vice president jay bybee and traveled to tnt told that the interim government that washington says the state has failed to use its influence on prey russian separatists in ukraine to deactivate the tension. meanwhile the separatists continue to occupy several government buildings in the region including the regional government seats in donetsk the us and european officials say they're ready to stock lost a bit more sanctions if the fact that is dying out. well let's get the latest now from ukraine and andrew simpson joins us now from the capital kiev was in great to see you i was startled by asking you about vice president joe biden's visit to kiev. of course he's not coming empty handed. what does care but once from the us will they be asking for a week away. well i don't know her so much a question about lisa way of the ukrainian army is equipped with their problems with organization and especially of morale after years of underfunding the main purpose of biden's visit is to show the moral and largely financial support for the ukrainian government over the past week a week and they'v