devastating strike remains very much in place. reporter: tonight ukrainian officials are reacting to president biden s message to moss koufl one official telling me, the remarks were firm and res resolute. another telling cnn that biden s call for as peaceful solution h homes was heard in moscow. thank you so much. let s go now to cnn live for us in moscow. where german chancellor olaf schultz met with president putin. you spoke with the chancellor. what did he have to say? yeah. you re right. it was certainly one of the last-ditch efforts at diplomacy. one of the things that he said to you in your interview a couple days ago, he said the important thing now was for western leaders to give vladimir putin the exact same message.