Freezing. The sanctions also target a russian bank that began operating in crimea after russia annexed it. U. S. Firms are barred from doing business with the bank. For the Ukrainian Government the United States says it will provide an additional 75 million in assistance that includes unmanned Surveillance Drones and communications equipment. Officials from the u. S. Government say the Ukrainian Military will receive up to 230 armored vehicles. Reports say Vice President joe biden conveyed u. S. Decision on the new aid to ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko in a telephone call on wednesday. The United States says prorussian separatists attacked the transport hub of debaltseve and the Industrial City of mariupol in Eastern Ukraine in a breach of the ceasefire accord agreed in february. Meanwhile, assistant secretary of state for european and Eurasian Affairs victoria newland said her country estimates between 400 and 500 russians have died in the cliblth. Nuland was giving testimony on
Freezing. The sanctions also target a russian bank that began operating in crimea after russia annexed it. U. S. Firms are barred from doing business with the bank. For the Ukrainian Government the United States says it will provide an additional 75 million in assistance that includes unmanned Surveillance Drones and communications equipment. Officials from the u. S. Government say the Ukrainian Military will receive up to 230 armored vehicles. Reports say Vice President joe biden conveyed u. S. Decision on the new aid to ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko in a telephone call on wednesday. The United States says prorussian separatists attacked the transport hub of debaltseve and the Industrial City of mariupol in Eastern Ukraine in a breach of the ceasefire accord agreed in february. Meanwhile, assistant secretary of state for european and Eurasian Affairs victoria newland said her country estimates between 400 and 500 russians have died in the cliblth. Nuland was giving testimony on
Efforts on the ukraine. We want to get your thoughts about providing aid to the ukraine. Here is how you can way in this morning. The phone lines heres your chance to make your thoughts known on the phone line. cspanwj. R address is you can send us email to journal cspan. Org. To set up the legislative efforts on what will take place in ukraine, i am on the phone with the editorinchief of rollcall. We invite you to talk about the week ahead in congress. What does it look like as Congress Gets back this week . There are competing versions of this ukraine legislation. The is not the First Time Congress has addressed these issues. This is this this is the first strategical vote. Offered 150 Million Dollars in direct assistance. You will remember the president s late last week imposed is pretty tough. Anctions on Vladimir Putin that is where you heard lawmakers talking about. This legislation will have a test vote today in the senate as they return from their recess. The house doesnt reall
About going to take 100,000 out of the force structure. The air force had made it clear that they would like to close bases under the brac process. We are looking at a situation in which the structure is likely to decline unless we make a decision to reverse that. Host is it easier to close a branch base . Dont think so. I think what is challenging as relocating the unit. If it is a Research Unit that has very Sensitive Research equipment, that has to be handled carefully. It depends on what the nature is. Caller good morning. Thank you for taking my call. What isious as to really going to happen with Guantanamo Bay. To know if Guantanamo Bay is on the list foreclosures four closures. There has been so much talk in the media. As far as being in a hot zone can you comment on that . Guantanamo bay is in an overseas location, in cuba. It is not covered by the brac process. It is only focused on u. S. Domestic installations. Lepore, thank you for your time. The Atlantic Council is where we
Is this better . Lets see. I think it has gone from one extreme to the other. We will get started if you can hear me. Ok . All right. On september 14, ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy walked into what can be described as hell on earth. It was days after Ukrainian Forces recaptured the city, and president zelinski wanted to assess the damage personally. The once picturesque riverside city was unrecognizable. Mass graves were filled with hundreds of unidentified bodies, including children. Bodies with crushed skulls. Victims hands tied behind their backs. Faces mutilated beyond recognition. Many showing signs of torture. It was the same sickening scene we saw an bucha, and other towns that have been socalled liberated from Russian Forces. We must not look away. We must face this squarely. We must bear witness to these heinous acts, which is why we have images of these crimes around to the hearing room today. I met with ukrainian prosecutor general, andre last week. He told me the