Supporting Ukraine While Avoiding Direct War With Russia
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🗓️ 7 March 2022
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Today marks 12 days since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Over the weekend, the violence continued in multiple Ukrainian cities, efforts to rescue civilians came under attack by Russian forces, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on NATO nations for further military support and humanitarian aid. Ben Rhodes, Former Deputy National Security Adviser and host of Pod Save the World, joins us to discuss what’s happening on the ground in Ukraine, with the rest of the world, and with the refugee crisis.
And in headlines: a series of tornadoes ripped through Iowa, the Walt Disney Company is facing blowback for not taking a stand against Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill, and the United States adaptation of the Canadian trucker convoy descended on Washington D.C.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday March 7th. I'm Trevelle Anderson. |
| 0:08.7 | And I'm Priyanka Arabandi and this is what a day. The show that's sure that the radio silence |
| 0:12.9 | we're getting from Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox can't mean anything good. |
| 0:16.8 | You know, anytime these two are quiet, they're plotting. |
| 0:20.9 | They've never been quiet. I'm so confused. What's happening? |
| 0:31.2 | On today's show, a series of deadly tornadoes hit Iowa on Saturday. Plus, the Walt Disney |
| 0:36.8 | Company faces blowback for not taking a stand against Florida's Don't Say Gay Bill. |
| 0:41.5 | But first, the latest in the war between Russia and Ukraine, as we go to record this at 9.30 |
| 0:47.0 | PM Eastern. Today marks 12 days since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and thus far, |
| 0:52.9 | the situation does not show any signs of improvement. Over the weekend, the violence continued in |
| 0:58.5 | multiple Ukrainian cities. There are reports of intense shelling and a growing number of casualties. |
| 1:04.3 | So far, Ukrainian forces have successfully defended their positions in some areas, including North |
| 1:09.1 | and East of Kiev, as well as in the port city of Mikoliev. But there are very concerning reports |
| 1:14.7 | from other areas, like at an airport 100 miles out of Kiev, where a Russian missile strike destroyed |
| 1:19.2 | both civilian and military infrastructure, and at a Ukrainian nuclear power plant where Russian |
| 1:24.5 | forces have managed to take full control. Perhaps the most highly scrutinized events of the weekend |
| 1:29.4 | have been the efforts to rescue civilians from these areas of intense violence. |
| 1:33.5 | Some of these efforts have come under attack from Russian forces, both in Kiev and in the port |
| 1:37.9 | city of Maripol. In Kiev, civilians using a bridge to escape the fighting were fired at with |
| 1:42.6 | mortar shells, leaving at least four people dead. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken had this |
| 1:48.0 | to say on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday morning. We've seen very credible reports of |
| 1:54.1 | deliberate attacks on civilians, which would constitute a war crime. We've seen very credible |
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