though, underscoring coordination with the united states, specifically referencing secretary of defense lloydank you. >> [speaking non-english] >> canadian defense minister anita anand, sharing a bit of information, a little more information about that third object taken down in north american airspace. really, though, underscoring coordination with the united states, specifically referencing secretary of defense lloyd austin. she is now taking questions. let's listen. >> let me assure all canadians that canadians are safe. there is no reason to believe that the impact of the object in canadian territory's of any public concern. the canadian armed forces, with the rcmp, will recover, and will analyze the object. and in terms of tracking and a process going forward, i want to assure all canadians that this is the job of norad. this is exactly what norad was intended to do, and this is exactly what we saw today occurring. the surveillance, and the analysis of objects, of concern in our aerospace, and then, the decisions that are whereby nationally, and in this instant, by our prime minister, to

free mobile video app, or online at c-span according. >> at a news conference in belgium, defense secretary lloydn and joint chiefs of staff chair general mark milley stressed the united states' continued commitment to the defense of ukraine as the one-year invasion by russia approaches. they also answered reporters' questions on the u.s. shooting down unidentified aerial objects. [inaudible conversations] [background sounds] >> ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for joining us today. it's my pleasure to introduce secretary of defense lloyd austin and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff the, general mark milley. secretary the austin will begin with some brief comments followed by general milley. i will call on the reporters, and due to time constraints, i would ask you to the, please, limit your follow-ups. with that, i turn it over to secretary austin. >> thanks, patrick. good amp, everyone. thanks for joining us today. we've just concluded our ninth meeting of the ukraine dedefense contact group. i'd like to thank ukrainian minister of defense bless any cover and his team for once agai

at least from the mouth of the american representatives of the minister of defense lloyd osin in brussels, there was an assumption that uh, ukrainian western instructors are now trying to teach in this way to move away from traditions uh of the soviet or er russian er war when, as we can see, russia uses scorched earth tactics when cities are destroyed by huge waves of artillery strikes, positions are covered and then russian invaders are trying to enter the ruins. i apologize for the technical inconvenience. we have small changes. we hope to be able to return to this topic later. 11 million people plan to help people in ukraine, as well as in poland, lithuania, latvia , estonia, bulgaria, the czech republic and other countries with food, medical care, money and other resources who accepted the ukrainian refugees of the united nations emphasized the need to continue international support and solidarity until the refugees can return to their homes in safety and dignity ukrainian greek catholic church from september 1, we will receive a new calendar the goal of the calendar reform in ukrain

plus tonight, we've got our exclusive interview tonight with the secretary of defense lloyd austin.going to want to hear what he says about that chinese spy balloon and why he was concerned about america's nuclear arsenal. but first, the death toll continues to rise across turkey and syria. at this hour, surpassing 12,000 since monday's massive earthquake. the w.h.o. warning tonight that number could reach 20,000 killed. at least three u.s. citizens are among the dead. rescue teams are digging through rubble of collapsed buildings, bucket by bucket, in a desperate search for survivors. cbs's chris livesay is going to start us off tonight from the disaster zone in turkey. good evening, chris. >> reporter: good evening, norah. rescuers are sleeplessly peeling back the 14 stories of apartment building that came crashing down behind me. so far, none of the 28 families who lived here have been found alive, but these bulldozers and cranes are not giving up. sometimes, bottle caps are more powerful than bulldozers. like for little muhammed, who spent two days buried alive. yet, for every m

we now have a statement from secretary of defense lloyd austin. i'll read from it. it says this afternoon at the direction of president biden u.s. fighter aircraft assigned to u.s. northern command successfully brought down the high altitude surveillance balloon launched by and belonging to the people's republic of china over the water off the coast of south carolina in u.s. air space. the balloon, which was being used by the prc in an attempt to survey strategic sites in the continental united states, was brought down above u.s. territorial waters. this, the statement goes on to say on wednesday president biden gave his authorization to take down the surveillance balloon as soon as the mission could be accomplished without undue risk to american lives under the balloon's path. after careful analysis, this is according to lloyd austin's statement that we just received, u.s. military commanders had determined downing the balloon while over land posed an undue risk to people across a wide area due to the size and altitude of the balloon and its surveillance payload. i

so interesting that this commer, this, this statement here from secretary of defense, lloyd austin, is consistent with the remarks we just had from president biden. of course, for a domestic audience, the american president would be very keen to demonstrate that you wanted to take swift action against this surveillance balloon when it was discovered in the skies of montana, at which houses some which houses nuclear weapons at some very sensitive locations . he wants to show that he wanted to act swiftly to do everything i could. but here we have this statement from century defense, lloyd austin, not only confirming that it was brought down by a u. s. fighter aircraft. but also that the president had wanted to move and react more quickly than the back the pentagon. but that they urged caution because it was safer to bring down the balloon over the water rather than over lan. glen carl is a former c i of so as previously deputy national intelligence officer for trans national threats on the national intelligence council. he joins us now. start by getting your, your thoughts, your assessm

it is my pressure -- pleasure to introduce secretary of defense lloyd alston and general mark milley.ecretary alston will begin with read comments followed by general milley. i will call on the reporters and due to time constraint i would ask you to limit your follow-ups. without a turn it over to the secretary. sec. austin: thank you. we have just concluded our ninth meeting of the ukraine defense contract group. i would like to thank ukrainian minister of defense and his team for once again joining us today. next week the world will mark a grim milestone. it will have been a year since russia invaded this peaceful neighbor, ukraine. our hearts are with the families of all of the ukrainian soldiers killed and wounded, fighting to defend their country, their sovereignty and their fellow citizens. and we mourn alongside ukrainian civilians who have lost children and parents and loved ones as russia has deliberately attacked civilian targets. russia has inflicted a year of tragedy and terror on ukraine. but the people of ukraine have inspired the world. we deeply admire the resilience o

fighter jets defense secretary lloyd austin discussing it in an exclusive interview with nbc's courtney kube. >> reporter: defense secretary lloyd austin sitting down for his first interview since the u.s. shot down a chinese spy balloon and then three other flying objects over north america. has anyone claimed ownership of the last three? >> no, they haven't. >> reporter: the intelligence community now believes those three objects were not hostile, but austin defended the recommendation to take them out >> the safety and security of the american people is always foremost in our minds. >> reporter: the decision, he says, made because the objects threatened commercial aviation and may have been collecting intelligence objects like these likely over u.s. skies for years but going undetected is this something that the american people have been potentially in danger from for years and just not known it? >> we don't know, you know, how frequently these things may or may not have appeared in our airspace. we're learning a lot more about that. >> reporter: the fact that the u.s. military didn'

[speaking non-english] >> just yesterday, i was in the united states meeting with secretary of defense lloydtagon, where we reaffirmed that north american air sovereignty is a key priority, which is why we continue to work in partnership with the united states, norad, and the broader security community to protect canadian and u.s. interests. we will continue our work to modernize norad and to ensure the protection of our air sovereignty. and i will be seeing secretary austin again next week. through norad, we will continue to work hand in hand with our closest ally to ensure the protection of our continent, as we showed today. i thank all members of our military and the united states involved in this operation. [speaking non-english] >> thank you. >> [speaking non-english] >> canadian defense minister anita anand, sharing a bit of information, a little more information about that third object taken down in north american airspace. really, though, underscoring coordination with the united states, specifically referencing secretary of defense lloyd austin. she is now taking questions. let's li

it is my pleasure to introduce secretary of defense lloyd austin iii.e will deliver opening remarks. i will be moderating and will call the journalists and we have a tight schedule so we appreciate your limiting follow-ups. >> good afternoon. it is great to be back at nato. i will thank the secretary-general for gathering all of us and for his steadfast leadership for this alliance during this historic and challenging time. on behalf of the united states, let me express my deepest condolences to the nader -- the nato ally turkey a --turkiye. i note that all of our hearts are with the families of the victims and we will continue to work closely with our turkish allies to meet with their urgent needs and to try to ease the terrible suffering in the region. let me turn to some of the other business that we discussed today. it has been nearly one year since russia's cruel and unprovoked invasion of ukraine and nearly a near sense -- a year since putin's reckless war of choice plunged europe into the worst security crisis since the end of world war ii and th

the defense sexual lloyd austin is visiting manila, meeting with president fernando marcus junior on a be low joins us from the department of national defense in the philippine capital . what are we expecting to come out of these bilateral meetings barnaby while moline, in the past few days, u. s. head. philippine officials have been talking to journalists saying that there in our negotiations, that could give additional access to the u. s. military to philippine basis. the u . s. military already has access to 5 different locations across the philippines. under the enhanced defense vault ration agreement, which was signed in 2014, under the administration of former president. many no akina the 3rd. now u. s. defense secretary lloyd austin and philippine defense secretary currently about this junior will be holding a clor close bilateral meeting a few hours away from now inside the military compound. and after that meeting, they are expected to announce these t locations, if not the key locations. then at least they're expected to announce if there is an agreement for new locations. n

s. secretary of defense, lloyd austin earlier gave the opening remarks at the ukraine defense contact group . his dozens of members coordinate, military assistance to keep. let's take a listen to some of what he had to say. kremlin is still betting that it can wait us out. but when you're on, we are as you and that's your result will help us find your crazy momentum and the crucial weeks. and hope your pray, travel, the challenging road, the wise looking around this room today. i know that our unity will only grow. we all understand the space in russia is war of choice. this isn't just about ukraine, right? to live in peace and security. it's also about the find a world that our children one here. and we can bring in d, w, b, or chief alexander fun nom than in brussels. he's covering that story for us. alexander, a strong message of support that by the us defense secretary confirming that the u . s. and nato allies will back ukraine in the long term and that more military support is on its way. well, i think that's the case. nato officials here told us that we can expect to him more p

it's my pleasure to introduce secretary of defense lloyd austin iii. we will have time for a few questions. i will be moderating and will call on journalists. we do have a tight schedule. i appreciate limiting follow-ups. i will turn it over to secretary austin. sec. austin: it is great to be back after nato. let me think the secretary-general for gathering all of us and for his steadfast leadership of this alliance during historic and challenging times. on behalf of the united states, let me express my deepest condolences to our nato ally turkey. to the people of turkey and syria, and to all who are morning and suffering after last week's devastating earthquake. i know that all of our hearts are with the families of the victims. we will continue to work closely with our turkish allies to meet to their most urgent needs and try to ease the terrible suffering in the region. let me turn to some of the other business that we discussed today. it's been nearly one year since russia's cruel and unprovoked invasion of ukraine. nearly a year since putin's reck

because in the week leading up to circuitry, lincoln's visit, you had us defense secretary lloyd austin as well, who was in the region in south korea. and the philippines and china clearly wasn't too happy about it. u. s. defense secretary lloyd austin, spent last week touring asia pacific allies and oh my god, welcomed him in soul. when he arrived to bolster the u. s. alliance in the face of rising missile, a nuclear threats from north korea. with a row the very next d american and korean pilot stage joint air drills, pyongyang said an extreme red line had been crossed by then. austin was in manila visiting washington's oldest asian ally, announcing a deal which grant us access to yet to more day or bases in the philippines. part of an effort to push back against chinese aggression. we remain committed to strengthening our mutual capacities to resist our guitar. after the part of our efforts to modernize our watch, these offers are especially important as the people's republic of china continues to advance. just deal with claims in the west gulping. she has counterpart underlined the s

defense secretary lloyd austin, his first interview since the u.s. shot down those three mystery objects in the sky should the u.s. have spotted them sooner? we asked him, was there an intelligence failure? >>> and remembering a hollywood sex symbol the legendary raquel welch. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, and thank you for being with us. official assurances that all is safe near the site of that ohio toxic train derailment aren't playing well with many area residents tonight, not with people experiencing physical dying by the thousands in nearby streams. it has been almost two weeks since the train jumped the tracks in

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plus, we've got our exclusive interview tonight with the secretary of defense lloyd austin.ou're going want to hear what he says about that chinese spy balloon and why he was concerned about america's nuclear arsenal. >>> but first, the death toll continues to rise across turkey and syria. at this hour surpassing 12,000. since monday's massive earthquake. the w.h.o. warning that number could reach 20,000 killed. at least three u.s. citizens are among the dead. a bucket by bucket desperate search for survivors. chris livesay is going to start us off from the disaster zone in turkey. good evening, chris. >> good evening norah. so far none of the 28 families who lived here have been found alive, but these bulldozers and cranes are not giving up. sometimes bottle caps are more powerful than bulldozers. like for little muhammad, who spent two days buried alive. yet for every muhammad, there is also a gulshin. a young woman once engaged to mary unis. he weeps. and he's not alone. inside the gymnasium, the earthquake turned into a morgue, just as it turned this apartment building i

and i imagine there are a number of countries watching very closely was of both of us defense, secretary lloyd austin and philippine defense secretary car. lethal gov is junior said or emphasized freedom of navigation in the south china sea it and also the rules based international order, which you can see now because the u. s. now has presence in japan and south korea in the philippines in australia. it is very clearly being led now by, by the u. s. and we don't have any reaction yet from china, but we will wait for a reaction from china. usually there is a negative reaction from china when it comes to these issues. but for the philippines, it strengthens the philippines claims in the south china sea. the philippines will want these freedom of navigation operations. there are also talks of joint naval patrols between the u. s. and the philippines in the south china sea. nothing is confirmed, but that's on the table for that's what's in it for the philippines. but the ration here has been divided. a lot of filipinos do support the strong military alliance between the u. s. and the philippines.

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western allies are meeting in brussels to discuss further military assistance for keep us defense. secretary lloyd austin said they're doing all they can to keep ukrainian forces supplied with our new nation. they also said the west expects ukraine to launch an offensive in the spring all your premium ukraine. defense contact group includes nato countries and keys. non nato bacchus secretary, austin said that alice would remain united and resolute for as long as it takes about a year ago. thought machine. but ukraine was an easy target. heaton assumed that keith would easily fall and put in assumed that the world would stand by what the kremlin was wrong on every count. over the past year, ukraine soldiers have fought valiantly for their country. ukraine's people have shown deep courage in the face of russian cruelty and countries of good. we all have rallied to defend an open order of rules and rich. together we seek a world where disputes are resolved peacefully where sovereignty is respected, where borders are honored. and we're civilians are protected by correspondent terry shows that nato hea

secretary of defense lloyd austin. sec.tin: over the past year ukraine's soldiers have fought valiantly for the country. ukraine's people have shown deep courage in the face of russian cruelty. and countries of goodwill have rallied to defend an open order of rules and rights. >> ammunition is top of the agenda. more of that has been agreed today. ukraine is pushing for modern fighter jets. nato hasn't agreed to that. our correspondent in brussels explains more. reporter: this is a window where ukraine needs the weapons promised by the west and nato members, including those tanks, but most importantly, those artillery shells. it is not just artillery shells for ukraine that nato is concerned about, it is their own stockpiles. they are eating into their own stockpiles of ammunition to help ukraine. they need to be replaced, too. >> this was the sponsor from the kremlin to today's meeting -- response from the coming to today's meeting. >> first of all, nato is an organization that is hostile to us, and proves this hostility e

but he'll follows talks between defense secretary lloyd austin and president ferdinand demarco's junior in manila from manila on a be low, has more what the r u. s. defense chief ver lloyd austin, emphasized a few times during the presser, is that this is not a permanent b c arrangement that a secretary austin said that there will be rotational presence of us troops in these 9 locations. now on the part of the philippines or the philippines defense chief carlita. gov is junior said that this would improve the, the philippines capability to, to respond to natural disaster humanitarian crisis. which is very often here in the philippines. of course the 2 countries. um and also again renewed their commitment to its military alliance, longstanding, military alliance. and he said that the overall relationship is a deterrence to the continuing aggression of china in the south china sea rescue. teams are continuing the search for survivors after the latest russian strike and eastern ukraine. at least 3 people have been confirmed dead after a rocket attack. and the city of cromwell tossed anothe

secretary of defense lloyd austin had separate talks in manila thursday with ferdinand marcus jr. well as the defense secretary. >> the future of the philippines and for that matter in the asia-pacific, will always have to involve the united states simply because those partners partnerships are so strong. >> our alliance makes both of our democracies more secure and helps uphold the free and open indo-pacific. >> the deal will bring the number of bases the u.s. can use in the philippines to nine. the additional locations have not been announced. china reacted sharply. the foreign ministry spokesperson said a u.s. military buildup in the region is heightening tension and harming peace and stability. >>> meanwhile, washington is using a diplomatic route to counter beijing's influence in the pacific. the u.s. has opened an embassy in the solomon islands three decades after it pulled out. >> our embassy will accelerate that vitalcoaboration. building on decades of ties between our governments and our people >> the last amecan embsy in e country's capital closed in 1993. secretary ofta

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secretary of defense lloyd also came today to announce the agreement.ping so significant? it is about geographical location. you look at the military alliances have in each azide, in the north, you have korea and japan and in the south, you have austlia but in southeast asia, the philippines sit in the most strategic position. next to the china sea, taiwan and that is why we americans have been pushing hard for this agreement. >> the u.s. have been given limited access to watch -- five limited basis and now they will have eended access to nine. locations being considered are bases near taiwan. james durr lift says the agreement is part of a larger strategy to deter china. >> it is effective but it will solve all the problems. the militaries forces are only one component. it is has -- it has to be a holistic approach and that means you and social and political. it cannot be military but it is one please. >> let's take a closer look at what the philippines can gain. in 2012, china seized control of a place inside of the philippines exclusive economic zone

secretary of defense lloyd austin said ukraine was preparing a counteroffensive in the spring and the alliance was focused on making sure kyiv had the firepower, armor, and logistics to make it effective. >> it is a monumental task to bring all assistance together, get the troops trained on those platforms, make sure we have sustainment and get those systems into the fight. that is really the focus of our conversation today. >> on the battlefield in bakhmut, moscow was digging in its heels with the book of russia's resrces directed at the key eastern city. media reported not one square inch of theity was safe from russian fire and drones. with newly drafted soldiers, poorly trained and ill-equipped, the casualty rate is high. >> the leadership and morale is not great, and they are struggling mightily. however, they do have numbers. as you know, president putin did call up several hundred thousand and those folks have been arriving on the battlefield. >> nato pledged to keep ammunition flowing to ukraine after you and stoltenberg said ukrainians were going through ammunition faster tha

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we learned from president biden and from defense secretary lloyd austin that this needed to be shot down within u.s. territorial waters. that is because they did not want to shoot it down in international air space, international waters and also because you didn't want to shoot it down too far offshore, then this debris would be down at the bottom of the ocean. right now officials say it's the debris from this chinese spy balloon is in about 47 feet of water. it's a lot easier to salvage things at 47 feet than 200 feet or 500 feet, of course, arthel. so right now the u.s. navy sending a a salvage stress is el, the u.s. coast forward as well sending their vessels to aid in this recovery. it is notable also where it was shot down, what altitude. that u.s. air force f-22 fighter jet shot down this at 58,000 feet. for days the pentagon's been telling us that u.s. fighter jets couldn't go that high. we know open source reporting don't have to be realize in or have classified documents that u.s. fighter jets can fly at 58,000 feet, and that's where this shot-down took place. let me see if i'm

when general zaluzhny was in the united states, he met with secretary of defense lloyd austin and generalmeeley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, according to sources. he secretly told them that ukraine has lost 257,000 people since the start of hostilities 257,000 soldiers said for false agree that the statistics are slightly different from the data of the special services, masad. well apparently mortgaged whispered. not just like that, naturally, zaluzhny is ready to give information in a whisper in his ear that would seriously undermine the authority of president zelensky and zelensky, in turn, is ready to once again illustrate the incompetence of his commander-in-chief, which leads to very ineffective results on the line of contact, the whole incurs huge losses . what statistics do not look at, but in the region itself, do not count, do not mourn the dead, except for their wives, mothers, it seems that no one is going to, kiev drives the mobilized into a meat grinder, because they said so, london and washington, regardless of the fact that such victims may turn out to be deadly.

s. secretary of defense lloyd austin, gave the opening remarks at the ukraine defense contact group earlier, whose dozens of members coordinate military assistance to gave. let's take a look now to them. what he had to say is still betting that it can wait us out. but when you're on, we are as you made it as f, that's your result will help sustain your crazy momentum in the crucial weeks. i know you're craig travel, the challenging road that lies be, are looking around this room today. i know that our unity will only grow. we all understand the stakes in rushes more towards this isn't just about your grade right. to live in these insecurity. it's also about the world that are children when they're frustrate to the w. brussel bureau chief alexander the phenomenon who's at the nato headquarters. and we're also joined by d. w correspondent in keith nick, commonly alexander, we just heard there a strong message of support from the us defense secretary confirming that the u. s . and nato allies will back ukraine in the long term. all, all the nato allies on the same page here. well i think that

s. secretary of defense, lloyd austin, has said that ukraine's allies are doing everything they can to keep key of supplied with ammunition. he and other nato defense ministers are meeting in brussels to discuss providing further military assistance.

s. secretary of defense, lloyd austin, has said that ukraine's allies are doing everything they can to keep key of supplied with ammunition. he and other nato defense ministers are meeting in brussels to discuss providing further military assistance.

s. secretary of defense, lloyd austin earlier gave the opening remarks at the ukraine defense contact group whose dozens of members coordinate, military assistance to keep. let's take a listen to some of what he had to say. a still very, very good will. so when you own your own that should resolve rocky. i will, you will not grade level children role. that was your looking around this room today. i know that our unity will only grow. we all understand in russia we're, this isn't just about the great right to live and security. also about find a world in our children. and we can frustrate to d, w, brussels bureau chief alexander that phenomena who's at the nato headquarters. and we're also joined by dw correspondent in keith nick, commonly and alexander. we just heard there a strong message of support from the u. s. defense secretary confirming that the u . s. a. nato allies will back ukraine in the long term. all, all the nato allies on the same page here. well, i think that all allies are on the same page when it comes to their promise to support ukraine as long as it takes support t

the defense of ukraine, the so-called ramstein nine, is underway , united states secretary of defense lloyd austin said that eight countries cooperate with the aim of providing ukraine with leopard main battle tanks - these are germany, poland, canada, portugal, spain, norway, denmark and the netherlands, in addition , the united states, the czech republic and the netherlands jointly provide ukraine with more than 90 t-72 tanks, and this is in addition to the tanks transferred by poland, as well as t -72 here he reminded that great britain provides ukraine with a challenger-2 company and works with several countries to supply more ammunition to the usa. germany and the netherlands cooperate together to provide air defense systems petriv for ukraine, france and italy are cooperating on the provision of an anti-aircraft sump system, and looking at this hall today, i know that our unity will only grow, we all understand what the stakes are in the war with russia, it is not only about the right of ukraine to live in peace and security, it is also the enlightenment of our the children will inher

s. secretary of defense lloyd austin, is visiting estonia, where he's going to be meeting with it's prime minister and defense minister. what you expect we might see come out of best as that has been as strategic contributes, allow of the student and the baltic states. and in this regard, you know, we cultivate, it's very close defense relationship such because it's all routine part of it. but at the same time, it goes on the eve of person bursary or russia invasion and war against ukraine. which started actually on the stony as to independence day. so in that regard, this visit is due for a just dual gesture of, of appreciation and assurance, appreciation of what his student is doing to support your brain. and also materially and, and also, you know, to reassure as the united states is going to stand by the united states is deploying additional forces to the region, infantry companies in each of the baltic states. hi marcy famous hi lars to to saw coming to to, to sonia. so in that regards to us is already doing quite a lot. and i think there will be a lot of practical discussions about

ammunition, and around 11 o'clock we expect a briefing by the head of the united states department of defense, lloydtin, the espresso tv channel will broadcast live, so stay with us, strengthening nato defense, protecting critical industrial infrastructure capacity and replenishment of reserves, these and other urgent issues will be discussed by the minister of defense of the north atlantic alliance countries at a meeting in brussels, announced the general the secretary of the organization, jens stoltenberg, will also talk about aid to ukraine. stoltenberg also spoke about the future exchange of views between ministers with his ukrainian colleague oleksiy reznikov, the heads of the defense departments will also consider how to strengthen support for bosnia and herzegovina, georgia and moldova, and to which nato sees russian threats, the second visit since the beginning of the full-scale invasion the russian federation to our state in poland are preparing to meet with the president of the united states, joseph biden. poland is a determined ally , a huge supporter of ukraine and generously received no

this was stated by the head of the us department of defense, lloyd austin, however, he also informed of fighter jets to ukraine is not currently being discussed. they also discussed the training of armed forces units. forces of ukraine to acquire new equipment from the allies. this was announced by the minister of defense of ukraine oleksiy reznikov, let's listen, that is, the equipment cannot come in just like that, our crews don’t matter artillery tanks or on bradleys or mastiffs or on strikers they have to prepare and not just as a crew on its own but to interact with the tank battalion as a whole unit, for example and so on, because their task of completing the task is planned by the ukrainian general staff and this task , in the first place, will certainly not be the deoccupation of the temporarily occupied territories of ukraine, therefore it will take time, we are talking about a few months when we are fully ready, and then , according to the decision of the general staff, they will certain events about the results of the so-called ramstein nine, the development of the tank co

defense secretary lloyd austin says they are doing all they can to keep ukrainian forces supplied withmmunition. some 50 nations including nato members have been taking part germany is to fast-track delivery of antiaircraft ammunition but there has been no announcement on whether ukraine's request for fighter jets will be met. reporter: ukraine says this is a fight for its survival. as the winter begins to thaw, the united states ones russia is preparing fresh attacks and deploying new troops to the battlefield. but washington says kyiv may soon have a window of opportunity. >> what ukraine wants to do at the first possible moment is to establish or create momentum. and establish conditions on the battlefield that continue to be in its favor. and so, we expect to see them conduct an offensive sometime in the spring. reporter: to fulfill their promise to keep sending kyiv weapons, nato nations need more arms and you nations as their own stockpiles dwindle. germany says it has now signed a contract to restart homegrown production lines for antiaircraft guns sent to ukraine. >> i am very

ukraine and the coalition of states providing military aid to the country, so what did us defense minister lloydaustin once again confirm the commitment of nato allies to the idea of ​​an independent and sovereign ukraine defense minister oleksiy reznikov said that they discussed the training of the ukrainian military, as well as how to ensure greater accountability regarding the accounting of weapons and in general , but tereznikov said that he was very satisfied according to the results of the meeting, it was a quote from nato secretary general stoltenberg advocated even greater support for ukraine, and most importantly, before russia can seize the initiative on the battlefield, and let's listen, we see no hints that president putin is preparing for reconciliation, on the contrary, he is preparing to intensify the war to of a new offensive of new attacks. therefore, it is very important that the nato alliance and partners provide more support to ukraine. today we are meeting with the american contact group regarding ukraine and we will prove to them that ukraine needs immediate support. in add

this is it i briefly told you the briefing of the us secretary of defense lloyd austin and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff of the us, general mark mila based on the results the meeting of the contact group on the defense of ukraine in the rammstein format, which was held today in brussels at the nato headquarters, journalists asked them several times about fighter jets for ukraine, and each time the head of the pentagon answered that he had no news . here he slandered that, for example , poland, no one can prohibit giving ukraine airplanes regarding airplanes i have no statements regarding airplanes today we are working with ukraine now on issues that are now the most urgent the usa has never stopped poland from providing weapons our position is that decisions must be made by the countries themselves. we cannot dictate our position to them as to whether we will provide f16 . i have no statements at the moment. the head of the pentagon, however, said that western countries will try to supply ukraine with as much ammunition as possible and as soon as possible. not much is produc