d u. s. state department spokesperson is grilled after refusing to prove claims that russia is preparing of a pretext rebate ukraine. something there is no longer being branded as imminent. as the white house seemingly tones down its wall rhetoric. at least 6 children are killed in heavy fighting in northwest syria, while president biden held the seal and bravery of american commanders claiming they killed the leader of islamic states at the same time.

d. u. s. state department spokesperson is grilled after refusing to prove claims that russia is preparing of a pretext to invade ukraine. something that is no longer being branded as imminent . as the white house seemingly tones down its wall rhetoric. at least 6 children are killed in heavy fighting in northwest syria, while president biden held the seal and bravery of american commanders, claiming they killed the leader of his like states. at the same time in the same location. russia shuts down the moscow office of deutsch, avella, a day off to germany. media regulate the band. are these, this, the channel, the, the with, from moscow to the world? this is our international. i'm pizza, scott, and these, the top stories this our we start with the u. s, which has taken another swipe. it's russia, the stoking tensions over ukraine. washington is accused. moscow are preparing a propaganda video to use in a false flag operation to justify an evasion of ukraine ortiz kellum open has more . well, we now have us intelligence officials who are coming forward and saying that russia is planning to de

state department in washington, d. c. another meeting happening there. this time between the u. s. president and the german chancellor. all of shorts. now germany, of course, i guess you could say one of the more reluctant, a members of the western alliance in any kind of a potential military action in the, in ukraine. so what are we expecting to come out of the talks between the 2 men? well, the, a 2 men has been meeting over at the white house for about 30 minutes. now, according to the latest pull report, and what joe biden and all of souls are supposed to talk about, is how to best support ukraine against what both countries agree is a threat from the russian military and from the russian government of la, amir potent. but the real onus, as far as us is concerned, is convincing germany that it's support for ukraine must be more robust for it's part germany has said that it needs to be very precise and very a calculated in how it shows that support. because as in everything else in politics, whether to most domestic or global, it comes down to the economy. and in more, uh, specific terms, it comes down to germany's

u. s. rosin. jordan has joining us now from washington. d. c, so how significant is this latest package that the state department has announced? well, it's significant because we're talking about $350000000.00 an additional military equipment for the ukrainian military. of course, the big question is going to be, how will the us get this equipment into the hands of the ukraine in ukrainian military, given the very active russian military invasion now underway. but this is a bringing to about a $1000000000.00 or so according to the secretary of state antony blank and in military aid that the u. s. has provided to cave in the past year or so because of the looming threat from the russian military. we should also note that this is a situation where the u. s. is not ruling out future sanctions. they haven't come up with what they're planning to do. but they're certainly looking at every possible way of a isolating of lighter mir putin of isolating the central government in moscow in order to try to bring this so war, frankly, to a swift and the u. s. is very concerned about the impact on the ukrainian people. we've seen an uptick

u. s. state department that has been given to ukraine in the past year in order to better secure it's military capabilities. all right, awesome. thank you so much. rosalyn jordan reporting from washington d. c. we will look at this in a little bit more depth and take a closer look at the military aid that's being sent to ukraine by western countries . so rosin was just reporting that the u. s. president joe biden has now approved $350000000.00 to help ukraine since 2014 the u. s. has handed more than 2 and a half $1000000000.00 worth of military aid to cave dots after russia, an ex crimea. and back to rebel fighters of the eastern dorm boss region. or the aid has included trainers defense system dance more recently, javelin anti tank missiles the u. k has also sent anti tank weapons while turkey sent t b 2 drones on thursday, the european union agreed emergency financial assistance of 1300000000 dollars. the netherlands will deliver $200.00 finger anti aircraft missiles. but while ukraine's army is now better armed and equipped and back in 2014, the government saying that it needs more help. all western countries have ruled out putting boots on the grounds. let's discuss this with cure.