lloyd austin just arrived in kyiv. what are you learning about his surprise visit to the capital and ukraine's claim of significa significant gains on the river front? >> lloyd austin's visit is a shot in the arm for ukrainians. they have been feeling neglected. the west has been distracted by the war in israel. that's caused concern here in kyiv. to have lloyd austin, the defense secretary visiting is a boost in morale.minister. he will meet with zelensky later in the day. he will want an update on the counteroffensive that's been going on for four months. to be frank, it's been a failure. it's been dismal. they've not achieved what they wanted to achieve. one of the aims was to take back the land bridge with crimea. not even close. the front continues to happen on the east and on the south. that's where the brutal and bloody wars are being fought. that's happening in the east. and in the south, kherson. and you mentioned the operation. yes, troops have managed to get to the left bank, according to ukrainian forces. th

year and i was most happy to hear from dialogue this year and i was most happy to hearfrom lord austin, —— lloydted by intelligence information, i believe he actually is talking about the right thing. neitherside actually is talking about the right thing. neither side wants a conflict. but for china, it is important that the us does not only provide lip service to one china, but would also act in accordance with it. so we are not seeing something positive... but actually trying it's best to turn taiwan into a porcupine. that is not what we want. we want them to honour their words. want. we want them to honour theirwords. d0 want. we want them to honour their words— their words. do you think this meetin: their words. do you think this meeting is — their words. do you think this meeting is going _ their words. do you think this meeting is going to _ their words. do you think this meeting is going to cool- meeting is going to cool tensions in the taiwan straits and the south china sea? i and the south china sea? i think it helps, in that, as i mentioned before, it is important for china and the us

conquest before the conflict spreads further, well, these two statements were made by both biden and lloyd austinll, with an interval of a few days, everything seems to be correct, both lloyd austin and joseph say biden, but there is a feeling that the ukrainians have to prove every time, or put pressure on washington there and tell them to give us more weapons, give us these weapons, because we need them, give us planes, who in this situation will lloyd austin and joseph biden convince that we need to help ukraine? well, if we talk about the performance, visually, i will add pictures for you, there is a performance, just in the place where i performed. the president of the united states, clinton in the same, approximately, well approximately , the same place, when he appealed there to fight and win, quote, cited shevchenko, that is, this is a signal, well, to ukrainians out of solidarity, because we also have many such voices began, there is a problem in the congress, how will they help us, they won't help us, there were even such , i read... the materials that are in the presidential administra

before the conflict will spread further, well, these two statements were made by both biden and lloyd austin, well, with an interval of several days, it seems that both lloyd austin and joseph biden are saying everything correctly, but there is a feeling that ukrainians have to enter or click on washington and tell them to give us more weapons, give us these weapons, because we need them, give us planes, who in this situation will lloyd austin and joseph biden convince that it is necessary to help ukraine. well, if we talk about the performance, i will give you a visual pictures, there is a protrusion just in that place. where the president of the united states, clinton, spoke in the same, approximately, well, approximately the same place, when he appealed to fight and overcome there, he quoted shevchenko, that is, er, this is a signal, well, to ukrainians, of solidarity, because in we also heard a lot of such voices, there is a problem in the congress, how will they help us, they will not help us, i read such materials that in the administration of the president, is the office now called, t

that is, well, and then the work is going well, today the head of the us department of defense, lloyd austinved with an unannounced visit. this visit is taking place against the background of discussions by american politicians about further military assistance to ukraine. the us ministry of defense recently noted that aid packages for ukraine have been smaller recently, as the department does not have additional funding, and in connection with this, the pentagon has already repeatedly called on the us congress to approve this very funding. i just arrived to kyiv to meet with the ukrainian leadership, i am here today to convey an important message. the united states will continue to support ukraine in its struggle for freedom against russian aggression. both now and in the future. i will remind you that the usa is a key ally of ukraine and the leader in the amount of military aid, at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the states allocated 60 billion dollars to help ukraine. however , the white house recently announced that as of the beginning of november, the united states had already

topics: there is no weapon that can become a magic wand, a quote from the head of the pentagon , lloyd austin, who arrived in kyiv with an unannounced visit, he announced more one package of military aid and said: the us expects that ukraine will continue to push the russian federation's forces out of its territory in the winter as well. what does this visit show, will there be enough american weapons for the winter offensive of the armed forces. the armed forces of ukraine control 10 km of territory on the left bank, according to analysts of the american institute for the study of war. the other day, zelensky for the first time announced the presence of the armed forces of ukraine on the occupied left bank of the dnieper, and about the heavy losses of russian troops on the left bank, according to estonian intelligence, which is known about the advance of ukrainian forces on in this area, what is the situation in kherson oblast, in general? defenders of iryna farion rallied under the lviv polytechnic the day before, party members and colleagues from the department spoke out against her dismis

was there, and two ministers of the united states of america and germany, boris pistorius and lloyd austin, considering the fact that lloyd austin and boris pistorius came to kyiv precisely in order to testify their support directly physically, on the territory of ukraine states are obviously of great importance for the future, before the events will develop, in the russo-ukrainian war, because everyone understands that there are certain problems in ukraine now in order to gain the potential to prevail over the russians in the east and south fronts according to you, this is not just a ritual arrival of pistorius and austin to ukraine, it is clear that there both the first and second announced the assistance of another. aid to ukraine, but what usually happens behind the scenes, i.e. what kind of signal could they give to volodymyr zelenskyi and the team regarding the upcoming war, because it is simply a different way of perceiving these visits, well, it does not appear, maybe, well, if you analyze the information space of ukraine , but at the time of arrival , there are a number of guests

so president zelenskyy very grateful to lloyd austin and the u.s. government for delivering that aid. it doesn't come close, though, to what is required. you know, ukraine needs weapons. it needs much more ammunition. it needs arms defense, air defense systems, drones. there is a long laundry list of what is required but lloyd austin coming here today is a shot in the arm, you know, a real boost of confidence for ukraine, that is felt overshadowed by what has been happening in the middle east, you know, with the west very much focused on the war on israel, so, obviously, lloyd austin being here, the timing, you know, couldn't be better. let's a listen to what defense secretary had to say. >> i would point out that ukraine matters. what happens here matters. not just to crane but to the entire world. this is about the rules-based international order. this is about not living in a world where a dictator can wake up one day, and it decide to annex the property of his peaceful neighbor. that's not the world we want to live in. this is more than just ukr

citizens, defense minister rustem umerov held a telephone conversation with his american colleague austin lloyd, the officials discussed relevant needs of ukraine, according to umerov, he informed austin about the current situation at the front and urgent needs of ukraine. in addition, the ministers discussed specific steps to accelerate the ukrainian victory. spoke with us secretary of defense, lloyd austin. during our conversation, russia attacked kyiv with ballistic missiles, he casually thanked minister austin for the air defense systems provided by the united states. rustem umirov, minister of defense of ukraine. pavlo lakeychuk, head of the center's security programs. globalists strategy 21, now with us on direct communication. mr. pavle, we congratulate you, good morning. good morning, glory of ukraine. glory to heroes. so, mr. pavle, speaking of the front line, it is now all on fire, and in fact, it is difficult in all directions. we know that on kupianska, the russians conducted a rotation there, brought additional equipment and people there, we see the third wave of a powerful offensi

oleksandr, what did lloyd austin bring to kyiv? ah, i really hope that the main purpose of this visit is this really meeting our needs for this limited time, until. the house of representatives is considering a full-fledged federal budget for next year, but as you and i said earlier, we really postponed the adoption of the budget, there is indeed a resignation until january 19, but this does not mean at all that in ukraine, by the way, other allies of the united states help is not needed at this moment, on the contrary, just now the decisive months are coming, when both ukraine and israel need to correct the situation at the front, it is necessary to fully ...' protect themselves on the battlefield, and therefore ukraine, israel and others the allies need some help even now, despite the budget problems, we saw a couple of days ago in the senate they already submitted a bill on the so-called interim financing of the ukrainian armed forces, and exactly what should be in this package, what size should it be, when this the package shou

also the two defense ministers of the united states of america and germany, boris pistorius and lloyd austining into account the fact that lloyd austin and boris pistorius came to kyiv specifically to show their physical support. on the territory of the ukrainian state are obviously of great importance for the future, before the events will develop, in the russian-ukrainian war, because everyone understands that now there are certain problems in ukraine in order to gain the potential for superiority over the russians on the eastern and southern fronts, according to you, here it is, it’s not... the actual arrival of pistoris and austin to ukraine, it is clear that there both the first and the second announced aid, another aid to ukraine, but what usually happens behind the scenes , i.e. what kind of signal could they send to volodymyr zelenskyi and his team regarding the upcoming war, because simply perceiving these visits in a different way does not seem possible. well, if you analyze the information space of ukraine, at the moment of arrival, there are all these guests to a number of guests

happening in the middle east and concern that global support is waning but as we've heard from lloyd austine defense department said this is america's display of staunch support for ukraine's fight for freedom. and lloyd austin, he also said on twitter that he was here to show ukraine that america is invested for the long haul. we believe that security assistance will be discussed along with battlefield capabilities. we're moving into winter here in ukraine. we know snow is falling on certain parts of the battlefield. it is going to be a long and hard winter. the fight on the eastern front and the southern front, it is brutal. and it's bloody as ever. lloyd austin will also want to talk about long-term vision, heading into 2024, as far as president zelenskyy is concerned and he will meet with lloyd austin a little later this afternoon. he wants to know where the u.s. funding bill is at, that $61 billion that president biden wants to push through congress. now, we know the headwinds that that is facing. and the concern amongst the republicans, deep divisions, as to whether they want to suppo

dear friend, the head of the american pentagon, the secretary of defense of the united states, lloyd austind us, and accordingly, i would like to ask you, mr. volodymyr, what he brought us, well, because he could send. or another of his deputies, but he came himself, that is, or to say something, ear to ear, there , or to hear something, well, i want to remind you that loy dostin is such a political appointee, and his mission, military and political, that is , not only direct military aid, and also some political signals from the white house and personally from joseph biden, as we understand. in the united states , the debate is already reaching a certain finish line, and the prairies presidential elections will soon begin in january, so several factors are very important now: first, essential the reduction of american aid and the discussion around the new draft law, this is very nervous for the ukrainian leadership in general and the ukrainian military, the most important thing is, secondly, it is obviously ramshtein, well, and for good reason, after lloyd austin, boris pistorius arrived i

the head of the us department of defense, lloyd austin, arrived in ukraine today with an unannouncedit. this visit is taking place against the background of the discussion american policymakers for further military aid to ukraine, the us department of defense recently noted that aid packages for ukraine have been smaller in recent years, as the agency has no additional funding. well, in connection with this, the pentagon has repeatedly called on the us congress to approve this very funding. i have just arrived in kyiv to meet with the ukrainian leadership, i am here today to deliver an important message, the united states will continue to support ukraine in its. struggle for freedom against russian aggression, both now and in the future. i will remind you that the usa is a key ally of ukraine and the leader in terms of military aid. since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the united states has allocated $60 billion in aid to ukraine. however , the white house recently announced that as of the beginning of november, the united states had already spent 96% of this amount. curre

lloyd austin, you can do it too. suspend your abortion travel policy. now, look, i know you guys feel really passionately about abortion. i know that for whatever reason you've lost your freervegging minds -- your freaking minds, ever since that fateful day in june of 2022 when the supreme court of the united states ended the issue of abortion. it ended that. because, well, it turns out the constitution doesn't say anything about abortion. by saying nothing about abortion, it leaves the issue of abortion to elected lawmakers. not to nine lawyers dressed in robes. most of the time that means it leaves the issue of abortion to state lawmakers, not federal, because most of the time it's not our role anyway. i know president biden and secretary austin, you've been really upset about that. why? for a long time the supreme court of the united states on this issue so important to you, why, i will never understand, but i understand that you're mad because the supreme court for that long period of time was acting as your super legislature, willing to do your bid

i mean, look, they just send the defense secretary lloyd austin's a key of a few days ago. the form of your k p m cameron was there as well. he's going to be some sort of piece on board, whatever can i write? austin was there and i was thinking, you know, what, why did they send america's biggest defense secretary that why? because i think they send him that it tells the landscape, look, here's more money, but you know what? it's over because here's what we keep seeing. and tara, and the west and media and the political landscape, they keep talking about this stalemate and you crank oh, it's a stalemate. it's not going anywhere. nobody's won the law. it's. it's over. your brain has lost. there's no stalemate anywhere across the board. yeah, the west and thoughts applying the shelves anymore. they haven't got the weapons to send anymore. they don't have the money to send anymore. meantime, russia continues to make pro stalemate. there was no stalemate. hello, wisdom press. if you're listening, there was no style made. how is this gonna wrap up? how much longer that we could

lloyd austin talking about air cover _ going forward. ars, how our data is processed. it's constantly evolving but brings security risks, as well — to the public, businesses, the government. the north—west is now at the heart of the cyber economy, and at this careers event, schoolchildren have been practising the skills needed to develop cyber technology and take on the threats it poses. it was a lot of fun, but the skills that we need is to persevere and to communicate. do you think something like this would be good as a job later on? yeah. the north—west is becoming a cyber corridor, stretching from manchester through to preston, and on to lancaster. manchester has the government's intelligence agency hub, while preston has businesses like bae systems, and will have the national cyber force protecting the country from cyber attacks. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. now it's time for the panel. david, you have a letter in the times at tomorrow about the supreme court's ruling o

so lloyd austin arriving here in kyiv in asurprise visit, is really a shot in the arm.of confidence and support in the timing, that is crucial. this comes the an incredibly difficult time in the war here. you mentioned that counteroffensive which, quite frankly, has been dismal. they have not been able to produce the results that they had hoped for, you know, those breakthroughs that they the west wanted ukraine to make. but this is now a war of attrition. on the eastern front and the southern front. the operation that you mentioned in kherson, the that dnipro where the mall marines have managed to cost and create a foothold on the left bank, this is significant, but they are coming under heavy russian bombardment. we spoke to to a marine in the operation last night, during the interview, you could hear the explosions taking place around him. he says he has not heard silence there for more than an hour. it's constant bombardment. so, this is heavy fighting takes place in the south and east. lloyd austin coming here, as i say, a show of support that america has ukraine's

lloyd austin, boris pistorius, charles michel and other distinguished guests.ow russians destroy friendship, a city in sumy oblast, who was unlucky to be located near the border with the aggressor. how much does ukraine lose every day from the blockade of the border by polish carriers, and who and when can influence the situation. november 25: day of remembrance of the holodomor victims and the 90th anniversary of the holodomor. 1932-33 in ukraine. deliberate extermination of millions of ukrainians by the soviet authorities. in the 20th century, it remains an unhealed wound in our genetic memory. today, almost a century later, we are once again experiencing genocide at the hands of the russians. they destroy our cities and villages, no they spare expensive rockets to target grain warehouses. memorials to the victims of the holodomor are being dismantled in the occupied territories. it is hard to imagine what would happen to us now, if 10 years ago millions of ukrainians had not defended our freedom during the revolution of dignity. if the russian chekists manag

the world, at this time, khrystyna parubiy is working in the studio, the us minister of defense, lloyd austin, has arrived in kyiv on an unannounced visit, this was announced on the social network x. the head of the pentagon came to kyiv against the background of the adoption of a temporary budget in the usa without pledged funds for assistance to ukraine. during the visit, the minister noted that the united states of america will continue to support ukraine in its struggle for freedom against russian aggression. russian in the morning the army shelled the parking lot of a transport company in kherson. two drivers died, another person was injured. in total , nine victims of russian attacks in the region per day. among them is a three-year-old child. the head of the kherson region reported. hits were recorded in kherson, as well as in the villages of sadove and prydniprovske. two more people were injured due to russian attacks in the kherson region, in the village of vilcha, a private house was damaged, the head of the region, oleg synigubov, said. in the morning, the enemy attacked the villag

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in axial as the online us newspaper, in which it is being reported that the defense secretary lloyd austin, asked the israeli defense minister your dialogue to not launch attacks in southern lebanon at target. controlled by has full law in part because the us is, according to this report, very concerned about the far the, about the conflict in dogs are turning into a regional war. and so even though the pedagogy has not publicly commented on this report, and we would not expect that they will give us any answers, confirming this report, it is worth pointing out that there has been real concern in not just here in washington, but across the region about the prospect for the violence spreading and involving multiple parties. there has also been some reporting suggesting that hezbollah does not want to escalate because of the fear of having, as rarely forces coming after them. but this is, in fact if it's true, a critical call to the israelis to exempt to exert restraint. especially given that the response that these really say they were carrying out is in response to the october 7th attack o

lloyd austin, the secretary of the defense of the united states. you cannot ignore the two wars happening in the rest of the world. and pointing out that north korea is directly or indirectly linked to those. pointing to hamas. they have been vocally supportive of hamas. we've seen weapons in the arena. and pointing out the concern that north korea and russia have an increeing security partnership. spy agencies believe that north korea has given 1 million shells to russia since early august. >> thanks for that live report from seoul. >>> still to come, a surprise announcement from tim scott as the u.s. senator says he is suspending his campaign for president, reportedly leaving his aides and donors stunned. >>> plus, eric adams says he will work with federal investigators as he faces an inquiry into his campaign finances. that's all ahead. you're probably not easily persuaded to switch mobile providers for your business. but what if we told you it's possible that comcast business mobile can save you up to 75% a year on your wireless bill versus the

ukrainians ready to go on the defensive, in the military sense of the word, let ’s start with lloyd austinhat it was necessary to leave artyomovsk and shoot bakhmut, otherwise there would be huge losses. did zelsky listen to this? no, he did as he did and he wanted. the situation is now repeating itself. and in our village we have exactly the same repetition, all the military say: we need to straighten out the front, it’s impossible, we will lose a huge number of people. no, from a political point of view, he wants to show the west that he himself is imposing the game, that he is going somewhere. now the question is related to military capabilities. let's start with the fact that the front line and the transition to the offensive, it always comes from the defense, not a counter battle, when they rode for a week and then immediately went on the attack, there are already defensive lines, the front is alive, it breathes, there is constant movement , transfer of resources, we pulled on one side, on the other hand defense, so of course we will go on the offensive, but this will be when optimal

lloyd austin posted this image on social media a short time ago saying he�*s in kyiv to reiterate thenking back to a comment lloyd austin previously made that the us could in his words walk and chew gum at the same time regarding supporting israel and ukraine. this trip to kiev is surely trying to reinforce that point in person? it trying to reinforce that point in erson? ., , , trying to reinforce that point in erson? , , trying to reinforce that point in erson? ., , , , ~ person? it absolutely is. ithink president biden _ person? it absolutely is. ithink president biden in _ person? it absolutely is. ithink president biden in a _ person? it absolutely is. ithink president biden in a column - person? it absolutely is. ithink president biden in a column in | person? it absolutely is. i think. president biden in a column in the washington coast tarmac post described the us is one of the global problem solvers, notjust the problems in the middle east but with the problems. you will have heard the problems. you will have heard the eurovision champions from some years ago playing from the

china is not sending a senior level military delegate to indonesia, where secretary of defense lloyd austin meet with the chinese counterpart. the prc has not replaced their foreign minister. china turned the request to meet with lloyd austin, it will be up to president biden to hash out with china president xi jinping. not saying if biden will raise issue of the spy balloon incident. do you want china to apologize? >> i will let president biden speak to president xi jinping, i will not create threats or raise questions or make demands, that is nots effective way to get it is outcome american people are looking for. >> china severing relations with the u.s. in august of last year. the u.s. asked to restore communication and china resisted. the administration has been playing nice to get to discuss climate and health. the administration believes the qui quieter stance hell help. they see more business going to india and vietnam and they think china is alarmed as relations with australia, vietnam, cambodia and other and china is using this as chance to tell the world it is open for business.

its citizens, and you have named the secretary of state antony blinken and the defence secretary lloyd austinwhy? it secretary lloyd austin as defendants. why?- defendants. why? it is basically _ defendants. why? it is basically because - defendants. why? it is| basically because when defendants. why? it is - basically because when the whole situation started, i thought she would be able to exit gaza strip on her own, and the first few days i did not contact anybody. she went twice to the borders, and the second day when she was at the border, actually, her passport and the kids's were stamped to exit and she was waiting at the waiting area when the israelis bombed parts of the borders and they were closed and she fled for her life, leaving her luggage and anything behind. and then i reached out to the american embassy, where they instructed us to fill in the intake form the people who seek assistance, then we waited and waited. they sent us a few days later to the border, again she waited for another seven or eight hours at that time. i think it was on the 14th of october. and she wasn't all

even before the start of the war , rayton lloyd austin's shares were valued at half a million dollarshas gotten heavier, the orders have arrived. as for the rest, nothing special connects lloyd austin with ukraine, and this is clear from him, he doesn’t care what language, what arabic, what pashto and dari , there was afghanistan, there was iraq, now ukraine, then something else will happen, like this work and indeed, during the night press conference against the backdrop of st. michael's golden cathedral, lloyd looked somewhat foreign, hiding his fingers, looking. first a question from the cited american journalists about israel, when it finally came to ukraine, loyd austin didn’t have much to offer it, he said that he was giving away the last of the remaining 100 million dollars, there is no more money yet, but you hold on, that’s all that's it, keep attacking. ukrainians have the tools they need to succeed in winter combat . i think i agree with vladimir zelsky, the most correct thing now is to continue the offensive, continue to fight the enemy. lloyd osin looked like this in kyiv

for example, during the visit of secretary of defense lloyd austin to the residence of the presidenttocol, well, we see a checkered shirt, apparently, instead of... the top officials standing in the foreground, one of the operators even sat on the table where in a few minutes the delegation of the united states will be located, well, it’s a mess, then, in fact, who should they take an example from for this, the protocol service doesn’t work, who should they take an example from, well, probably for the fifth time, we said that this is the ukrainian official delegation, well, look at them, well, who do they resemble more, well, this is a brigade unshaven movers from a nearby superba. but people don’t think about the authority of their own side, that there must still be a strict protocol and its observance, but you are mistaken in the little things, i repeat once again, you are always mistaken in the main thing. as for the actual visit of lloyd austin himself, sometimes the following version is expressed that he came to persuade the ukrainian military-political leadership to one way or

opinion could have led the secretary of defense of the united states, the head of the pentagon, lloyd austinin general the preparation for the next ramstein, we understand that maybe these things are somehow connected, well, you don't have to think for a long time here, because in order to understand that lloyd. it is necessary to make such a big mess in order to come to ukraine, to solve a bunch of logistical problems and others, and of course, this is a powerful signal, which lloyd austen wrote about, that he is here precisely in order to show the ukrainian people the degree of support in the united states of america in the fight against the russian invaders and, accordingly, about that. that this support will be continuous and long-lasting, and here it should to note that, of course, first of all, it will give, let's say, the visit of an official of this level is very symbolic, because i think that directly, i think that the head of the pentagon will be able to discuss all issues, first of all, of course, supply. of the armed forces of ukraine, because the ministry of defense, the united

lloyd austin saying this is not going to be tolerated.are looking at this through the regional geopolitical lens as well. the potential of escalation as the u.k. foreign secretary continues to jet set through his foreign minister meetings to try and find perhaps a way to make the violence stop and to reduce the stakes in terms of a domino effect across the middle east. kriti: the latest on the strikes in syria. we thank you. i want to stick with the u.s. and go from geopolitics, the international story to the domestic story. the third republican presidential debate focused on foreign policy and the party's election loss which candidates blamed on donald trump. the first question was on the absent former's wide lead in the polls. they backed aggressive military action by israel but clashed over support for ukraine. that conversation continues going into the 2024 presidential election. coming up we pivot back to the corporate sector. softbank surprises with a a quarterly loss as the vision fund continues to drag. arm posts a difficult point

secretary lloyd austin saying the strikes were conducted by two u.s. f-15s, targeting a weapons storage facility. abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz leading us off tonight with what she's learned. >> reporter: tonight, retaliation. u.s. warplanes striking a weapons facility in syria, after iranian-backed forces targeted american troops in iraq and syria with a barrage of drone and rocket attacks over the weekend. making at least 40 such attacks on americans since mid-october. most of those intercepted and no serious injuries reported. this is the second time the u.s. has launched these retaliatory air strikes in response to attacks on american troops by iran-backed militants. on october 26th, launching missiles into two weapons storage facilities in syria. just hours before u.s. warplanes were launched, one of the most serious provocations by iranian-backed militants since the israel-hamas conflict began. a u.s. defense official confirming that houthi forces in yemen shot down a u.s. reaper drone over waters off yemen's coast. the

lloyd austin visited kyiv on monday, and boris pistorius the next day. both assured support, announced new packages of military aid. i am announcing $100 million in aid, this package will provide additional artillery ammunition, anti-aircraft interceptors , as well as anti-tank weapons, so our support continues. i am happy to announce a new aid package during my visit to ukraine. it includes four irst air defense systems, 155 mm artillery supplies and anti-tank mines, the total amount is €1.3 billion. this is the fifth aid package from germany since last winter, and i am sure that it will help you in the fight against russian aggression. this is not enough, according to german deputies, representatives of the parties that are part of government coalition, call on the minister of defense to influence the chancellor and convince him to finally make a decision on the transfer of taurus combat cruise missiles to ukraine. ukraine has been asking germany for this type of weapon for at least six months. tatyana luguno, vyacheslav frelov. details, german bureau

now the us defense chief lloyd austin has unveiled an additional $100000000.00 in aid for ukraine. and i was doing a surprise visit to you. i would point out that you pray matters. what happens here matters not just to ukraine, but to the entire world. this is about the rules based international or i announced of a, another $100000000.00 drawdown. using presidential drawn out authority that it will provide additional artillery news, munitions, additional interceptors for air defense and get a number of a and i take weapons that as well. they come solely after the pentagon reports the label and the congress of the country has sent too many weapons to ukraine, leaving the american military itself exposed. but the bodies i'm going to station is seeking an additional $105000000000.00. the foreign aid boss of which will be sent to both ukraine and israel. broken republican lawmakers though have so far, refused to agree us treasury sexy is very much backing the initiative. so you quays economy consul volume for the american taxpayer support. it was tail to allow ukraine to lose a battle

will be the leaders here, and i will remind you that before ramstein , the us defense minister lloyd austinerman defense minister boris pistoris visited kyiv, where they announced new packages of military help, and these packages were actually such a good basis for creating... all this on a reliable background for those negotiations that are now taking place in an online format with the members of rammstein. let me remind you that to the american package in the amount of 100 million dollars included one launcher to haimarsi, you think just under geilsdb ammunition with a range of 150 km, there is also a significant number of pzrk, anti-tank complexes and also 15 155 mm ammunition, but the amount of ammunition in this package was not announced, but it is indicative that today, the pentagon questioned abc's reports yesterday that the united states has cut ammunition supplies to ukraine by more than a third amid the need to supply ammunition to israel. the pentagon said there would be enough ammunition for of ukraine and for israel and that ukraine will be supported, as it was during the count

does white have such a strategy home this week, defense secretary lloyd austin and secretary of statenken persuaded senators to support the joint aid package during a senate budget committee hearing. they did not mention ukraine's victory. instead, they talked about the need not to give victory to putin. in ukraine. putin felt that he could wait, this is part of his strategy, the main part of his strategy. he hopes that the west will get tired of supporting ukraine and thus he will soon get his way, if that is the case, if we we will not support ukraine, and putin will win, he will not stop in ukraine. valery zaluzhny's article added fuel to the debate about ukraine. opponents of aid cling to the words of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, that the war has become positional and reached a dead end. supporters emphasize the need for increased aid in order to get out of this impasse. observers suggest that in the end, a compromise may be the allocation of an aid package to ukraine, but less than the $61.5 billion offered by biden, probably the military component will not be touc

as you know, pentagon chief lloyd austin announced a new aid package for ukraine, which included an unspecified number of 150-millimeter artillery shells. the us and china agreed to resume military cooperation. the white house spoke about the results of the meeting between joe biden and xijin pin. the united states of america is very pleased the visit of the leader of china, which took place on november 15 - emphasized the spokesman of the white house for national security, john kirby. according to him, joe biden and xi jinping plan to meet again, although the date was not discussed. there were a lot of very good results at that meeting, and the president looks forward, and we look forward, to managing this relationship more responsibly and moving forward. finding ways in which we can cooperate, but we are also not afraid to confront where we cannot find common ground, including tensions in the south china sea, what 's really important now is that our military committees begin to cooperate, those are the channels of communication that we hope to restore. before the blockade of the border with u

us defense minister lloyd austin arrived in kyiv with an unannounced visit, he reported on network x. the head of the pentagon, the head of the pentagon came to kyiv against the background of the adoption of a temporary budget in the usa without pledged funds for assistance to ukraine. during the visit, the minister noted that the united states of america will continue to support ukraine in its struggle for freedom against russian aggression. fighters of the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense of ukraine hit two expensive radar stations on the territory. of russia the radio position of the enemy was discovered near the settlement of dmitriev, kursk region. as a result of the combat work of scouts, serious radar stations pls nebo and probably gama s1 were damaged. according to a military intelligence report. the total losses of the enemy are being clarified. in september, in the kursk region of russia, there was already a defeat of rls neba. then ukrainian troops hit her with a drone. it speeds up the healing of wounds. the canadian-ukrainian foundation handed over

here we do not have a very sincere position, we must admit it and work on it, which could bring lloyd austin, chief pentagon, we remember that before his visit there was another extremely interesting visit, the visit of the ukrainian delegation to the united states, in which he participated. chief of the presidential office yarmak, what kind of visits are these , what kind of signals? i just watched yermak for the first time in my life, an excerpt of his speech on foxc, i couldn't calm down for two days, well, it's such a combination of terrible english and terrible body language, i know americans very well, how to work with them, i started working with americans there, in the mid- 90s, and i started with the fact that i was invited to the meetings led by dzhezinsky and henry kissinger, not the last americans in american, in the history of american diplomacy, i spent several years there, i studied there, i know well how to talk to americans, and that's for sure not what yermak does, well, first of all, for the american establishment, the head of the administration, or the head of the preside

, the head of the pentagon in kyiv, what are the messages for ukraine and the world brought by lloyd austinisoners - the story of ukrainians who managed to get out of russian captivity and those who still cannot be freed. mobilize for the army through a job search site. how does it work? housing reconstruction. why are ukrainians in no hurry to apply for housing restoration programs, and there are many of them, by the way. ukraine is not russia. the book of the second president of ukraine, leonid kuchma, was presented in kyiv today. ukraine is not russia two. years later and we begin with the unannounced visit to kyiv of pentagon chief lloyd austin. he stated: "the united states, together with its allies, will continue to provide combat and defense support to ukraine. osin arrived in kyiv by train in the morning together with the supreme commander of the nato joint forces in europe, christopher kavoli. they have already met with the president of ukraine volodymyr zelsky and other ukrainian officials. how said austin, his visit is another opportunity to confirm unshakable support for ukraine

, the head of the pentagon, that is, the secretary of defense of the united states of america, lloyd austin, also said yesterday that he considers it necessary to keep the channels of communication open with the russian ministry of war and, in particular, with the minister of war sergei shaygu. lloyd austin said this at a briefing , commenting on the resumption of dialogue, which i have already mentioned between the military of the united states of america and china, well, mr. austin's opinion is also interesting, it is necessary to have not only the opportunity to talk with friends, but also to talk with opponents, this is some kind of signal that came from this zolika on valdai or something, it seems to me that they are just something here, after all, they are all over biden, but you know, for me, it is interesting, about the selection funds in ukraine, but when they were there, they allocated more than a trillion dollars to afghanistan, of course, then they gave all those weapons to these taliban, well, that’s the case, they also quarreled like that, consulted there, some said, no, we wo

pentagon, the head of the pentagon, that is, the minister of defense of the united states of america, lloyd austin said yesterday that he considers it necessary to keep open the channels of... communication with the ministry of war of russia and in particular with the minister of war of russia sergei sheigu. lloyd austin said this at a briefing, commenting on the resumption of the dialogue i have already mentioned between the military of the united states of america and china. well, mr. austin's opinion is also interesting: you need to be able not only to talk with your friends, but also to talk with your opponents. this is some kind of signal. what of this girl on i don't know, i don't know, it seems to me that they all talked about something, after all, biden, because you know, i'm curious about the allocation of funds in ukraine, but when they allocated more than a trillion dollars to afghanistan there , although later they gave all those weapons to these taliban, well, that's the way it is, they also quarreled like that, consulted there , some said no, we will not give to the war in afghanista

us defense secretary lloyd austin met with ukrainian president volodymyr zelsky in kyiv. the head of the pentagon noted that this meeting was another opportunity to confirm his steadfastness support of ukraine from the united states. here. also added that the us, together with allies and partners, will continue to support ukraine's urgent battlefield needs and long-term defense needs. loy tostin arrived in kyiv in the morning with an unannounced visit. we want to thank president biden again, we wish him a happy birthday, we wish him victory, and he will decide where and in what direction. it is very important for us and for the united states to get a result. we count on your support and thank congress for its bipartisan support and we are grateful to the american people for overcoming all these difficulties together with us. we saw the courage of the ukrainian people, which really impressed the world. the message i bring to you today is that the united states is with you and will be with you for a long time. what happens here in ukraine matters not only to ukraine, but to

number 2, i think that lloyd austin's efforts are an attempt to try and reinvigorate nato number one, but number 2, to try to keep the spotlights of the public relations spotlight on ukraine in light of the this really come us more because that is sapping a lot of our funds and available stockpiles and, and it's, it's, it's an open acknowledgment even by i missed as a wednesday of ukraine that, that indeed is happening. so it, it said that this, this is a yet another attempt i think, to, to re focus and it's, it's falling on deaf ears because most analysts believe, as i do, that, this was kind of mentally over. yeah. and it's, it's now in a holding pattern. and we have a frozen conflict and i might add that there is no end to the reason why you, when you crank 1st came into being in 1990. it was, it was the, the, the, it was at the non line. they're going to gets their own principles if they're still pursuing this notion that they're going to belong to nato. and i think that the, uh, the other reason why mister pool will not take on all of ukraine is that he recognizes that he just wa

us defense minister lloyd austin met with ukrainian president volodymyr zelsky in kyiv.d that this meeting was another opportunity to confirm his steadfastness support of ukraine from the united states. austin also added that the layer

well, pentagon chief lloyd austin came to kiev to... express support for the united states and discusskrainian armed forces. there really isn’t much to please zelsky with. congress has yet to approve aid to ukraine. the results of the visit will be summed up by egor grigoriev. loy tosin arrived in kiev by train, probably from poland, which means we’re on the road for almost a day, but the visit is called unplanned, unannounced, unexpected. having passed by, i came to say that it’s calm, the situation in the states is under control, we’re sorting it out, there will be help. those in the know were expecting a lot from the us secretary of defense. specifics against the backdrop of statements that the pentagon no longer has any money left. the states are the main source of financing for kiev. the eu and the us allocated almost 70% of the total amount of support, and last year it was 233 billion dollars, but in the current conditions kiev will be happy with even a couple of billions, as if ukrainian experts make excuses. even several billion dollars is a very colossal step forward. money fo