the plan currently sitting on president trump's desk speaking alongside ukrainian president petro poroshenko mattis emphasized the special bond between the countries. you. know the. whole region or if you. wrote. them to show you the room. or why don't you show us you know we're going to be really really great if you work through. your very. very short life for me to be there in form. and here's what we use the product. well you did. pretty. mattis went on to point out the u.s. recently approved a one hundred seventy five million dollars worth of equipment shipments to the country including specialized defense equipment the poroshenko government has been locked in a civil war since coming to power in a coup in two thousand and fourteen at the time u.s. assistant secretary of state for european and asian affairs victoria nuland highlighted the hefty contribution american taxpayers have made in the country since the fall of the soviet union they've invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these enough to. ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic train critics of the plan to send l

the plan currently sitting on president trump's desk speaking alongside ukrainian president petro poroshenko mattis emphasized the special bond between the countries. are you one hundred percent. oh no you know you have to assume this whole region we're very rich. we understand. the story is broken. or why don't you know we're going to be. good for you will work through. your very understanding. from life for me to be there in form it's. what we. are you. sure you're pretty. modest went on to point out the u.s. recently approved a one hundred seventy five million dollars worth of equipment shipments to the country including specialized defense equipment the government has been locked in a civil war since coming to power in a coup in two thousand and fourteen at the time u.s. assistant secretary of state for european and asian affairs victoria nuland highlighted the hefty contribution american taxpayers have made in the country since the fall of the soviet union you've invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democrati

this 26th anniversary of ukraine's independence from president petro poroshenko met with u.s. defense secretary james mattisev today. secretary mattis was blunted his criticism of russia and said the u.s. is committed to ukraine's sovereignty. mattis accused russia of menacing europe and suggested he favors dividing ukraine with defenses and leave the weapons. the winner of last night's powerball lottery was introduced at a press conference in massachusetts. she lives in the area. was 758 million dollars. she is 53 years old and is a hospital care worker. she said she will be quitting her job. she says she picked the numbers at random. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. julia: you are very excited there. would remain at bloomberg, even if he won. back to president trump's legislative agenda following his relationship with key republicans and his threat to shut down the government if he does not get funding for a border wall. me now is tim pawlenty, former governor of minnesota and former presidential cand

mattis said the u.s. is "actively reviewing" whether to send heavy defensive weapons to aid ukraine against russian- backed rebels. he watched a ukrainian independence parade with president petro poroshenko, and pledged the u.s. will be a steadfast ally. >> we do not and we will not accept russia's seizure of the crimea and despite russia's denials, we know they are seeking to redraw international borders by force, undermining the sovereign and free nations of europe. >> woodruff: the obama administration had argued that giving heavier weapons to ukraine would only provoke moscow. president trump has not yet taken a position. the u.s. navy today called off the search at sea for nine sailors still missing after a wreck off singapore. the destroyer "john s. mccain" and an oil tanker collided on monday. the navy found the body of one sailor, in a search that lasted 80 hours. divers have also found some remains in the destroyer's flooded compartments. the u.s. interior secretary is recommending that president trump downsize at least three national monument areas. ryan zinke reviewed 27 sites after the president charged many were a, "federal land grab." "the washington post" reports zinke pro