be rash as latest effort to disrupt the international supply of weapons. ukrainian president vladimir soleski is welcome to pledge by washington to provide an additional $1000000000.00 in military to ukraine. it's the largest package since russia's invasion began. speaking in brussels, us secretary of defense, lloyd austin, called on other countries to also step up support. austin says the war has reached a pivotal moment. the meeting includes nato members as well as dozens of additional countries known as the cranium. defense contact work is us defense secretary lloyd austin, speaking earlier. so the contact group 1st came together nearly 3 months ago. we built tremendous momentum for donations and delivery of notary assistance. and after this, this afternoon's discussions, we're not just going to maintain that momentum. we're gonna move even faster and push even heart will deepen our coordination and cooperation and will boot bolster ukraine's armed forces to help them repel russian aggression. now and in future. earlier i spoke to mark montgomery, a military expert who served in the u. s.

germany, france, italy, and romania have probably g trying to capital keith to meet with president vladimir soleski. before a you latest told the ukrainian president europe stance united in support of his country. and they back, they fast tracking a you cried the you candidate status. the cities in the ruins of keith suburb, our pin, europe's leaders. so for themselves, the devastation of the war, impossible. the heads of france, germany and italy, met with romania as president to to the suburb where heavy fighting and alleged war crimes. so many civilians killed their 1st visit to ukraine. since russia invaded was a chance to show europe support and counter criticism over the speed and scale of their responses. law. the difficulty in europe is by your side of football. it will remain so for as long as necessary, either until victory is achieved and liberal in the form of a return to peace in a free and independent ukraine. the opposite of the consequences of the barbarism that we have seen together this morning in air pin high in a joint press conference in cave, ukrainian president vladimir zalin

. russell's chief ursula under lion made a surprise visit to key if for talks with president vladimir soleski here up to date on dw news, my colleague nicks, pfizer will have your next update for you at the top of the hour. thanks so much with ah, i think is everything challenging for some are big almost noon, so much different culture between here and there. so challenging for everything. ah, and so miss, i think it was worth it for me to come to.

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god, office, ukrainian president vladimir zalinski has addressed the leaders of the g 7 during their annual summit that's currently underway. here in germany, soleski joined the leaders of the world's richest democracies as well as the european commission president by video link. he was expected to push home as request for more heavy weapons and tougher sanctions against russia. during their 3 day summits, g 7 leaders are seeking to signal unity as concern grows over the wes long term commitment to ukraine. or we can now speak. so our correspondent, alexander phenomena, after g a survey about your friends, president zalinski, attended the g 7 meeting to there's we've heard other leaders gathered there really united in their approach to the war and ukraine. well, yes sir. president zalinski addressed her the j 7 leaders to day, and apparently he urged them to to help ukraine and to help ukraine and this war before the end of this year. because of course, he understands that this is a crucial moment right now. and he also understands that as long as the war continues or other, as the war drags on a death warrant and solidarity with ukraine could fade

away from the battlefield. soleski thanked troops and handed out awards to ukrainian fighters. aiming to boost the military spirits. well, what do you craniums make of vladimir putin warnings of new attacks if the west west ends long range missiles to ukraine? well, d, w is nick connelly and keith has more white and they see this as proof that russia is genuinely, very worried about the book perspective of those weapons being sent here. that really could affect ukraine's ability to make russian forces put under a whole lot more pressure than they are currently. and if they're able to use this new rocket lot systems with munitions that can strike targets a 100 or maybe a 150 kilometers away. that allows them to attack russian targets for a safe distance. russia, russian systems, at least in that class, a weapon of the rocket launchers don't have the same range. russia would have cruise missiles, but those are much more expensive and harder to use. so that would really give ukraine an advantage, but it has to be said, this isn't the 1st threat coming out of moscow since the beginning of this war. the war started with basic implement. putin threatened to destro

vladimir zalinski has addressed the g seven's annual summit that's currently on the way in germany. he joined the leaders of the world's richest democracies, as well as the european commission president via video elect, soleski called for tougher sanctions against russia and the delivery of air defense systems to fight moscow's aggression. he also said he wanted the war ended before the winter sets during their 3 day summit. g 7 leaders are seeking to signal unity as concerns a growing of the wes long term commitment to ukraine. i'm our joint in the studio by melinda cranky, w as chief political correspondent, and in el monte w. brussels bureau chief of us are for norman joy and thought joins us from the site of the g 7 summit. let's not, let's start with your g 7. just released a statement on ukraine tell us more while it is a strong statement, as we expect certain the statement that the 7 leaders are showing that there are united and committed to continuing to help ukraine to uphold ed serenity and territorial integrity. and they're also saying in the statement, they are ready to support ukraine as long as it takes, which is a strong statement. i would say there also are speaking about to plan for reconstr