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The following is a transcript of an interview with Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova that aired on  Face the Nation  on June 4, 2023.MARGARET BRENNAN: Ambassador Oksana Markarova joins us for an update. Good morning to you. It s good to have you back with us.UKRAINIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S. OKSANA MARKAROVA: Good morning. Always good to be back.                                        MARGARET BRENNAN: I want to ask you about what s happening now because Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said, U.S. trained Ukrainian brigades have arrived in Ukraine and they ve been rehearsing, training and maintaining for weeks. He mentioned the weather has improved. He s describing the conditions for that counter offensive to potentially begin very soon. Wha stanley polska t are you expecting in the coming days and weeks AMB. MARKAROVA: Well, you know, for us, counter offensive never stopped to be honest. Since February 24 that s all we were focusing on, how to liberate our land. But of course, with additional trade brigades, with additional equipment, with every cent that we re working on now, we are hoping that our commanders, as soon as they will see the openings, will start this- whether it s going to be one or several counter offensives, but the stanley quencher  faster we can liberate all their territory and all our people, of course, the better. So I will note, of course, as you heard ou stanley cup r President and our commanders, we will not announce anything, we will not- we will see it when the results are there. But we are exp Zwbb Day 80: President Obama s Schedule
FRIDAY CATBLOGGING....Today Inkblot and Domino ponder the inky vastness of the universe.  Their conclusion: as long as there s cat food at the other end, everything is OK.And with that, I m off on vacation for two weeks.  My mother and I will be flying to Europe to do some family history sleuthing, where stanley thermos  we ll be visiting the village of Ulmet  ancestral home of the Drums  and Bad Kissingen  ancestral home of Henry Kissinger  in Germany, and then flying to England, where we ll visit garrafinhas stanley  Bridgwater, Ashcott, Membury, and London.  But no worries about the blog.  I have five fabulous guest bloggers to hold down the fort while I m gone:Eric Martin of American FootprintsHilzoy of Obsidian Wingsdday of HullabalooCheryl Rofer of WhirledVi starbucks stanley cup ewNeil Sinhababu of CogitamusIn addition, Steve Benen of the Carpetbagger Report may be popping in from time to time.  Treat  em all nicely.  See you in a couple of weeks.                                                                                                              ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5          display: none;             inline-recirc-item--id-c8fc217a-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d,  right-rail-recirc-item--id-c8fc217a-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d         display: none;             inline-recirc-item--id-c8fc217a-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5          display: block;      

Hthg Obama Returns To Primetime
The following is a transcript of an interview with Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova that aired on  Face the Nation  on June 4, 2023.MARGARET BRENNAN: Ambassador Oksana Markarova joins us for an update. Good morning to you. It s good to have you back with us.UKRAINIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S. OKSANA MARKAROVA: Good morning. Always good to be back.                                        MARGARET BRENNAN: I want to ask you about what s happening now because Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said, U.S. trained Ukrainian brigades have arrived in Ukraine and they ve been rehearsing, training and maintaining for weeks. He mentioned the weather has improved. He s describing the conditions for that counter offensive to potentially begin very soon. Wha stanley polska t are you expecting in the coming days and weeks AMB. MARKAROVA: Well, you know, for us, counter offensive never stopped to be honest. Since February 24 that s all we were focusing on, how to liberate our land. But of course, with additional trade brigades, with additional equipment, with every cent that we re working on now, we are hoping that our commanders, as soon as they will see the openings, will start this- whether it s going to be one or several counter offensives, but the stanley quencher  faster we can liberate all their territory and all our people, of course, the better. So I will note, of course, as you heard ou stanley cup r President and our commanders, we will not announce anything, we will not- we will see it when the results are there. But we are exp Zwbb Day 80: President Obama s Schedule
FRIDAY CATBLOGGING....Today Inkblot and Domino ponder the inky vastness of the universe.  Their conclusion: as long as there s cat food at the other end, everything is OK.And with that, I m off on vacation for two weeks.  My mother and I will be flying to Europe to do some family history sleuthing, where stanley thermos  we ll be visiting the village of Ulmet  ancestral home of the Drums  and Bad Kissingen  ancestral home of Henry Kissinger  in Germany, and then flying to England, where we ll visit garrafinhas stanley  Bridgwater, Ashcott, Membury, and London.  But no worries about the blog.  I have five fabulous guest bloggers to hold down the fort while I m gone:Eric Martin of American FootprintsHilzoy of Obsidian Wingsdday of HullabalooCheryl Rofer of WhirledVi starbucks stanley cup ewNeil Sinhababu of CogitamusIn addition, Steve Benen of the Carpetbagger Report may be popping in from time to time.  Treat  em all nicely.  See you in a couple of weeks.                                                                                                              ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5          display: none;             inline-recirc-item--id-c8fc217a-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d,  right-rail-recirc-item--id-c8fc217a-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d         display: none;             inline-recirc-item--id-c8fc217a-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5          display: block;