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Today's episode begins as Christiane interviews Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani, who sees Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, amid separatist rumblings in the Balkans, as a threat and worries about her own country's sovereignty. Next, a special report from Nima Elbagir in Kharkiv, where Russian forces are launching the next phase of their invasion -- the war for Donbas in the east. Then, correspondent Ben Wedeman checks in from the edge of Donbas with Ukrainian defenders as the Russians build up for their coming assault.

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President Biden is up against it trying to make his economic case to a nation reeling from inflation exacerbated by rising energy prices due to the war in Ukraine. Is the political will there to maintain the pressure on Vladimir Putin? Joining the show to answer those thorny questions is Jared Bernstein, a top economic adviser in the Biden administration. 

Also on today's episode: A.J. Baime, author of "White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secrets"; Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief of The Economist, who recently met with Ukrainian President Zelensky.

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The British Prime Minister, his wife, and the UK’s second most powerful politician were fined by London's metropolitan police for attending illegal parties in government buildings, breaking their own Covid-19 lockdown rules. This means Boris Johnson is the first sitting British prime minister to be fined for breaking the law. So, what happens to his leadership now? Here to discuss is Johnson’s biographer Sonia Purnell. 

Also on today's show: Former NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe Sir Richard Shirreff, French journalist Christine Ockrent, French Journalist Yascha Mounk, author Daniel Yergin, and Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska.

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The next phase of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine begins much as the last one did: with a massive military convoy of armored vehicles heading into the fight, this time in eastern Ukraine. President Zelensky has put the onus on America to defend desperate citizens trapped in the war zone. But can the US deliver the heavy weapons Ukraine needs in time to block Russia’s full scale attack? Leon Panetta served as Defense Secretary and CIA Director and joins the show to discuss. 

Also appearing in today's episode: Economist Paris Bureau Chief Sophie Pedder, International Fund for Agricultural Development President Gilbert Houngbo, Atlantic staff writer Katherine Wu. 

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The death toll from the bombing of a train station in Kramatorsk continues to rise.  Officials say it was a deliberate attack on women, children, and the elderly. Nate Mook works with Chef José Andrés at World Central Kitchen and he was in Kramatorsk, picking up supplies near the train station, when the missiles hit. He is Christiane’s first guest. 
 
Also on today’s show: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief spokesperson Zoltan Kovacs, Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Chief Maj. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov.

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“Weapons, weapons, and weapons.” That was the Ukrainian Foreign Minister’s stated agenda ahead of today’s meetings with his NATO counterparts in Brussels, as Russia regroups and puts its firepower to the south and east. Ukraine’s military commander says Russian forces are trying to wipe the southern city of Mariupol “off the face of the earth.” Reporter Ben Wedeman has been in Mykolaiv, where he witnessed the devastating impact of constant bombardment. 

Also on today’s show: Top UN diplomat Martin Griffiths, Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner Dunja Mijatović, the WHO’s Europe Director Dr. Hans Kluge, author Jason Stanley. 

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As fresh evidence of Russia’s atrocities piles up, besieged residents in Mariupol have no light, no heat, no power – and still Russia’s airstrikes continue. Today, Christiane visited one recently liberated town, Borodianka, which Ukraine says could have a worse death toll than Bucha. Her report is followed by an interview with Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US Ambassador to the UN. 

Also appearing: Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna  Venediktova, former Commander of US and International Forces in Afghanistan Gen. John Allen, Time Magazine investigative correspondent Vera Bergengruen.

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President Zelensky made an impassioned plea to the United Nations Security Council today. Listing the atrocities that took place in the city of Bucha and calling for action, the president went so far as to question whether the Security Council is even fit for purpose. The speech was another reminder to the world of the brutal toll Russia’s invasion is taking on Ukrainians every day. Today's show begins with a special report by correspondent Ivan Watson, who visited a hospital and spoke with badly injured Ukrainian soldiers and civilians. 

Also: interviews with Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, ICRC spokesperson Alyona Synenko, former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, Holocaust survivor Margaryta Zatuchna.

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A Russian pullback near Kyiv revealed graphic images of horror that are shaking the world, prompting President Biden to label Putin a war criminal. Correspondent Dan Rivers visited the city and heard firsthand distressing accounts of rape and mass executions. His report is followed by an interview with Chile Eboe-Osuji, former president of the International Criminal Court, who weighs on the possible legal steps to hold Russia accountable. Next: Christiane, who's in Kharkiv, visits the site of a Russian strike and meets ordinary Ukrainian civilians just trying to survive. 

Also on today's show: Russian journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov, former Republican congressman for Texas and CIA officer Will Hurd.

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Christiane once again broadcasts live from the Ukrainian capital. Today's show begins as she interviews two key foreign ministers: Ukraine's Dmytro Kuleba and Germany's Annalena Baerbock.

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