kvien: we don't want to impose upon ukraine what victory is.krainians to decide if and when want to make any concession to russia, and we leave it to them to lay those guidelines out. nick: speaker of the house nancy pelosi yesterday spoke of victory, and defense secretary lloyd austin said the u.s. goal is to weaken russia's ability to wage war. is that a sign the u.s. aims are expanding? amb. kvien: i would say russia has clearly shown itself to be a very bad global actor. so while what they're doing in ukraine is horrible, horrific, they obviously have other countries they border. therefore, given the irresponsible behavior of president putin, i think it is a pretty, let's say the idea he can't do this to other countries and his border countries is a valid one and a weakened russia would have a harder time of doing that in other border areas. nick: when you say weakened russia, is that as secretary blinken has said, strategic defeat long term, including sanctions, including export controls, and/or military defeat on the battlefield that woul

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acting ambassador to ukraine kristina kvien returned to ukraine for the first time since evacuating 6e went shopping and her press-attache dan langenkamp bought a t-shirt with ukrainian soldiers' message to the invaders early in the war: russian warship, go -- yourself. >> it represents the ukrainian spirit. saying, we are not going to back down because you are pointing guns at us. we will stand up for our country, our sovereignty and our nation. you can do something else if you don't like that. nick: afterward, we sat down in lviv's market square. you were last here in ukraine on february 22nd. why have you returned today? >> my security professionals determined it was safe to come. we hope it is signaling a return first to lviv, and then to kyiv. we hope to do that by the end of the month. nick: let's talk about arms support and weapons into ukraine. the u.s. has been sending artillery that is crucial for the fight in eastern ukraine. has it arrived in eastern ukraine so ukrainians can use it against russians? >> we did recently say we would provide howitzers and over half of those

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i want to salute the current charge d'affaires, kristina kvien, for her exceptional service and the team of dedicated americans and ukrainians who make up the u.s. embassy in kyiv. if confirmed, it will be an honor of a lifetime to join this team and lead our collective effort there. i want to conclude by recognizing those who have made it possible for me to be here today. first, i want to thank my husband and fellow foreign service officer, nicholas higgins, for his love and support for over 29 years. we are so proud of our children, jack and cole. as part of a diplomatic family that has moved every few years for their entire lives, i want to thank them for their own service to our country. i would also like to thank my mother, gwen brink. my father and stepmother, john and judy brink. sister, joanna brink. nephews, andrew and andre brink. aunt and uncle, mary and patrick sayne. my inlaws, adrienne and kingsley foster and my brothers and sisters in law for being bedrocks of support every step of the way. mr. chairman, ranking member, and members of the committee, thank you again for the

ambassador to ukraine kristin kvien.litary aid for ukraine than when i last spoke with her three months ago before the war started. take a listen. >> we believe that ukraine is in the right. we believe that ukraine should win this war and we want to make sure that russia not just stops their aggressive actions against ukraine but make sure they don't take further aggressive actions in the region, which we're very concerned about. >> she had high praise for president zelenskyy, ukrainian soldiers and people. she was scathing about the man targeting them all russian president vladimir putin. here is more of what she had to say. >> i think it will be impossible to go back to business as usual. any future relationship we may be able to coble together will depend on what president putin does. >> what does putin have to do to get on the good side of the acting ambassador as well as the united states? stop the war crimes, get out of ukraine, act like a responsible global partner. a very tall order, dana. finally i did ask her w