Lawmakers, to start sending these heavy weapons. the german leader has resisted sending them out of concern could lead to a war involving nato countries. tomorrow, germany s parliament is slated to discuss sending more arms, including additional heavy weaponry. american diplomats officially returned to ukraine. yesterday embassy officials traveled to lviv and met with their ukrainian counterparts. the return is a major step since you ll recall the embassy had been closed since the start of the invasion. the state department promises more travel in the future and the eventual reopening of the embassy in kyiv. i can confirm that. the deputy chief of mission and members of the embassy team travelled to lviv, ukraine, today as secretary blinken announced yesterday our diplomats are returning and have returned to ukraine this week on a temporary basis. today s travel was a first step ahead of more regular travel in the immediate future. and as we said, we re
Agency secretary blinken announced yesterday. our diplomats are returning and have returned to ukraine this week, on a temporary basis. today s travel was a first step ahead of more regular travel in the immediate future. and as we ve said, we re accelerating preparations to resume embassy kyiv operations, just as soon as possible. by the way, directly from the state department spokesman ned price, we ll hear from him at the top of the fourth hour this morning. jonathan lemire how much of this is strategy, the trip to kyiv which is supposed to be secret until president zelenskyy let the cat out of the bag. and the announcement very explicitly that america is going to take a stronger stance in the war and stronger stance against russia? certainly some western officials believe that russia s move to cut off gas supplies in part directly linked to what we heard yesterday from this new working group that was convened in germany with secretary austin there.