Amanpour

President Biden has implored western allies to stand up to Putin’s aggression in a call with partners today. It comes as both Ukraine and Russia declare that the battle of battles has begun, for the eastern Donbas region. But is the west getting enough material support to Ukraine in this crucial moment? Christiane speaks with President Zelensky’s chief diplomatic advisor, Igor Zhovkva.  Also on today's show: Sarah Longwell, founder of the Republican Accountability Project; Frank Tsai, founder of China Crossroads; author J. David McSwane.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Russian missile strikes continue even around Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and the western city of Lviv, as Ukrainian officials say Moscow has completed its regroup and is preparing to launch the expected offensive in the east. At least seven civilians – including a child – were killed in Lviv this morning. For the latest, Christiane speaks with the deputy mayor of Lviv, Andriy Moskalenko.  Also on today's show: Nicu Popescu, Foreign Minister of Moldova, which might be Ukraine's most vulnerable neighbor; Gurinder Chadha, the director of "Bend It Like Beckham," which marks its 20th anniversary this month; social psychologist Jonathan Haidt on what went wrong with Facebook and how social media could become less corrosive.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Those two words -- "never again" -- have echoed through history as a promise to the dead and a warning to the living. Never again will we allow atrocities to be committed with impunity. Never again will the rest of the world just stand by and watch. But now, Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked war in Ukraine is testing that promise and the West’s will to stop him. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is accusing Putin of genocide, a claim also made by President Biden. Tonight, Christiane looks back at the origins of that word, “genocide,” and two men who ensured the world wouldn’t look away after the horrors of World War II: Benjamin Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials and the first prosecutor to use the term “genocide” in a court of law; and Raphael Lemkin, the man who coined the word in 1944.  Also in today's show: Christiane visits Babyn Yar, the site of the murder of 33,000 in World War II; journalist Mark Follman, who's spent the past decade focusing on gun violence in America, talks about this week's subway shooting in New York.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“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. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices