conversation about concrete military assistance that they need. and a big discussion about sanctions to. which the ukrainians really want the west now to focus on. especially now that president macron has won reelection. and third, it will be very important, they announced the nominee brigitte bring, i know bridget, she s a fantastic hire. i hope that the senate will not do the things that they do these days and get her through. because they want to have americans in kyiv. by the way, they want to have military officers from the united states in kyiv, so that they can talk to them on a daily basis. and that is what comes when you have the embassy open there, as opposed to in poland or lviv. your team i know has been working out ideas for new sanctions. when i was away last week, i met with a lot of people who had family still living in russia. russians and their parents, their siblings in russia.
congratulations to them to make that trip. i talked to one of the senior officials on the ukrainian side in that meeting today and it was more than symbolism. they had a very substantive conversation about concrete military assistance that they need. and a big discussion about sanctions to. which the ukrainians really want the west now to focus on. especially now that president macron has won reelection. and third, it will be very important, they announced the nominee brigitte bring, i know bridget, she s a fantastic hire. i hope that the senate will not do the things that they do these days and get her through. because they want to have americans in kyiv. by the way, they want to have military officers from the united states in kyiv, so that they can talk to them on a daily basis. and that is what comes when you have the embassy open there, as opposed to in poland or lviv.