these incoming air defense systems on cities that need it, like kharkiv in the northeast, you'd imagine, as well as for them to be deployed on the front lines where russia enjoys air superiority. but it is on those very fortifications where president zelensky is hoping this package will change things. because just today we have russia's defense ministry claiming to have on its own, it won't mean much, but it's thought or feared here in kyiv that russia is shaping to try and take a town nearby. it's a major military hub for ukraine because of its transportation links. and what we are seeing is a direction of travel in the east, which won't be changed overnight despite the arrival of this sizable american offering of weapons. also incliuded in the us military aid package is $26 billion for israel, including $9.1 billion for humanitarian needs. matthew savill is director of military service at rusi — that's the royal united services institute thinktank.