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Allies, discussed this with our friends up on the hill, and were in a situation where ukraine continues to be brutally attacked. this is a war relating to munitions and theyre running out of that ammunition and were low on it, and so what i finally did, took the recommendation of the defense department to not permanently, but to allow for in this transition period where we have more 155 weapons, these shells for ukrainians. >> reporter: now, sunak over the weekend speaking to reporters noted tha...

. i kind of disagree with that argument. yeah primarily because the reason why hes doing it is because this is what we have left to send them because were behind in manufacturing so many other things that we could be sending him specifically 155 millimeters artillery shells and other systems. hmm you know , i want to keep you right there for a second, because i am sure that that surprises our viewers as much as it does me. the most prosperous nation on earth is running behind and munitions had. ...

What he meant to say is were having trouble with the counter offensive and need a way to figure it out. >> bill: here is what i see. reflection of a war of attrition, right for both sides. the public admission that we have to now do cluster munitions, you know how controversial they are worldwide for a time these were the type of bombs that would explode ten feet above the ground and they would scatter in every direction possible. 50 years later were spending millions of dollars in laos trying t...

Thing are cluster munitions, widely banned around the world, but in making the announcement cluster munitions are going to ukraine, im not sure he intended to do, said we are running low on 155 millimeter howitzer shells. >> this is a war relating to munitions and they are running out of that ammunition and we are low on it. and so what i finally did, took the recommendation of the defense department to not permanently but to allow for in this transition period where we have more 155 weapons, th...

>> i think its important, general, if you would explain what these munitions are all about, what they do. >> they have cluster bomb dual purpose missions. theyre actually effective against armor also because their top attack systems, theyre the most devastating of all counter artillery munitions. the principal arm of the russian armed forces is their artillery so its a huge boost to the ukrainian ability to protect themselves. weve got to remember, jose, for god sakes the russians have been mass...

Inventory of 155 rounds. whatever they are, you shouldnt be telling your adversary that you have a problem, you have a supply chain set of issue, you shouldnt brag about that, shouldnt use it as an excuse to do something. thats the kwieest part. the task is to fix that and make sure you do have the things you need. theres no doubt xi jinping, vladimir putin heard that. the good news is, im not sure president biden knows the answer to that, we have seen him misspeak before, so i would not take to...

Civilian areas. of course russia is already using cluster munitions here in ukraine. the ukrainians a argued these will be much more effective. theyre fired from an a till riff cannon, 155 millimeter, much more lethal than your standard 155 millimeter shell. ukrainians said theyll be much more effective in a critical moment in this counteroffensive which is progressing quite slowly. its interesting when we heard from the biden administration what they did emphasize was that it was a supply issue...

Victories and put pressure on vladimir putin to come to the negotiating table. >> bret: to be clear he said this weekend we the u.s. is running low on 155 munitions is that a reason. >> another reason to do we have, again, millions of these cluster munitions in our own stockpiles we are frankly unlikely to use in any foreseeable conflict. unfortunately its not just 155 artillery shells. its a large number of munitions we need to increase the budget not just to give to ukraine but for our own def...

Now their stocks of these ammunitions of the unitarian ammunition. that is the normal 155 artillery ammunition that just has one missile, one explosion. the clustered munitions that you just reported to have multiple explosions. have multiple little bottomless. and they have not been used. the others have. the unitary have, and they are running short. both the ukrainians and our stocks. so we dont want the ukrainians to run out of ammunition. we want them to be able to continue to defend themsel...

That is the normal 155 artillery ammunition that just has one missile, one explosion. the clustered munitions that you just reported to have multiple explosions. have multiple little bomblets. and they have not been used. the others have. the unitary have, and they are running short. both the ukrainians and our stocks. so we dont want the ukrainians to run out of ammunition. we want them to be able to continue to defend themselves we want them to be able to succeed on the battlefield where they ...