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The U.S. announced plans to reopen its embassy in Kyiv and provide $322 million in foreign military assistance.

The U.S. announced plans to reopen its embassy in Kyiv and provide $322 million in foreign military assistance.

Like. as you also point out, the statement about the opening of the embassy in lviv. that in and of itself has security discussions around it, especially as you see russia striking railway stations in central and eastern ukraine. an embassy presence in lviv will require its own security even as ukraine has to provide some of that security. but it also comes with additional considerations because it remains an active war zone. do you need search and rescue capability? do you need a rapid response...

Hes a correspondent with "the new york times" and also with us, former nato supreme allied commander europe, retired general philip breedlove. we played a key moment from the defense secretary. matt rivers was pointing to it. while in ukraine saying that the united states wants to not only help ukraine but also wants to see russia weakened to the point where it cant do this again essentially. when you hear that from the secretary of defense, what does that tell you, general? >> well, thanks for ...

Say rosy. i would say its positive, optimistic, but, you know, based on what theyre seeing, right, of what russias capabilities are and what changes theyve been able to make. now, that is not a nunanimous view. you heard the british prime minister say its possible russia can win this war. i dont think anybody eliminates that possibility. were only two months in today. it is remarkable for them to say that publicly because that puts your marker down on the table in effect saying ukraine may have ...

The U.S. announced plans to reopen its embassy in Kyiv and provide $322 million in foreign military assistance.

The U.S. announced plans to reopen its embassy in Kyiv and provide $322 million in foreign military assistance.

Saying that armoured vehicles fitted with anti—air missile launchers are going to be heading to the ukrainian military. this will be short range... it will improve their short range... it will improve their short range anti—air capabilities. that kind of heavy hardware is what will be needed for this battle in the east, with much more open countryside, big flat plains where you are going to get a lot of heavy russian military armour. yes. russian military armour. yes, absolutely- — russian...

Outcome of this war. thats why youre seeing so much weaponry coming in at this point in time. its not that the war will be won or lost in the next four weeks, but the shape of the outcome they expect to see in the next four weeks and thats why youre seeing this rush. >> ambassador, theres a lot of attention being paid to secretary austins comments about weakening russias military capabilities to the point where they cannot do this type of invasion again. how are you interpreting that? is that ba...

>> some significant messages coming out from blinken and austin today with austin saying that the united states wants russia weakened at the end of this fight. and thats the first time that we have really heard u.s. official discuss the long-term prospects that they want russia to face as a result of this failed invasion into ukraine. of course, it starts with the invasion itself, with this war. and its clear that the biden administration does feel that ukraine can win. secretary of defense aust...