Good morning and welcome to Morning Joe. It's Thursday, March 10th. We're following several

fast-moving developments out of Ukraine this morning. A horrific scene after Russia attacked a

maternity hospital in the city of Maripole. Images of pregnant women being carried out on

stretchers, flying debris, and a crater some 30 feet deep,

the bombing, sparking international condemnation that Russia is still targeting civilians. After

meeting with Ukraine's foreign minister in Turkey this morning, Russia's Sergei Lavrov falsely claimed

there were no patients inside the hospital when it was attacked.

The Ukrainian diplomat said his request for 24-hour ceasefire was denied and that Russia conveyed the attacks will continue until its demands are met.

Plus, new concerns this morning that Russia could be laying the groundwork

to use biological or chemical weapons and what could be a looming crisis at the Chernobyl nuclear

plant. The power is still out. And so far, no signs that the Russians who now occupy the plant are trying to restore it.

And the battle over how to get fighter jets to Ukraine gets complicated as the country's president jabs the U.S.

for denying a plan by Poland.

All of this as the war enters day 15.

With us, we have U.S. special correspondent for BBC, Caddy Kay,

calmist and associate editor for the Washington Post, David Ignatius,

and former NATO Supreme Allied commander, retired four-star Navy Admiral James Tevredas.

He is chief international security and diplomacy analyst for NBC News and MSNBC.

So, Willie, a lot of horrid news coming out yesterday for the people of Ukraine.

Another day of bad news for the Russian military, and just their complete ineptness on the battlefield. Just to put a little bit of

context, all of this bad news, you did have a meeting between two foreign ministers this

morning. It didn't end well, but the question is, what did they say behind closed doors

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