U.S. Officials Worry China Is Preparing Military Aid For Russia

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🗓️ 18 March 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Smoke fills the sky from Russian attacks in Lviv, 43 miles from the western border of Ukraine. These Russian strikes close to Poland continue to intensify. Then, President Biden walks a diplomatic tight rope as he talks to the president of China to persuade him not to send military and financial aid to Russia. Plus, for one Ukrainian fighting to save his country, it isn’t dying that scares him, it’s losing his country to the Russians. CNN talks with members of the Ukrainian military. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Russia today striking awfully close to a NATO ally.
0:06.6	The lead starts right now.
0:08.8	Smoke fills the sky from Russian attacks in Lviv in Western Ukraine, hitting just 43
0:14.4	miles from the Polish border.
0:16.1	Where American troops are currently deployed and these Russian strikes close to Poland
0:20.4	are intensifying then.
0:22.6	Walking a diplomatic tightrope President Biden talks to the President of China, as that
0:27.0	country considers sending military and financial aid to Russia, plus for one Ukrainian fighting
0:32.4	to save his country it isn't dying that scares him.
0:35.1	It's losing his country to the Russians, CNN talks to members of the Ukrainian military
0:40.1	today on the lead.
0:43.4	This is CNN breaking news.
0:46.3	Welcome to the lead on Jake Tapper and we start with our world lead and renewed attempts
0:50.0	at diplomacy today as Russian forces expand their military strikes further across Ukraine.
0:55.7	The White House just released this photo of President Biden's nearly two hour call
0:59.2	with Chinese President Xi Jinping today.
1:01.2	White House officials saying, President Biden warned Xi Jinping of the quote, implications
1:05.6	and consequences if the Chinese government were to send aid to support Russia's war on
1:11.6	Ukraine.
1:12.9	Dense smoke filled the skies in the Western Ukrainian city of Lviv today.
1:17.2	Ukraine's military says Russian warplanes fired six missiles.
1:21.7	Many defense systems were able to intercept two of them.
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