secretary of defense lloyd austin remarked on the sidelines of the meeting that the primary focus is strengthen ukraine's ground-based air defense. he is right. allies need to supply more munitions and systems to make up for the loss of soviet produced systems that ukraine has been using to date and where munitions are running low. the question about western fighter jets, it is something that allies should tackle early on, and supply timeline for these very complex systems. it will be many months or years, that training pilots, and setting up supply chains and lines for ammunition and spare parts for the aircraft's. it's an undertaking. but if the decision is taken early we can see in effect further down the road. brent: what you make of the german defense minister announcing that there has been an agreement with poland to set up a repair hub for tanks? >> i think it is a really big step forward for ukraine, but also for german/polish relations which had not been good in recent years. it makes me happy, as an analyst and a european, to see those two governments can collaborate effect

background the consequences of the leak of american intelligence documents yes us secretary of defense lloyd austin answered the questions of journalists about how much the leak of classified data in the us will affect the tactics of the expected ukrainian counteroffensive listen they have a great plan to start but only president zelenskyi and the leadership really know all the details of this plan so they have a lot of capabilities that they need to continue to be successful, we've trained a lot of troops, we've provided a lot of platforms, and so i think he feels that they are in a fairly good position and we will focus on continuing to create opportunities for security support so that they can continue to succeed when they decide to start offensive operations, well, the air is on, oleksiy hetman, a military analyst, a veteran of the russian-ukrainian war, will join him and we will discuss the counteroffensive that the ukrainian side will also announce and as we see, american , do you hear me like that? my greetings. well , today we heard a statement from denys shmagal, he is the prime minister,

that press conference by us defense secretary lloyd austin, that he was joined by the chairman of the joint chief of staff, the highest military position in the us. and i still have our political correspondence. i'm in the out here in the studio, simon. and to wrap it up, what stood out for you in that statement from austin. i think the via us defense secretary was trying to sound rather as if it was business as usual. he, he, he talked about this group of countries to 50 nations in the ukraine contact group and said they've been meeting and coordinating of a months. and they're still doing that very well. and they stand behind the principles of ukraine sovereignty and back in ukraine. and he listed there is some of the bigger items that have been delivered, you know, javelin sting is how it says high mas, some of these are systems, the names which we've become a bit more familiar with over the past year. and i think what stands out is that, you know, there's, at least in those words is an attempt to say we are totally on track. we have got $230.00 tanks delivered to the ukrainians. w

defense secretary lloyd austin said today the training on u.s. ill begin soon in germany. austin met today with other defense ministers in ramstein air base in germany. he said the tanks mark a major step in arming kyiv. sec. austin: all of this is huge progress, and i am confident that this equipment and the training that accompanies it will put ukraine's forces in a position to continue to succeed on the battlefield. stephanie: president biden signed an executive order today to make environmental justice a high priority. the white house rose garden ceremony created an office that will focus on protecting poor and minority communities from pollution and other environmental harm. the order also requires public warnings when a federal facility releases toxic substances. a commission that oversees how the rio grande is managed and shared among three western states voted unanimously today to give six neighboring pueblos a seat at the table. for years, tribal leaders in new mexico have been saying that their water rights have never been quantified des

s. secretary of defense, lloyd austin, at top us general mark milly, have stress that ukraine's partners stand united on pro, adding military support to keys for the long haul. given in an overview of the conflict they said russia is using up vast resources for little gain. they also congratulated finland on joining nato for saying the war has only served to strengthen the alliance. you are secretary of defense load austin says the west remains united. now we also heard today from the european union on its proposal to speed up the production and delivery of ammunition for ukraine in more countries are thinking about how they can increase industrial production. not just for the near term, but also for the medium term in the long term. and that is a powerful reminder that we stand with ukraine's defenders for the long haul. o d w split is responded, sam now is in the studio with me here. some of we listened to all to the whole statement just a couple of minutes ago. just sort of wrap it up for us. what stood out for you. well i think a lot, austin was a pains to suggest that everything is,

the secretary of defense lloyd austin, told that reporter and a waiting press conference that the information he was given a week a week ago on thursday. april 6th was that the documents that were shown on social media were dated february 28th and march 1st. so less than a month ago, not several months ago, as has been alleged in numerous on news reports, the secretary as well as sick state department, our secretary also indicated that they have been reaching out to their allies. countries that have been mentioned in these documents, in order to reassure them that the u. s. not only is safeguarding intelligence material that may involve these countries, but is also a committed to upholding and deepening their relationships with these countries. the by the administration has proposed water cuts to 3 states to prevent the colorado rivers reservoir, from dropping to critical levels with its source in the rocky mountains, is spans across more than 2300 kilometers. 7 u. s. states rely on the clearwater river for its water supply as well as some areas in north west. mexico. reno's joins a set live,

how could it happen, according to the us secretary of defense lloyd austin, the investigation will continuerces and extent of the leaks are clarified . at the same time, the british ministry of defense warned that the so-called secret american papers actually contain a lot of information. tsn's own correspondent for the united states, olga koshelenko, olechko. congratulations. so, who can benefit from the published documents? some of them have already been refuted, others are still being analyzed, but congratulations. we can only assume at the moment what the main purpose of throwing these secret documents into the public domain is, of course, first of all, it demonstrated to everyone that the pentagon is not perfect , despite the seemingly powerful protection system , sources in the american government, on the condition of anonymity, claimed that russia was behind this leak and if the russians really gained access to the secret documents of the pentagon. why did they merge them into the network, because this is how they let the americans know that they had a leak and now the americans are

our country in terms of the share of the gross domestic product , united states secretary of defense lloyd austin has no doubts that the upcoming counteroffensive in the armed forces of ukraine will be successful, he said this during a conversation with his ukrainian colleague oleksiy reznikov and the leak of some information about the help of the western partners in this will not hurt, i am sure they have a lot of capabilities necessary to achieve success and we have trained a large number of troops we have provided a significant number of weapons systems and so i think they are in a pretty good starting position we are focused on to continue to provide support so that ukraine can continue to succeed when they decide to launch an offensive operation well, for more international news , see our digest administration us president joe biden is studying the possibility of transferring the frozen assets of the central bank of ukraine to russia. such a statement was made by us deputy secretary of state victoria nuland during a forum organized by the american chamber of commerce . this is about 300 bill

how could it happen, according to the us secretary of defense lloyd austin, the investigation will continue sources and extent of the leaks are found out. at the same time, the ministry of defense of great britain warned that the so-called secret american papers actually contain a lot of disinformation. tsn united states correspondent olga koshelenko olechko congratulations so who can benefit from the published documents? the purpose of releasing these secret documents into the public sphere, of course, first of all, it demonstrated to everyone that the pentagon is not perfect, despite the seemingly powerful protection system , sources in the american government , on the condition of anonymity, claimed that russia was behind this leak, and if the russians really got access to the secret documents of the pentagon, then why they merged them into the network, because that's how they let the americans know that they had a leak and now the americans are looking for it at an incredible pace, at the moment we see that indeed a number of messages were the most reliable falsified and now publicly de

defense officials met in germany. lloyd austin- said what kyiv needs most is ground defense. >> you've heard us say that for the next several months. we have to make sure that the ukrainians have the ability to protect their infrastructure, their citizens, but also protect troops. >> early this week, ukraine received more air defense systems. the u.s. is also helping soldiers improve its ground defenses. it will begin training on how to use abrams tanks that will be delivered later this year. the additional aid also includes rockets for a high artillery rocket system. at a nato briefing yesterday, president zelenskyy asked for longer range and more powerful weapons including warplanes. i turned to mr. general secretary with request to help us overcome the restraint of our partners supplying certain types of weapons slowing down such decisions means losing time for peace. >> in the east, the battle has no end in sight. ukrainian soldiers have fought a months long war of attrition. leading recent groups are wegner mercenaries. ukrai

weeks, where ukrainians will be taught how to operate western armored vehicles us secretary of defense lloyd austinaid following a meeting of contact groups at the german airbase and rammstein, he also said that donor countries had already sent 230 tanks of various modifications to kiev. but if you believe the calculations, the new york times still won’t be enough for the ukrainian counteroffensive, especially since they get air defense systems for kiev to support air tanks, the publication draws such conclusions with reference to the infamous leak of secrets from the pentagon, more about the discrepancy between expectations reality will tell chief of our berlin bureau mikhail antonov german minister of defense pistorius, although they were seated at the same table by the head of the pentagon , there was no place for the flag of his country in the room , only the american ukrainian base rammstein stands on german soil. well , it has no rights to germany. the host catches austin summed up the intermediate results of sponsorship of kiev in general, the members of this contact group provided more than

why does the question arise again about why should we be in ukraine, secretary of defense lloyd austinaust the russians, and president biden to overthrow vladimir putin if this is the reason, then the ukrainians are just pawns. in a proxy conflict between two great powers. and here's something else i would like to note, what no one talks about from the outside 14,000 civilians died in ukraine and 300,000 russian servicemen die 7-8 times less ukrainians will not stand everything that they tell us about this conflict is a lie, meanwhile russia is expanding the circle of friends on the planet with a big tour this week the minister of foreign affairs visited latin america russian sergey lavrov was received well. although denis davydov's report rages in north america , russian foreign minister sergei lavrov tours latin america to strengthen ties russia looks across the atlantic for support as fighting in ukraine continues on a four-country tour. with sergei lavrov, he visits venezuela, cuba , nicaragua and brazil, for clarity, and they drew a map, usually this region is scornfully called by

united states secretary of defense lloyd austin, who after the previous rammstein and last time he saidps should be ready for a counteroffensive in the spring and the usa will make every effort to achieve this and to help it, and ukraine has good chances, that is, there may be different opinions and assessments and it is necessary to perceive it absolutely normally, not to perceive it immediately with the fact that everything is lost or the situation is critical, to perceive it absolutely with the assessment that there may be different approaches, but everything will be shown exclusively exclusively the situation on the battlefield will show, from what i know from my sources, i can say that for today, despite what is happening , this is the situation we know with the investigation now in the united states of the leaks of these documents, which are being taken seriously at the time. in principle, our combat morale and preparation for this counteroffensive continues and in no way does this affect the fact that morale, etc. is declining, preparations are still being made, preparations are

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visited the pentagon, this is his second meeting in the pentagon with the us secretary of defense lloyd austint took place a year ago during the beginning of a full-scale war in ukraine so lloyd - autumn recalled the successes of the ukrainian army during this time, in particular. he mentioned the liberation of kyiv oblast, kharkiv oblast and kherson, and emphasized that the united states allocated some

secretary state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin are going to hold a news conferencestions will be about whether or not they have locked this down, whether or not they identified who the leaker is. it's sensitive and embarrassing information about things that our allies are up to. also reaction to evan gershkovich's wrongful detention status in russia. rich edson is joining us live from washington as this gets underway. hi, rich. >> hi, martha. that official wrongly detained in russia means it's a hostage situation. it elevates evan's case to a special state department office. president biden is travelling to belfast. the white house says on the way biden spoke with evan's family. before leaving on this trip, the president stressed his administration is focused on freeing evan. >> we're making it clear that it's totally illegal what is happening. we declared it so and changes the dynamic. >> the new state department designation gives them broader power to consider a prisoner exchange. the u.s. has renegotiated prisoner swaps with russia the free brittney griner. white

s. secretary of defense, lloyd austin and the pentagon stopped general mark milly saying today that ukraine's partners stand united on providing weapons and other equipment for the long haul us defense. secretary austin gave this summary of recent arms deliveries to ukraine. our collective efforts made a huge difference on the battlefield. and now in just a few short months, the contact group has delivered more than 230 tanks. more than 1550 armored vehicles and other equipment and munitions to support more than 9 new armored brigades. we've also expedited our in one abrams timelines to supply ukraine with more armored capability in the coming months. and the em onset the ukrainians will use for training arrive here in germany in the next few weeks. early one takes will arrive at the military training ground here in germany at the end of may ukrainian troops will then begin training. that training is expected to last about 10 weeks. those training tanks we understand will not go to ukraine. instead, 31 other abrams tanks are being refurbished. they will be sent to the front lines in ukraine b

this was stated by the minister of defense lloyd austin of the usa has recently approved the decisione one billion euros for military aid to ukraine for the purchase of ammunition. the minister of defense of ukraine , oleksiy reznyakov, in a letter to the countries of the european union , requested to supply ukraine with 250,000 artilles of ammunition per month , according to reznikov, ukraine currently averages uses 110,000 munitions of 155 mm caliber per month, it already has a minimal need for them. for the successful performance of tasks on the battlefield, it is 356,400 shells, we continue sum up summary of the past week, patriots finally in ukraine air defense systems have finally arrived in our country, so the ukrainian sky is becoming safer, defense minister oleksiy reznyukov emphasized this on twitter, he published the photo that you now see on your screen, he noted that the ukrainian military has mastered anti-aircraft missile complexes as quickly as possible, also various circles thanked the netherlands in the usa , in germany, it was from these countries that patriots arri

you a secretary of defense, lloyd austin, and general mark milly say that ukraine's allies remain committed to sending weapons for the long haul. our collective efforts have made a huge difference on the battlefield. and now in just a few short months, the contact group has delivered more than 230 tanks. more than 1550 armored vehicles and other equipment and munitions to support more than 9 new armored brigades. we've also expedited our in one abrams timelines to supply ukraine with more armored capability in the coming months and the m ones that the ukrainians will use for training or i'm here in germany in the next few weeks. and all of this is huge progress. so how will today's announcements impact the battlefield? i asked raphael loss from the european council on foreign relations. i think the main message i often 11 meeting off to ukraine defense contract was debt off the and i said to ukraine, we're with you for as long as we at takes and we really mean it am. we've seen a lot of new commitments that allies and partners of, of ukraine have made in the past couple of weeks. but now we

the defense secretary lloyd austin, told reporters on tuesday that he was going to make brief comments about the proverbial elephant in the room. the report at leak of classified paragon documents onto social media. i was 1st brief daily reports should m at arise disclosure of some sort of unclassified material on the morning of april 6th. and since then, i've been careening senior department leaders daily on our response and i have directed an urgent cross department effort. the u. s. justice department is investigating this leak, which is said to be perhaps the largest. since the wiki league scandal of 2013, the defense secretary for his part reportedly has ordered a look into how this leak happened. and this may involve trying to figure out who might have out access to these documents, assuming of course, that they are legitimate. rosalyn jordan, l g 0, the state department, un secretary general antonio gutierrez, she's in somalia for what his office has described as a visits of solidarity during them was the month of ramadan. he says the international community has failed to help t

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the netherlands. we separately agreed on obtaining additional weapons with the minister of defense lloyd austin, we talked about increasing military aid for the successful counteroffensive of the ukrainian army, the liberation of our territories is especially important for us that in the near future we received all the necessary weapons, ammunition, as well as long-range missiles, much water in ukraine remains flooded about 600 households in 14 settlements, in addition , almost three dozen residential buildings were affected, the state emergency service reported that the largest water made a disaster in the volyn region, rivne region and cherkasy region, more than 10,000 hectares of agricultural land were flooded, at the same time in chernihiv region and kyiv region, transport connections to 30 settlements were disrupted , a detour was organized to monitor the situation in these regions, rescuers are conducting aerial reconnaissance with the help of drones , 2,000 people are already working in the reconstruction army in the kharkiv region, the employment center sends the unemployed to its labor

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this is his second meeting in the pentagon with by the us minister of defense, lloyd austin, was held for the first time a year ago at the beginning of a full-scale war in ukraine, so lloyd austin recalled the successes of the ukrainian army during that time, in particular. providing the usa with hi-mars aris systems and other types of weapons and emphasized that the pentagon is satisfied with how these weapons fall into the hands of ukrainian defenders, that is, they are satisfied with the transparency the use of american aid lloyd austin assured that he will continue to convene a group in the rammstein format and will continue to provide security assistance to ukraine through the purchase of weapons, as well as from his own stocks, i will continue to convene a contact group on the defense of ukraine to coordinate support for ukraine's urgent and long-term needs, and will also continue to quickly to provide security assistance through procurement and from our own stockpiles we also retain a commitment to support and supply your forces with the required numbers spare parts and mainten

you a secretary of defense, lloyd austin, and general mark milly say that you crates, allies remain committed to sending weapons for the long haul. our collective efforts have made a huge difference on the battlefield. and now in just a few short months, the contact group has delivered more than 230 tanks. more than 1550 armored vehicles and other equipment and munitions to support more than 9 new armored brigades. we've also expedited our in one abrams timelines to supply ukraine with more armored capability in the coming months and the m ones that the ukrainians will use for training arrive here in germany in the next few weeks. and all of this is huge progress. so how will today's announcements impact the battlefield? i asked raphael loss from the european council on foreign relations. i think the main message, i often 11th meeting off to ukraine, defense contract was that off the and i saying to ukraine, we're with you for as long as we at takes. and we really mean it. we've seen it of new commitments that elias and partners of, of ukraine have made in the past couple weeks. but now we fo

secretary of defense lloyd austin was speaking in germany earlier today where he was meeting with internationalussed the leaked pentagon documents that exposed some important information about ukraine. as i've discussed this issue with our allies and partners i've been struck by your solidarity and your commitment to reject efforts to divide us. and we will not let anything fracture our learning. hearing from the defence secretary there, it doesn't sound like this issue has divided our allies, but from what you see, it is this going to be an issue of trust among allies, especially with ukraine? well, we are certainly going to do everything we can to make sure that doesn't become an issue of trust with our allies and partners, and as secretary austin noted, it hasn't. we have been working hard to keep relevant allies and partners informed as we learned about disclosures, to let them know what we're seeing, provide our perspective, listen to their concerns, and make sure that they know we're going to keep them informed all along the way. we've seen no breach of any of the confidence that we have

, and cartoon nato secretary general yen sultan burg is in germany, along with you as defense. secretary lloyd austin there at ramstein air base that discussing the war in ukraine with the ukraine defense contact group. austin says the us will provide more it offenses and ammunition and promised to support key for as long as it takes ukraine is still standing strong and our support has not wavered. and i'm proud of the progress that we have made together. in total, the members of this contact group have provided more than 55000000000 bowers and security assistance for ukraine. that's a tenfold increase. since we 1st met just in the past few months, we provided the equipment and training to support in additional mine armored brigades for, for ukraine that has already strengthen ukraine's position on a battlefield. i said in key of yesterday and that the ukraine said future is in the euro. plant, the care of family, an all nay. dollars have agreed that, that the ukraine, i will become a nato, a member, a, but the main focus now a. so of course, on, on how to ensure that ukraine a prevails because witho

the secretary of defense lloyd austin, told that reporter and of waiting press conference that the information he was given a week a week ago on thursday. april 6th was that the documents that were shown on social media were dated february 28th and march 1st. so less than a month ago, not several months ago, as has been alleged in numerous on news reports. the secretary as well as the state department of secretary, also of indicated that they have been reaching out to their allies. countries that have been mentioned in these documents, in order to reassure them that the u. s. not only is safeguarding intelligence material that may involve these countries, but is also a committed to upholding and deepening their relationships with these countries. yes, defense secretary was speaking as a briefing with philippine officials after the 2 countries launch their largest at the joint military trails will in 17000 soldiers will type austin the exercises over the next 2 weeks. filipino and u. s. officials say the drills show commitment to peace and stability in the in the pacific region. a come as china

the head of the united states department of defense, lloyd austin, confirmed that the ukrainian military will begin training on american abrams tanks in a few weeks here in germany. well, we remember that earlier, this information was reported to the media by oleksiy reznikov , speaking about the results of the meeting, he noted that the tank coalition was actually developing a few days ago, the netherlands announced that it would transfer ukraine 14 there are two leopards, and they will be in the ukrainian steppes at the beginning of next year, this is the plan, well, that is, actually. they are not stopping at what they have already achieved, and they are thinking about how to ensure the next ones. listen to the minister, i am doing it. training on leopards , it was the initiative of our polish partners , then at the end i said i hear the roar of leopards and this dream came true, we will feed these cats cats well , if we use the quote of the minister, that is, tanks leopard was told a lot about what to do in order to keep them on the move, to keep them functional and resistible, becau

defenders, let's listen to the direct speech of the head of our government with the minister of defense, lloyd austin, we talked about increasing military aid. for the successful counteroffensive of the ukrainian army, the liberation of our territories is especially important for us, so that in the near future we will receive everything the necessary weapons, ammunition, as well as long-range missiles, 400 million dollars. japan allocated ukraine a grant for the restoration of critical infrastructure, the money will also be used for transport and energy maintenance, equipment for humanitarian demining, water supply for the agricultural sector, another 70 million, the japanese government will transfer to ukraine through the mechanism of the un development program, i will note that at the beginning of the year between our state and the country of the rising sun , an agreement was reached on the allocation of more than 600 million dollars for post-war reconstruction of our country well, not only japan, so to speak, from the far east , but also countries that are located much closer to us and also help u

your secretary of defense, lloyd austin, was briefed about the leak on friday. it could be the most damaging release of u. s. government information since the 2013 publication of thousands of documents by wiki leaks depending on has said that they have taken steps to further restrict access to sensitive information and interagency effort has been initiated to review the national security implications of the disclosure. and to mitigate this impact of the release of these documents that could have on us national security, as well as the impact that it could have on our allies and partners broadly. what i would say, matt, is that us officials across the inner agency are engaging with allies and partners at high levels over this, including to reassure them of our commitment to safeguarding intelligence and the fidelity of securing our partnerships as well. i has corresponding company how kate joins me live now and you just at the free thing that kimberly what more of we learned hello you've learned is that the president 1st himself learned about this late last week.

the us defense secretary lloyd austin has vowed to turn over every rock to find the source of a leak of classified documents. national security agencies and the justice department are investigating after dozens of files were found circulating on social media last week. they said to include sensitive informational security and relations with other countries, including ukraine. it might be the most damaging release of government information since the wikileaks files and 2013. officials say some of the documents appear to have been altered or directed an urgent crunch deportment effort. and we've referred the matter to the department of justice, which was opened a criminal investigation. now i can't show you much more, a wall with justice department investigation is ongoing. but we took those very seriously. and we will continue to work closely with our outstanding allies and partners. and nothing will ever stop which form, keeping america secure. good afternoon or then jordan joins us live now from the state to paula. what else did defense secretary launch austin say about the leaks? w

secretary of defense lloyd austin met with international defense chiefs in germany and discussed thetant information about ukraine. let's listen. as i've discussed this issue with our allies— as i've discussed this issue with our allies and partners i've been struck_ our allies and partners i've been struck by— our allies and partners i've been struck by your solidarity and your commitment to reject efforts to divide _ commitment to reject efforts to divide us — commitment to reject efforts to divide us. and we will not let anything _ divide us. and we will not let anything fracture our learning. doesn't — anything fracture our learning. doesn't sound like it is has divided our allies— doesn't sound like it is has divided our allies with the from what you see, _ our allies with the from what you see, it _ our allies with the from what you see, it is — our allies with the from what you see, it is this an issue for trust especially— see, it is this an issue for trust especially for ukraine? will certainly do _ especially for ukraine? ll certainly do everything we can to make sure that

s. defense secretary lloyd austin is about his stolid listening. shake your assistance with this with that secretary. thank sir frederick. good afternoon everyone. nearly one year ago, i 1st convene what became the ukraine defense contact group right here at ramstein . our goal wants to improve the coordination of our support for ukraine. as it fought back against russia was reckless and lawless invasion. over the past year, this contact group has become an extraordinary community of action. and together, we have rallied to defend the principles of democracy. and freedom and sovereignty . so we're all back here at ramstein a year later to build on it for impressive progress. over the past year, the members of this contact group had provided tremendous capability to ukraine. right after russia invade it. we surged in javelins and staggers. and then we provided ukraine's defenders with howitzers and high mars in other artillery. and we continue to rush in ground based air defense capabilities and munitions to help you crane control it sovereign skies. and to help ukraine defend its citi

nato is able to fulfill its anti russian fantasies for a this, that figure comes from us defense secretary lloyd austin, lex. that's a huge beneficiary of that aid. so you have to wonder what promises and all this particularly when the downside risk on financial packages. the u. s. inspector general for the reconstruction officials don't go there and see what's happening. right this summer we will surpass all the money. we spend full reconstruction, which will surpass all the money we spent from marshall plan to rebuild all of europe afterward in there soon. he's going to see pill fridge. it's called financial assistance. will it have to be paid by billions and security aid? and of course, those packages that rural, since february last year, the u. s. has spent a $113.00, bent on afghanistan over a full 2 decades. let's show you all their dollars have gone to afghanistan just under half of that on both economic and humanitarian aid. the u. s. saying that even after 20 plus years, the lack of monitoring, we're paying the salaries of all ukrainian civil servants who. ready most of them pay the salaries b

now we do know that the defense secretary lloyd austin, has already been working. to assess the potential access and security of classified information going forward. reviewing some of the protocols about who has access to this information as one of the central questions here is really why jack to share a had access to this information and whether other people like him should potentially not have access to it going forward now, in terms of this damage assessment that the pentagon is conducting, that is separate from the investigation being led by the justice department that led to these charges in the arrest objective, shera on thursday, but that damage assessment could ultimately be used as evidence in a potential eventual trial. jim alright jeremy diamond. thanks so much. we appreciate it. so who is jack to share? a the 21 year old air national guardsman accused of posting top secret pentagon information online. cnn's alex marquardt takes a closer look. jim airman first class. jack teixeira is just 21 years old. he's been in the air national guard since and liste

and defense secretary lloyd austin is vowing to turn over every rock to find out who leaked highly classified intelligence on us allies and adversaries. we're getting an inside look at the high stakes investigation. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news . let's get right to the breaking news. cnn's omar jimenez is in louisville for us. omar the body cam video, just released a few moments ago was very revealing and disturbing. yeah wolf police leadership said it's easy to tell an officer to run towards gunfire. it's harder to actually do it, and that's what we saw unfold on this body camera video. it's from the perspective of two of the responding officers, one of whom is still recovering in the hospital in critical condition after being shot, and this video picks up after police actually arrived as they arrive, but after those inside had already been shot. some of them killed a warning to our viewers. some of what you're about to see may be considered graphic. stop right there ov

s. defense secretary lloyd austin has vowed to turn over every rock to find the source of the leak of classified documents. they appeared on social media last week. the files are said to include sensitive information on security and relations with other countries, including ukraine, to by the administration, has proposed water cuts to 3 american states to prevent the colorado river's reservoir for dropping to critical levels. southern that you are states rely on the colorado river for its water supply. colombian authorities are warning that the nevada del release volcano could explode any time. putting hundreds of families at risk. smoke has been billing from the crate or the indian volcano for days. yet thousands of fathers are saying, put, many of them are a farmers that work in these high mountain nav farms. they raise their cattle and they usually work in a potato fields and so far for it. and they don't want to leave because they fear what would happen to their animals to their work after investing so much they told us earlier to, to get to their point where they are, they don't

now we do know that the defense secretary lloyd austin, he has already directed the pentagon to assesshe ways in which intelligence is accessed and protected to potentially look at changing some of those protocols. we know that the joint chiefs, which produced some of these intelligence assessments that appeared to have been leaked by teixeira, they have already begun to limit access to some of those documents as well. the daily emails that are sent out so already we're seeing some movement underway. and, of course, president biden has been getting briefed on this issue regularly. he's also been getting briefed on how u. s. officials are working to limit damage with us allies who may be upset by the revelations here, including some of that eavesdropping that we were talking about before, jim alright jeremy diamond, very sensitive time for the administration and the intelligence community. thanks very much. so is jack tachira, the 21 year old air national guardsman accused of posting top secret pentagon information online. cnn's alex marquardt takes a closer look. jim airman first class

the secretary of defense lloyd austin, was briefed about the leak on friday. it could be the most damaging release of u. s. government information since the 2013 publication of thousands of documents. by wiki leaks. or taking this very, very seriously, there is no excuse for these kinds of documents to be in the public domain. they don't deserve to be they in the, in the public domain that is, are to be protected. so we're going to get to the bottom of this and then if there's actions that need to be taken, as we learn more about the extent of what happened here, will obviously take those at least say a 23 year old man used a rifle to kill full people in louisville, kentucky, several others were injured including a police officer. it happened inside a bank building on a main street where police a, the gunman was an employee. the gunman, himself was also killed in the shooting. a group of his rainy's, including the national security minister of march when a legal sacrament in the occupied west bank is m a bank of via joint hundreds of his rainy satellites in a

show of solidarity for ukraine from its western allies as the war continues to rage. us defense secretary lloyd austin praised the group's efforts so far for announcing washington's latest contribution. we've also expedited argument, abrams timelines to supply ukraine with more armored capability and coming much in the morning. so ukrainians will use for training or arrive here in germany in the next few weeks. and all of this is huge progress for their part, germany and poland announced the creation of a tank maintenance hub. it's location just over the polish ukrainian border would enable tanks to return to the front line more quickly after repair. it is mostly i will see every piece of equipment that is supplied in this war where the tank, so combat support tanks and other equipment such as how it says or patriot systems is subject to wear and tear. especially when they are in continuous use in combat. or the more so i am very pleased that together with my polish and ukranian colleagues, i was able to sign a memorandum of understanding when we'll set up a joint maintenance hub in poland for the ent

s. defense secretary lloyd austin, said his department is launching review of intelligence, access, accountability, and control procedures. but u. s. president joe biden, who's currently on a visit to the republic of ireland, great. was came to play down, his worries over the potential fall out. are you concerned about the way the time to go? we get a little concerned about the ladies. i'm concerned that there's nothing contemporaneous where but while the main suspect may be in custody dozens, more documents and their explosive content may yet come to light. germany's foreign minister adelina bab oak has held talks with senior chinese diplomats over taiwan and beijing human rights redcoat and she called on china's leaders to help and the warn you cry. german foreign minister anna lena, bear back on her inaugural visit to china after landing in the port city of tianjin on thursday. burbock put the tough topics on the table in beijing. the war and ukraine is high on berlin's agenda. bear bought called on china to use its influence with russia to end the invasion as, as good stuff. he knows it, that

ukraine's western allies made to boost support in the fight against the russian invasion. us defense secretary lloyd austin rallies western pablo's on may to insist ukraine will join the alliance once the war is over.