Is there any line that Putin and the Russian military won't cross?

The lead starts right now.

The giant letters, painted outside of the theater, said in Russian, children.

They said it twice, but that did not stop the Russian military from targeting the building,

which sheltered more than 1,000 people.

Now survivors are emerging from the rubble, then.

In escape, miles away from war, the swanky palace that includes a church, an amphitheater,

and a rumored underground hockey rink, CNN looks at the documents that trace all of this

back to Putin.

Plus, it's spreading in Europe and Asia, with the Omicron sub-variant here in the United

States, did the government lift all the pandemic restrictions too soon?

We're going to talk to one of the nation's top doctors.

This is CNN breaking news.

Welcome to the lead.

I'm Jake Tapper, and we start with our world lead in the United Nations Security Council

meeting right now, as Russia's brutal attack on Ukraine is now entering its fourth week.

This afternoon, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed the devastating war in

US fears about what might come next.

Moscow, maybe setting the stage to use a chemical weapon and then falsely blame Ukraine to justify

escalating its attacks on the Ukrainian people.

And I believe Russia will bring its mercenaries from private military groups and foreign countries

to Ukraine.

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