U.S. officials to discuss Ukraine's request for weapons

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin are going to visit Kyiv Sunday to discuss Ukraine's request for more powerful weapons, exactly two months after the Russian invasion began, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday.

Zelenskyy told a news conference that we will communicate exactly in terms of the list of weapons we need and the pace of its supply.

Zelenskyy did not say where the meeting would take place, and the White House, National Security Council and State Department didn't say anything about his remarks about the meeting. The Pentagon won't say anything about it, according to two defense officials.

On the eve of the Orthodox Easter, the Ukrainian leader said Russian forces continued to pound cities and towns in southern and eastern Ukraine.

A 3 month-old baby was among eight killed by Russia firing cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, officials said on Sunday, while Serhiy Haidai, governor of the Luhansk region in Ukraine's east, said eight people were killed and two were wounded by Russian shelling in the towns of Hirske and Zolote.

In the Easter message, Zelenskyy said that Ukrainians had marked Orthodox Easter Sunday, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sent a message of support and faith to his countrymen. At Easter, we ask God for great grace, to make our great dream come true - for another great day, a day when great peace will come to Ukraine. Zelenskyy said in an Instagram post that he was walking through Kyiv's historic Saint Sophia Cathedral. He said with faith and confidence in this, I wish you all happy Easter. Take care of Ukraine, he said. Zelenskyy said 8 people were killed in a missile attack on Odesa, and at least 18 others were wounded in a missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Odesa on Saturday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he was among 8 killed in a missile attack. A 3 month-old baby girl was killed among those killed. Zelenskyy said in an address that an English version was posted on the Ukrainian president's website. Video in the aftermath of a missile strike in the southern port city showed rescuers rappelling down the side of a damaged apartment building in the search for survivors or wounded. An apartment building was damaged on Saturday after Russian shelling in Odesa, Ukraine. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia fired six cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city. The Ukrainian military said Saturday it destroyed a Russian command post in Kherson, a southern city that fell to Russian forces early in the war. Two generals were killed and one was critically wounded on Friday, according to the Ukrainian military intelligence agency. Oleksiy Arestovych, a adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said in an online interview that 50 senior Russian officers were in the command center when it came under attack. Their fate was not known, he said. The Russian military didn't make a statement on the claim, which could not be confirmed.