the u.s. treasury pushes back the possible default deadline from june 1st to june 5th, giving debt limit negotiators to reach an agreement. the house minority leader, hakeem jeffries, joins me in just a moment r for an exclusive interview. in ukraine, at least two people are dead and 30 injured after a russian attack on a medical clinic, ukraine claims was deliberate. we ll have a live report from the war zone. and as americans prepare to set out for the memorial day weekend, cnn is at the airport and on the highways with everything you need to know about one of the busiest travel days of the year. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our top story this evening, the u.s. treasury says debt limit negotiators have slightly, slightly more time to try to strike a deal. but it s still not clear if the two sides can reach an agreement before the nation defaults. from congress to the white
managed to take down all the cruise missiles and nearly all the iranian supply. cnn got rare access to a key component of ukraine s air defense. the german-made antiaircraft system. translator: time is essential, he tells me. there may be three to four targets, and we need to destroy them one by one. the computer system makes it as easy as possible for the gunner to succeed. reporter: ukrainian forces gave us this video they say shows a get par shooting down a cruise missile late last year. yes! reporter: it s part of ukraine s increasingly effective, mostly western supplied, layered, short, medium, and long-range air defense, including the u.s. made patriots, that washington and kyiv say have managed to take
weapons. and what he heard from antony blinken is three answers, yes, yes, and yes. we are going to serve every day, including the united states and some 30 allies and partners providing security assistance to the ukrainians. there are deliveries being made every single day. and we re also providing new systems as a result of this constant coordination with our ukrainian partners. you may have noticed on friday, our slovakian allies were able to transfer an s-300 system. this is a long-range antiaircraft system that our ukrainian partners had been asking for. what s important here is our slovakian allies were able to transfer this because the united states was able to back fill their missile defense system. today we ve heard we re going to be in a position to provide our ukrainian partners with artillery. this is also directly in response to the requests they have made in recent days. so, we re in constant coordination and consultation with them to make sure that we are providing them
action for your territory. we could have talked in minks, in your capital. when you were neutral we talked in minks minsk. it is a right and honest way to talk as neighbors to each other. reporter: volodymyr zelenskyy suggested warsaw budapest, ukrainian officials are appealing for weapons and fighters. the us announced $350 million in military 8 including anti-iran antiaircraft system. several other allies are promising weapons. ukraine is requesting volunteers, asking those interested in fighting the russians to go to the ukrainian embassy or consulate in the country. the pentagon is denying russian claims the us military is
expected and they have not achieved air superiority and the russian military you heard us talk about from kiev now has committed more than 50 percent of those sources on - resources for the operation there is more assistance headed to ukraine $350 million and else by the biden administration and military assistance for $1 billion over the past year. us officials say the latest round is anti- armor antiaircraft system and small arms. germany says it will provide 1000 antitank rockets in poland will give you munitions also georgia and the czech republic and australia will also offer more military aid. ukraine says it needs to help as it is targeting the capital and kiev to infiltrate the city ahead of the regular army.