Cnn. well the g-20 summit is still six months away. but there s a diplomatic showdown brewing over the tensions. vladimir putin has accepted an invitation to attend and president joe biden has called for the ejection of russia from the g-20. u.s. officials are once again warning americans not to travel to ukraine while expressing condolenses for the death of a u.s. citizen there. the family tell us that he died fighting along side ukrainian forces. reporter: for this young man, it was not his war, he has served his country in the marines, but felt the need to leave tennessee and join the
For a more reliable connection. get that and more with xfi complete. an american is among the upgrade today. casualties in russia s war in ukraine. a new york official says that 22-year-old willie joseph was killed while fighting along side ukrainian forces. meanwhile, the mayor of mariupol says that the situation there is dire. plans to evacuate people stuck in a steel plant stalled overnight. the bombardment of the donbas region continues. the pentagon says, the russians are behind schedule in efforts to take the east of ukraine. joining me now is nbc news correspondent raf sanchez in lviv. thank you for being here, raf. tell us what is happening on the ground. tiffany, if we were speaking 24 hours ago, i would have told you there was a glimmer of hope for evacuation for those
Unbearable heartache and pain. i witnessed death very vividly today around kyiv. the senseless loss of life, the mess of destruction, violations of human rights and the laws of war. matt: spoke with ukrainian president zelenskyy and he called out the un security council saying it failed to prevent and end this war. president biden is asking congress for 33 billion for a crackdown on putin s oligarch and an american is among the dead in ukraine. marine veteran willie joseph cancel died fighting along side ukrainian forces. he lives behind his wife and a son. his wife says he is a hero and she wants him to come home and be given a proper burial.
Hours, injuring some 600 people. and now ukrainian officials say russian troops are blocking evacuations from part of that complex. breaking promises again in the east u.s. and nato officials acknowledge russian forces there are making incremental progress. i m told that the u.s. has seen some evidence of improvement in the russian military s ability to combine air and ground operations as well as its capacity for resupplying forces in the field, two issues, two problems they ran into up north, bianna. yeah, they are making adjustments and making inroads there. plus, breaking overnight, alleged ukrainian counterstrikes, a fuel depots with attacked and set on fire in part of the donetsk region controlled by russian-backed forces. now, all of this as we re learning of another american casualty in this war. a 22-year-old who was fighting along side ukrainian forces, we ll have more on that in a moment. some of the many, many