one of the indigenous peoples of ukraine, their home crimea, the center of muslim culture in ukraine zelenskyi reminded that crimea was occupied by russia as the first president of ukraine and also reminded about the role of saudi arabia in the release of people captured by the russians on the territory of ukraine, according to the president, this experience should be expanded even if there are people at the summit of arab countries who look at the war in ukraine differently, calling it a conflict, the president said, they can unite around the idea of ​​rescuing people from russian borders oleksiy honcharenko , people's deputy of ukraine now in direct contact with the studio, oleksiy , you must follow the events in japan, in hiroshima, in fact, and in saudi arabia. after all, this is ukraine and the war of russia against ukraine. please tell us in your opinion whether the correct emphasis was placed at the summit. regarding this war and regarding aid to ukraine. congratulations . well, first of all, i believe that this is an absolutely correct decision a year ago, when the same thing happened

our diplomacy is now working extremely actively under the leadership of the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyi indeed, this one did not even call a tourney a possible raid, yes, ukraine , europe, finland, and the netherlands , italy, germany, france, britain, and then plant the people now three days, respectively, japan gsaven for later, as you absolutely rightly pointed out rammstein well, yes, and then in july we will be in vilnius, and i am deeply convinced that the members of our delegation and the president himself, respectively, do not share this opinion conducts meetings at all e meetings, well, it is known from irisation sources, of course, first of all , if we talk about hiroshima, if we talk about gsaven, talks about , first of all, weapons, talks about planes , talks about the beer system, because this is now the number one issue for us but this is a really tactical issue, and there are many strategic issues, such as the support of the gsaven countries for the peace formula, and literally yesterday, a whole meeting was held in our country by the prime ministers of the key countries

washington overshadowing the diplomatic efforts here in japan including news tonight that ukraine's president zelenskyy will travel to hiroshima to make his case for more aid and weapons in person. russia controls much of eastern ukraine and has launched a new wave of attacks, but despite that timing, ukraine officials say zelenskyy's trip is critical. nbc's molly hunter is in kyiv tonight. >> right now kyiv is facing unprecedented aerial assaults. the military planning a counteroffensive against russian forces any day now, but president zelenskyy's advisers say it is worth it he is so persuasive in person, and he brings home what kyiv needs >> reporter: and tonight nbc news learning zelenskyy is poised to get a major victory. the u.s. and allies now planning to provide f-16 fighter jets to ukraine according to a senior administration official it's unclear which countries will provide the jets still, it's a move the biden administration previously opposed >> and, kristen, we have a bit of breaking news tonight in kyiv we're getting late word of more explosions, more air defense measures being deployed,

ukraine. as for the meeting between president volodymyr zelenskyi and the president of the united states , bidenwould like to note that once again we felt from those states continuing the course of support for ukraine, they are one of the leaders of the so-called aviation coalition. and precisely with this position, which is absolutely sure that in in the near future we will be able to receive the f16 fighter jets necessary for the armed forces, in addition, as a result of the meeting, it became known about a new package of military aid that the united states is once again providing to ukraine in its struggle for independence, mr. ruslana, with you as a diplomat, i would like to discuss the behavior in general how the president of the united states behaved, they saw this communication with volodymyr zelensky , now we will ask our editors to show these shots, and the president of the united states means a hand on the shoulder er volodymyr to zelenskiy klav and so on. they communicated in such a friendly manner, even so informally, but from the point of view of diplomacy , what can this indicate ?

zelenskyi also mentioned fighter jets, and ukraine needs them, and zelenskyi hopes to form an aviationtion in these european negotiations. ukraine is defined by internationally recognized borders, since the germans are obviously worried about whether ukraine will use german weapons to attack the territory of russia, we do not attack russian territory, we we are liberating our legal land, we are not interested in this, we do not have time for this, we do not have the strength for this and there are no extra weapons for this, we focused on the preparation of counter-offensive actions regarding de-occupation in accordance with international law , according to the law, according to our constitution, where the occupation is purely our ukrainian all over the world recognized territory in russia , there can be no peace. and these are the important words of chancellor olaf scholze . since the debate in germany still does not subside, they say that peace is needed, and for this , it is necessary to bring the country to the negotiating table and russia. we also express our position very clearly

ukraine is not involved in the attack on the kremlin , president volodymyr zelenskyi said during the summit of northern european countries. the president emphasized that ukraine is not attacking anya putin. not even moscow. she defends her territory, her cities and villages, and she does it on her territory. we don’t have enough weapons even for this, that’s why we use them elsewhere, that’s why we have them. deficit we can't use anything anywhere, that's why i was attacked by putin, we'll leave it to the tribunal, the day before , putin's press service stated that on the night of may 3rd , ukraine allegedly tried to strike the kremlin, the one with the explosion outside red square in moscow was published on the network later it became known that the president was not in the residence at that time and there were no victims . however, they called the attack a terrorist attack and an attempt on vladimir putin, and after that they promised to respond decisively to our communication pavlo kichuk head of non-violent programs of the center for global studies strategy 21 good morning good mo

barrage of the armed forces of ukraine is moving forward, they have captured many occupiers, the defense of the sky and the earth agreed on weapons and air defense, president zelenskyike about the results of his visit to italy italy will continue supporting ukraine as much as it is necessary for us to stand up and protect our people and our territory, vitalia supported all points of the ukrainian peace formula, as well as the beginning of negotiations with the esu in 2023, they also agreed about weapons and anti-aircraft defense , about the results of his visit to italy, president volodymyr zelenskyi said in his address at the end of the 444th day of the full-scale war. - this is the political level of the meeting, i heard that italy will continue to support ukraine as much as it is necessary for us to endure and protect our people, our territory , we agree with george p. prime minister our new joint defense steps are good things we will do together to protect the sky there are good things we will do together to protect the ground we agreed on weapons and air defense as george correctly said when we in ukraine protect freedom and our lives from russian bombs and mis

also in this is how you can briefly summarize the results of the visit of the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyiseveral european countries. well, more about this tour in our story, our priority is offensive actions, so the president of ukraine volodymyr zelensky briefly outlined the main goal of his meetings with european colleagues in rome, berlin, paris and london , he once again asked our partners and allies to provide more weapons to launch a counterattack on enemy positions and the liberation of temporarily occupied territories, and in london he even announced the creation of a ukrainian - the british coalition of fighter jets to protect our skies , according to volodymyr zelenskyi, still needs both weapons and time, but details he did not reveal it for three long days, and give our soldiers the opportunity to go home with new defense packages , more new, more powerful weapons for the front, more protection for our people, more political support, so the main results for these days are here for you, weapons for ukraine, respect for ukrainians, our victory was achieved closer and we will add

the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyi, met with the prime minister of italy, giorgia melni, during his trip to italy before that he held talks with the president with serhiy mazzarella for the evening the planned visit of our head of state to the vatican, where he will meet with pope francis, this will be the most important part of zelenskyi's stay in italy, he previously met with the pope in the vatican in 2020, and at the beginning of the war, they spent several telephone conversations earlier, the pontiff's office said that the pope was conducting secret negotiations to end the war in ukraine. meanwhile , switzerland gave the green light to the supply of weapons to ukraine, both houses of the parliament and the national council voted to amend the law that will allow the supply of military equipment to ukraine in the future. many european countries could not supply some types of weapons to the country because the components are manufactured in switzerland. the country has been neutral since 1815 and was not involved in either the first or the second world war. the russian federat

he made that pledge after ukraine's president zelenskyy visited the u.k.part of a whirlwind tour of europe. despite the promise of more hardware, the british prime minister stopped short of saying he will stand kyiv fighter jets -- he will send kyiv fighter jets. reporter: it was a visit by the ukrainian president. after a weekend of meetings with european leaders, president zelenskyy cast down to meet prime minister rishi sunak. he welcomes zelenskyy to his country residence. >> great to welcome you back to the u.k. reporter: where the ukrainian leader was thankful to britain, but also acknowledged the difficulties that lie ahead for ukraine. pres. zelenskyy: i thank you, especially you and your government for supporting us. really at this moment, a moment of challenges, a moment for us, for our society and our people, especially for our soldiers, the moment is tough, difficult. but anyway, we need success and i am happy that this way, we are preparing counteroffensive steps. reporter: president zelenskyy is keen to build up what he calls a jet coalition

ukraine. what are you expecting most of all from japan in the future? president zelenskyy: with the prime minister and his government we had two meetings. there were several conversations. first of all, let me be honest, the technologies. why? well, because the recovery of ukraine would be ea the signal for all our people, the sign that the light is going up, both on recoveries and also the global recovery. we will recover ukraine with new technologies from energiened to the health care and here the experience of japan is so important for us. today we were going through those fears with the prime minister. we have understanding. we have several fears to deal with. energies, especially green energy, the railway which is so important for us, where we would need the japanese modern technologies, health care and so on. but i think that all of that is ahead of us. all of that will have positive outcome, i'm sure. dear colleagues, i thank you for the questions. we are out of time for the press conference. thank you so much. good-bye. [applause] [captions copyright national cable

will not be possible until after they have fully implemented the peace plan for volodymyr zelenskyi and ukraine, then they will only be able to get on the road to correction, so to speak, and at least theoretically return to some kind of negotiation track of the international community until this happens, until justice is achieved after the criminal actions of the putin regime . will be and regarding the return, i propose to return to the visit of president zelensky to the summit of the league of arab states p. oleksiy, one of the statements according to the results was the statement of saudi arabia , about which they say active neutrality in what is happening between russia and ukraine, how will it look well and to what extent this is a breakthrough result in the context of everything, this is a good result , er, i will tell you more than that a year ago, er , it would actually be difficult to hope for such results. now they are active. how was it articulated to you, neutrality is actually based on er, really about what we have already mentioned today, on the political subjectivity of ukraine

ukraine. molly, good morning. president zelenskyy. so is there a sense there could potentially be a shift in the momentum in this war because of those planes? >> reporter: yeah, willie, good morning to you. we are just here where life feels relatively normal, a few hours away from that eastern frontline, but it's not just the jets. as this country prepares for the counter offensive, there is a real sense, there is a real moment here, and it feels like the international coalition of support is broadening, willie. speaking with the former defense minister yesterday called it a critical mass of help. before the aid was helping ukraine stay in the fight, and now he says there's a real sense in kyiv that with the patriots, with the f-16s, willie, which by the way, are still months and months away, that is the kind of military aid, the kind of advantage that could help ukraine end the war. willie? >> everyone wants to hasten the end of this war. molly hunter in ukraine. molly, thanks so much. >>> coming up next here, a new "sunday sitdown"

reclaim its rightful territory, also to ensure ukraine has the means to defend itself into the future as well. reporter: before his brief trip to britain, zelenskyyed berlin and paris, pushing for ukraine's bid for nato membership to be approved as early as the next summit in july. he has also been asking for specific support. one thing that came up in monday's talks was president zelenskyy's request for what he called a coalition to provide fighter jets. rishi sunak said britain would soon start training ukrainians to fly fighter jets, but the government has made it clear it will not be providing planes. moscow predictably is not impressed with the latest pledges of military aid for kyiv. >> we take this extremely negatively. burton claims to be among the top countries that continue to pump weapons into ukraine. i repeat, this cannot have any significant or fundamental impact on the course of the special military operation. but it all leads to further destruction. reporter: volodymyr zelenskyy knows there is a growing debate across europe about how mott -- how long ukraine's war efforts can be supported. he is hoping that offenses can keep up th

mark stewart in japan, thank you very much. >>> ukraine's president zelenskyy is front of and center at the summit. meantime, back home, russia struck the city of kyiv in new drone attacks. nic robertson is in eastern ukraine. what's at stake here for zelenskyy while he's abroad? >> yeah. russia in an effort to take advantage of zelenskyy being away from his home continuing its attacks on kyiv. officials are saying, look, we believe that the russians are trying to do two things. one, trying to deplete our missile defense system reserves. the other is to attack the psychology of the people living in kyiv. perhaps the bigger developments or possible developments, because ukraine is denying what i'm about to tell you, that the wagner mercenary boss who has given a lot of propaganda and cannot be taken at face value, he says russian troops have finally taken control of the town of bakhmut. we know ukrainian forces are fighting intensely around that city. officials are saying the city has not fallen to russian hands. this is happening while zelenskyy is away. hive been talking to commander

of the verkhovna rada of ukraine, stefanchyk ruslan oleksiyovych a copy of the president of ukraine zelenskyi volodymyr oleksandrovich prime minister of ukraine denis anatoliyovych who blinks dear ruslan oleksiyovych on april 10, 2023, ukraine adopted draft law no. 83.12 dated december 27, 2022 on amending some laws of ukraine on improving the legal regulation of issues of related to the implementation of measures of the legal regime of martial law . a deputy's proposal regarding the payment of uah 30,000 to military personnel was included in the said draft law. rank and file officers of the civil protection service by the police, regardless of the assignment of tasks to such persons or the area of ​​service, according to our common opinion , this proposal cannot be accepted in the proposed version based on this proposal does not solve the specified range of problems related to the monetary remuneration of military personnel the solution of which is urgent, in particular, regarding the remuneration of persons called up for term service as cadets of higher military educational institutions of

hiroshima, and all because this time the g7 leaders met in the 7 + 1 format, the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyipart in the summit, so this time the main topic of the event was the russian war in ukraine and how the civilized world can help to end it faster, namely with the help of the ukrainian peace plan proposed by president zelenskyi this was the collective position of the leaders of the group of seven sources who were present at the meeting claim that this time there were not even hints about possible compromises on the part of ukraine and concessions in the war with by russia, and this can be seen from the statement based on the results of the summit. russia started this war and can end it. russia's aggression against ukraine is a violation of international law, in particular the united nations charter. peace cannot be achieved without the complete and unconditional withdrawal of russian troops and military equipment, and this must be in any peace plan. but perhaps the most important result was the creation of the so-called coalition of fighter jets, a number of countries agreed from the b

zelenskyy is in berlin meeting with german officials. these are live images coming to us from berlin and these meetings come on the heels of the biggest batch of military aid to ukraine. meanwhile, zelenskyy is indicating ukraine will soon start taking first important steps for its expected co counteroffensive soon. inside ukraine russian artillery is pummelling targets across the country. this is video of a drone strike across the western part of the country which reportedly left 21 people injured. another attack in the east killed two people and left ten others wounded. for more now, salma abdelaziz has the story. >> you see the reception there. the live images there. this is very much a welcome ceremony for a friend, for an ally, for a close partner as germany has been in this war on russia. germany was the center of a debate a few months ago, kim, if you'll remember around tanks. germany reaching the deal with the united states that the u.s. provided abrams tanks and germany provided the leopard tanks that's made a huge difference on the front line. it showed a change in calculation for nato early on in this conflict, many western partners didn't want to send off

i welcomed this decision the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyy, called it historic, and it contributes to the restoration of historical justice and the perpetuation of the memory of millions of ukrainians tortured by hunger. great britain will not transfer fighter jets to ukraine, but it can help other countries in this , minister of defense bangolos said this after a meeting with his german colleague, according to hair britain can help kyiv with the training of pilots, but he did not name the terms, i will remind you that earlier german chancellor olafsholz said that berlin does not plan to participate in the coalition fighter jets for ukraine, germany is focused on the supply of tanks, ammunition and anti-aircraft systems , scholz said, more than 40 states and the european union supported the creation of a register of damages caused to ukraine by the russian federation, it will help compensate for losses and rebuild ukraine in the future, the declaration on this was signed by representatives of 40 countries at the summit of the council of europe in reik' the prime minister of ukraine

well, an hour ago, we learned that the president of ukraine , volodymyr zelenskyi, will come to hiroshimaefore that, there were only assumptions, but the head of his office andriy yarmak has already finally confirmed this visit, in addition to participating in the summit, is there already information about separate meetings with the leaders of the big seven ? it is not yet known about separate meetings . cardinally, what was the program of the next two days, we know that the last day is here, it is usually a quiet day , the day of the press conference, the day of the press conference of symbolic statements. zelensky to meet with all partners, not only with the leaders of the group of seven, but we already know that there are also several countries of the global rooster invited, and therefore it will be important to see what the meetings will be and as the ukrainian ambassador here in japan serhii told me korsunskyi he said that he also expects specific results from bilateral meetings, they may relate , as he said, in particular to the aid of the new aid packages for ukraine, so we will mo

ii have a feeling something is going enin ukraine. zelenskyyr the place to pick up weapons, something going on that peace talks mapping might be fruitfulling. >> maybe. zelenskyy is rush aring around europe. he is hoping to continue the support europeans giving him. they started backing off. he also talked to the americans. conservative to give me support i need, i will have a big spring offensive. he is banking everything on on the spring offensive. the pentagon privately said he may not do all that well. it's frozen conflict. ukraine might advance a little. russia might advance a little. it is like world war i nobody can achieve what they consider victory. in the midst of all of this what are the chinese doing? they maneuvered things so brilliantly. out smarted everybody. first of all they're getting energy, oil, natural gas, really cheaply, discounted prices from russia, nobody is buying russian stuff. number two the longer the war goes on better china does. america is depleting our own military readiness to supply ukraine. america is focuse

volodymyr zelenskyi on the way to the european union ukraine has our full support as europeans europeans know what strength and democratic will there is in this people of yours i also think about the people in general like me that about solidarity in poland. i remember the discovery of harrowing in the berlin wall, which happened thanks to brave people from the former gdr, which opened europe to a united europe, and of course i remember the orange the revolution of 2004 and also the nights of the euromaidan of 2013-2014, all revolutions of dignity and the yellow-blue flag and also the flag of europe are beginning freedom and self-determination of ukraine all these popular movements show the strength of the will of their people in the future to decide their own destiny russian aggression aggressive war it not only brought the ukrainian nation under reporting, it is even one more, it will become no , the decision of ukrainians to become a european nation is not irreversible if vladimir putin putin thought that he could divert the ukrainian nation from and on

history of ukraine, germany proved to be our true friend and reliable ally, resolutely standing next to the ukrainian people in the struggle for freedom and democratic values ​​wrote zelenskyiether we will win and return peace to europe personally thanked steinmeier for his support wrote thank you p federal president for your personal support of ukraine and hospitality and by the way , do you remember that i recently dropped the news about schrider in joint chats, i am also asking you, what are you waiting for, what am i talking about i know what people are talking about. i came to the russian embassy, ​​the russian embassy, ​​for the celebration of may, where from may 9 to the russian embassy in berlin . it seems that he was recorded there, filmed. worked for the management of the state-owned company rosneft and received there, it seems, 200,000 € per month , i don’t remember exactly, i can clarify now, and now this dismissal and a full-scale war did not stop gerhard, both his patronymic there and this remote control, to come from the russian embassy to celebrate victory day together with russian chekists and representatives of the fsb after that, wikipedia generally write

full-scale russian invasion of ukraine first began to give they gave us these e-stingers enlaves, that is, they and now they are the first to give this e-e missile, e-e volodymyr zelenskyy yesterday the president of ukraine said that well, after all, it is necessary to give this type of weapons more actively and here we have the answer of the secretary of state of the united states of america anthony blinken anthony blinken on this and here we want to talk about it in more detail i want to talk with our guest maria zovkina political analyst of the democratic initiatives fund named after ilka kuchereva researcher of the london school of economics and of political science mrs. maria i congratulate you glory to ukraine i congratulate you as a hero glory thank you for joining us now we will not talk about the military component of this case , only the political component the united states of america is almost demanding. it says that we are giving ukraine this storm shadow, give ukraine attacks from one side, yes, but from the other. i think that london does not expect that the reaction will be as automatic as it was in the case of providing challengers to ukraine that led t

beginning of the full-scale russian invasion ukraine participated in the meetings of the big seven 6 times, but in online mode, this visit is also zelenskyi's the president's office, joins our broadcast good evening good evening this is how i see you, you were actually part of the ukrainian delegation all this time and accompanied the president to the arab countries and then to japan for the g7 summit, fighter jets at 16 the main topic i was there all these days, and i would like to hear from you the details of when and how many, whether there are specific agreements on the number and terms. i will simply say for the understanding of our audience that recently the minister of defense oleksiy reznikov said that the ukrainian ukraine needs at least 50-60 fighter jets, there is a prospect that it they will receive them. look, let's go in order, first of all, at the gsvan summit, er, the so-called coalition of fighters , kovalivtsi planes, combat aviation has confidently added another country, and such a country has become the united states of america. have you heard the corresponding statements of president biden about this were discussed at a

. >>> and outside ukraine, president zelenskyy on the move. securing critical commitments from western allies across europe. inside his surprise meeting with the british prime minister and the promise of hundreds of new weapons for the front lines. plus, benched, the memphis grizzlies just suspended their all star guard john mo rant for the second time in three months after he once again appeared to be holding a gun in a video on instagram. the message in this penalty on and off the court. >>> also, the deadly tornado that ripped through south texas near the gulf coast and has left dozens of homes damaged, at least one person dead. our nbc news reporters are covering all of the latest developments. nbc's catie beck is where those devastating storms hit on the gulf coast. where are you exactly, and what are you seeing? >> reporter: recovery efforts are now underway in laguna heights, texas, where claiming 42-year-old robert flores. he was enjoying being a knewly wed and a new father, and they plan to rebuild on the land their family has owned f

new supplies of equipment and their answer will not take long to wait, the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyiditional address, we will listen. i wish you health, dear ukrainians, briefly about today, about our actions, our international bloc is very actively working with partners in detail for the sake of new defense packages for ukraine, new solutions already at the working level, more protection for our sky, more opportunities for our defense and movement on the ground, spent today several meetings where we discussed all this and we expect appropriate steps from anya's partners in the near future . let's not forget for a minute that every day of the presence of the occupier in our land is a temptation for him to think that he will succeed in something, that he will not succeed in anything, that we must return freedom, security and europe to the whole of ukraine land on the entire european land, we will do it, we will not leave a single piece of our land to the enemy anywhere , i will not rule. thanks to the leaders, partners , all partner states, everyone who helps us strengthen our strengt

ukraine began in reykjavík the day before on at the opening speech of the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyihe called on the countries participating in the conference to strengthen ukrainian air defense by providing kyiv with western fighter jets, in general, the topic of the war in ukraine will be central at the summit, which has already been called historic in the almost 80 years of the existence of the council of europe, this is the fourth time that all heads of state have gathered at one conference and governments of the members of the organization, the special representative of china arrived in kyiv for the first time at the beginning of the full-scale war, met with the head of the ministry of foreign affairs, dmytro kuleba, at the meeting, the diplomats discussed ways to end russia's war against ukraine, there will be no freezing of the conflict or loss of territory, dmytro kuleba said. they also discussed the prospects for bilateral relations between the countries. kuleba noted the importance of china's participation in the implementation of the black sea grain peace initiative, nucle

ukraine's president zelenskyy was there, accusing some arab leaders of turning a blind eye to the horrorsrussia's invasion of ukraine. listening was president assad, russia's closest ally in the middle east. russian firepower left syrian cities in ruins. the kremlin's decisive intervention in syria in 2015 must have fed vladimir putin's ambition as he planned to invade ukraine. here in beirut, syrian refugees face increasing hostility. planned for lebanon's own economic collapse. this refugee family scared they will be deported if they are identified live in an area where a curfew has been imposed on syrians. the children have been flown out of school -- thrown out of school. the turmoil in their lives is all over the teenage daughters artwork. the father views the authoritarian leaders embrace of bashar al-assad with contempt and fear. >> the assadegime is a dictatorship. they are helping each other, cooperating against the people. >> there is no sign of justice for the victims of the war to save his regime. aside used to speak only to friends he was in moscow in march. his rehabilitatio

the newly elected president has already congratulated the head of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi, he notedthat he expects the continuation of close partnership between the two states , the center for the protection of children's rights has become operational in ukraine . of organizations for the return home of young ukrainians deported by russia consists of several blocks, it is the reintegration of returned children, consideration of the development of family forms of upbringing, recording of crimes and prosecution of the russian federation to responsibility, so far it was possible to save 371 children out of more than 19,000 deported . zelensky also reminded about other crimes of russia: russia killed 483 children, which killed the least and it is not something that can be called in words. did they become victims of russian aggression or did they die as a result of the armed conflict? no, russia killed of these children, almost a thousand more children, russia was crippled , the last child was rescued from roadside shelling from the village of yablenko, which is near ugledar, the police

president biden will officially meet with ukraine's president zelenskyy at the g7 in japan tomorrow. the white house confirming just a short time ago ukraine scored a key victory with the u.s. after the biden administration signaled it will permit allies to send f-16 fighter jets to the war-torn nation. other g7 leaders have been meeting with zelenskyy. they offered their support for, quote, as long as it takes. g7 meetings are not just about ukraine. leaders are also weighing in on how to confront china's increasing military power. cnn's phil mattingly is in hiroshima. can you give us a preview of what the meeting might be like? >> reporter: a preview of the day, because i think that's important in the context of things. yes, the bilateral meeting between president biden and president zelenskyy, the first face-to-face meeting between the two since president biden's surprise trip to kyiv earlier this year. there was also a meeting of the entire g7 group of leaders and the other countries thachb involved here, an entire working-group meeting related to ukraine that zelenskyy will be pa

it's very interesting, and even i, if i'm not mistaken, heard that the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyid that it 's possible , it's even possible to use ammonia. simply unilaterally, simply by mutual agreement, and as if some kind of movement in this direction had already begun. do you remember last year , before the new year, there were a lot of exchanges , but somehow it was not possible to do anything , and well, we are on it's a pity we didn't succeed in freeing all our prisoners, but fortunately russian ammonia is not flowing through the pipes on the territory of ukraine now, well, again, for us, it was always a ukrainian priority, victory in ukrainian interests, ukrainian interests, yes, this is an exchange of all for all and ukrainian integration the unblocking of all ports, including the increase in the range of products that can be exported from mykolaiv or odesa itself, the export of a family of metals is still blocked in our country, and this is very important. thus, if it were possible to expand the grain agreement in such a way that we would export from mykolaiv as well and

, in the meantime, i received the president of vietnam, when the president of vietnam left ukraine , zelenskyiot appear at his place, there was definitely a different meeting, the brazilian leader said. the position of the ukrainian delegates was based on the fact that there is simply a discrepancy in the schedules. brazil is not a member or member . that is, we are talking about an account that could have happened but did not happen, and we are talking about brazil, which is located in russia with the russian federation in certain relations, even alliances, if you can say so, we are talking about brics , eh, oleksia in the format, too, yes, definitely , whether this is such an untapped opportunity, or maybe on the contrary, a very wise decision now is to refrain from such contacts, i don’t think that there was such an already too big event, after all, everyone is talking to everyone during these three days, ukraine is invited as well as brazil is invited. well , they are not the main participants of that. well, i think the main thing is that it just really didn't work out in the due to the fa

russia and ukraine, trying to keep major allies together. behind zelenskyy, behind ukraine, obviously with zelenskyy's presence here, that is a little easier and as you rightly said, earlier, president macron of france called it a game-changer. it's a lot harder to ignore what is happening in ukraine when zelenskyy is here right in front of. them especially those who have been doubting president modi of india. he's not a member of the g7 but it's here and as an observer. he's already met with macron. he's not met -- he's not a particular supporter of the ukraine effort to defeat russia on ukrainian territory. so that was an important meeting. the second main thing is china, trying to keep people together, in not confronting china, and at least containing china. that's the way they don't like the word contain. but in order to counter chinese coercion and other malignant actions in the pacific region. and there's a great deal of commonality. here but there are some differences. you saw macron go to beijing recently. in a way that annoyed americans and others.

zelenskyi this year . charlemagne's bacchanal was presented in the coronation hall of the ahnek town hall. of the former imperial palace, you handed it to the president of ukrained to the ukrainian people in recognition of their courageous struggle for freedom of self-determination, democracy and the protection of our european values, our we sincerely congratulate you all on the award amen that is interesting that is interesting well i will say once again that the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyy received the award and i received the award from charlemagne , the founder of the french empire and the actual founder of the holy roman empire, the award is presented in the town hall of the city of aachen oh for the contribution to the unification of europe that interestingly, in 2008, this prize was awarded to angela merkel. we remember that in 2008, the bukhara nato summit was held, where actually the anglo-meke did not help the unification of europe because ukraine did not receive any signal about you she was a member at least at least receive an action plan regarding membership in nato well then we remember vladimir we will come back and listen to preside

to turn the tide in the favor of ukraine, president zelenskyy says he still wants western warplanes andhe calls a coalition of jets. from the prime minister, no commitment or plans for that. >> the straightforward thing is what we have been discussing terms of building up fighter aircraft capabilities. not just planes but the training of pilots in the logistics that go alongside it. >> today we spoke about the jets. an important topic for us. we cannot control the sky. >> president zelenskyy has been busy as ukraine repairs a long-awaited counteroffensive against russia, shaking hands in france, germany, and rome, rallying support wherever he can get it. ukraine, he said today, still needs more time. every day the war that russia started causes more casualties. more lives will be lost in the ukrainian counteroffensive when it comes. the outcome will have implications not only in ukraine but far beyond. >> turkiye, posters calling the election the biggest challenge that president0 has ever -- president erdogan has ever faced. kemal kilicdaroglu and erdogan will go head-to-head. erdogan l

zelenskyy arrived in hiroshima, japan, for face-to-face meetings with leaders of the world's richest democracies. he is urging them to stick with ukraine as russia bets on the west growing fatigued by the cost of the war. moments after landing, zelenskyy tweeted that peace will become closer today. cbs's elizabeth palmer in hiroshima leads us off. >> reporter: president zelenskyy flew to hiroshima on a plane provided by the french government. his star power will focus global attention on this summit, which was always intended to showcase g7 leaders' unwavering support for ukraine. even before he touched down, zelenskyy got one of the things he'd been asking for -- f-16 fighter jets. after refusing for months, president biden approved the training of ukrainian pilots to fly the u.s.-made war planes. >> now we have turned to discussions about improving this inarf long-tm commitment to ukraine's self-defense. >> reporter: various european allies are expected to supply the actual aircraft from stocks they already own. after some picturesque photo ops and closed door meetings, the g7 leaders spelled out their common ground in a communique t

seems to me that the human human element is also very important, and the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyy, is the one who said that this is very important for him . this personal contact is very important. said that he would like to visit as many countries as possible and it is obvious that there are things that can be resolved, they can be discussed in a phone call or with the help of a video link, somehow we are with you, but for such large-scale things , worldview things, things that are about people's lives, the security of countries are historical question i still think that you can agree with the statements of politicians that personal contact and personal conversations are very, very important and decisions sumakh said today that they discussed important issues with zelensky privately one on one, as was said here thank you for joining the broadcast bohdan tsyupan, the european correspondent of the ukrainian voice of america service from london , was in direct contact with us, thank you, he will remain in custody . the kyiv court of appeal rejected the request of the lawyers of ex-i

from 37 countries expressed their support during the meeting , chaired by the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi, representatives of all participating countries unanimously expressed unity, noting that the top political and military leadership of russia should definitely be held accountable for launching an aggressive war against ukraine, the first step that europe should take is to help kyiv collect and analyze evidence, stressed the president of the european commission, yaroslav fund deryan, at the end of the same, all countries - the participants adopted a joint statement that clearly stated that such a mechanism of justice to overthrow the nirn tribunal was initially agreed upon by only four states in total for the sake of that tribunal 24 states have entered, and there are already significantly more of us. now i am glad that there is an absolutely clear agreement between us that the responsibility of the aggressor for the crime must be silent . and it is the responsibility of the aggressor for the crime of aggression. roles a-a v you are already starting to speak the language little by litt

this comes after last week's announcement that the uk is providing long-range missiles to ukraine. zelenskyy>> we turn to more news where it appears turkey will hold a runoff election to decide its next president, putting incumbent president resn recep erdogan against his opponent. erdogan led by roughly five points. now a runoff election will take place with turkey's future on the line. voters are choosing between erdogan and his wlievl has pledged to provide democracy. joining us now retired four-time navy admiral, great to see you. let's start with the election with erdogan and turkey. very close. you have dealt with erdogan over the years. he has oftentimes ben the thorn in the side of nato and other western allies. give us your lay of the land and the state of turkey and where you see this election going. >> first point to be made, jon, throughout my time as supreme allied commander, i want to say something about turkey and erdogan. the turks always responded to our requests for troops, equipment, afghanistan, libya, the balkans, they were there. that's the good news. the bad news. erdo

learn about the most important events of what is happening in ukraine and the world, and this episode begins with this volodymyr zelenskyy did not confirm the capture of bakhmut by the russians , the presidential spokesman serhiy nikiforov emphasized, the western media reported that the president of ukraine during the gs summit you nuu hiroshima allegedly recognized the loss of bakhmut and stated that i quote bakhmut today only in our hearts, but later zelenskyi's press secretary serhiy nikiforov wrote that the heads of state asked whether pravda the russians say that they took bakhmut and to which zelensky replied, i think no. in this way, the president denied taking the city , clarified nekyferov. on the flanks makes it very difficult for the enemy to be in bakhmut, our defense forces maintain control over industrial infrastructure facilities and private sector of the city in the vicinity of the plane, the peace summit should be held in july, when a symbolic period of 500 days has passed since the beginning of the full-scale war . the president of ukraine , volodymyr zelenskyi, addressed the leaders of the gs7 countrie

ukraine . italy's volodymyr zelenskyi answered local journalists' question when the armed forces of ukraine willforward, extra details will only harm the military, zelenskyi added, "my frankness will not help ukraine in this matter, on the contrary, it will hinder it. understand me, we are preparing very seriously and very serious steps will definitely be taken." i know that we are all motivated turkey will elect a president on sunday, the main intrigue is that in 20 years as a cardigan in power , he is not the leader of the race for erdoğan for the first time almost equal chances with the opponent from the united position, the west is betting on kilijdar oglu, believing that it is easier to negotiate with him on the supply of weapons to ukraine, the preservation of the grain agreement, the kremlin, on the other hand, supports erdogan, promoting the narrative that the united states should negotiate with moscow directly as a result of the elections can influence turkey's foreign policy towards ukraine, our anastasiya olinska explained , he leads ukraine 11 more before that , erdoğan's budget, his

ukraine's president zelenskyy is looking for continued support in the war with russia. the leaders have responded, releasing a statement saying, quote, we reaffirm our unwavering support for ukraine for as long as it takes. >>> president biden is expected to have face-to-face talks with zelenskyy. in a significant win for ukraine, the u.s. has signalled it will now permit allies to send f-16 fighter jets to the w war-torn nation and support in the pilot training. >>> western leaders are also weighing their options to confront china's increasing military power. cnn's phil mattingly is in hiroshima, japan. what do we expect could come from president biden's meeting with zelenskyy? >> reporter: it's interesting. this will be the first time they've met in person since president biden's surprise visit to kyiv that was so symbolic in the moment, but also at the time, according to officials involved in that meeting, when the president arrived, very substantive in terms of what types of defense capabilities ukraine was looking for, also how they view not just the battle space, b