attacking mariupol. lloyd austin and secretary of state anthony blinken are set to visit the region today, according to the ukrainian president. another hour of velshi begins right now. good morning to you, it is sunday, april the 24th. it is day 60 of russia s unprovoked invasion of ukraine. i m ali velshi, live in new york city. 4700 miles away, in kyiv, ukraine, the united states defense secretary lloyd austin and the u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken are set to be the highest ranking american officials to visit the country since the start of the war 60 days ago. that is according to the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy, who announced his visit. it s not been confirmed by american officials. so lewinsky says he plans to discuss, quote, the military assistance we need, and quote, with the u.s. officials. then, secretary austin is heading to germany for pronounced meetings on ukraine with foreign counterparts. today s orthodox easter sunday, the holiest day for
at this hour, president zelenskyy is in washington pushing for critical aid for his country s existential fight against russia. his visit capped off by a meeting at the white house with president biden. in a few minutes the two leaders will hold a press conference. we ll bring you that live when it happens. we begin with a stunning revelation by the special counsel jack smith in the federal election interference trial. for the first time, the special counsel s office says it has data from donald trump s cellphone, and they plan to show how trump used his phone in the days and weeks after the election, including on january 6th. in a court filing last night previewing expert testimony, the prosecutors plan to bring to the case, jack smith says he plans to call to the stand an expert who extracted and reviewed data from trump s phone and the phone of another individual who s currently unidentified. special counsel said the expert will, quote, testify that he or she analyzed da
as the e.u. underlined last weekend, this is russian aggression. the e.u. and the united states are ready to take further restrictive measures in response to russia s behavior. russia must admit that it is a party to the conflict and take genuine steps that will lead to a deescalation of the conflict. we must also continue to support ukraine by providing the country with the assistance that it needs. when it comes to the security of our region, the united states engagement here runs deep. estonia is a close and reliable ally to the united states. we take our nato commitment seriously, very seriously. we have not sat back and waited for others to take care of our security. since joining the alliance, estonia soldiers have consist t consistently defended the freedom of others in afghanistan, iraq, and the central ike. we are grateful for the united states for sending troops here. your presence underlies the credibility of article 5. without a doubt, your bilateral contribution
the eu and the united states are ready to take fur thur restrictive measures in response to russia s behavior. russia must admit it is a party to the conflict and take genuine steps that will lead to a de escalation of the conflicted. we must also continue to support ukraine by providing the country with the assistance that it needs. when it comes to the security of our region, the united states engagement here runs deep. estonia is a close and reliable ally to the united states. we take our naet toe comm nat commitment seriously. very seriously. we have not sat back and waited for others to take care of our security. since joining the alliance estonian soldiers have consistently a fought for the freedom of others in began sfan and iraq and most recently in the central republic. we dedicate resources to defense and are increasingly increasing our national defense capacity. we are grateful to the united states for sending troops here for actively participating in the baltic a
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