guarantees. guaranties that the next time it happens you will be there to protect us, do you think that will happen, is that too much of a hurdle for the russians? i think it could happen. it s something that we ought to consider, the brits ought to consider, the chinese ought to consider and the french ought to consider. the germans, the turks and he s gotten some response, positive response from some of the nations. it s possible, we ought to think about it. it s going to be a major decision on our part to provide the security guaranties but we ought to consider. bryan: boris johnson making a surprise key to kyiv today, 120 armored vehicles, new antiship missile systems, big deal and also do you think the americans should have a diplomatic presence right now in kyiv? big deal with what the brits are suggesting that sure to ship capability, that s a big deal.
tomorrow as insurance agencies will stop covering planes that fly here. big question is what comes next, nobody knows. the city is oddly quiet. people at restaurants and shops continuing their daily lives with russian tanks just a few hundred miles away. mike. mike: trey, why is vladimir putin doing this? what does he want? trey: president putin is looking for nato security guaranties. he doesn t want expansion further east and doesn t want ukraine to become a member. remember, president putin has in the past called the collapse of the soviet union the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century. this is a man who sees the ukrainians and the russians as one people, so you can get a little bit into his mind to understand why he might want to invade and take over ukraine and as we saw in 2014 he s capable of doing so. mike. mike: very worried about nato expansion. trey yingst live in kyiv, thank you so much. mike: canadian police arresting the trucker pro testers still
what is up there who knows. a lot of people will make decisions themselves. rachel: i don t want to go there. pete: i don t want to go there. who do i know. will: we ll find out answers sometime. secretary of state antony blinken condemning russia on his trip overseas. rachel: our next guest recently met with the secretary, calling for america to recognize putin s war crimes. he is the executive director of anti-in kyiv and hanna is the executive of foreign affairs committee in parliament. they join us now. thank you for joining us this morning. hannah, you met with secretary blinken. what did you take away from that meeting? i do believe after this meeting secretary blinken will finally military assistance that the u.s. is obliged to support ukraine according to the security guaranties. when we gave up the third
he knows what the answer is. he didn t ask again. what he did ask for and what i imagine the minister of defense and the minister of foreign affairs asked for and had discussions with president biden, and secretary blinken and secretary austin about were security guarantees. that s what president zelenskyy asked the nato summit for, and i m sure that s the focus of the discussion between u.s. and ukrainian officials today. security guaranties, not real securities they need going forward. that s what they make sure that they exist, that they exist with insecurity going forward so i think that s a big part of the discussion. secretary cohen, let s talk about the president and the
latest on the ground. for that, let s go to molly hunter. corey, good morning to you. this would be significant if it turns out to be true. russian defense officials claimed there was an attack inside russia, the ukrainian helicopters hit a fuel depot. we have asked the ukrainians for any confirmation. ukrainian officials said multiple times they will neither confirm or deny it, but really, corey, this morning, again, all eyes on mariupol on the possible evacuation the icrc has brokered. yesterday it was attempted, it failed and today we are told there are about ten buses in addition to icrc vehicles headed into mariupol. the icrc said it is critical the parties respect the agreements and provide security guaranties. over the last few days the icrc made a big point, put out statements they wanted the world and both sides to know as civilians come out, they will be bringing in life-saving aid. corey, an estimated 100,000 people still trapped inside living in basements. they do not hav