s. defense secretary lloyd austin. at hampshire, at bass, here in germany. oh, fresh from his visit to key. if you as defense, secretary lloyd austin welcomed military lead us from across the world to ramstein . it is an extraordinary gathering with more than 40 countries represented here today. and we're here to help ukraine when the fight against russia's unjust invasion and to build up ukraine's the friendships for tomorrow's challenge. the meeting kicked off with a surprise in a notable policy shipped germany, which had been criticized for refusing to send heavy weapons to ukraine, announced it would now send gay pot anti aircraft dance as the skin. that was precisely what ukraine needs right now to secure its ass base from the ground that's been made clear again here today, germany is radiant, willing, over the course of the conference will be looking into further possibilities to continue supporting ukraine and this courageous and important fight for freedom and peace, i hope for freedom, not every one in berlin. welcome to decision. since miss increase

at a summit in germany, us defense secretary lloyd austin, announces monthly meetings on ukraine, pulling on allies to move heaven and earth to ensure keith as to what he needs. and you turn from germany on sending heavy, wet weapons to ukraine after criticism. berlin now says it will deliver anti aircraft systems to keith ah, my manuscripts, mccann, and thanks so much for joining us. the us says that america and its allies will hold monthly meetings to discuss ongoing military support to ukraine. the u. s. defense secretary lloyd austin, made the announcement after hosting a meeting of military leaders from over 40 countries at the i'm shine air base here in germany. i was summit on arming ukraine. also for germany announced a major policy reversal. berlin says it will send anti aircraft systems to ukraine for the 1st time. oh, fresh wellness visit to keep us defense. secretary lloyd austin, welcome to military leaders from across the world to ramstein. it is an extraordinary gathering with more than 40 countries represented here today. and we're here to help ukraine when the fight again

secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary, lloyd austin, the top diplomat and top civilian military official offering a one-two punch, a show of support to ukraine. they offered a diplomatic presence will return to ukraine this week. blinken says russia's war objectives in the country have, quote, already failed, while austin declared ukrainians can still win this war and stated publicly for the first time the u.s. intends to, quote, weaken russia, so it cannot invade again. top u.s. officials were in kyiv, russian forces attacked at least five railway stations here in the western part of the country. ukraine says that russia is trying to systematically destroy its railway infrastructure which has been so key in getting refugees out and weapons in. >> there have been deadly attacks over that infrastructure in the course of this war. in the east, officials say almost the entire luhnkk region is without water. barricaded at the steel plant can evacuate. ukraine says no humanitarian corridors have been agreed upon there just yet. >>> and breaking overnight, a fuel depot inside

any second now we could hear from secretary of defense lloyd austin in germany. he's been hosting a meeting of nato defense officials. he wants russia weakened, his overarching message, ukraine can win with the right support. >> nations of good will from around the world stand united in our resolve to support ukraine in its fight against russia's imperial aggression. we're going to keep moving heaven and earth -- >> heaven and earth. hanging over all of this russia's foreign minister warns the threat of nuclear war, quote, should not be underestimated. >>> also developing, democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia who chairs the senate energy committee just organized a climate meeting with progressives and moderates. ahead i'll talk to actor and environmental advocate mark ruffalo who is part of a new campaign pushing the biden administration on clean energy. >>> also this hour, the trump administration's remain in mexico policy is at the center of arguments before the u.s. supreme court. >>> and more text messages involving former trump white house chief of

we're following for you today. us defense secretary lloyd austin is hosting some 40 defense ministers of the u. s. air base, and lunchtime germany and hope of increasing the flow of weaponry to ukraine. germany has already authorized shipments of anti aircraft systems directly to ukraine. for washington, w. stay tuned for it. dw business with chris colbert from the nurse force also plenty more on our website and its d. w dot com. thanks for a company. with us we got some hot tips for your bucket list. ah, man corner a hot spot for food channel and some great cultural memorials to brood d, w, travel off we go to own or not to.

s. secretary of defense lloyd austin, has arrived in germany following talks in keith. on tuesday, austin will host of meeting of defense ministers for more than 20 nations and nato secretary general young stoughton doug at the us air bass. i'm fine. the ministers will discuss ukraine's defense needs un secretary general antonio terrace is in the turkish capital. incur on a mission to advance ukraine peace negotiations. terrorist has been meeting the turkish president rec type at one before going on to moscow and then keith, ukrainian leader is unhappy about the terrorist visiting russia. first. russia has expelled 40 german diplomats from moscow, and a tit for tat move. germany kicked out a number of russians off earlier this month. the german foreign minister says the retaliation is expected but is not justified. greenpeace activists have tried to stop a tanker from unloading russian oil. near or slow. the campaigners chain their dinging to the vessel. they say the shipment is helping to finance rushes. war in ukraine. greenpeace claims the tank is carrying $95000.00

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because the secretary, you a secretary of defense, lloyd austin, i believe is about to speak and were going to be crossing live to the fine air base in germany where he will be delivering these comments. so let me again thank thank all of the minister's vis and your team joining us today, especially my good friend frames minister of affairs minister read delegate gracie, rolling away with transparent, shared understanding of the challenge that you bring in. and i know that we're all determined to help free with today or tomorrow we good together and record time has made a huge difference on the battlefield. president zaleski made that clear when we met sun sunday in teeth and countries all around the world had been stepping up to me, ukraine's urgent needs. and i wanted to especially welcome a major decision by our german host. as a minister on breck announced just today that germany will san ukraine, some 50 cheetah and i aircraft systems. and yesterday of course the british government announced that it would provide ukraine with additional aircraft capabilities as well. and today, c

he is a reminder of the top story we're following for you. us defense secretary lloyd austin is hosting some 40 defense ministers at the u. s. abbeys in ramstein, germany in hopes of increasing the flow of weaponry to ukraine. germany meanwhile, has already agreed to send anti aircraft tons directly to ukraine. that's a change in policy of for a country that has come on the criticism for not sending heavy weaponry to help you cried you, what should the w that's is for now. got office in berlin. thanks a lot. with who did need batteries lying around is your medicine properly stored? mm hm. emergencies can happen at a moment's notice, especially when children are involved. her prevention and how to act quickly ah, in good shape. next on d, w. the c sound a paradise for toys. a dramatic example of climate change for environmentalists. but not everyone is willing to accept that initiatives and the government are joining forces. they're going to say they're paradise at west close up in 45 minutes on d, w o. it started shooting today and transformed into an orgy of hate and violence. the hist

defense secretary lloyd austin has just begun his press conference. let's listen in. >> we've had some great discussions and a lot of rich interactions among leaders throughout the day. so let me again thank all of the ministers and the chiefs of defense and your teams for joining us today. especially my good friend, ukraine's minister of defense, minister reznikov and his delegation. great to see him. we're all coming away with a transparent and shared understanding of the challenge that ukrainians face. and i know that we're all determined to help ukraine win today and build strength for tomorrow. the work that we've done together in record time has made a huge difference on the battlefield. president zelenskyy made that clear when we met sunday in kyiv. and countries all around the world have been stepping up to meet ukraine's urgent needs. and i wanted to especially welcome a major decision by our german hosts as minister longbrecht announced just today that germany will send ukraine some 50 cheetah anti-aircraft systems. and yesterday, of course,

s. secretary defense lloyd austin says he will move heaven and earth to assist ukraine. at the same time, the even foreign policy chief exclaims relations with russia should be rebuilt. talk about a united messaging problem. this is akin to saying to save ukraine, the west must destroy it. ah cross hockey in the ukraine situation, i'm joined by my guess url rasmussen in washington. he is the executive vice president of the razor center in paris. we have john laughlin, he is a university lecture in history and political philosophy and we have alex me. however, he is a foreign affairs analyst and an rti contributor, i generally cross talk roles. and if that means you can jump in any time you want, i always appreciate john, let me go to you 1st and paris liz trust, who started her political career in child care. apparently it was her portfolio. now, as she saw the foreign secretary, she set the following the last few days. the war in ukraine is our war. it is every one's war because ukraine's victory is a strategic imperative for all of us. so we're at war. all of us are at

he went secretary defense lloyd austin says he will move heaven and earth to assist you. great. at the same time, the even foreign policy chief exclaims relations with russia should be rebuilt. talk about a united messaging problem. this is akin to saying to save ukraine, the west must destroy it. ah.

secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin. the highest level u.s. officials to visit ukraine since the conflict began 16 days ago, obviously visiting as sirens continue to sound day in, day out. blinken pulling no punches when speaking about the invasion, have a listen. >> russia has sought as its principle aid to subjugate ukraine, to take away its sovereignty, to take away its independence. that has failed. it sought to assert the power of its military and economy. we are seeing just the opposite. a military that is dramatically under performing, an economy as a result of sanctions as a result of the mass exodus from russia that is in shambles. and it sought to divide the west, nato. we are seeing exactly the opposite. >> but russia is continuing to step up its military campaign in the east. ukraine's military governor said nine russian missiles struck the ukrainian city on sunday. and despite being orthodox sunday easter, no humane tearian corridors were open. according to ukrainian officials russia would not guarantee a cease-fire. the deputy pr

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as you heard the defense secretary lloyd austin says the u.s.russia weaken -- his word, weaken, so it can't repeat what it has done in ukraine. is this an acknowledgment the u.s. can't simply contain russia right now, the u.s. may need to take even more forceful positions against putin down the road? >> well, i think this is reiteration of what our policy has been from the beginning, what we are trying to do here is make russia pay a significant price for this unprovoked, brutal invasion of ukraine, a price that will affect its ability to conduct this war but also a price that will be noticed by other countries, countries like china, which, you know, clearly have designs on ultimately getting control back of a place like taiwan. so i think it may just be a different way of saying what we have been saying from the beginning while u.s. troops are not going to be in ukraine fighting this battle we are absolutely going to use u.s. policy to weaken russia to the point that ultimately the money necessary to conduct this war will dry up and other count

secretary of state anthony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin. now, u.s.or the meeting. >> we really need armored vehicles. we really need -- we need tanks, in order to defend ourselves on the ground, in order to unblock such cities as mariupol. in order to withstand the potential offensive of russian armed forces in the donbas. we definitely need more weapons in terms of defending the sky over ukraine. because nato countries refused to cover the skies over ukraine, so we also need anti missile systems and anti aircraft systems. because daily and nightly, ukrainian cities are bombarded by the cruise missiles. >> the 60th day of war falls on the widely absorbed religious holiday have orthodox easter. president zelenskyy, in a rope courted message, asked god to, quote, save all ukrainians. easter was observed by orthodox christians across the entire region, ukraine, europe, moscow as well. even president putin took part in celebrations. but bombardments continued unabated, with ukrainian officials a short time ago reporting shelling in

-- secretary of defense austin, the promise to re-establish the american diplomatic presence here. speak with former american ambassador to ukraine, william taylor. >>> something we've spoken to throughout the invasion, heidi levine, whose images have said so much so eloquently bt this war. we'll talk to her ahead. allergies don't have to be scary. raying flonase daily stops your body from overreting to allergens all season long. psst! psst! flonase all good this is vuity™, the first and only fda approved eye-drop that improves age-related blurry near vision. wait, what? it sounded like you just said an eye drop that may help you see up close. i did. it's an innovative way to... so, wait. i don't always have to wear reading glasses? yeah! vuity™ helps you see up close. so, i can see up close with just my eyes? uh-huh. with one drop in each eye, once daily. in focus? yep. [laughs] like, really? really. vuity™ is a prescription eye drop to help you see up close. ow! wait, what? wait. wait? wait, what? see for yourself. use vuity™ with caution in night driving and hazardous activities

during the meeting on tuesday, that was hosted by us defense secretary, lloyd austin. we don't have any time to waste the briefings. let today laid out clearly why the coming weeks will be so crucial for ukraine. so we gotta move at the speed of war. and i know that all the leaders leave today more resolved an error to support ukraine in his fight against russian aggression. the day kicked off with a surprise in a notable policy shift. germany, which had been criticized for refusing to send heavy weapons to ukraine, announced it would now send capehart anti aircraft systems the ambient, i don't think we've made the decision that it's now important to support. and he, i craft, offends us that can be done with a good part and is exactly what's on the list of what ukraine needs. and that is what we coordinated with. others are now making possible will continue doing next slide for not every one in berlin. welcome to decision. since miss increased, i find it problematic. germany doesn't even have enough military equipment for itself in the case of protein totally losing co

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so it's likely that whatever ukrainian president lensky shared with the defense secretary austin, in that meeting on sunday and keith, whatever list are further weapons that ukraine is looking for, that that will, at least in part, be reflected in what gets sent to congress. and william, it's one of those rare bipartisan issues right now in washington, likely to get a lot of support in congress from both parties. and let's brought out that support question to the whole world really is looking to head to tomorrow. the u. s. is organizing a meeting of nato and other countries at its ramstein air force base back here in germany. what more have you heard about this meeting? yeah, well if you look at what the department of defense is saying about this, sudden secretary austin is looking here to talk about the current security needs for your current and future security needs. there be meeting together with that nato allies and also non nato allies, to talk about what perhaps for example, security guarantees that they can provide ukraine going forward. and critically here, they're also talk

secretary of state blinken and defense secretary austin are expected in kyiv sunday. it's a highly anticipated, high level visit to this country at war. evening. i'm jim shuuto in lviv in western ukraine. i want to welcome our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. this is a special edition of "cnn newsroom." president zelenskyy says u.s. officials will soon be on the ground in kyiv. >> i don't think this is a big secret. the people from the u.s. are coming to us tomorrow. i shall be meeting with the state secretary, mr. blinken, and the defense secretary, and we will be waiting for the time when the security situation allows for the president to come and talk to us. >> in fact, a high level visit to a country at war would be deliberately kept secret until after the aroorival. it is not clear why zelenskyy chose to share this information. today, here in ukraine, orthodox easter sunday. right now, a curfew is in effect across several regions as officials warn of increased attacks during holiday celebrations. in the south, at least eight people are dead, several othe

germany where fox news national security correspondent jennifer griffin is speaking with defense secretary lloyd austins of other nations there for ukraine defense talks and now jennifer. >> thank you, harris. i'm joined right now with defense secretary lloyd austin who just completed a day-long meeting with 40 nations for military aid to ukraine. thank you, secretary austin, for joining us today. >> glad to be here. >> i want to ask you about something you just said. you just said that you expect that the at the end of this conflict that ukraine will apply to join nato again. is that something you spoke to president zelenskyy about during your trip. >> let me make sure i clarify what i said. i said that i certainly don't want to speculate on what could happen. and that's a sovereign choice, sovereign decision. right now it's not in the cards but, of course, i think any kind of speculation about the future and nato and ukraine applying to nato, of course, you've heard president zelenskyy say himself that that's off the table for the foreseeable future. >> an hour after you left kyiv with secretary blin

secretary of state blinken and secretary of defense austin. zelenskyy pulling no punches about what he expects from that visit. >> translator: why is it important for leaders to come to us? i will give you a pragmatic answer. because they should not come here with empty hands now. we're waiting not for just presents or cakes, we are expecting specific things and specific weapons. >> let's turn to matt rivers in kyiv. matt, more heavy shelling taking place in eastern ukraine. potentially as the backdrop of this meeting that zelenskyy says was to happen today. what more are we hearing about what's happening? >> reporter: just to run through the general headlines first, fred, in terms of what we're seeing with this renewed russian offensive here in ukraine. unfortunately, it is more of the same. we have seen reports of eight people killed in the donetsk region. several people killed in the luhansk region both in the eastern part of the country making up the donbas region where russia has focussed the efforts in this latest offensive. but we've al

secretary of state blinken and secretary of defense austin are both due on the ground today in kyiv, so let's get the latest now from ukraine's capital. abc's marcus moore is there. marcus, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. orthodox christians have been gathering today to mark easter at churches across the country and here at the one behind me in kyiv. while heavy fighting continues in the east amid new calls for peace, as russia focuses on its new battleground in the south, we are invited to the depths of kyiv's metro system, a bomb shelter at the start of this war. it is now the backdrop for ukrainian president zelenskyy's latest plea to the world. and zelenskyy revealing, u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin and secretary of state antony blinken will meet him today in ukraine. neither the pentagon nor the state department would confirm zelenskyy's announcement, but speculated the trio would discuss further military aid for ukraine. >> are you pleased with the equipment that you are getting not only for the short term but for the long term if this conflict drags on? >>

you s defense secretary lloyd austin has applauded international support. the ukraine and announced the u. s. and its allies will meet monthly to coordinate military aid to keep austin was speaking of, to hosting a meeting of military leaders for more than 40 countries at the conference at base in germany and the united nations secretary general antonio terrace has met with russian foreign minister sag lab ralph in moscow, in a bit to mediate in the ukraine conflict. later he'll hold talks with president vladimir putin. you're watching d w news coming up next in d, w, and use asia. white china is officially pushing traditional chinese medicine as a treatment. the coven. 19 that more coming out next with my colleague, brush energy. thanks so much for watching the w. ah! ah! with ah! ah! the w's crime fighters are back then africa. most successful radio drama series continues this season. the stories focus on hate speech, cholera, prevention and sustainable charcoal production. all episodes are available online. and of course you can share and discuss on d. w

ministry of defense issued a cease-fire to allow civilians to escape. >>> this is a fire at an oil depot in the bryansk depot. >>> you want to go to ramstein air force base where lloyd austin will be meeting with counterparts on ukraine. tell us what they're going to be discussing, what the goal is here? >> this is very much a follow-on to defense secretary lloyd austin and secretary of state blinken's visit where they met with ukraine's leaders in kyiv and had discussions about not only the situation on the ground but what they're looking for. now, that will follow on to this, what we're seal here tomorrow. discussions with 35 nations, including ukraine -- up to 35 or perhaps more than 35 nations about where this goes from here. the pentagon said late last week that there isn't a set agenda they have here, there's no decision they've already made. it's about following on to what ukraine needs for the fight ahead. that fight has already changed from what we've seen, the small arms -- to the more open fight of terrain. we've seen the thinking from the u.s. and allies shift from what was provided before to the howitzers, some of which have already arrived, and the fighting a

this on the heels of secretary of state antony blinken's trip to kyiv with defense secretary lloyd austin. oren liebermann joins us near ramstein air base in germany. this is just the latest round of military aid from the u.s. after defense secretary lloyd austin said ukraine can win the war if they have the right help. >> and part of that help is more than $3 billion in security assistance, weapons, and more that the u.s. has already sent ukraine. this $165 million is on top of that. what's worth noting about this is it's nonstandard ammunition. soviet era ammunition that will go to the ukrainian forces for the equipment they already have and know how to use. a lot of the equipment the u.s. is sending in now, for example, the howitzers, require extra training so that adds to an already difficult and challenging job of getting into ukraine, getting ukrainian forces trained in the middle of a war, but that is a challenge that ukraine and the u.s. and irk k and many allies are undertaken. part of that will be the conference here hosted by defense secretary austin at ramstein air base tomorr

yeah, you are a secretary of defense, lloyd austin, now arrived in germany following those tossing cave on tuesday, you'll discuss ukraine's defense needs counterparts. for more than 20 countries. nato secretary jen stole to book will also attend the meeting. the usaa airbase it ramstein green breeze activists have tried to stop a tanker from unloading russian oil near all slow by changing their dingey to the vessel. i say the shipment is helping finance rushes. war in ukraine. greenpeace claims the tank is carrying $95000.00 tons of fuel. your secretary general antonio cherishes in the turkish capital anchor on a mission to advance ukraine. peace negotiations is met with the turkish president . reggie type err tuan, and will travel on to moscow. and then keith, ukrainian leader is said to be unhappy that mister good terrorist is visiting russia 1st. russia has expelled 40 german diplomats from moscow. the kremlin says the explosions in retaliation for berlin's expulsion of dozens of russian diplomats early this month. that followed the discovery of mass graves and civilian killings in

security needs. military leaders from about 40 countries attending the gathering led by us defense secretary lloyd austin. non nato members, are also in attendance at washington has stressed that the event taking place is not on official nato. yes, he has some afford us defense secretary austin said at the start of the meeting, your brain when i gives run just a great and the buildup range of working long as you know, i came here after traveling with my friends secretary's day when we are all in candid and productive discussion with president allegedly about support that work for my my capabilities that ukraine, the ukraine's changing requirements. as the biologist, the law into those are the only underscore my sense of urgency and urgency. i know that we all hear from like the whole group today believe we're a common and transparent understanding of the pre near term security requirements because we're working out so that we can apologies, therefore the poor audio quality that meeting is now on the way and close to the media, and for more i'm not joined by w. a political correspondent, nita, how's it, y

lloyd austin secretary of defense and secretary of state. tonin's visit was akim secret that american journalists were forbidden to report on this event until the austin blinks left kiev logistics and security measures were really very very careful serious unprecedented austin blinkin arrived separately from each other in eastern poland on saturday night, then 12 hours went to kiev by train. after which the same amount back more where they met and unanimously shared the details of the meeting, which look took place in some kiev bunker zelensky for a long time and shook hands with the americans. after that, he decided to show off his knowledge of bandera english, if you like, in the sense that the head of the pentagon greeted zelensky with the nazi slogan glory to ukraine, to which zelensky answered the eu and the hero slava well, lloyd austin clearly liked such an english course. as a result, hmm, the head of the pentagon said that washington believes in the victory of ukraine in the war, the main goal of the united states now is to weaken ru

defense secretary lloyd austin and secretary of state antony blinken tomorrow in kyiv. the state department declined to comment, but austin and blinken would be the highest ranking u.s. officials to meet with zelenskyy in the war zone since russia invaded. zelenskyy also discussing the threats against his life. >> translator: i don't have the right to be afraid. i don't have the right to be afraid, because our people showed that they are not afraid of anything. >> reporter: nearly two months into the conflict, zelenskyy says he is still willing to meet with vladimir putin. >> translator: there is the diplomatic way, and there is the military way. so, any healthy and sane person always chooses diplomatic way, because he or she knows that even if it's hard, it may stop the losses. >> reporter: it comes as russia unleashed new attacks on the port city of odesa. videos circulating online showing smoke billowing into the air. ukraine claiming russia fired six cruise missiles, striking residential and military buildings. at least 8 people killed, including a 3-month-old baby.

defense secretary lloyd austin saying the u.s.in what appears to be a huge strategic shift. former ukrainian president petro poroshenko is joining us to discuss this. sir, you heard him say that. you've seen what he said. what is your reaction to secretary austin saying he wants for russia to be weakened so they can't do what they've done to ukraine? >> we applaud the global leadership of u.s. and ukraine support. definitely they understand better than anybody that this war is bigger than ukraine. this war is about all of us, about the free world. and the visit of secretary blinken and secretary austin is greatly symbolic move because world is divided before and after 24th of february. this visit is the first visit of high-ranking u.s. official after the full-fledged war in the capital of ukraine. it's extremely important to send a very powerful message worldwide that ukraine is not only fight, we know exactly what does it mean, but ukraine could win. and i thank first of all the volume of the united states support to ukraine, thi

s. secretary said antony, blinking, and defense secretary lloyd austin, have arrived in keith to meet your cranium, president, amir zalinski. he's pushing for more weapons to fight the russian offensive in the south and east of his country. united states has started writing some of the heavier equipment. he's been asking for in an orthodox easter message, zelinski told ukrainians to turn their rage against russia into a forced to defeat evil. so orthodox easter sunday in queue feast going with president followed him is a lansky, recorded an easter message from saint sophia cathedral. and now she's that' spooning. our hearts are full of fierce anger spoken, and our souls are filled with fierce hatred for the invaders and all that they have done enough. don't let rage destroy us from within the lot and turn it into our accomplishments from the outside, but at the already turn it into a good force where to defeat the forces of evil una dorothy will abbey. but it will be silly. the law on a sunny spring day worshippers attended mass at saint michael's church and cave. some here now see a

weapons need to be officially provided with flour, that's what the alliance is defensive, not offensive, no one remembers anymore austind today that helping ukraine, we do not share offensive and offensive weapons defensive, which was required to prove we look. if we supply tanks to ukraine, they are already being delivered, does this increase the risk of nato getting involved in this conflict, we are already doing a lot of nato. so it's worth asking the question. why do you still say that we are not involved in this, lithuania is sending weapons and we will continue to do so. many of our allies are doing the same , so it's an open question that nato started it because the countries are sharpened in latvia provided the largest amount of lethal and non-lethal assistance in the amount of 200 million euros stingers and anti-aircraft missiles. i want to push other countries that have similar weapons, tanks , planes. give this equipment to the ukrainians. the head of the latvian foreign ministry has been saying for years that now officially the north atlantic alliance has become a party to the conflict in ukraine. kuleba wa

when secretary of defense lloyd austin declared at the end of a secret visit to ukraine that america'sfor russia to be so weakened that it would no longer be able to invade neighboring states, he acknowledged the transformation of the conflict from a battle for control of ukraine into a more direct confrontation. washington and moscow in the long run, america's stated true strategic goal is to strengthen what is being said president vladimir putin's belief that the war was actually caused by the west's desire to stifle the russian government and destabilize its government, when austin stated that the us goal was to weaken the russian armed forces, other biden administration officials began to speak more frankly about the future they see they see years of uninterrupted a struggle for power and influence with moscow that is reminiscent of what president john f. kennedy called a long battle in the twilight of the cold war. ivan alekseevich well david senger recalled this jfk quote. another famous speech of his at american university 8 months after the caribbean crisis comes to mind, where

defense secretary lloyd austin meeting with defense officials from 40 countries, pushing for more military support for ukraine. >> ukraine clearly believes that it can win. and so does everyone here >> reporter: and u.s. officials now tell nbc news that american intelligence-sharing at the beginning of the russian invasion helped ukraine move its aircraft and air defenses out of harm's way. all of it comes after those stunning comments from russia's foreign minister overnight, saying the u.s. and nato are fighting a proxy war, warning the risk of world war iii is real. "i don't want it to be blown out of proportion," he said, "but it should not be underestimated." ukraine's foreign minister responding, this only means moscow senses defeat. but in the east, fears russia is tightening its grip in kherson where locals resisted the russian occupation weeks ago, signs of a complete takeover. president zelenskyy accusing the russians of laying the groundwork for a sham referendum to declare kherson's independence, calling it shameful. in kyiv, the anger for russia now so deep, statue meant to ma

defense turned out to be catching austin and after the hostages, according to zelensky, negotiations with american ministers lasted more than three and a half hours. everything. this time the supply of weapons to the depot was discussed our meeting is made up of the priorities of the belligerent state of ukraine a priority. we have this weaponry and support. on the part of the united states and on the part of our partners european leaders in the european leaders austin, damn it, promised zelensky 713 million dollars of military assistance 322 personally for ukraine, the rest of the amount will be shared by 15 countries of eastern and central europe since the beginning of the special operation. kiev has already received $ 9 billion, zelensky's adviser aristovich claims that the issue of closing the sky over ukraine is no longer worth it; they will do it themselves, as soon as they receive the air defense system that kiev has already been promised. massive support for ukraine massive pressure on russia and complete solidarity of more than thirty countries have real results, and we see

officials meeting with ukraine's president in kyiv, defense secretary austin saying russia's already failing and the hope is to see their, quote, military weaken but the fighting hasn't stopped, russia, shelling five train stations we're live on the ground there in ukraine, plus twitter takeover, the richest man in the world buying twitter for $44 billion, but what's elon musk going to do with it? an exclusive, cnn obtaining more than 2,000 text messages sent to and from chief of staff mark meadows detailing the ways trump's inner circle wanted to overturn the election. getting straight to cnn's jim exe sciutto with the very latest from the ground in ukraine. >> it was the highest level visit to ukraine since the invasion. defense secretary lloyd austin and secretary of state antony blinken made the risky journey to visit ukrainian president zelenskyy in the capitol, kyiv, there, the u.s. promised return of diplomats to ukraine and new military aid. president biden also finally announced a nominee for ambassador to ukraine, the current ambassador to slovakia, bridget brink. >> we don

secretary of state antony blinken and secretary of defense lloyd austin in ukraine tomorrow nbc hasn't independently confirmed the visit. weapons from the united states, everything has improved, and i'm grateful for that and we look forward to it, he said. as the southern port city of odesa recovers from a rare russian attack, nbc's kelly cobiella is in odesa >> rescuers are still on scene hours after two cruise missiles hit the city in the middle of the afternoon, one going straight through this apartment building, setting cars on fire below. the president's office saying a three-month-old baby was among the victims. >> reporter: at least eight were killed and 18 others wounded, according to president zelenskyy. it's the latest attack in russia's new offensive. a senior general announcing the goal is to capture not just the east but ukraine's entire southern coast, as the fight for mariupol rages on. new satellite images show evidence of another mass grave near the besieged city days after this other one was uncovered. a ukrainian official say more than 20,000 have died there alone. b

secretary of defense loot austin used to be on the board of directors of rto and, uh, secretary of stateen, he was also, uh, on the board of this company. however, this did not stop joseph biden somehow forget the name of his secretary of defense lloyd austin and even the name of the pentagon department. i want to thank the former general. i continue to call him a general, but my boyfriend is over there, who manages this unit there, by the way , with biden's names and surnames. it really is all bad. i am proud to nominate steve from delvuld detelbach. sorry, i mispronounced your name. and hazy memories, as it turns out back in 2018, anthony plinkent was appointed managing director of the center named after biden it was then that this center, created at the university of pennsylvania, which is part of an association of eight private american universities called the ivy league, began to receive generous foreign donations. ivy league university received $15.8 million in anonymous chinese gifts, including one mind-blowing donation of $14.5 million in may 2018 on v-e day first she is a very i

also here at ramstein tomorrow, there will be meeting 20 defense ministers, hosted by secretary austinor ukraine, very important meeting tomorrow with those defense ministers here at ramstein. brian? >> brian: yes. something compatible with the stuff they have within trained on. jennifer. >> thanks so much. appreciate it. 14 minutes now before the top of the hour. morgan ortagus former state department spokesperson joins us now. big story is they finally have an ambassador in ukraine. i did not -- was not ivan cognizant of the fact didn't even nominate win to this point. >> no. it's been almost a year and a half since this administration has been in power. as you said, no ambassador nominated, they have had other trivial posts filled but not this one this one has been something that many of us have been critical for quite some time because you needed to show the importance of having an ambassador there as you guys have reported. it looks like diplomats are going to start going back into ukraine and eventual reopening of the embassy. the brits already announced that last week it looks l

defense secretary lloyd austin are currently meeting with ukrainian president zelenskyy.olitical panel to tackle today's public topic, joining me now is danielle booty, liberal podcast host and former republican representative carlos cornell of florida. msnbc political analyst. danielle french alaskans in today have runoff between president emmanuel macron and his far-right opponents marine le pen, first projection said that president macron has been reelected with 58% of the vote but apparently the pain wasn't far behind at nearly 42%, what can we learn from france's presidential election, how does the electability of far-right candidates translate in the united states? >> i mean i think what we need to notice and see right now is that there is an extremist movement, not just happening in this country with the republican party but also happening with a abroad, while i'm very excited -- decided after 20 years of never, never engaging with the same president again to reelect macron the reality is that, the pain gained votes, she gained percentage points within the country

how even more to arm ukraine, as us secretary of defense austin said, the allies will turn mountainsat ukraine defeats russia, well, that is, in fact, before our eyes, a second front is opening against russia and a program of so-called lend-lease for ukraine is being adopted well, and most importantly, this is the third world war now, even the minister of defense of ukraine reznikov was specially invited to the air base, but , apparently, they could not refuse him after meeting with austin in the kiev bunker. reznikov was so moved. or maybe just being impressed by the american colleague's big hugs, he wrote a strange tweet and said that they did not have some kind of partnership with the wall. and the most that neither is the brotherhood, if god forgive not love, reznikov came to the air base with some kind of bag for a long time did not know where to put it. then he seemed to get ready, and after austin’s words that the united states would help ukraine win the war with russia, he completely blossomed and laughed, look. this is me another meeting of more than 40 countries, each of wh

extra $700000000.00 to help you crane by weapons, secretary of state antony, blanket, and defense secretary lloyd austin, made a secretive journey by train to the ukrainian capital. keith, on sunday is the highest level us visit since the russian invasion on february, the 24th with a warm welcome back to keep after a secret of train journey across the polish ukraine border to the capitol. yeah, the high level delegation sent by u. s. president joe biden, to offer face to face messages of support and admiration. the reason we're back is because of you because of the extraordinary courage, leadership and success that you've had in pushing back his horrific russian aggression both blinking and defense secretary lloyd austin, offered zalinski condolences for the loss of life in ukraine and further economic and military support. as ever, zalinski was grateful then to the point about his needs for unit that there sam was royal priorities are weapons and support. he is bought from the united states and our partners needed from european leaders or little in terms of our army . strangling should be through and s

it's a day you are secretary of state, anthony blank and, and defense secretary lloyd austin, bring keep bringing jo. biden's good wishes and uncle sam's check book, but he's america spending all these millions of dollars in ukraine now because it underestimated vladimir putin for years. i'm fill gail and ballad and this is the day ah, the 1st step in the morning is believing that you can win. the reason we're back. ready is because of you really have a priorities, are weapons and support from the united states and our partners. we understand that for some, what has been done is already a revolution. but this is not enough, as long as the war continues. and we're seeing that when it comes to russia's warnings, russia is failing. you trying to succeed. i don't think we feel, frankly, we conduct oh, military operations of the war is a military operation, has its own strategies, who is, has its own eaves. it was never meant as of leads, cream also on the de and manuel macro wins re election. he gets another 5 years as french president, but he fare any better with his bowl division for franc

alvarez, who is covering a meeting of some 40 defense ministers who are gathering today at ramstein air base . here in germany. following an invitation of lloyd austin, the american defense secretary, benjamin, welcome. how come the german government changed it? it's mind when it came to supplying heavy weapons to ukraine. we just heard an expert talking about how much of a you turn that was, how did that change come about? and now finally, german, the german government is taking this concrete steps of actually saying we will supply this had a weapon. so the site when did this new error that the german chancellor announce is finally all to showing? i mean, it's a huge parenting shift. of course, germany sending heavy weapons for ukraine for the u. s. and for the allies that are here in ramstein today and is abbeys in this meeting to talk about how they can continue supporting ukraine. it was long overdue that germany is finally sending these anti aircraft systems that are no longer in use at the bundeswehr is no longer needed. but of course, it is a shift that we're seeing and that the defense, a minister accessing the land bike to also said earlier