watch. our thanks to sam brock. let s turn now to the war in ukraine. russia has ordered its troops to target long range missiles and weapons recently provided to ukraine by western countries. moscow gave the order to a battalion currently fighting in the eastern donbas region. according to the russian defense ministry, targeting the western supply missile systems will help shield russian troops from being shelled. this comes after the pentagon approved an $820 million weapons package for ukraine earlier this month. ukraine s first lady is in washington this morning, and will meet with first lady jill biden later today. zelenskyy s visit is part of a series of high profile meetings with american officials this week. she met with secretary of state anthony blinken yesterday, where the two discussed the growing huge cost of russia s invasion in ukraine. and she has been assured of america s commit to the war
various experts are discussing putin s war against ukraine. soon mrs. zell will accept the award on the ukraine people. another stop for the first lady in a series of high profile meetings in washington yes, she met with secretary of state blinken who commended her initiatives to help ukrainians. this really was an opportunity for the secretary to underscore the united states comprehensive and enduring commitment to the people of ukraine. he had an opportunity to commend the first lady s work to support the many civilians, ukrainian civilians who have been in different ways impacted by this brutal war against ukraine. the first lady will also
the troops, the first since it started 115 days ago. and nate has the latest from lviv. it s a successful week for president zelenskyy with high profile meetings and then the visit to the front lines that you mentioned, a lot of people back home in the states are wondering about the three missing american veterans in ukraine. taken by russian soldiers, including the two most recent just last week. alexander drueke and candy andy hun, and they re working with ukrainian authorities and they re in contact with the veteran s families who are begging the-wide administration
there, the president of mexico just as you have this my grand surge going on. an indication that mexico is doing very little to stop it. jacqui heinrich with more. jacqui? the u.s. is using the high profile meetings to launch a new joint agreement on migration as a caravan of thousands pushes its way to the southern border. with the president from the northern triangle countries and mexico all boycotting this event, it s unclear what the president biden can achieve here. critics say while the white house was correct to block cuba, venezuela over human right issues, fences should have been mended with our neighbor to the south. a meeting shows that migrants are being transported away from the crowded border and deeper into the u.s. beginning with los angeles in the coming weeks. mexico is still signing on to the migration agreement despite the president s absence. the white house says that biden
hearing. president biden is in los angeles tonight trying to shore up support for a new immigration initiative at the summit of the americas. but with some of the players absent, it s looking like an up hill battle. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is traveling with the president in los angeles. hosting the summit of the americas for the first time in nearly 30 years, the u.s. is using high profile meetings with regional leaders to launch a new joint agreement on migration as a caravan of thousands pushes towards the southern border. but with presidents from northern triangle countries and mexico all refusing to come, it s unclear what president biden can achieve. this is the americas. we should be lock step with our neighbors. defending its decision to block cuba, nicaragua and vendz from attending over human rights issues prompting the boycott, the white house says the absences won t get in the way of agreements but they are also on their heels over biden s tentative p