happening from the outside and creates unacceptable strategic threats for us, then they should know that our response to on coming strikes will be swift, lightening fast. prisoner swap with russia. trevor reid, an american held in russia for nearly three heres on his way home tonight. and house republicans divided. gop leader kevin mccarthy doing damage control after his comments criticizing a republican colleague after january 6th were caught on tape and released this week. but i want to begin with the war. isa, hello to you. we are learning that the u.s. has credible information that a russian military unit executed ukrainians who attempted to surrender near donetsk. what is the latest? reporter: good evening to you, don. this is yet again just more harrowing details of russia s aggression on the ground we ve been hearing day in and day out. she said that the u.s. had credible information that a russian military unit that was operating in the east of the country where t
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
back. i wear a mask when i get on a plane while onboarding and getting off the plane. when you are at 10,000 feet, there is good air fitstration itration. i take my mask off. if there was any hope officials were going to ease the lockdown restrictions, it s diminished. they are capturing work crews installing fences and blockades on public roads and inside residential combats. they re usually being caged in. all i did is walk through like anybody would, what are the different scenarios that will happen, kevin mccarthy is a liar and a traitor. this is outrageous. an athe emto overthrow our gover government. i m pamela brown in washington. in ukraine, the sacred holliday of orthodox easter has passed with signs of worst days ahead and her song, lower left of the screen right there, ukrainian military official says russian forces are preparing for russia s goal of securing the south and east, days after vladimir putin says his troops would not attack the last resistance
beloved animals. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening russia s vladimir putin is declaring victory over the southern port city of mariupol, ukraine tonight, now vowing to blockade ukrainian forces still holed up in a sprawling steel factory. russia s decision to not storm the city but rather cut it off, an acknowledgement the battle for the strategic city may not be over. in fact, ukrainian fighters are claiming they re still inflicting russian losses there tonight as we have been reporting, mariupol is key to russia s hope of seizing the eastern part of the country. tonight president biden says there s no evidence the entire city has fallen, as more russian troops and equipment flood into eastern ukraine here at home president biden announced $800 million more in military aid including drones and additional artillery. erin mclaughlin reports now from kyiv. reporter: tonight russian president vladimir putin declaring victory over the besie