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Theyre moving into the donbas so we want to be able to have the same capabilities available to the ukrainians and they have asked for specifically artillery support. thats why theres another 72 howitzers going in and more than 1400 artillery rounds to go with them. were doing training this week with ukrainian soldiers outside of ukraine on american howitzers so they know how to use them and can train their teammates. these unmanned systems will let them attack russian ground formations. theyre v...

To the american people what were doing to support ukraines ability to defend itself. theres a lot of information were not putting out there. certainly not talking about what ukraines capabilities on the ground and where they are and how theyre operating. we also dont talk about many of the contributions other nations are making. thats their choice and we respect that. were being very judicious. on the other hand, we believe we have on obligation to try to explain as much possible what sort of ef...

On this tuesday night. >> good evening, im chris jansing in for stephanie ruhle. the war on ukraine ends thursday 56, with the u.s. preparing to send ukraine even more lethal weapons, as russia launches a new campaign to capture the nations east. nbc hasnt learned that the white house will announce a new package later this week. its expected this new package of security assistance will be similar in size to that 800 million dollar one announced last week. this morning, president biden held a vid...

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All they will do is just pound it with artillery, dumb bombs dropped from aircraft and missiles, and potentially even naval gunfire support if they approach the ukrainian coast again. so this will be a process of massive bombardment to try and terrorize those remaining and kill those who wont surrender. >> i want you to listen to the pentagon spokesman john kirby on the shipment of u.s. weapons coming into ukraine. here he is. >> were doing the best we can to focus on, a, the kinds of capabiliti...

Soviet-era icbm they have obviously had for some time. doesnt mean that the u.s. isnt watching this carefully. theyve tracked putins statements. he is using a lot of inflammatory and escalatory language these days, but its a question of intentions versus capabilities, they do not believe that this missile has any intention of striking in an adversarial way at this point but it does demonstrate that the russians are modernizing that very capability. john? >> critical reporting and context, barbar...

When the russians make the determination they want to put boots on the ground in mariupol to a large number and declare success on this particular objective, theyre going to have to engage a bunch of ukrainians who have this terrain, it is their home -- it is a home turf game for them, they understand it, they have the latest capabilities in happened. it will be a very, very difficult fight, but bear in mind, the cost to the ukrainians continues to creep up, based on the russian use of indiscrim...

Complex issue that you raise. my short answer is no. he still has survival instinct. he understands the consequences of doing that. now, on the other hand, you raise the point, a nuclear weapons issue returns the essential one. the problem is the united states has spent the last three decades putting nuclear capabilities in their own box. were behind the ball of thinking how to deal with an increasingly desperate foes that sees nuclear weapons not as a final instrument but as part of the broader...

Easy thing to control, so although there are logistical improvements in there are logistical improvements in the pentagon has pointed to that presumably there is still hope in the ukrainian side that this will be a very difficult operation for them to run. ~ , , ., , a very difficult operation for them torun. , ,, to run. absolutely it will, because the ukrainian _ to run. absolutely it will, because the ukrainian army... _ to run. absolutely it will, because the ukrainian army... i _ to run. ab...

So, the training thats going on with the howitzers is not a new act for the united states. now, look, we do flow new capabilities in to the ukrainians all the time. sochl those capabilities require new sets of training. we do that as quickly as we can. but i will say the speed and pace were getting this assistance into ukraine is really unprecedented. just since russias invasion of ukraine, we have committed another -- more than $2 billion of security assistance, 50 million rounds of ammunition....