succeeding, when in fact, as anyone who s aren t with the truth knows, russia s work is failing. the war crimes are being committed. and they are permanently damaging their standing in the world. admiral james serious, thank you, as always, for coming to the sunday show. see you soon. be sure to tune in to the yasmin vesuviana report later, when yasmin vossoughian welcomes the fighter pilot that goes only by his call, sign moon fish. he will talk about his firsthand experience in the war, as he continues to fight off russian forces. that is today at 4 pm eastern, right here on msnbc. coming up after the break, how one michigan state lawmakers trying a new tactic in the fight against the republicans culture war. and the blue predicted be for democrats nationwide. state senator mallory mike martin joins us next. in joins us next i grow all my own vegetables shingles doesn t care.
have to rely on nato and nato s defense of ukraine. and the united states doesn t stand alone. but the united states is in a unique position in the world, in terms of messaging and in terms of making clear that the united states will stand with ukraine in this illegal, really horrific awful war. and speak strongly. and i think the presence there of these two leaders in ukraine speaks volumes. we have seen the unwavering and increasingly strong military support that the united states has been providing, and that s been a big part of ukraine s ability to fight back. so, this is a big deal. it is a big deal, and we will see if that visit actually happens. nbc s foreign correspondent raf sanchez as says, in both hours of the show, that trip, if it
there s no indication, right now, that they have been successful in this effort. but an aide to president zelenskyy says there should be a truce on this holiest of days, this orthodox easter weekend. marked in both ukraine and russia. there is no sign that the russians are going to agree to that. and, jonathan, even if a truce was agreed to this easter sunday, it would not come soon enough for those eight people killed in a muscle missile strike in odessa yesterday. among the dead, a young mother named valerie and her three month old baby named kira. more than half of care as short life was spent living through vladimir putin s war, her life was brought to an end by one of vladimir putin s missiles yesterday. it is a reminder that, in every corner of this country, from the east in the donbas where that 300 mile front is being fought, to the south, which is nearly under threat by russian forces, civilians are being put
page headline in the new york times, as heavy arm arrives, ukrainians get a left in defending the east. a lot of analysts were saying that with russia movingly war, from kyiv over to the east where the terrain is flat, that that gives the russians an advantage. do you think that as a result of the additional $800 million worth of weaponry, that the president announced earlier this week, including armed drones, that that is going to shift the tide? or at least balance the playing field? over there in the east. i would call it balance the playing field. the ukrainians have three big advantages. number one, and by far the most important, is there a fighting spirit. they are defending their country, defending their wives and their children and their elders and their cities. so number one it is that spirit. number two, the balance will kind of be held strongly by the
breaking news out of ukraine this. morning ukrainian officials claiming russian forces are attempting to storm the ads of small steel factory where ukraine says roughly 2000 civilians, mainly women and children, are trapped. with the last holdouts of ukrainian fighters in the city of mariupol. the stakes couldn t be higher, as president volodymyr zelenskyy says defense lycra terri lloyd austin and secretary of state anthony blinken are set to visit the country today. making them the highest ranking american officials to make the trip since the start of the war. but the visit has not been officially confirmed by the u.s.. the comedian termed president has been busy this week, flexing his diplomatic muscles. speaking with turkish president erdogan this morning and with british prime minister boris johnson yesterday. this is happening as efforts for a holiday truce were rejected by the kremlin, on one