s. secretary of state who's been to key van tony blinking and defense secretary lloyd austin. place to step up u. s. military aid, including more advanced weapons. alexey o'brien begins our coverage with this report, a show of support in a time of war, the u. s. secretaries of state and defense in the ukrainian capital to meet president fellow to me as a landscape. this was the 1st high level visit by us officials since russian forces and faded what you've done and we're pulling the rush engine, the battle of keys ish. was it for an inch far and quite widely to rest of the world. we got used to seeing you on video around the world, but it's great. it's good to see you in person. during a 3 hour meeting, the pair promised to stay pop u. s. military aid, including sending more advanced weapons. we will continue to do everything possible . are to ensure that you are successful. ukraine's president has accused allies of being too slow to help saying they shared responsibility for the was casualties. but on sunday he said he was grateful for u. s. support. and what he called an important mo

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k. lloyd austin, you know, they're all in here. i mean, this is good and very, very badly because there will be a winner, and there will be a loser. and my hunch is, given that it's a neighboring country to russia, with russia, with overwhelming military force, is going to be a disaster for nato. and it is a disaster for nato. go ahead, earl peter, you can actually go back even further before 2014. you can look at woodstock and you can look at the grant, just bored by as a new to brzezinski and rand study in 2019 ukraine is a strategic importance in order to to didn't really have a strategic importance to us for existence. but as far as weakening to russia is, and so that's why it's focused here, and that's what the, this is all about to weaken and contain russia and to prevent them from researching and to, to coming back up. what's going to happen if obviously the militarily, it's not going to, unless there's an intervention and then who knows what happens ukraine's going to lose the and so what, what could happen is we could see

k. lloyd austin, you know, they're all in here. i mean, this is good and very, very badly because there will be a winner, and there will be a loser. and my hunch is, given that it's a neighboring country to russia, with russia, with overwhelming military force, is going to be a disaster for nato. and it is a disaster for nato. go ahead, earl peter, you can actually go back even further before 2014. you can look at woodstock and you can look at grand chessboard by as brzezinski and rand study in 2019 ukraine. is this critique importance in order to, to, doesn't really have a strategic importance to us for existence, but as far as weakening to russia is. so that's why it's focused here, and that's what this is all about to weaken and contain russia and to prevent them from researching into, to coming back up. what's going to happen if the, obviously the militarily, it's not going to, unless there's an intervention and then who knows what happens ukraine's going to lose the. and so what, what could happen is we could see a fragmentati

lloyd austin says ukraine can win and everyone here in the room agrees. he is obviously trying to tie everyone into making sure that happens. to give you an idea of where that rhetoric is taking us, you heard steve referring to this threat from moscow. this was triggered by the armed forces minister this morning, who said that he wouldn't mind if british weapons were used by ukraine to attack targets in russia. the russian response was a rather specific threat that said they reserved the right to launch targeted missile strikes at facilities in kyiv even if western advisers were present. that is a pretty specific and ominous warning. and it gives you some idea of the extremely delicate and explosive territory we are now in, as steve has suggested. paul. in, as steve has suggested. paul, thanks. in, as steve has suggested. paul, thanrs- paul— in, as steve has suggested. paul, thanks. pauladams, _ in, as steve has suggested. paul, thanks. pauladams, our- in, as steve has suggested. paul, thanks. pauladams, our diplomatic thanks. paul adams, our diplomatic

secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin traveled here to ukraine to meet with president zelenskyy in kyiv and other senior ukrainian officials. the first senior level visit by the u.s. since the start of the war. they promised that u.s. diplomats will return to this country this week. blinken also says that russia's war objectives in ukraine have, in his words, already failed. >> we're seeing that when it comes to russia's war aims, russia is failing. ukraine is succeeding. we dont know how the rest of this war will unfold, but we do know that a sovereign, independent ukraine will be around a lot longer than vladimir putin's on the scene. >> quite a shot across the bow to the kremlin. right now in the eastern part of this country, officials say almost the entire luhansk region is without water. tens of thousands without power. this as russia intensifies attacks on that eastern part of the cannot known as the donbas. we are covering the latest from across ukraine. back to the u.s. as well. let's begin with matt rivers. he is reporting from the capital city

after defense secretary lloyd austin said ukraine can win the war if they have the right help. >> and part of that help is more than $3 billion in security assistance, weapons, and more that the u.s. has already sent ukraine. this $165 million is on top of that. what's worth noting about this is it's nonstandard ammunition. soviet era ammunition that will go to the ukrainian forces for the equipment they already have and know how to use. a lot of the equipment the u.s. is sending in now, for example, the howitzers, require extra training so that adds to an already difficult and challenging job of getting into ukraine, getting ukrainian forces trained in the middle of a war, but that is a challenge that ukraine and the u.s. and irk k and many allies are undertaken. part of that will be the conference here hosted by defense secretary austin at ramstein air base tomorrow. a question with 20 other nations of who else has equipment, who else can send equipment, and what's the best way to get it in. not only in the short term but in the medium term and long term so ukraine can better defend

that was hosted by lloyd austin. >> we do not have any time to waste. the briefings laid out why the coming weeks will be so crucial for ukraine. we have got to move at the speed of war. i know that all of the leaders leave today more resolved than ever to support ukraine in its fight against russian aggression. >> the day kicked off with a surprise, germany, which had been criticized for refusing to send weapons do ukraine announced it would send antiaircraft systems. >> we have made the decision it is important to support antiaircraft defense. that can be done with this and it is on the list of what ukraine needs, we are now making it possible. we will continue doing this. >> not everyone welcomed the decision. >> i find it problematic, germany does not have enough military equipment for itself. >> i think it is important, what the german government doing -- is doing is good. i am not sure if offering weapons is going to stop the war. >> i did not like the degree of how -- the degree of hesitancy. >> in closing remarks, the gathering and the u.s. and

defense secretary lloyd austin is meeting with his nato counterparts. he says that russia's atrocities in ukraine are, quote, indefensible, but he believes that ukraine can win this war. >> ukraine clearly believes that it can win. and so does everyone here. we have much more to do. ukraine needs our help to win today, and they will still need our help when the war is over. >> this morning, ukraine says russian troops have intensified their assault in the south and in the east. officials say a bridge near the city of odesa is damaged following a missile strike. and overnight, one person is dead after a guided missile rocked zaporizhzhia. that's the same city that was a destination for people trying to escape mariupol. the mayor there says that a third mass grave has been found. he claims russian forces made civilians perform mass burials in exchange for food. just think about that. we begin this hour with cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson. he is in brussels, belgium. any moment now, u.n. secretary-general antonio guterres will be meet wi

president zelenskyy said he will meet with lloyd austin and anthony blinken. and the announced that trip yesterday, but u.s. officials have yet to comment. on it nbc news has not confirmed the trip. however, they say that heavy weapons will be at the top of their agenda. zelenskyy is optimistic about a change that he has seen in talks with u.s. officials, saying he hopes u.s. actions will help back up their words. >> we now have seen this shift in our western partners, attitudes especially seeing a change in speed in parts of the united states. and if the speed keeps accelerating as they have promised. if they are stepping aside with their words, as an indecent person should do. >> today is the 16th day of the war in ukraine, all from the widely observed religious holiday orthodox easter, celebrate the cross the region in ukraine and moscow, even president putin was in moscow today taking part in president celebrations. but bombardments are unrelenting. -- or accusing the russian military of discussing russian tanks with ukrainian flags and then opening fire o

with russia attacking ukraine, secretary of state, antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin are expected in kyiv to meet face to face with volodymyr zelenskyy, an american first since russia's invasion. this as orthodox christians mark a solemn easter sunday. >> reporter: i'm chris livesay in ukraine, where the easter bells have been interrupted by shelling. >> duncan: avoiding a term to the far right. >> reporter: i'm in parse, where early results give emmanuel macron a second term as president. >> duncan: plus covid whiplash, infections rise again amid mass confusion over masks. we'll get a checkup with our doctor david agus. remembering orrin hatch, a seven term senator and national republican force. special skills, how a u.s. spy agency views autism as an asset. >> sometimes i can take what it would take a week for somebody to do in a couple of hours. >> duncan: and later, an out of this world video challenge, how tech savvy children are helping to design airports of the future. >> this is the cbs weekend news from new york, with jericka duncan. , with j >> duncan: good

secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd often -- alstom have been in -- lloyd austin have been in kyiv. russia moving to the east and south, trying to take the capital. maria, a powerful display from the americans, a very high level delegation. what is the latest? maria: yes, and a lot of it was a show of support for ukraine particularly, the context in which the country is asking for more money and more weapons in order to fight. it is not a secret, zelenskyy has said i don't need men or troops, i need weapons and we will do the fighting. the other thing is yesterday was sunday, the biggest religious festivity for ukraine and russia. it is easter. the bombings continued. this could be the new war plan for russia, essentially a landgrab in the east and south of the country to create that bridge into crimea. remember the ukrainian president had a warning in that regard, he said if there is any referendum to take away some of these pieces of territory from ukraine, remember russia has done this in crimea, it would put an end to peace talks. he said if the men in the ste

. >> carley: secretary of state antony blinken and lloyd austin just speaking out after meeting with president zelenskyy in kyiv. the pair announcing u.s. embassy officials will begin making day trips to ukraine with the goal of returning to kyiv as soon as possible. they pledge $713 million in additional aid to ukraine and surrounding countries in the region. you are watching "fox and friends first," i'm carley shimkus. >> joey: and i'm joey jones. new attacks on ukrainian train stations, matt finn is in lviv with this breaking news, what do you got for us? >> matt: reported strikes in western and central ukraine, including here in the lviv region, where the air raid sirens have been going off. we are under an active alert right now. the railway is reporting five train stations were attacked this morning with unconfirmed reports of casualties. lviv -- train station just outside of lviv to the east. that state governor saying within the past 24 hours in lviv, the air defense shot down a russian missile he says came from a plane and threat of a russian missile from the caspian sea. sh

i just flew in with secretary of defense lloyd austin on a c-17. just hours after he met with president zelenskyy in kyiv. but the biggest news from that meeting was announced by secretary of state anthony blinken. >> we will have american diplomats in ukraine next week they will start the process of looking at how we actually reopen the embassy itself in kyiv in fact, we are told that the ambassador and the officials from the u.s. embassy will be in ukraine starting this week. you during the three hour meeting secretary austin announced the first 18 howitzers, long range 155-meter artillery had arrived in ukraine. the pentagon plans to build. first 15 artillery men are graduating from six day crash course in how to use this precision-fired artillery. >> we want to see ukraine remain a sovereign country. democratic country able to protect it's sovereign territory. we want to see russia weakened to the degree that it can't do the kinds of things that it has done in invading ukraine. >> as the u.s. officials prepare to meet president zelenskyy explos

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with russia attacking ukraine, secretary of state, antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin are expected in kyiv to meet face to face with volodymyr zelenskyy, an american first since russia's invasion. this as orthodox christians mark a solemn easter sunday. >> reporter: i'm chris livesay in ukraine, where the easter bells have been interrupted by shelling. >> duncan: avoiding a term to the far right. >> reporter: i'm in parse, where early results give emmanuel macron a second term as president. >> duncan: plus covid whiplash, infections rise again amid mass confusion over masks. we'll g

defense secretary lloyd austin and secretary of state antony blinken in kyiv on sunday. >> meeting with the state secretary and the defense secretary who are coming to us. >> the state and defense departments are declined to comment. they would be the highest ranking u.s. officials to meet with zelenskyy in the war zone since russia invaded. zelensky made the comments during a rare press conference underground on a subway platform in kyiv. he also talked about the threats against his life. >> i don't have the right to be afraid because our people showed that they are not afraid of anything. >> meanwhile, vladimir putin attended easter mass at a russian orthodox cathedral. he could be seen crossing himself several times, even as russian forces continued their assault on ukraine. unleashing new attacks on the port city of odessa, ukraine claims russia fired six cruise missiles, striking residential and military buildings. at least eight people died including a three-month-old baby. another 18 were hurt. russian forces also continued their attack on a steel plant in mariupol which remains

defense secretary, lloyd austin, to j in germany. this is of course, a situation where the u. s. is very much aware that this solid changing war between russia and ukraine is changing in terms of the dynamics. it's changing in terms of, of the kinds of assaults that the russians are launching on ukrainian territory. and certainly the u. s. also has an interest in seeing ukraine carry out some of its own offensive measures in order to protect its territory, not simply respond to an another russian, a bombing or air strike. thank you for that. rosalind jordan lived there on capitol hill in washington. now on the ground in ukraine. russian rockets have hates a commercial center in the city of separation, killing one person and injuring another is to last large city under ukrainian control in the southeast. so 5 been the destination for ukrainians, fleeing the front lines, but reinforcements are being sent and trenches being dug in expectation of an assault and ukrainian forces that confronting the russian military. busy in the east, i s

secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin met with president zelenskyy in kyiv yesterday. it was the first high level visit by an american delegation since the start of the russian invasion. details of the trip were kept under wraps until it was well under way. the u.s. government declined to even confirm the meeting had happened until late last night, when the u.s. delegation was safely out of ukraine. this morning, blinken and osteo written back in poland where they discussed the visit, including new promises of military and diplomatic support. >> we had an opportunity to demonstrate directly our strong support, our strong ongoing support, for the ukrainian government, and for the ukrainian people. part of our commitment, going forward, involves a number of things that i was able to share with president zelenskyy yesterday. including the return of american diplomats to ukraine starting next week, including president biden's intent to nominate a new ambassador to ukraine. >> our focus in the meeting was to talk about those things that would enable us to wi

volodymyr zelenskyy says he is meeting with antony blinken and lloyd austin in person today, inside the war-torn country. we'll have the latest. and in a sunday exclusive, we spoke with ukrainian prime minister denys shmyhal at the end of his trip to washington. then confusion and chaos over mask mandates on planes and public transportation being lifted by a federal judge. plus, what is taking so long getting vaccines for the very youngest. we'll check in with former f.d.a. commissioner dr. scott gottlieb. with inflation sky-high, interest rates creeping up, and the stock market showing some stress, are we looking at more economic turbulence ahead because of the war in ukraine? we'll talk to the head of the european central bank, christina lagarde. democratic senator lis liz senatorelizabeth warren is here. and republicans face more internal turmoil after the house minority leader criticizes former president trump in a leaked audio tape. it is all just ahead on "face the nation." ♪♪ >> brennan: good morning. welcome to "face the nation." we have been told repeatedly that the next fe

defense secretary lloyd austin urged them to quickly get more weapons to ukraine as russia steps up its shelling in the east and south. rylee carlson is in london with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. transnistria in moldova is a sliver of land causing big concern as the war in ukraine rages on. the worry now is the conflict will spill over that border causing an even broader crisis. following a series of explosions in moldova which sits on ukraine's southwest border, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy accused russia of trying to destabilize the entire region, though no one has claimed responsibility. >> we don't know all of the details beyond -- regarding what transpired yesterday, but we remain concerned about any potential attempts to escalate tensions. >> reporter: transnistria is a pro kremlin breakaway region of a where russian troops are based. >> we don't know whether it's a taste of things to come. >> reporter: dr. kataryna colczuk is an associate fellow at the international think tank chatham house. she says russia may be eyeing moldova if

secretary of state antony blinken and secretary of defense lloyd austin in ukraine tomorrow nbc hasn't independently confirmed the visit. weapons from the united states, everything has improved, and i'm grateful for that and we look forward to it, he said. as the southern port city of odesa recovers from a rare russian attack, nbc's kelly cobiella is in odesa >> rescuers are still on scene hours after two cruise missiles hit the city in the middle of the afternoon, one going straight through this apartment building, setting cars on fire below. the president's office saying a three-month-old baby was among the victims. >> reporter: at least eight were killed and 18 others wounded, according to president zelenskyy. it's the latest attack in russia's new offensive. a senior general announcing the goal is to capture not just the east but ukraine's entire southern coast, as the fight for mariupol rages on. new satellite images show evidence of another mass grave near the besieged city days after this other one was uncovered. a ukrainian official say more than 20,000 have died there alone. b

lloyd -- lloyd austin, pardon me. if they do arrive and if it's confirmed because it hasn't been confirmed from the u.s., what would the optics be here? what signal does this send? >> i think it's a very important step for the americans to take. i mean, obviously the ideal move would be for biden himself to go to kyiv. but if we can't do that, then sending austin and blinken, secretary of state and secretary of defense, would be a really important signal to ukraine that america has its back and it will stand firm with it. and in particular, if blinken and austin respond positively to requests from zelenskyy in terms of the specific requirements for additional material support, including heavy armor, heavy artillery, that is what the ukrainians need now most desperately to sustain their advantage. the americans and nato have to step up and provide those sorts of capabilities. >> let me ask you about that point then. because we heard president zelenskyy just a few minutes ago say that his guests better not show up empty

secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin met for three hours with president zelenskyy and his staff at the capital. >> when it comes to russia's warnings, rush is feeling and ukraine is succeeding. >> reporter: they said the u.s. embassy will reopen in the next few weeks and american diplomats will start making day trips into the country next week starting in the western city. >> we are doing carefully. >> reporter: the u.s. secretaries announced $700 million in military financing for ukraine and nearby allies and amid moscow's warnings of sending more arms into ukraine. >> we want to see russia weekend to the degree it can't do the kind of things that it has done in invading ukraine. >> reporter: monday they launched strikes against ukrainian real race which are vital the moving supplies and evacuating civilians. meanwhile, russia says it is investigating large fires at two of its oil depots not far from the ukraine border. >> reporter: after that high- stakes trip, the ukrainian president thanked the united states fourth unprecedented support. >>> you as ci

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secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin, the visit was announced saturday by the ukrainian president and will be the first high level american delegation to kyiv since the war began. there has been no confirmation of the visit by the u.s. russia's no holds barred assault is now entering its third month. on saturday a russian missile slammed in to a residential building in the southern port of odesa, the mayor says eight people were killed including an infant. but the ukrainians are fighting back. the defense ministry reports shooting down three russian aircraft, five cruise missiles and nine tactical drones on saturday and claims that two russian generals were killed. cnn is unable to verify those claims. and in mariupol, a planned evacuation of civilians on saturday reportedly was derailed again by the threat of russian shelling. president zelenskyy says russia's war crimes wouldn't go unpu unpunished. here he is. >> translator: new graves of people killed by the occupiers are being found. we're talking tens of thousands of dead mariupol residents. negotia

that was hosted by us defense secretary, lloyd austin. we don't have any time to waste the briefings left today, laid out clearly why the coming weeks will be so crucial for ukraine. so we got to move at the speed of war. and i know that all the leaders leave to day more resolve than ever to support ukraine in its fight against russian aggression. the day kicked off with a surprise in a notable policy shift. germany, which had been criticized for refusing to send heavy weapons to ukraine, announced it would now send capehart anti aircraft systems the ambient, i don't think we've made the decision that it's now important to support. and he, i craft, offends us that can be done with a good parts and is exactly what's on the list of what ukraine needs. and that is what we coordinated with others are now making possible. we'll continue doing this slide for not everyone in berlin. well come to decision, since the missing creed by the problematic germany doesn't even have enough military equipment for itself in the case of protein totally losin

secretary of state anthony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin. now, u.s. officials have yet to confirm that news, after president zelenskyy announced a trip yesterday. but ukrainian officials are talking about what is on the agenda for the meeting. >> we really need armored vehicles. we really need -- we need tanks, in order to defend ourselves on the ground, in order to unblock such cities as mariupol. in order to withstand the potential offensive of russian armed forces in the donbas. we definitely need more weapons in terms of defending the sky over ukraine. because nato countries refused to cover the skies over ukraine, so we also need anti missile systems and anti aircraft systems. because daily and nightly, ukrainian cities are bombarded by the cruise missiles. >> the 60th day of war falls on the widely absorbed religious holiday have orthodox easter. president zelenskyy, in a rope courted message, asked god to, quote, save all ukrainians. easter was observed by orthodox christians across the entire region, ukraine, europe, moscow as well. even presi

austin, made a secretive journey by train to the ukrainian capital fleet on sunday, it's the highest level us visit since the russian invasion on february, the 24th. with a warm welcome back to keep after a secretive train journey across the polish ukraine border to the capitol. yes, the high level delegation sent by u. s. president joe biden, to offer face to face messages of support and admiration. the reason we're back is because of you because of the extraordinary courage, leadership and success that you've had in pushing back his horrific russian aggression both blinking and defense secretary lloyd austin, offered zalinski condolences for the loss of life in ukraine and further economic and military support. as ever, zalinski was grateful then to the point about his needs for unit that their sam was brewing. the priorities are weapons to an support. he is vote from the united states and our partners needed from european leaders or little in terms of our army strongly should be through and support in certain areas. zalinski was quick to point out, the u. s. has already given bill

antony blinken and lloyd austin were in kyiv, holding talks with president zelenskyy. forces -- russian forces from the east and south are failing to keep -- take the capital. maria tadeo joins us. there are concerns about a land grab bid. what is the latest? maria: yesterday was easter sunday for the christian orthodox and this was a big religion for russia but with ukraine there had been hope that potentially in honor of that easter sunday there would be a truce. you saw overnight that the bombing continued. in terms of the land grab, there are concerns that the russian army is now looking to make headway in the south of the country, in the east of the country, and eventually carry out those referendums and annex those territories into the russian federation. a lot of mere zelenskyy gave an interview -- of a lot of mere -- president zelenskyy gave an interview and he gave two conditions. if we see in a referendum -- if we see a referendum to annex the eastern part of ukraine or mariupol forces were killed, the peace talks would and. francine: where are the peace talk

i in one a good example as the secretary defense, lloyd austin, in kev. he was asked about america's aims and all of this. and he said the u. s. hopes, russia will be, quote, unquote, weakened by the war. but what does that have to do with ukraine? per say, other than you know, it is a proxy go head vladimir inadvertently, you know, you asked for a bargain propaganda in a to propaganda it meets. that is a go very, their purpose is not so much into using the beast between the 2 warring near countries, not bringing them together. but actually they engage in very heavily financed proxy war with russia as a purposes to direct russia deeper and to weaken it. so we have with totally contradictory whereas diplomacy in the situation, diplomacy reservoir, was it some kind of negotiation for the sake of peace, peace or visit doesn't weaken the country. so, you know, on the one hand, you know, nato countries and the rest as were one. these were ones, she's, she's a has villages, but the other hand, they a store in trouble, their supply and more and more weapons they

as they say, secretary defense lloyd austin, in care of, he was asked about america's aims and all of this. and he said the u. s. hopes, russia will be quote, unquote, weakened by the war. ah, what does that have to do with ukraine per say. other than, you know, it is a proxy go head vladimir inadvertently. you're asked for a bargain propaganda in it for granted meets that they go there. their purpose is not so much into using the beast between the 2 warning, you know, countries not bringing them together, but actually is and gauge and very heavily financed for oxy war with russia and a purposes to direct russia deeper and to weaken it. so we have a total to come to the, to the germs whereas diplomacy and these to patient diplomacy proposes some kind of negotiation for the sake of peace, these or visit does not weaken the country. so, you know, on the one hand, you know, nato countries in the west as were one. these were ones, she's, she's a hostility, but the other hand, they a store in trouble, they are supplying more and more weapons. they have, you know, booting and threatening an

he revealed that the us�*s top diplomat antony blinken and defence secretary lloyd austin are due to visit kyiv on sunday. in a wide—ranging news conference, president zelenskyy urged russia to resolve the war through diplomacy and said he was still willing to meet vladimir putin but not if ukraine's remaining forces in the besieged city of mariupol were killed. translation: i would like to stop, to finalise the war. _ there is the diplomatic way, and there is the military way. so any healthy and sane person always chooses diplomatic way because he or she knows that even if it's hard, it may stop the losses of thousands, of tens of thousands — and with such neighbours, hundreds of thousands, it's the middle of the night injapan, where coastguard vessels and patrol aircraft are using searching the waters for 26 passengers and crew of a sightseeing boat that's missing off the northern island of hokkaido. the authorities lost contact with the vessel — the kazu 1 — after its crew told the coastguard that it was taking on water and had started to sink. the area where the boat ran

s. secretary of defense, lloyd austin, has arrived in germany following talking keith at tomorrow he'll discuss ukraine's defense needs with counterparts. more than 20 countries. nato secretary general dentist dalton, burke will also attend the meeting at the u. s. air base in ramstein. russia has expelled 40 german diplomats from moscow in a tit for tat. move this month to germany, spelt a number of russian staff. german foreign minister described retaliation as expected, but not justified un secretary general and turn the parishes in the turkish capital ankara on a mission to advance ukraine peace negotiations. met with the turkish president bridget time early. well, we'll travel on to moscow and then keith, ukrainian lead a set to be happy that mister good terrorist is visiting russia 1st. the according turkey has sentenced human rights campaign. osmond kabbalah to life in prison. he was found guilty of attempting to overthrow the government. but the val has been in detention since 2017 and says the charges against him have been fabricated. the ruling by the istanbul caught true loud

s. defense chief lloyd austin said at the start of the meeting. good. just give me a call. as you know, i paid you with my friends with a, a, a, a, a lot a work. i mean, i know the whole here. oh, oh. and for a good oh, what we can at germany's defense minister christine lum crashed, said the german military aid will help you. crane secure. it's as space and added that more help is on the way home guest on. and she will decided yesterday that we will support ukraine with anti aircraft tanks of the good part model. pardon, does this can that is precisely what ukraine needs right now to secure it's as space from the ground that's been made clear again here today, germany is ready and willing over the course of the conference we'll be looking into further possibilities to continue supporting ukraine and this courageous and important fight for freedom and peace, i hope your freedom that's cross now to d. w political correspondent benjamin alvarez, who is at new york. i'm shine ad base in germany where the gathering of ministers and military leaders is taking place. benjamin, we

following an invitation of lloyd austin, the american defense secretary, benjamin, welcome. how come the german government changed it? it's mind when it came to supplying heavy weapons to ukraine. we just heard an expert talking about how much of a you turn that was, how did that change come about? and now finally, german, the german government is taking this concrete steps of actually saying we will supply this had a weapon. so the site when did this new error that the german chancellor announce is finally all to showing? i mean, it's a huge parenting shift. of course, germany sending heavy weapons for ukraine for the u. s. and for the allies that are here in ramstein today and is abbeys in this meeting to talk about how they can continue supporting ukraine. it was long overdue that germany is finally sending these anti aircraft systems that are no longer in use at the bundeswehr is no longer needed. but of course, it is a shift that we're seeing and that the defense, a minister accessing the land bike to also said earlier today, where she said that ukrainian is soldiers wi

that was defense secretary lloyd austin speaking today in germany. and i think the most important thing about what he said there is that when he said so does everyone here, the everyone that he's talking about is a really big everyone. he and secretary of state antony blinken convened this meeting today of countries to support ukraine militarily. and this wasn't just a nato meeting. it wasn't even just a meeting of u.s. and our traditional allies. this was dozens of countries. it was from kenya to japan tunisia, iceland, south korea, new zealand. and yes, of course, now basically all of europe and all of nato and all of our critical allies. but this was like 40 countries. plus, some that didn't even put their name on the list. domestic news sources in israel, for example, report today that the israeli government attended this meeting as well. even though israel didn't put its name on the list of participants. local reporting suggests there may have been -- more than a few other countries including especially middle eastern countries that did that sam

defense secretary lloyd austin are currently meeting with ukrainian president zelenskyy. let's bring in my political panel to tackle today's public topic, joining me now is danielle booty, liberal podcast host and former republican representative carlos cornell of florida. msnbc political analyst. danielle french alaskans in today have runoff between president emmanuel macron and his far-right opponents marine le pen, first projection said that president macron has been reelected with 58% of the vote but apparently the pain wasn't far behind at nearly 42%, what can we learn from france's presidential election, how does the electability of far-right candidates translate in the united states? >> i mean i think what we need to notice and see right now is that there is an extremist movement, not just happening in this country with the republican party but also happening with a abroad, while i'm very excited -- decided after 20 years of never, never engaging with the same president again to reelect macron the reality is that, the pain gained votes, she gained percentage points

it could potentially be the defense secretary lloyd austin. it could also potentially be the secretary of state antony blinken but of course, we're unlikely to actually get a heads up that they're going until they actually show up in kyiv because of the heightened security environment that still exists in ukraine, a country that is, of course, still at war. this visit also could ultimately not happen. that is something that's being cautioned by our sources. obviously, a visit by a high ranking u.s. official would follow other visits by western leaders in recent days and weeks. it would be symbolic, but of course, the u.s. right now is focused on what it is doing in terms of material and concrete support. just yesterday, president biden announcing an $800 million in additional military assistance to ukraine, and let me just show you some of the highlights here. it includes 11 mi17 helicopters, howhelicopters, howitzer cannons, and artillery rounds. the u.s. is expecting to be a new type of fight in ukraine as it happens in the donbas region, mu

tomorrow here at the airbase in germany, lloyd austin will host 30 ministers of defense, he in senator mark millie will be seeking more military aid for that ukraine. >> jennifer, we will have an interview with defense secretar lloyd austin tomorrow night right here on special reports. up next, the grim discovery along the southern border. we will take you their wife or report and later at major religious freedom case at the u.s. supreme court. e gives longg freedom from pain, with fewer pills than tylenol. instead of taking pills every 4-6 hours, aleve works up to 12-hours so you can focus on what matters. aleve. less pills. more relief finding the perfect project manager isn't easy. but, at upwork, we found him. he's in adelaide between his daily lunch delivery and an 8:15 call with san francisco. and you can find him, and millions of other talented pros, right now on upwork.com i may be close to retirement, but i'm as busy as ever. and thanks to voya, i'm confident about my future. voya provides guidance for the right investments. they make me feel like i've got it all under control

the defense secretary lloyd austin speaking out after critical talks with other military leaders today in germany. and the chairman of the u.s. joint chiefs of staff general mark milley sat down for an exclusive interview with cnn's chief national security correspondent jim sciutto, who's covering all of this for us right now. >> reporter: at a gathering in germany of military leaders from america's closest allies, defense secretary lloyd austin said they must move together "at the speed of war" to help defend ukraine. >> we don't have any time to waste. the briefings today laid out clearly why the coming weeks will be so crucial for ukraine. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview with cnn the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley told me the stakes of the war in ukraine are global. >> if this was left to stand, if there is no answer to this aggression, if russia gets away with this cost-free, then so goes the so-called international order. and if that happens, then we're heading into an era of seriously increased instability. >> reporter: i pressed general milley o

defense secretary lloyd austin and secretary of state antony blinken tomorrow in kyiv. the state department declined to comment, but austin and blinken would be the highest ranking u.s. officials to meet with zelenskyy in the war zone since russia invaded. zelenskyy also discussing the threats against his life. >> translator: i don't have the right to be afraid. i don't have the right to be afraid, because our people showed that they are not afraid of anything. >> reporter: nearly two months into the conflict, zelenskyy says he is still willing to meet with vladimir putin. >> translator: there is the diplomatic way, and there is the military way. so, any healthy and sane person always chooses diplomatic way, because he or she knows that even if it's hard, it may stop the losses. >> reporter: it comes as russia unleashed new attacks on the port city of odesa. videos circulating online showing smoke billowing into the air. ukraine claiming russia fired six cruise missiles, striking residential and military buildings. at least 8 people killed, including a 3-month-old baby.