russia s offense ministry is vowing to increase missile strikes on kyiv after the sinking of the moskva vessel. u.s. officials claim it was hit by two missiles while russia claims a fire broke out on the ship. this comes amid the horrifying discover of 900 bodies following russia s withdrawal from an area. most of the civilians were executed and bodies abandoned in the streets. overall the united nations has recorded 4,633 civilian casualties in the country so far and that number is climbing. russia s bombardment of the key port of mariupol has left the city in ruins. the city has been able to with stand the kremlin s attack this far, weapons and supply shortages could weaken the
sweden to join nato. but because they re seeing the russian aggression they re wanting to expedite it. how likely is that, and what does that mean for russia and putin in this whole transition if that comes fruition? i want to be clear. the world changed on february the 24th, when russia invaded ukraine. you have sweden, finland, they were already very strong nato partners. and this was a consequence of the 2014 illegal annexation of crimea and russia s first invasion of donbas. but this was again, it speaks to the kremlin s extraordinary strategic miscalculation. they keep telling us that they don t want more nato or nato surrounding them, their behavior is a complete catalyst for countries that have previously embraced neutrality. they are changing their mind literally overnight. so we could see, in the next few
outcome here, and to prepare yourselves for a variety of extremely difficult scenarios. again, this was not of our choosing. vladimir putin is the one who invaded the republic of georgia in 2008, invaded ukraine twice. he s creating the anti-bodies that we re seeing a stronger and more durable nato and a western alliance imposing severe sanctions. as he paints himself into the corner we have to be prepared for use of chemical weapons, biological weapons and even tactical nuclear weapons. that s why it s important for the west to prepare their populations for this eventuallity. we want to give the kremlin the opportunity to rethink this but we see vladimir putin is in a place of iso rationism.