president zelensky is accused nature of weakness and uncertainty over the reluctance of some members to set a timetable for ukraine to join the military alliance. nato leaders meeting in lithuania have agreed they can try but only when certain conditions are met. nato secretary general the sun has said the alliance has never sent a stronger political and practical message about partnership but made clear they could notjoin while it was still at war with russia. our europe editor katya adler sent this report from the summit in vilnius. disappointed, volodymyr zelensky put on a brave face today for supporters in the lithuanian capital. translation: i came here today believing in partners, in a nato that does not waste time. ukraine will make nato stronger. nato will make ukraine safer. a very different tone from his tweet earlier in the day, when he blasted the military alliance as absurd and weak for not agreeing a timetable for kyiv to join the club. as confirmed by nato s
for their country will prevail. democracies over the world will stand guard for our freedom today, tomorrow and forever. president joe biden delivering a powerful message to vladimir putin and all of eastern europe marking one year of war in ukraine. we ll have more on his speech in warsaw in just a moment. back here at home we re learning more about the special grand jury that investigated the potential 2020 election interference by former president donald trump and his allies. plus we ll have the latest on the efforts to cleanup an environmental disaster in ohio as federal and state officials take action against the rail company at the center. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, february 22nd. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. today president joe biden wraps up a historic trip to eastern europe. last night he gave a speech in warsaw, poland marking one year since the russian invasion of ukraine. it followed monday s s
Called on nato to stage a pre emptive strike on russia, to stop moscow using Tactical Nuclear weapons, but he told me he wasnt talking about a nuclear strike. He said he was referring to pre emptive sanctions. And he said it in english to make sure people got the point about the russian threat. They begin to prepare their society. That is very dangerous. They are not ready to use it, but they begin to communicate. What, you mean prepare society for using a Nuclear Weapon . Its. You know, its. They dont know if they will use or if they will not use. I think that is dangerous even to speak about it. Then i said, you have to do preventive kicks, not attacks. We are not ready to kill people like russians do it. Then he switched into ukrainian. This is a very dangerous time, isnt it . Because russia could theyve been warning that they might use some form of Nuclear Weapon, if not a large scale one, then a localised one. And President Biden is talking about armageddon if that happens. Whats
called on nato to stage a pre emptive strike on russia, to stop moscow using tactical nuclear weapons, but he told me he wasn t talking about a nuclear strike. he said he was referring to pre emptive sanctions. and he said it in english to make sure people got the point about the russian threat. they begin to prepare their society. that is very dangerous. they are not ready to use it, but they begin to communicate. what, you mean prepare society for using a nuclear weapon? it s. you know, it s. .. they don t know if they will use or if they will not use. i think that is dangerous even to speak about it. then i said, you have to do preventive kicks, not attacks. we are not ready to kill people like russians do it. then he switched into ukrainian. this is a very dangerous time, isn t it? because russia could they ve been warning that they might use some form of nuclear weapon, if not a large scale one, then a localised one. and president biden is talking about armageddon
closely watched primary race in georgia. amid reports that the republican governor s association hatched a plan months ago to spend millions to defend incumbents against what one former governor called trump s personal vendetta tour. and there are new developments on the war with ukraine as russia intensifies its bombardment in the eastern industrial heartland. fierce fighting in the donbas region is forcing a new round of ukrainians to flee their homes. as ukrainian and russian troops battle it out town by town, the battle for donetsk has become a major focus as russia seeks to capture one of the major cities still under ukrainian control after taking the southern port city of mariupol. the head of the luhansk region said russian bombardment in using scorched earth tactics. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy said the fighting in the east has become increasingly bloody. with up to 100 ukrainian soldiers kill each day. meanwhile, ukraine is ruling out any cease-fire deal