secretary of state antony blinken and lloyd austin, the first to visit since the war began. blinken looking to establish a diplomatic presence in ukraine. we will have american diplomats in ukraine next week. they will then start the process of looking at how we actually reopen the embassy itself in kyiv. i think that will take place over a couple of weeks would be my expectation. we re doing it carefully. we re doing it with the security of our personnel foremost in mind, but we re doing it. secretary austin talked about the thing ukraine desperately needs, more weapons. we are doing everything that we can to get them the types of support, the types of artillery and munitions that will be effective in this stage of the fight. cnn s isa soares joins me live from lviv, ukraine. isa, good morning. talk to me about the new russian attacks on the train stations. what more do we know? good morning to you, laura. let me bring viewers up to date because this was announced
this was the first time high-level u.s. officials visited ukraine since the russian invasion. the meeting with president zelenskyy lasted 90 minutes, major announcements include that the u.s. will send diplomats back to ukraine for the first time since they were pulled out for safety just after putin launched this war. the president will nominate a new ambassador to ukraine, bridgette brink, who is the current ambassador to slovakia. also, decidedly different language from the secretaries about the future of the war. in terms of our their ability to win, the first step in winning is believing that you can win and so they believe that we can win, we believe that we can win they can win if they have the right equipment, the right support and we re going to do everything we can, continue to do everything we can to ensure that that gets there. we don t know how the rest of this war will unfold, but we do know that a sovereign, independent ukraine will be around a lot long
they re meeting with president zelenskyy lasted 90 minutes, major announcements include that the u.s. will send diplomats back to ukraine for the first time since they pulled out for safety just after putin launched this war. president biden will now nominate a new ambassador to ukraine, bridgette brink, who was the current ambassador to slo slovakia. also decidedly different language from the secretaries about the future of the war. in terms of our their ability to win, the first step in winning is believing that you can win. and so they believe that we can win, we believe that they we can win they can win if they have the right equipment, the right support and we re going to do everything we can, continue to do everything we can to ensure that that gets there. we don t know how the rest of this war will unfold, but we do know that a sovereign, independent ukraine will be around a lot longer than vladimir putin s on the scene. now, notably, and i believe for th
send diplomats back to ukraine for the first time they were withdrawn for safety. president biden will nominate a new ambassador to ukraine, the current ambassador of slovakia. also, we re hearing decidedly different language from the secretaries about the future of the war. in terms of our verability to win, the first step is believing you can win. they believe we can win. we believe that we can win they can win, if they have the right equipment, the right support, and we re going to do everything we can, continue to do everything we can to ensure that that gets done. we don t know how the rest of this war will unfold but we do know that a sovereign, independent ukraine will be around a lot longer than vladimir putin is on the scene. also notably, and i really do think for the first time, the senior u.s. official, secretary austin, said the u.s. wants to diminish russia s military power going forward so russia could not just do this again. we want to see russia w
and bringing new promises of support. more on this extraordinary war-time visit, and the latest developments from the battlefield. plus, republican house leader kevin mccarthy does damage control, in the wake of the leaked audio of him expressing just how disgusted he was with donald trump in the wake of january 6th. how the i had north, did how the minority leader is trying to explain away those comments. and new talks from the cnbc that twitter may be more susceptible to an elon musk takeover than first thought. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, april 25th. i m jonathan lemire. new overnight, two top u.s. officials make an extraordinary and secretive war-time visit to ukraine. secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin met with president zelenskyy in kyiv yesterday. it was the first high level visit by an american delegation since the start of the russian invasion. details of the trip were kept under wraps until it