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US secretary of state Antony blinken
and defense secretariat Lloyd Austin have

wrapped up a high
profile visit to Ukraine

to you as secretaries met with Ukrainian
president Vladimir zielinski and assured him

america will help
him achieve his goal

of defeating Russia.

They also announced the u s is providing
seven hundred and thirteen million dollars

in new military aide too Ukraine

and allied countries.

Officials say america's total
military assistance to Ukraine

as now reached three
point seven billion dollars.

Meanwhile the Russian offensive
shows no signs of slowing down

this video posted to social
media and verified by abc news

shows a moment a Russian
missile hit a residential building.

Killing at least eight people

and video circulating online show an
explosion at a fuel depot in bronze Russia.

So far there's been no official
confirmation of the cause.

And this all comes as Russia wages
a new offensive in eastern Ukraine

that's brain abcs Marcus more live in
urban Ukraine along with Alex per se in

Washington

and abc news contributor and
former marine colonel Steven gathered

for more on this.

Markers are orthodox easter was this
weekend but president's a lens he says that

Russia rejected a proposal

for an easter truce what's the
latest on the ongoing negotiations.

World die am first of all this
was a very different easter.

Celebration for people here

in Ukraine for obvious reasons.

We know that president
Zalewski who said that he

is

still is and has been open to.

Meeting with Vladimir putin.

Trying to negotiate peace.

But

we're on

at this point we don't know what the nature
of those negotiations have been and how

much progress.

They have been able to make
as you've already said that.

The fighting

shelling continued.

Over the weekend

despite calls

for a ceasefire

and so it remains
to be seen exactly.

What type of

negotiations are happening

and how much success
you'll be able to have

in the days ahead.

Steve secretary blinken says Russia has
already failed to achieve it's stated goals

in Ukraine now the UK defence
ministry says Russia shifting it's focus

to fully occupied the dunbar regions
but that they have yet to achieve.

A significant big through
there so how is Ukraine

holding off Russia's
advance can they keep it up.

Although

I think.

What the what the US is really saying I
think with the Ukrainians are saying or

or probes the Russians are trying
to find weak spots in the line so

well this.

Was offensive in the
dumbass has begun.

It isn't the all out

attack with a huge
artillery barrages

that the US and Ukrainians
are feared so it's early

in this

part of the war

it is a new phase the world be very different
to be much more reliant on artillery

and tanks the kinds of things that
the Russians used to be good at.

But as of right now it's just probing
attacks and we haven't seen the full thrust

of Russia's might.

And Alex president biden is formally
nominating the current Slovakia and ambassador

bridge it be wang to serve as
ambassador to Ukraine what does that mean.

Well

look I mean this is someone
who is tested who actually

knows the region.

As you mentioned served as a
former ambassadors of lock yeah.

In now serving as as

US ambassador to Ukraine.

According to a senior
state department

official a career long diplomat.

As the u s tries
again to to to prop up

it's support for the
Ukrainian government in

it's fight against Russia.

And Marcus in Mario ball humanitarian
corridors did not open as scheduled because

Russian troops in the
area did not confirm.

A cease ceasefire so how dire is the
situation there especially for those civilians

still trapped.

What I am from everything
that we've heard the situation in.

In

you yuko is incredibly

dire.

The city council
there says that.

As many as a thousand people mostly women
and children are are holed up in that steel

plant.

And.

They are have no access to

food or water

and no safe exit and I should

point out that

to your question
about negotiations.

President's wolinsky
has said that.

If the people who

they're.

The fighters

as well as the
civilians who were in

you people if they are harmed.

In any way he
has said that there

will be no other room no
more room for negotiation so.

What happens in muddy opal

will be significant.

For a number of reasons.

Not only symbolically
but but but of course.

Strategically as as Russia
has been trying so hard.

To secure that city.

As they work to

to take over the dome

region.

Of Ukraine.

Wednesday the u s is now sending seven
hundred and thirteen million dollars in new

aid

to Ukraine and two other allies in addition
to the billions in aid already provided

what impact could that have
and how important is this aid

to Ukraine's defense.

Well hopefully.

Secretary blinking secretary Austin had a
better chance to understand exactly what

the Ukrainians need
over the weekend.

Right now the kinds of things
that the Ukrainians need.

Is changing the kinds of things that
they've asked for early on in the war very

different from what they're
going to need to defend

Don bus

so that means more heavy

you are

Hillary.

The US is trying to scour

all the former

eastern bloc nations
that are now part of NATO

for the

Soviet era.

Kind of ammunition so the u s.

Ammunition that kind of artillery
that the US uses is actually

a different caliber it's about three
millimeters different so you can't use you as.

Artillery shells in

Russian equipment so.

The challenge here is to go out
and find what they can but eventually

if this

conflict continues on the
Ukrainians are going to need to.

Change the kind of equipment that
they use and towards more u s or NATO

sort of standard and that will take time
because now you have to retrain crew so

right now it's all hands on deck

and we'll see if it's

active.

Alex where did the
diplomatic efforts go from here.

Well Diana mean that's that's one
hundred million dollar question right I

certainly there have been positive
talks we've heard positive rhetoric.

From both sides willing to
to to meet at various points.

But but again it's it's it's just been talk
thus far in in and we haven't seen any

substantial action

and then also whenever you look at
some of the other bodies whether it be

the u n security council

president zielinski
being openly critical

of this body saying
that essentially.

If it doesn't act it it should
it should dissolve itself.

The one thing that we can say thus far is
that the u s is continuing it's support of

Ukraine the allergy thing
with support of Ukraine

and right now we don't
see an end to this conflict.

Alex for

Steve gagnon Marcus
Morris thank you.

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