breaking news to report from the war in ukraine. with the volodymyr zelenskyy says he will meet with u.s. secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin, this in kyiv tomorrow. no comment this hour from pentagon nor white house officials about it. the news came from zelenskyy s news conference that is still under way, and it is packed with reporters. it s happening in kyiv at this hour. joining me now from kyiv is daniel, a canadian attorney who s lived in ukraine since the late 1990s. he s a former chief investment advisor to the prime minister of ukraine. he is also right now volunteering as a member of the country s territorial defense forces. welcome to you, daniel. i m glad to talk with you again about this. talk about this meeting. thanks. how big a deal it is that you have these two very high-profile u.s. officials coming to kyiv,
recorded 56 attacks overnight. this one was caught on video by reporters from the associated press. and new reaction from the government of moldova, pushing back on russia s reported plan to expand the war to take full control of southern ukraine, getting close to a russian-controlled section of moldova. government officials are demanding that russia respect moldova s neutral status. the united nations is launching a new high-profile attempt at peace talks. we have secretary general antonio guterres who will visit president putin in moscow on tuesday, and then president zelenskyy in kyiv on thursday. and the u.s. is inviting 40 nations to meet in germany next week. defense secretary lloyd austin will talk to defense officials and military leaders about a possible collective effort in response to this war. let s go to cal perry, joining us from kyiv. cal, welcome to you, my friend. talk to us about the big news here that zelenskyy says he s meeting with blinken and austin tomorrow in ky
all right, so, we got the latest from capitol hill, everybody, as the january 6th investigation is heating up. you re going to want to tune into that. plus, you got desantis vs. the happiest place on earth, disney. florida governor ron desantis signing a bill, stripping disney of its special self-governing status. we have a live report from orlando on that. and then, next hour, illogical and cruel. that is how one opinion columnist describes wimbledon s decision to ban russian players. he s going to join me live to explain why. we want to begin, though, with that breaking news out of ukraine. secretary of state tony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin visiting ukraine tomorrow, so we are told, according to president volodymyr zelenskyy. however, nbc news has not yet confirmed zelenskyy s claims. is, however, though, looking into it. this is coming, of course, weeks after zelenskyy hosted uk prime minister boris johnson in kyiv.
a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news from ukraine where it is 9:00 p.m. and president zelenskyy has spent more than an hour now answering questions from reporters. moments ago, he said he still wants a face-to-face meeting with russian president vladimir putin. also, he is going to meet with big news here with the u.s. secretary of state, antony blinken, and defense secretary austin tomorrow. translator: i insisted from the beginning on holding talks with the russian leader because i believe that any format of a meeting through mediators with russia or by passing on some information so the leader of the russian federation through
and talk about your expectations. yeah, thank you very much for having me. this is, of course, a very big deal. but it s just part of the slew of world leaders that european leaders, nato leaders that have been coming into kyiv to speak with zelenskyy and to show support for ukraine s fight against tyranny. you know, everybody who s come in, whether they ve been senior officials or prime ministers or presidents has come bearing gifts and we hope that i suspect this isn t war tourism that s taking place but that there will be some serious announcements regarding the ongoing flow of weapons to ukraine. which is absolutely critical to our prosecution of the war. absolutely critical. no, absolutely, and you know that president biden has said another $800 million in military aid is coming. at least, he wants to go to congress and get that approval, so maybe this is all about that