able to do that. they are, in fact, in terms of military capability, weaker than when this started. we would like to make sure, again, that they don t have the same type of capability to bully their neighbors that we saw at the outset of this conflict. that new statement from secretary austin follows a promise alongside 40 other nations as the secretary put it, to keep moving heaven and earth to meet ukraine s military needs. that is just one of two big international meetings today. the united nations secretary general in moscow, his long shut mission, to try to get vladimir putin to back down, and to broker a deal to let starving ukrainians out of mariupol. and a potentially decisive battle for ukraine s east, already moscow including today, pufl rising targets from the air. cnn has resources across the globe to cover this more. we start our coverage with secretary austin is in germany, cnn s orn lieberman is right