it's time for the to confirm the next chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the next commandant of the marine corps. it's time for servicemembers to receive the pay promotions they've earned and deserve. it's time for the senate alabama let these generals and admirals fully serve their country. and service members care themselves and their families. i urge senate to do what they know is right. keep our country safe. like harry truman approved all those outstanding nominees. now, now. now. which was routine in the past, i might add. enough of the attacks on our military from those voices. american military sailors becoming weak soft and less capable. we hear from the senior senator from missouri who his fist high and salute on six even as veterans turned police officers protected him in our nation as insurrectionists held a dagger at the throat of democracy. we heard from the junior senator from texas who fell for a russian propaganda that their military the russian military's better than ours calling military emasculated. are they. sorry. frankly, they have no idea what guy's name they

it's time for the to confirm the next chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the next commandant of the marine corps. it's time for servicemembers to receive the pay promotions they've earned and deserve. it's time for the senate alabama let these generals and admirals fully serve their country. and service members care themselves and their families. i urge senate to do what they know is right. keep our country safe. like harry truman approved all those outstanding nominees. now, now. now. which was routine in the past, i might add. enough of the attacks on our military from those voices. american military sailors becoming weak soft and less capable. we hear from the senior senator from missouri who his fist high and salute on six even as veterans turned police officers protected him in our nation as insurrectionists held a dagger at the throat of democracy. we heard from the junior senator from texas who fell for a russian propaganda that their military the russian military's better than ours calling military emasculated. are they. sorry. frankly, they have no idea what guy's name they

. >> next, discussing force integration in his tenure as an enlisted advisor to the joint chiefs of staffe talks about quality of life for military families, recruitment and threats from china. this is hosted by the air and space force association. >> thank you to all the people joining us online and from across the globe. it's a real honor to be here with the senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, susie colon lopez. they are the only airmen to serve as see agut since the position was created. he advises the chairman on all issues that impact enlisted force. that means his focus is ensuring the enlisted force is properly trained, postured and sustained. they are a true and proven warrior, who has served in every operating theater over the past 33 years. all that comes to an end when they will be succeeded by sergeant of the marine corps, troy black. i wanted to give a moment to give special thanks to our special sponsors listed on the screen. we are grateful for their support in making war fighters in action possible. c ac thank you for joining ust, it's an

. >> next forced integration discussed in his tenure as a chair to the joint chiefs of staff to talk about quality of life are military families, military recruitment. this is hosted by the air and space force association. >> thank you to all the people joining us online and across the globe. it is an honor to be here with the senior listed advisor to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff stop he is the only marine ever to serve as seac since the position was created. he advises the chairman on all issues that impact the enlisted force. that means his focus is insuring the enlisted force is properly trained and sustained. cz is a true and proven warrior. he has served in every major operation over the past 33 years. all of that comes to an end when cz will retire and be succeeded by sergeant major of the marine corps. i want to give special thanks to our sponsors. we are grateful for their continued support in making action possible. seac, thank you so much for joining us today. it is an honor. ac thank you for joining ust, it's an honor. a question just to get -- a question to n

and he brought along the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, the vice chair of the joint chiefs of staff, and paul wolfowitz, his second in command. and as communications people, he brought two of those people. so we'll we like to point out that we sometimes as we secretary gates and these instances typically for just one to a group of us interview him but sometimes we'll say to two we say to all the secretaries particularly if you'd like to bring a team, feel to do that. so first of all, if you will, sir, tell us what that was like to come in to an administration that's already six years down the road, five years down the road, replacing a secretary of defense who has become controversial in that period. and then if i ask us a second part of the question, which is you then transitioned into the obama administration because he asked that you stay on and you stayed in that cabinet for a couple of years. and perhaps if could for us compare and contrast the commander in chief leadership styles of those two presidents, 43 and 44. so when i was when i received a telephone on a saturday mornin

even more disturbing by the ravings of the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who is still the chairman of the joint and joint chief of staff is our endorsement by american elites. a typical comment do you know what millie was doing -- you know what millie was doing said cnn to anderson cooper, is obeying the constitution, that is what the patriarch does. actually it will be hard to imagine a clear form of treason. america's constitutional military or constitutional order the military is under civilian control is what makes us different. i'm thehe president yet republicans failed to notice or mention this betrayal and expose the extent of democrat in the process. our country is in deep trouble. it can only be saved if actual patriarchs will step up and answer the call. thank you. [applause] i will take questions. >> ladies and gentlemen it's going to take a few questions. so anybody have a cross question, just shout it out. yes, sir. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> i appreciate the sentiment. i'm not sure that will work. let me give you what i think is a bright spot. donald trump has created

of weapons on the soil, which are the weapons of two cities. razed to the ground, boss the joint chiefs of staff of the japanese army said that we cannot maintain japan's security by relying on our current capabilities . we need american nuclear weapons to deter our competitors. general yoshida also said that we must fundamentally strengthen our own defense capabilities so that no one underestimates us. it is the only country in history that has been the target of a nuclear attack. in 1945, the us air force killed 200,000 people with the atomic bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki. the meteorological organization has predicted scattered rains in the northern parts of the country tomorrow and regions from the center of the country, the increase in wind speed will decrease the quality of the air. tomorrow, there will be rain in the northwestern parts of the country, on the southern shores of the caspian sea, in the slopes of alborz and in the northeastern part of the country for north khorasan province on this day due to strong winds in the region. in the northeast, the eastern areas, the southern sl

even more disturbing than these ravings by the chairman of joint chiefs of staff, who is the chairmanof the joint chiefs of staff was their endorsement by american elites, is a typical comment. you know what milley was doing said you know what milley was doing since cnn anderson cooper which you know is obeying the constitution. that's what a patriot does actually would be to imagine clearer form of treason in america's military or constitutional order. the military is under civilian control. that's what makes us different. and the president is, the commander in chief. yet republicans failed to notice or mention betrayal and the extent of democrat malice in the process. our country in deep trouble. it can only be saved if actual patriots will step up and answer the call. thank you. i will take questions. ladies and gentlemen, if it's going to take a few questions. so anybody have a question that you can shout out. yes, sir. fire with fire to the. you should mobilize a nation boycott to the point you all a little of place where you ask them to. they say, boo. you say what? i don't thin

the meeting of the joint chiefs of staff of the west african economic community member states was delayed again. military to be held in niger in the capital of ghana, the reason for the delay of this meeting was announced for technical reasons. since about two weeks ago, when niger's presidential guard deposed the country's pro-western president, eko baaz has repeatedly threatened niger with a military attack last thursday. officially, the formation of the government number of tribal violence in darfur, sudan in the last two days left 120 people dead. two months ago, tribal violence and the attack of armed gangs in darfur led to the death of hundreds of people , the united nations reported on 20 last year , internal violence killed 300,000 people and displaced two million people political and economic conflicts are taking place in the hands of the sudanese society. the crisis of suicide in the american society has caused concern to the civil and medical institutions in this country. in the latest incident, an american mother in the state committed suicide after killing her three children.

even more disturbing than these ravings by the chairman of joint chiefs of staff, who is the chairmanof the joint chiefs of staff was their endorsement by american elites, is a typical comment. you know what milley was doing said you know what milley was doing since cnn anderson cooper which you know is obeying the constitution. that's what a patriot does actually would be to imagine clearer form of treason in america's military or constitutional order. the military is under civilian control. that's what makes us different. and the president is, the commander in chief. yet republicans failed to notice or mention betrayal and the extent of democrat malice in the process. our country in deep trouble. it can only be saved if actual patriots will step up and answer the call. thank you. i will take questions. ladies and gentlemen, if it's going to take a few questions. so anybody have a question that you can shout out. yes, sir. fire with fire to the. you should mobilize a nation boycott to the point you all a little of place where you ask them to. they say, boo. you say what? i don't thin

chief of staff general charles brown. he is president biden's picked to be the next chair of the joint chiefs of staff. chairman brown -- general brown spoke about civil-rights, diversity and inclusion in the military. this is about 20 minutes. [applause] general brown: thank you, and good morning. as president truman once said, -- occurs when courageous leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. today we are here to celebrate 75 years of progress, only possible because resident truman and his administration seized the opportunity to change things to make america better. an in order that made it possible for ordinary americans to have so many opportunities. thanks to general scott for the kind introduction. it's an honor to have someone who knows my parents, someone who served with my father, introduced me. thank you so much. i want to thank the truman library institute for the opportunity, and for everyone that has worked to make the truman civil-rights symposium possible. thank you all in attendance, not yesterday, but over the course of the past three days to help us commemorate

as we showed in the ad, and shortly, three chairs of the joint chief of staff will be vacant. the chief of naval operations, that chair will soon be vacant. it is a direct result of senator tuberville's choice to inject his personal political agenda into a national security issue. host: let us hear from audrey in alabama, veteran. welcome to the conversation. caller: good morning. let me give you a little history of my background. we are both 100% service disabled connected veterans and we made it to the hospital. we had a son, he is 21 now. they cut off his v.a. insurance when he graduated, but he landed a great job making $60,000 a year. today, we celebrate his one-month anniversary because he left july 10 for basic training. now, let us talk about what is going on with the v.a.. it was called choice, then the mission act, then community care, which it is now. my husband just had his right i done, the second cataract. this past tuesday. the only holdup we had on that was the consult was put in. to make it short and sweet, i called the patient advocate and they said we will an

the chief of the joint chiefs of staff of the japanese army said that we cannot maintain japan's security by relying on our current capabilities , and we need american nuclear weapons to deter our competitors. general yoshida also said that we must improve our own defense capabilities. let's strengthen the foundation so that no one underestimates us. japan is the only country that has been the target of a nuclear attack in history. in 1945, the us air force killed more than 200,000 people with the atomic bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki, and in latin america, the election commission of guatemala the victory of bernardo aro in the presidential elections of this country was confirmed by arevala last week, he won 58% of the votes in the second round of the elections, but his confirmation was postponed at the same time his party was suspended from any activities against corruption and for allegedly violating the rules of the parties. expanding the relations of this american country latin america's promises to win the elections, to review the latest political developments in latin america, we

commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, he said so, i received information from the general staff of the armed forces forces of ukraine held a phone conversation with the chairman of the jointthe us army, general marko milino, told about the operational situation at the front , the armed forces of ukraine continue to conduct defensive and offensive operations in relation to the defense , the general says, it is stable, as if the soldiers are making maximum efforts for this in a number of directions the enemy is carrying out active assault actions well, but there is no success, in particular, this is connected with the attempt to distract the ukrainian forces from certain areas of the front regarding the offensive notes hard fighting continues ukrainian troops step by step continue to create conditions for moving forward, the initiative is on our side eh declares general valery the hard-working commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine is only i urge you to believe all the information support the armed forces of ukraine it is no secret that this war is difficult has already entered a protracted phase a long time ago, and it may enter an even more protracted phase, wh

the chief of the joint chiefs of staff of the japanese army said

destroyed, ukraine will receive f16 fighters in the near future, the chairman said of the joint chiefs of staff of the united states, general mark milley, meanwhile, the commander of the air force from and sumy-kolo oleschuk reported that ukrainian pilots are already undergoing training on f-16 fighters in great britain and sweden to start the training of our pilots to sign the relevant protocols now waiting and bucharest this was reported by the prime minister of romania , marcel-celaco, in an interview with the fainenje times, he also emphasized that the necessary logistics for this have already been established, and a joint european decision on the supply must be made taurus long-range missiles to ukraine this statement was made by the head of the german christian democratic union, friedrich merz, in an interview with the german tv channel art. by this decision , the german politician primarily means a joint position with france and great britain, which already supply ukraine with their long-range missiles. this is my proposal. i hope that the german government will listen to it and implemen

begin with such an offensive of the armed forces did not fail in this, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff of the united states , general mark miley, is convinced, he noted that the pace of the counteroffensive is indeed slower than it was planned, however, the war on paper often differs from the war in reality, in addition, ukraine tries to minimize human losses, while our fighters managed to overcome the so-called sorovikin line, which the russians spent many months preparing, in particular , we are talking about the dragon's teeth mini-fields and anti-tank trenches, mili emphasized the defense forces still have great combat power and the offensive is not over finland approved the 18th package of military aid to ukraine for 94 million euros , this is reported on the website of the of the government, heavy weapons and ammunition were included in this party for security purposes, the details are not disclosed, but the truth is added, they took into account both the needs of the armed forces of ukraine and the state itself, the winter in ukraine will be a difficult preparation for the heati

. -500 meters , and sometimes a kilometer, the head of the joint chiefs of staff of the usa, generalmilley, said that during two months of fierce fighting, the armed forces of ukraine were able to break through the enemy's defense line, our soldiers entered the village of robotine in zaporizhzhia and set up the ukrainian flag from the robot's main course to tokmak, but before that we still have to overcome the enemy's main line of defense, our fighters immediately started to evacuate the locals from the robot's house, because the russians are shelling the village with artillery, they took people out on a bradley infantry fighting vehicle, which can withstand mine explosions and direct hitting enemy artillery in the area, the battles are still going on, our soldiers are getting entrenched. it was all in better conditions , not in this one, but daughter anu, hello doll, daughter , we were taken out, my daughter, i know, i know, don't cry, we it's already seven o'clock, i'm home starchenko, i think it's okay, i think we'll see each other soon , you know very well, psychologically it was

would be burned, this is vinnytsia, an armed offensive general mark miley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff of the united states, did not fail in this. he noted that the pace of the counteroffensive is indeed slower than planned, but the war on paper is often differs from the war in reality, in addition, ukraine tries to minimize human losses, while our fighters managed to overcome the so-called line of syrovykin, on the preparation of which the russians spent many months. and the offensive is not finished, the gathering was looking for a resident of rivne who called ukrainians slaves, the corresponding inscription he launched the day before on the city's electronic boards, they found out that the man was engaged in maintenance of such equipment at currency exchange points, so i knew how to get access to the scoreboard after a meeting with the security service employees, the attacker admitted that he had committed a reckless act, i want to apologize to ukraine and the ukrainian people , please forgive me, i committed a reckless act, i realize that the indicated inscription is not in indepen

of ukraine are advancing 400-500 meters every day, and sometimes kilometer, the head of the joint chiefs of staffthe united states, general mark milley, announced that during two months of fierce fighting, the armed forces of ukraine were able to break through the enemy's defense line, our soldiers entered the village of robotine in zaporizhzhia and set up the ukrainian flag from the robot's main course to tokmak, but before that we still have to overcome the enemy's main line of defense, our fighters immediately started to evacuate the locals from the robot's house, because the russians are shelling the village with artillery, they took people out on a bradley infantry fighting vehicle that can withstand mine explosions and direct enemy artillery hits in the area, the battles are still going on, our soldiers are getting entrenched. this was all in better conditions , not in such conditions, crying, we are already seven, already at home , i think yes, it is okay, i think that soon i'll see you, mitko, they taught you here, there were stops, there was water, then there was no water, then they ran

this hour, the following forces of ukraine did not fail in this, the convinced head of of the joint chiefs of staff of the us army, general mark milley, he noted that the pace of the counteroffensive is indeed slower than planned , but war on paper is often different from war on the battlefield, in addition, ukraine is trying to minimize human losses, at the same time, our fighters managed to overcome the so-called syrovykin line , which the russians spent many months preparing, in particular, it is about mini fields, dragon teeth and anti-tank trenches . milli emphasized the strength of the defense, they still have a lot of combat power and the offensive is not finished. in odesa , they detained an employee of the military medical commission and two accomplices, together with a lawyer, they organized a large-scale fraud scheme for the production of documents for evasion of mandatory military service from a person took $ 10,000. in only one military commissariat, more than 100 men of draft age managed to use their service, well, that is, we understand how much money they managed to earn. the securi

benefit from the meeting of the joint chiefs of staff the military of the member states of the economic community of west african states, kwas, was delayed, according to hadath tv channel, this meeting was supposed to be held in the capital of ghana with the aim of investigating the military intervention in niger . niger removed the pro-western president of this country from power. echo baz threatened ninja several times with a military attack. niger's military council officially formed a government last thursday. number of tribal violence in darfur, sudan, 120 people were killed in the last two days. last month, the violence of the tribe the attack by the armed forces resulted in the death of one hundred people. the united nations reported that in the last twenty years, 300,000 people were killed and two and a half million displaced by internal violence. these conflicts were caused by armed groups of african minorities. in the name of political and economic discrimination , since the beginning of the conflicts in sudan, nearly 9 million sudanese children have been deprived of education

state itself , the offensive of the armed forces did not fail in this , the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff of the united states, general mark miley, is convinced that he noted that the pace of the counteroffensive is indeed slower than planned, but the war on paper is often different from the war in reality, in addition, ukraine is trying to minimize human losses, while our fighters managed to overcome the so-called syrovykin line, which the russians spent many months preparing, in particular, we are talking about the dragon's teeth mini-field and anti-tank trenches, mili emphasized that the defense forces still have a lot of combat power and the offensive is not finished . the construction of a bridge across the dniester on the ukrainian-moldovan border begins. about this announced prime minister denys myhal, the crossing will be in the area of ​​yampil kosauc settlements, the project is important in the conditions of russia's flag to block the grain corridor in the black sea, the president's side-by-side program is expanding in kherson oblast, 102 de-occupied villages and towns are alrea

the only news ukraine will receive an f16 fighter in the distant future, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staffthe united states, general mark miley, meanwhile, the commander of the air force for and ambassador mykola oleschuk announced that ukrainian pilots are already undergoing training on f16 fighters in great britain and sweden in order to start training our pilots to sign the relevant protocols, now bucharest is also waiting. times, he also emphasized the necessary logistics for this , the second ship blocked due to the war, bulker prime, has finally reached the territorial limits of romania, and the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyy, wrote about this in the evening on social networks. the ship is loaded with steel for african consumers and has been blocked in the port of odesa since february 2022. i will remind you that in july russia announced that it was withdrawing from the grain agreement and began shelling our ports and grain infrastructure. ukraine announced the opening of temporary corridors for commercial vessels in the black sea on 16 on august 1, the first ship left the

disappointment writes about this american building politics article notes that the chairman of the joint chiefs of staffeneral mark miles immediately warned kiev's chances of success are scanty, and if washington does not want a complete defeat of the armed forces, then negotiations are needed, but the biden administration, as noted in the article, opposed it, but it is worth noting that the general will soon be removed from this post. another example of dissatisfaction with zelensky in the west is the statement of bundeswehr general andres marloo, answering a question. why kiev cannot achieve success , he said that too many officers and sergeants were lost in the army, the publication also concludes that the military defeat of ukraine is all closer strategic reserves are thrown into battle and there is nothing to fill them with how the mood among the westerners is changing. elite anton dadyn the failure of the so-called ukrainian counter-offensive has led to the fact that in the west they are already looking for ways to get out of the conflict, according to the british tv channel sky news the kiev regi

would not have general cq brown junior serving as the chief of the air force and recently nominated as the next chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. i've often said that my grandfather's greatest accomplished point was showing the country and the world that an ordinary middle class american from the midwest, a farmer, a small businessman and a citizen soldier can rise to the highest office in this land and do a better job of it than almost anybody else. that is the promise of this, and it must be extend did to all americans. the objectives he pursued, through his civil rights decisions, remain as and important now as they were in 1948. and we still have lot of work to do. as my grandfather said, whether discrimination is based on race or creed or color or land of origin, it is utterly contrary to the american of democracy. i am excited to embark on this journey with you so let's get to it. it is my honor to bring to the stage director of military and veteran affairs of the boeing linwood ham. mr. hamm is responsible for the development and execution of programs. positively impact the veteran and military families community. and f

nick: former chairman of the joints chief of staff, think you very much.ullen: thanks, nick. ♪ geoff: edward hopper stands as an almost mythical figure in american art. as a new exhibition at the cape ann museum in gloucester, massachusetts reveals, the artist known for rendering the haunting isolation of urban life mastered his craft spending summers by the sea. special correspondent jared bowen of gbh boston reports for our arts and culture series, canvas. jared: the seagulls sail and squawk over glow stir, a coastal city and historic fishing port on the north shore of massachusetts. like the gulls, artists have also long flock here. including 100 years ago, edward hopper. >> when you think about edward hopper and his ultimate goal, to paint sunlight on the side of a house, he in this series of homes, found that opportunity. jared: oliver barker is the director of the cape ann museum which just opened its largest ever exhibition. a show that documents house by house, landscape by landscape, how edward hopper found himself as a painter. >> this exhibition

on the top brass, so for the first time in history three out of the eight positions on the joint chiefs of staff by interim officers, and this is really a shame because monday was supposed to mark the first day that a female officer was going to be on the joint chiefs for the very first time. now that officer she's only going to be there in an interim position. she's only acting until she can get confirmed. but from the top brass down to lower ranking members in the military, this is having an impact. there are -- pentagon estimates there will be 650 senior military officers by the end of the year that will be on hold. this affects not just them but their families as well as their spouses and children. spouses maybe were anticipating a move. now they have quit their jobs they can't get a new job because they can't officially move. children can't move and enroll in their new schools or register for sports. so everyone's lives really are on hold right now. and i spoke to many family members who said their lives are in limbo because of this hold. >> still no end in sight to the senator's blockade.

javelin complexes , meanwhile, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine , valery zaluzhny, spoke at the head of the united states joint chiefs of staff committee about the defensive and offensive operations of the ukrainian military regarding defense it is stable, our soldiers are making maximum efforts for this in a number of directions, the enemy is conducting active assault actions, but there is no success, in particular, this is due to the effort to distract ukrainian forces from certain areas of the front until the offensive, heavy fighting continues step by step ukrainian troops continue to create conditions for advancing forward initiative on our side evgeny dyka international expert scientist veteran of the battalion aidar joined our broadcast i congratulate you mr. yevgeny slava i offer everything about let's start with the situation at the front, that russian forces have begun an offensive on bakhmut, it became known these days and the latest report from the general staff that in the areas of three settlements on in the bakhmut direction, russian forces carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the south, there are defe

time i remember that today there was a publication in washington in which the chairman of the joint chiefs of staffley, gave an assessment of the offensive and, among other things, i only on one drew attention to the fact that he said that the military has very big problems, and i understood that the military and political leadership of russia, which is now trying to solve many issues at once , and the fall in the level of the ruble, yes, and various events in the international arena including the fact that putin was still afraid to go to the brics meeting. yes , to south africa. that's all. well, everything is interconnected, it's such a huge interconnected pressure, and here i think that they are in such a situation here some solutions. yes, for example, the protection of the crimean bridge is still a chaotic tactical paradisiacal effort that they are trying to carry out , despite the fact that everyone understands that today ukraine can attack , say, with sea drones, tomorrow with air drones, and the day after tomorrow, god forbid, with cruise missiles, for example, taurus, german ones, or briti

actions including the use of force by the joint chiefs of staff and the kovaz. ady received an order to put into action reserve troops near the border with a snowman. it's a disaster, so the president of the united states today called what is happening in the hawaiian islands. the forest fires have been raging there for several days. according to the latest data, 36 people died, dozens were injured. some are in critical condition, flames. in the truest sense of the word, several cities were destroyed. damage. at a cost of billions of dollars, hawaiians consider the fire to be the worst natural disaster in the state's recent history. the white house has pledged federal financial assistance to the affected region. today american virgin galactic successfully conducted the second in its history commercial suborbital flight of the unity spacecraft . the trip to near-earth space was broadcast live on board the spacecraft were three tourists, including veterans of the big sport of the 1972 olympics participant. john goodwin, they were accompanied by an instructor, the c

zaporizhzhia region, the trailer reports sinn, referring to the head of the united states joint chiefs of staffilli , they also add that the armed forces of ukraine are expanding the wedge in the direction of strategic of the important city of tokmak , the general staff confirms the advance of ukrainian troops in the bakhmut and melitopol directions in the south, in particular in the area novodanilivka, novoprokopivka, and small tokmachka of the belly armed forces of ukraine are entrenched at the reached boundaries, they are carrying out counter-battery measures, the russian invaders tried to break through the defenses in the areas of avdiyivka, maryinka and novomykhailivka in donetsk region, the enemy has significant losses in personnel , armed forces and equipment, is moving units and troops, actively using the reserves of the defense forces ukrainians restrain the advance of russian troops on the kupyan limansky and bakhmut directions, heavy fighting continues, they report f16 fighter camp this is what could significantly help our soldiers, speeding up the delivery of these planes and traini

joint chiefs of staff is saying about the counteroffensive. abc's tom soufi burridge in ukraine. >> reporter: tonight, ukrainian forces claiming they've breached russia's first line of defense, on the war's key southern front. ukraine releasing new video taken near the recently recaptured village of robotyne, where its troops now have two more lines of russian defense to go. ukrainian special forces seen here narrowly avoiding an exploding shell. and this video circulating online said to show ukrainian artillery striking russian vehicles. america's top general, mark milley, confirming that ukrainian advance, but admitting on jordanian tv ukraine's progress and its counteroffensive is slower than planned. >> it's very bloody, it's slow, it's long, high-casualty producing and very, very difficult. >> reporter: and tonight, news of a bitter blow for the ukrainian air force -- three pilots killed in a training exercise, worsening the shortage of skilled pilots needed for dozens of american-made f-16 fighter jets promised to ukraine. and in russia,

difficult and with heavy losses for ukraine, this is openly recognized by the head of the us joint chiefs of staffmealy and sees alternative in diplomacy right now. i would say that it is probably too early to talk about this counteroffensive. we have not yet exhausted ourselves to see how it all ends. and then move on it will take a lot, a lot time, but you can also achieve these goals. perhaps with the help of some diplomatic means, there had already been attempts to reach an agreement earlier, on the second day after the start of the special operation, zelensky was ready to refuse to join nato and declare the neutral status of ukraine . russia and ukraine have made three separate major attempts to negotiate a peace settlement. what is rarely mentioned in the learning discussions of the conflict , all three times the proposal of ukraine appeared not to join nato but every time the united states stopped trying to expect some kind of independence from europe, it’s pointless any step or statement is made in strict accordance with washington’s foreign policy for which the european union is just a to