s say disagreement between the allies about exactly if this is an escalation or. no. yeah. certainly in terms of the moscow strike, the drones that were fired at moscow, ukraine has not claimed responsibility for that, although you heard there the
alvin bragg and others who h will continue to try to attack in order to try to control the public narrative perfect time to have you. charles coleman with us righ now on sunday. appreciate the time. the reporting coming fro michael cohen himself. nbc news not able to independently confirm whethe or not he actually will be going back again that s what we re hearing only from michael cohen himself thank you so much, my friend new today, north korea has launched a short range ballistic missile for the thir day in a row according to both japan an south korea. but the united states and sout korea did not let this lates provocative actions stop previously scheduled joint military drills there. south korea fischel saying quote, the primary goal of thi exercise is sort of spla ironclad combined defens posture as well as to show the extent of deterrence and action this is not the only news from overseas we re tracking for yo right now. in a matter of hours, russia president vladimir putin is
visited the russian occupied city of mariupol which was illegally annexed in september. kremlin said that puti traveled around seven and met with residents that was his second unannounce ramp over the weekend. before that he wasn t celebration marking the nint anniversary of russia s illega annexation of the peninsula. it comes days after th international criminal court hi ceci, issues an arres warrant for the russia president. just ahead of the critical meeting with chinese president xi jinping president xi is headed t moscow s first visit to russia since the war in ukraine began with me now is richard stengel msnbc political analyst an former under - secretary of state for publi diplomacy and public affairs richard, great to see you. earlier on msnbc, white hous security official john kirby called putin s trip to mariupol, to crimea, propaganda. take a listen. it s certainly an indication, i, think that he knows tha he s not doing so whil
they are constantly going to the taiwan defense zone with their warplanes. poking, poking, poking. is there something you could do right now to push back and say cut it out. i think we have sent a major signal with the government in japan buying u.s. american defense technology. we have an agreement to arm taiwan with defensive weapons they need to deter this kind of behavior. if we have an ngo pacific strategy with our allies there, i think that should be a major message to the communists in beijing. do you see the allies in the pacific. australia, vietnam, japan, the philippines. getting together like nato. aimed at moscow. this group is aimed at beijing. former prime minister
own country. russian men fleeing russia to avoid military mobilization. now the kremlin is calling these reports an exaggeration and fake news, and you may say, are they right? no, they are not, because the pictures don t low. let s show you what s actually happening on the ground. i ll put up the map to show the routes outside of russia. you see the dotted lines. okay, so as you get to each of these crossings, there are long lines eof cars waiting. that s what it looks like. here s the scene in finland. officials now reconsidering banning most russians from entering the country because of the traffic. in georgia, brake lights for as far as the eye can see. reports now that the exit line stretches more than six miles. and this was the scene earlier today along the russian border with kazakhstan. most of the traffic going in just one direction, out of russia. at moscow s main airport, lines. look at that.