medical supplies to these people. you have, okay, these meetings taking place today where the u.n. secretary general in moscow unclear what the united nations role they can play. this was a topic of the saturday s conference with the ukrainian president. on the other side you have the united states, its european allies trying to arm the fighting we seen in the east. they re trying to increase the flow of those arms, so you really have two different story leans playing out, this fighting in the east and civilians trying to return to their homes. i want to ask you about the change in tone. it s a slight shift in tone from the united states. lloyd austin, the defense secretary saying the allies will move heaven and earth to support ukraine, saying our goal is to permanently weaken russia. at the same time, germany is sending more heavy weaponry. it s a beg move for germany. as everyone knows, they have been in a passivist state now
allies tweeting this morning what they have receive ready plane parts that they would like to receive more fighter jets and i ve been speaking to ukrainian military officials here in kyiv and they say that what they need is heavy weaponry. this they ve done the calculation and analyzed russia s performance so far. they ve analyzed the condition of russian forces and they see weakness. they tell me that they believe they have enough man power and enough reservists to win the battle for donbas which will they say determine really the outcome of this war. what they need most and need it now is more heavy weaponry and they re waiting for more detail in terms of what to expect from the united states and all eyes on the city of mariupol. in the last hour we received an update from the donetsk governor saying they have managed to evacuate some buses with women, children and as well as elderly from that city. although fewer than had been
missile strikes, we need more heavy weaponry. ukraine needs tanks. ukraine needs heavy armored vehicle and aircraft. and yuriy, i know you got in this latest package of weapons sedded your way, you ve got the 155 millimeter artillery. how does that help you in the even dombas? every single item that ukraine receives as red light aid from our international partners is going straight to the battlefield. and of course, considering the fact like it s been rightly said on this show minutes ago, the whole of ukraine is currently under threat because the whole of ukraine is hearing the air raid sirens, the whole of ukraine is getting missile
here. vlada galan, thank you for your time and the important work you do. if you would like to donate to the international ukrainian crisis fund, visit ukrainecrisisfund.com. thanks, vlada. thank you, jake. president biden is promising ukraine more heavy weaponry, possibly also a visit from a high-level member of his administration. how else could the u.s. help? that s next. - love you. have a good day, behave yourself. - like she goes to work at three in the afternoon and sometimes gets off at midnight. she works a lot, a whole lot. - we don t get to eat in the early morning. we just wait until we get to the school. so yeah. - right now, here in america, millions of kids like victoria and andre live with hunger.
today the pentagon confirmed the u.s. is looking into reports that russian forces have used what may be a chemical weapon in mariupol. the military governor of the region says three people were taken to the hospital but are expected to survive. president volodymyr zelenskyy assured the world that ukrainian forces can end this siege of mariupol, but only, only if the west sends more heavy weaponry and soon. translator: if we get jets and more heavy artillery vehicles, we will be able to do it. but we have to agree on this. we still have to persuade. we still have to squeeze out the necessary decisions. i am sure that we will get almost everything we need but not only time is being lost. the lives of ukrainians are being lost. lives that can no longer be returned. let s get straight to cnn s