kate, one of the important messages here and we heard it from lloyd austin in his opening remarks was a show of unity. not just from europe, not just from nato but from the western world and beyond. more than 40 countries coming here, not only sitting together but discussing what can be done to support ukraine and support what many see here as an international rules-based order. that s what is at stake here and they ve made that clear. this is bigger than just the u.s. or the uk or ukraine. it s the world order that s at stake and that s why this is such a fundamental discussion and that was clear in an interview my colleague jim sciutto just wrapped up with the chairman of the joint staffs, general mark milley and what we heard from austin. at the end of the day, what we want to see, what i think the policy of all of the governments together is a free and independent ukraine with their territory intact and their government standing and the russian aggression has been hal
in terms of their ability to win, the first step in winning is believing that you can win. and so they believe that we can win, we believe that they can win if they have the right equipment, the right support. and we re going to do everything we can, continue to do everything we can to ensure that that gets there. we re seeing that when it comes to russia s war aims, russia is failing, ukraine is succeeding. we don t know how the rest of this war will unfold, but we do know that a sovereign, independent ukraine will be around a lot longer than vladimir putin is on the scene. the british ministry of defense said that russia has made minor advances in its push to take over the east. the uk also found that russia has, quote, yet to achieve a significant breakthrough. but if vladimir putin s forces continue to destroy more ukrainian buildings and lives. cnn just learning of a gas explosion in a government building in the luhansk region. officials say no one there survived
on saturday, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy warned the city was in the grips of a humanitarian crisis. here he is. translator: the situation in mariupol remains as severe as possible. just inhuman. this is what the russian federation did. deliberately did. and deliberately continues to destroy cities. russia is deliberately trying to destroy everyone who is there in mariupol. russian strikes have continued to hammer other areas in southern and eastern ukraine. officials in the northeastern city of kharkiv say at least two people were killed and 18 injured after cruise missile attack. to the south, officials in the luhansk region say russian strikes damaged nearly a dozen infrastructure facilities including an oil refinery. ukrainian officials say the renewed attacks on southern ukraine are in retaliation for the sinking of a russian warship in the black sea. meanwhile, the russian military said saturday it shot down a ukrainian aircraft delivering western militar
absolutely hi everybody more news. you are in the cnn news cerium. i m omar jimenez and new york tonight, russian president vladimir putin is sending his condolences and calling a deadly attack on a popular concert hall in moscow, a barbie barrick act of terrorism see that video concert go is concert goers running for their lives as attackers go on, a shooting rampage inside the popular music hall and shopping center friday night now officials say more than 130 people are dead and dozens others injured. isis has claimed responsibility for the massacre. cnn s matthew chance is live in st. petersburg before heading to moscow with the latest now, matthew, what more are you learning? and what more are you seeing? ground there we ll first of all, in terms of what i m seeing on the ground, i haven t got to the place. you have just entered russia, but i ll coming back to a country after being away for a few days that is absolutely shocked and horrified at the appalling scenes
it s two years since russia began its full scale invasion of ukraine, triggering the bloodiest conflict in europe since the second world war. but after 730 days of fighting, who has the upper hand? what is life like in ukraine and russia today, and when will the killing end? the global news podcast and ukrainecast have come together to answer your questions. ukrainecast from bbc news. hello, i m oliver conway from the global news podcast. i m vitaly shevchenko, the co presenter from ukrainecast in the ukrainecast studio. i m olga robinson from bbc verify, also in the ukrainecast studio. i m lyse doucet, the bbc s chief international- correspondent and i m back. in the ukrainian capital, kyiv. and i m steven rosenberg, the bbc s russia editor and i m in moscow. thank you all forjoining us. we have had lots of questions from listeners to the global podcast, and ukrainecast. thank you all. we will try to answer as many as we can. hello, i m derek from london in the uk. is there