at a summit in germany, us defense secretary lloyd austin, announces monthly meetings on ukraine, pulling on allies to move heaven and earth to ensure keith as to what he needs. and you turn from germany on sending heavy, wet weapons to ukraine after criticism. berlin now says it will deliver anti aircraft systems to keith ah, my manuscripts, mccann, and thanks so much for joining us. the us says that america and its allies will hold monthly meetings to discuss ongoing military support to ukraine. the u. s. defense secretary lloyd austin, made the announcement after hosting a meeting of military leaders from over 40 countries at the i'm shine air base here in germany. i was summit on arming ukraine. also for germany announced a major policy reversal. berlin says it will send anti aircraft systems to ukraine for the 1st time. oh, fresh wellness visit to keep us defense. secretary lloyd austin, welcome to military leaders from across the world to ramstein. it is an extraordinary gathering with more than 40 countries represented here today. and we're here to help ukraine when the fight again

s. defense secretary lloyd austin. at hampshire, at bass, here in germany. oh, fresh from his visit to key. if you as defense, secretary lloyd austin welcomed military lead us from across the world to ramstein . it is an extraordinary gathering with more than 40 countries represented here today. and we're here to help ukraine when the fight against russia's unjust invasion and to build up ukraine's the friendships for tomorrow's challenge. the meeting kicked off with a surprise in a notable policy shipped germany, which had been criticized for refusing to send heavy weapons to ukraine, announced it would now send gay pot anti aircraft dance as the skin. that was precisely what ukraine needs right now to secure its ass base from the ground that's been made clear again here today, germany is radiant, willing, over the course of the conference will be looking into further possibilities to continue supporting ukraine and this courageous and important fight for freedom and peace, i hope for freedom, not every one in berlin. welcome to decision. since miss increas

defense secretary lloyd austin has just begun his press conference. let's listen in. >> we've had some great discussions and a lot of rich interactions among leaders throughout the day. so let me again thank all of the ministers and the chiefs of defense and your teams for joining us today. especially my good friend, ukraine's minister of defense, minister reznikov and his delegation. great to see him. we're all coming away with a transparent and shared understanding of the challenge that ukrainians face. and i know that we're all determined to help ukraine win today and build strength for tomorrow. the work that we've done together in record time has made a huge difference on the battlefield. president zelenskyy made that clear when we met sunday in kyiv. and countries all around the world have been stepping up to meet ukraine's urgent needs. and i wanted to especially welcome a major decision by our german hosts as minister longbrecht announced just today that germany will send ukraine some 50 cheetah anti-aircraft systems. and yesterday, of course,

emerging from a high-stakes visit by secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin to kyiv. this was the first time high-level officials visited ukraine since the russian invasion. they're meeting with president zelenskyy lasted 90 minutes. major announcements came out of it including that the u.s. will send diplomats back to ukraine for the first time they were withdrawn for safety. president biden will nominate a new ambassador to ukraine, the current ambassador of slovakia. >>> also, we're hearing decidedly different language from the secretaries about the future of the war. >> in terms of our verability to win, the first step is believing you can win. they believe we can win. we believe that we can win -- they can win, if they have the right equipment, the right support, and we're going to do everything we can, continue to do everything we can to ensure that that gets done. >> we don't 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 is on the scene. >> also notably, an

lloyd austin who said ukraine clearly believes it can win, and does everyone in attendance. that's right, lloyd austin praised the courage of the ukrainian people and said it will go down in military history. he stood by some recent remarks where he said one of the objectives is to see russia weakened so it cannot threaten other neighbors, and he said that has been borne out by the reality on the ground, where russia has suffered thousands of military casualties and by some estimates, lost about a quarter of its military equipment. this is really an attempt to rally around countries in this common cause, and it would produce some tangible results with germany, committing to 50 antiaircraft systems to be sent to ukraine. that is seen a significant and a big win for this meeting, because after some early promise there had been concerns that may germany was getting cold beat -- cold feet and moving quite slowly with its commitments. this appears to be a reassertion of that and certainly a success for lloyd austin, the last couple of days who has been to ukraine himself and met

antony blinken and lloyd austin traveled by plane to members of the cabinet in kyiv. the stalwart support for ukraine ensuring president biden will nominate current u.s. ambassador to slovakia as ambassador to ukraine. >> when it comes to russia, it is failing. ukraine is succeeding. russia has sought to totally subjugate ukraine to take away its sovereignty, to take away its independence. that has failed. >> a short while ago ukrainian president zelenskyy posted to social media at the u.s. delegation of high officials to kyiv is very valuable and important and grateful to the united states of america for unprecedented l. american diplomats will return to ukraine in a couple of days at the u.s. embassy and expected to reopen in kyiv in the coming weeks, back to you. >> carley: alive and lviv, thank you, matt. >> joey: well, this is a war that keeps dragging on. it is one of those things where the casualties may not be what they were a couple of weeks ago but calming train stations now so the idea that they keep russia two attacks that remind you what they are capable

s. secretary of defense lloyd austin, has arrived in germany following talks in keith. on tuesday, austin will host of meeting of defense ministers for more than 20 nations and nato secretary general young stoughton doug at the us air bass. i'm fine. the ministers will discuss ukraine's defense needs un secretary general antonio terrace is in the turkish capital. incur on a mission to advance ukraine peace negotiations. terrorist has been meeting the turkish president rec type at one before going on to moscow and then keith, ukrainian leader is unhappy about the terrorist visiting russia. first. russia has expelled 40 german diplomats from moscow, and a tit for tat move. germany kicked out a number of russians off earlier this month. the german foreign minister says the retaliation is expected but is not justified. greenpeace activists have tried to stop a tanker from unloading russian oil. near or slow. the campaigners chain their dinging to the vessel. they say the shipment is helping to finance rushes. war in ukraine. greenpeace claims the tank is carrying $95000.00

secretary lloyd austin speaking at the ramstein air base. let's try to listen in again. >> your hospitals have been bombed. your citizens have been executed. your children have been traumatized. but ukraine has done a magnificent job defending its sovereignty against russia's unprovoked invasion and ukraine's valor and skill will go down in military history. the battle of iwo jima took 36 days. battle of the bulge lasted 40 days. and ukraine has now beaten back the russian military for 62 days. and so your resistance has brought inspiration to the free world. and even greater resolve to nato. and glory to ukraine. we provided our assistance at record speak. and the whole world can see the difference that is making on the battlefield. putin never imagined that the world would rally behind ukraine so swiftly and surely. after ukraine's defeat at the battle of kyiv, pardon me, after russia's defeat at the -- russia's defeat at the battle of kyiv, big distinction there, mr. minister, the war is now entering a new phase. but nobody is fooled by p

now us defense secretary lloyd austin or will host a gathering of top military leaders from about 40 countries at the u. s. as in ramstein, germany in the coming hours, they expected to focus on how best to assist the ukrainian military with where weaponry to ward off the invasion. this comes after a day of heavy bombardment on the east and north east regions of the country. this, this man is being evacuated from his home and her keith dropped in his flat. but it is a miracle he survived. you know an ignore in noise . they've been bombarding us all day and all night now sheila blew up in the beginning. it was a quieter light is sparkling, the bombing only happened during the day or will over but later they begun bombing at night too. oh, nice little girl boulevard, also hit here in the yard, but really killer. who would war? harkey. hasn't yoda, beverage of russian attacks. constant shelling has reduced much of the city to ashes. now, some 50 residents have been evacuated from one front line neighborhood. they have been taken to shelters, but they hope to be safe. about 400 kilometer

during the meeting on tuesday, that was hosted by us defense secretary, lloyd austin. we don't have any time to waste the briefings. let today laid out clearly why the coming weeks will be so crucial for ukraine. so we gotta move at the speed of war. and i know that all the leaders leave today more resolved an error to support ukraine in his 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 part and is exactly what's on the list of what ukraine needs. and that is what we coordinated with. others are now making possible will continue doing next slide for not every one in berlin. welcome to decision. since miss increased, i find it problematic. germany doesn't even have enough military equipment for itself in the case of protein totally losing co

secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary, lloyd austin, the top diplomat and top civilian military official offering a one-two punch, a show of support to ukraine. they offered a diplomatic presence will return to ukraine this week. blinken says russia's war objectives in the country have, quote, already failed, while austin declared ukrainians can still win this war and stated publicly for the first time the u.s. intends to, quote, weaken russia, so it cannot invade again. top u.s. officials were in kyiv, russian forces attacked at least five railway stations here in the western part of the country. ukraine says that russia is trying to systematically destroy its railway infrastructure which has been so key in getting refugees out and weapons in. >> there have been deadly attacks over that infrastructure in the course of this war. in the east, officials say almost the entire luhnkk region is without water. barricaded at the steel plant can evacuate. ukraine says no humanitarian corridors have been agreed upon there just yet. >>> and breaking overnight, a fuel depot inside

defense secretary lloyd austin saying the u.s. wants to weaken russia going forward in what appears to be a huge strategic shift. former ukrainian president petro poroshenko is joining us to discuss this. sir, you heard him say that. you've seen what he said. what is your reaction to secretary austin saying he wants for russia to be weakened so they can't do what they've done to ukraine? >> we applaud the global leadership of u.s. and ukraine support. definitely they understand better than anybody that this war is bigger than ukraine. this war is about all of us, about the free world. and the visit of secretary blinken and secretary austin is greatly symbolic move because world is divided before and after 24th of february. this visit is the first visit of high-ranking u.s. official after the full-fledged war in the capital of ukraine. it's extremely important to send a very powerful message worldwide that ukraine is not only fight, we know exactly what does it mean, but ukraine could win. and i thank first of all the volume of the

yes defense secretary lloyd austin will host a gathering of top military leaders from about. he companies at the u. s. air base in the comstock, germany, in the coming hours, they expected to focus on how best to assist the ukrainian military and supply weaponry. the count of the russian invasion. this after a day of heavy bombardment in the east and north east regions of the country. this man is being evacuated from his home in ha keith, but we'll we'll chat in his sled. it is a miracle. he survived no on a new enormous. they've been bombarding us all day and all night. nice yellow, blue in the beginning, it was quieter and light spa kind. the bombing only happen during the day or will uh, but later they begun bombing at night too. oh, nice love cook boulevard, missouri hit here in the yard, but really feel of who would rule her. keith has endured a barrier to fashion attacks. cons than shelling has reduced much of the city to ashes. now some 50 residents have been evacuated from brun frontline neighbourhood. they have been taken to shelters where they hoped to be safe about

you s defense secretary lloyd austin has applauded international support. the ukraine and announced the u. s. and its allies will meet monthly to coordinate military aid to keep austin was speaking of, to hosting a meeting of military leaders for more than 40 countries at the conference at base in germany and the united nations secretary general antonio terrace has met with russian foreign minister sag lab ralph in moscow, in a bit to mediate in the ukraine conflict. later he'll hold talks with president vladimir putin. you're watching d w news coming up next in d, w, and use asia. white china is officially pushing traditional chinese medicine as a treatment. the coven. 19 that more coming out next with my colleague, brush energy. thanks so much for watching the w. ah! ah! with ah! ah! the w's crime fighters are back then africa. most successful radio drama series continues this season. the stories focus on hate speech, cholera, prevention and sustainable charcoal production. all episodes are available online. and of course you can share and discuss on d. w

because the secretary, you a secretary of defense, lloyd austin, i believe is about to speak and were going to be crossing live to the fine air base in germany where he will be delivering these comments. so let me again thank thank all of the minister's vis and your team joining us today, especially my good friend frames minister of affairs minister read delegate gracie, rolling away with transparent, shared understanding of the challenge that you bring in. and i know that we're all determined to help free with today or tomorrow we good together and record time has made a huge difference on the battlefield. president zaleski made that clear when we met sun sunday in teeth and countries all around the world had been stepping up to me, ukraine's urgent needs. and i wanted to especially welcome a major decision by our german host. as a minister on breck announced just today that germany will san ukraine, some 50 cheetah and i aircraft systems. and yesterday of course the british government announced that it would provide ukraine with additional aircraft capabilities as well. and today, c

any second now we could hear from secretary of defense lloyd austin in germany. he's been hosting a meeting of nato defense officials. he wants russia weakened, his overarching message, ukraine can win with the right support. >> nations of good will from around the world stand united in our resolve to support ukraine in its fight against russia's imperial aggression. we're going to keep moving heaven and earth -- >> heaven and earth. hanging over all of this russia's foreign minister warns the threat of nuclear war, quote, should not be underestimated. >>> also developing, democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia who chairs the senate energy committee just organized a climate meeting with progressives and moderates. ahead i'll talk to actor and environmental advocate mark ruffalo who is part of a new campaign pushing the biden administration on clean energy. >>> also this hour, the trump administration's remain in mexico policy is at the center of arguments before the u.s. supreme court. >>> and more text messages involving former trump white house chief o

the secretary of defense lloyd austin says that the u.s. wants to weaken russia's military ability so that they can't launch an attack like this again, or at least be deterred from doing so. that may sound from an outside perspective like an obvious statement, but it is actually a meaningful shift. explain how. >> yeah, you know, secretary austin's comments may be the very first expression of a concrete u.s. objective in this conflict. russia has weakened itself through its failure to defeat the ukrainian military and to take over the whole country. what exactly the united states will do to further weaken russia is left to the imagination right now. but it is an important revelation, if you will, of what the people in washington are thinking about right now that we could actually end up with a weaker russia than before the war. >> and so at the same time though, you have russia's foreign minister saying in an interview that the danger of nuclear war is serious and cannot be underestimated. he also said that russia is trying to lower the ris

anti-lincoln and lloyd austin met with president zelenskyy. the u.s. now says it will give a further $700 billion worth of aid to ukraine and to some nato member states as well. that means three point $7 billion worth of u.s. military aid has been given to ukraine. >> what we are seeing right now gain not only military aid but a shift in the kind of aid being given to ukraine, specifically to confront this current offensive in the don boss effectively. it's going to be a different kind of warfare than we've seen previously. it's more of an infusion of heavy artillery,anks, howitzers, armed vehicles and dronesnd air defense systems. much stronger military support than we have seen in the past. ross: russia has called the supply of u.s. weapons unacceptable. >> in terms of russia's war aims, russia has already failed in ukraine has already succeeded because the principal aim that putin brought to this in his own words was to take a wet sovereignty and independence, and that has not happened, and clearly will not happen. ross: saying russia is failing in

that meeting between antony blinken and lloyd austin, u.s. secretary of state and u.s. defense secretary, very important. >> that's right. at rhetoric ratcheted up with sergey lavrov speaking of world war iii. it is not looking very peaceful or like any resolution is in sight. to focus on that meeting, the highest-ranking u.s. officials to visit ukraine since the beginning of the conflict. it was meant to be a secret meeting, but latimer zelenskyy -- i suppose -- volodymyr zelenskyy, i suppose he was excited, he gave it away before they arrived in kyiv. what it did signal is the americans are there and very much present and it is a show of force and confidence. we are hearing there will be a new u.s. ambassador in kyiv and diplomats back in the country, particularly in the west of the country, lviv, more military equipment, also former soviet ammunition. ukrainians more accustomed to soviet munitions. that is on top of the $323 million pumped in. we will see an increase in the shelling back-and-forth particularly in donbas, reminiscent of world war i with bunkers. 400,0

secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin met with zelenskyy in the capital of kyiv as the u.s. announced new military assistance for ukraine. american diplomats who left ukraine before russia invaded will also start returning to the country. bradley blackburn is in new york with the latest on all of this. good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning. these are the highest level u.s. officials to meet with president zelenskyy face to face since before the invasion began, and after his visit to kyiv, secretary blinken said russia is failing in this war, and ukraine is succeeding. secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin met with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy in kyiv this weekend. >> we expressed deep admiration for his leadership, for the extraordinary courage of ukrainians in standing up to and pushing back this russian aggression. >> reporter: the two officials are the highest ranking americans to visit since russia invaded two months ago and bring news of additional military funding and renewed diplomatic relations. pre

he went secretary defense lloyd austin says he will move heaven and earth to assist you. great. at the same time, the even foreign policy chief exclaims relations with russia should be rebuilt. talk about a united messaging problem. this is akin to saying to save ukraine, the west must destroy it. ah.

s. defense secretary lloyd austin, called the gathering of ministers and military leaders. from some 40 countries, many of them outside of nato to increase the flow of weaponry to ukraine. beyond the tank shipments, germany as also authorized the raining of ukrainian soldiers to use all true artillery systems on german soil in conjunction with the american military. and let's hear some of what u. s. defense chief austin said at the start at the meeting. i agree with a whirl. as you know, i stayed here for traveling with my friends, secretary of state, when we all has and productive discussion with programs on tv, about work that we're providing a brandy and you crazy or the broucher la into. so i only worked question to producing urgency. i know that the whole here like the whole room today to leave a comma and transparent understanding of the pre mirror. because more or less we can be and that meeting is still under way and close to the media. for more, i'm joined now by d. w. political correspondent benjamin alvarez, who is near ramstein air base. benjamin the u. s. secre

so far. secretary, a, antony lincoln and lloyd austin, which is here at the weekend and they came with more, more offers of support in the way of weapons and money. and now they're going to their allies to ask for, you know, support in that. and there has been a lot of criticism from some of the nato allies, germany in particular, that they haven't been doing enough neither before the conflict started or since it began. or we have heard word this morning though, there's a report in a pseudo to zeitung german newspaper that the defense minister, the gym defense minister, is set to announce the deployment or the the go ahead for some german tanks to be brought to ukraine, which has been long debated in germany now, so that will definitely be met positively by the americans. but today's meeting, really just an attempt to get everybody singing from the same song book. now did you and secretary general is also engaging in shuffle the flow must see his expressive in moscow today for talks with loading reputed or does the government in p, if hold any hope that he couldn't achieve anything? i

s. secretary defense lloyd austin says he will move heaven and earth to assist ukraine. at the same time, the even foreign policy chief exclaims relations with russia should be rebuilt. talk about a united messaging problem. this is akin to saying to save ukraine, the west must destroy it. ah cross hockey in the ukraine situation, i'm joined by my guess url rasmussen in washington. he is the executive vice president of the razor center in paris. we have john laughlin, he is a university lecture in history and political philosophy and we have alex me. however, he is a foreign affairs analyst and an rti contributor, i generally cross talk roles. and if that means you can jump in any time you want, i always appreciate john, let me go to you 1st and paris liz trust, who started her political career in child care. apparently it was her portfolio. now, as she saw the foreign secretary, she set the following the last few days. the war in ukraine is our war. it is every one's war because ukraine's victory is a strategic imperative for all of us. so we're at war. all of us are at

i want to start with what defense secretary lloyd austin said. when a defense secretary says a goal of the united states now is to weaken a super power, russia, so that they can't do this again he is not just talking about ukraine, he is talking about overall, that seems to me to be a significant statement going forward. what do you see there? >> i believe that as well, john, and when you look at the map of nato, for example, and you see, you know, how big russia is and we are not even showing all of russia here and you've got all of the nato countries here, we're definitely setting up a situation where we're going to have a border maybe like this going across this way and what that can mean is maybe the start of another cold war or maybe an effort to contain russia in a way that allows the united states and its western allies probably to include ukraine going forward. so this is a game-changing way of describing what has happened. i think a lot of people have been there mentally within the washington establishment, but now what we're seeing is a

defense secretary lloyd austin says the u.s. and its allies need to get critical aid to ukraine and fast, because russia's attacks are intense and they are constant. today secretary austin met with dozens of global military leaders in germany to discuss ramping up support for ukraine. a show of strength and a united message to putin. russia will be weakened. at the same time

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that is the assessment from defense secretary lloyd austin after visiting ukraine. he and the secretary of state are the two highest ranking u.s. officials to meet in person with ukraine's president since russia's invasion began. the secretary of state also pledging to send u.s. diplomats back into kyiv as part of their visit. joining me now is kyra rudic, a member of ukraine's parliament. good to see you again. so this was the highest level u.s. visit to kyiv since the invasion. seeing and hearing from both the defense secretary and the secretary of state, what does it mean to you? >> hello. thank you so much for having me. well, having these high-ranking officials in ukraine sends a strong message that the world is still behind us and that we are working as a united front. it also means that the help and support from the united states will continue and will be increased. and i think that this visit is also important for the united states as well as for ukraine because it shows the world leadership on standing up for democracy. the important point that the world ne

you are secretary of state and to me, blanket and defense. secretary lloyd austin, bring keep bringing jo. biden's good wishes and uncle sam's check book, but is america spending all these millions of dollars in ukraine now? because it underestimated vladimir putin for years. i'm fil gail in berlin and this is the day ah, the 1st step in the morning is believing that you can win. the reason we're back. ready is because of you throwing the priorities are weapons and support from the united states and our partners. we understand that for some, what has been done is already a revolution. but this is not enough, as long as the war continues. and we're seeing that when it comes to russia's warnings, russia is failing. you plan to succeed. i don't think we feel, frankly, we conducted military operations of war. i mean, reparation has its own strategy. it school is, has its own eaves. it was never meant as a blue screen. also on the de and manuel macro wins re election. he gets another 5 years as french president, but he fare any better with his bowl division for france, subbed for europe, ju

thank you very much for that was set us to vent secretary lloyd austin. they're speaking at the ramstein air basin, germany, politicians, and military expos. from up to 40 countries meeting there to discuss the next steps to fort rather ukraine, also at the ramps on their basis ounces here, assessed at boston at step. what's this meeting all about? yet? austin has called at the historical and it is indeed very unusual to have an international meeting at the u. s. largest air base with outside of the united states at def, definitely give assign assigned to europe, that it should step up its support. according to the u. s. to ukraine, as you say, more than 40 nations are invited. it's not only nato nations, all the defense ministry of ministers from a ne 2 are here. but also beyond that, there are countries in asia, countries in the middle east and from africa are invited. and what is also significant here is that it's at the ramstein air base in germany, and germany has been criticized for not doing enough, not sandy weapons, not sending heavy weapons most

austin, made a secretive journey by train to the ukrainian capital keith. it's the highest us visit since the invasion started on separate the 24th. a warm welcome back to keep after a secret of 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 at their sam was royal priorities are weapons and support is both 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 billions and a

lloyd austin was speaking in germany at a meeting of more than a0 nations about the conflict in ukraine. mr austin committed to supporting ukraine's resistance against russia's invasion "for the long haul" and pledged to move "heaven and earth" to make sure ukraine was victorious. i'm joined now from washington by douglas lute, the former us ambassador to nato and a retired us army lieutenant general. it's great to have you on the programme, douglas. just to say, listening to what the security of defence from the us has just said, about the fact that it will move heaven and earth to help ukraine, what does that mean in your view? i think that means that conferences like secretary huston hosted today in germany, so some a0 nations, not just the 30 alleys and the nato alliance but other nations, joints to co—ordinate the supply of military weaponry, and increasingly heavy weaponry, to the ukrainians as long as it takes, so as much as it takes, as long as it takes, i think is the message coming out of secretary austin today. and is the message coming out of secretary austin today. and wh

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secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin. the highest level u.s. officials to visit ukraine since the conflict began 16 days ago, obviously visiting as sirens continue to sound day in, day out. blinken pulling no punches when speaking about the invasion, have a listen. >> russia has sought as its principle aid to subjugate ukraine, to take away its sovereignty, to take away its independence. that has failed. it sought to assert the power of its military and economy. we are seeing just the opposite. a military that is dramatically under performing, an economy as a result of sanctions as a result of the mass exodus from russia that is in shambles. and it sought to divide the west, nato. we are seeing exactly the opposite. >> but russia is continuing to step up its military campaign in the east. ukraine's military governor said nine russian missiles struck the ukrainian city on sunday. and despite being orthodox sunday easter, no humane tearian corridors were open. according to ukrainian officials russia would not guarantee a cease-fire. the deputy pr

we met the cranium president and cave on sunday, along with us defense secretary lloyd austin, brief man, crazy cranes efforts to defend itself and said it would ultimately prevail over russia. that the u. s. has also announced that it's resuming its diplomatic presence in ukraine. my cana in washington as more on our back the original back all of these factors together.

austin. on orthodox easter sunday, the president asked his people not to be consumed by anger at russian atrocities. and as residents in shanghai struggle with lockdown, we'll look at the effects of china's zero—covid policy. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 6am here in singapore, and midnight in paris — where supporters of emmanuel macron have been celebrating what looks like a historic victory. he's on course to win a second term as french president — the first time in 20 years that french voters have chosen to re—elect a sitting president. a few hours ago, the challenger marine le pen conceded defeat, with the polls indicating she had gained just under 41.5% of the vote. that's in contrast to the predicted win for emmanuel macron, with a vote share of 58.5%. with the latest from paris, here's our europe editor katya adler. emmanuel macron, one of europe's most powerful leaders, clearly reconfirmed tonight. the first french president to be reâ€

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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 the grand chessboard by as a new to present the rand study in 2019 ukraine is a strategic 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 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 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 f

during the trip anthony blinkin and secretary of defense lloyd austin also said that the u. s. will continue to provide weapons to ukraine to help it pushed back the russian invasion. this is the highest level face to face meeting between keys in the white house since the war began. blinkin also said you as diplomats would start to return to ukraine starting next week that russia is failing. ukraine is succeeding. russia has sought, as is principally to totally subjugate ukraine to take away its sovereignty, to take away its independence. that has fail. it sought to assert the power of its military and its economy. we're forcing just the opposite military that is dramatically under performing an economy as a result of sanctions. as a result of the mass exodus from russia, that is in shambles. thursday, the broke president biden signed a, you know, a drop down and on saturday, ours was worth join up from that draw down package. that is a unimaginable speed. and it's due to the hard work of all the men and women who are working day out day in a day out to, to do the kinds of thin