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Open combat and wider spaces, and rapid movement, fast paced and rapid movement, fast paced and hopefully fewer civilians in the way as well. so, basically we will see things more akin to the second world war in the same region as compared to others. in war in the same region as compared to others. in terms of either sites _ compared to others. in terms of either sites capabilities, - either sites capabilities, either sites capabilities, either side better placed in the kind of battle environmen...

This was a two page diplomatic mode, delivered to the us state department from the russian embassy in washington, dc. it basically accuses the us and the west of prolonging the conflict in ukraine and threatens what it calls "unpredictable consequences" if those shipments of military assistance continue. the timing of this is potentially very significant because this note was sent on tuesday evening of last week, just as word was beginning to leak out of another package of us military aid to ukr...

Basically accuses the us and the west or prolonging the conflict in ukraine and threatens what it calls unpredictable consequences if those shipments of military assistance continue. now the timing of this is potentially very significant, because this note was sent on tuesday evening of last week, just as word was beginning to leak out of another package of us military aid to ukraine, $800 million worth, which for the first time included some heavy and sophisticated weapons, including howitzers,...

Russia in eastern ukraine is coming. with that shift and escalation, ukraines needs for weapons are changing and growing. this week, the biden administration announced a weapons package worth $800 million, with new and more sophisticated systems. >> some of them are reinforcing capabilities that we have already been providing ukraine, and some of them are new capabilitys that we have not provided ukraine. >> reporter: among the bigger items are mi-17 helicopters, 11 of them, which the u.s. redir...

In civil aircraft orders, i defence has been pretty steady, - but has had also drumbeats of higher costs and i suppose the other thing |to mention is that against the risksj of industry coming back after covid, there is more competition - for labour, supply chain items... you mentioned higher costs for your industry, so, kevin, what are they and how much of a hindrance or the two armies been able to, well, upgrade the capabilities? over the last few years, the last decade or so, . there has been...

Russians warned of unpredictable consequences. what do you make of this note? what does that tell us about how the russians are feeling about this fight right now? >> well, i think you have to take anything like that seriously and consider exactly what it says, consult with the allies. but lets face it, over the past six or seven weeks, after our failure to deter russias invasion initially, russia has been deterring us. theyve deterred us by providing the polish migs. theyve deterred us by incre...

Saying that this launch did not pose an immediate threat to the u.s. territory of guam which is, of course, a major military target that north koreas mentioned in the past. but in kind tactical guided weapon could theoretically hit u.s. troops stationed in south korea, u.s. troops in japan or potentially the u.s. territory of guam depending on the range of this particular weapon, this new kind of weapon as north korea describes it. whats most concerning is the fact that north korea says this is ...

So it is essential that we provide ukraine with more defensive capabilities. this is where youve seen the biden administration i think really start to make a shift not just to allow the ukrainian military to survive and try to repel russian forces. now were saying, what does victory look like here? the other side of the coin is, what does russias defeat look like. this is the concern, bill burns warning about russia potentially looking towards the use of tactical nuclear weapons suggest we have ...

Has provided ukraine with over $3 billion of military aid and the weapons being sent now are the biggest and most sophisticated yet. >> reporter: with russians war against ukraine about entering the third month, the battlefield has changed significantly. the region around the capital kyiv is quieter for now. but u.s. and nato officials warn that a dramatic escalation by russia is coming. with that shift and escalation, the needs for weapons are changing and growing. this week the biden administr...

Coming. with that shift and escalation, ukraines needs for weapons are changing and growing. this week the biden administration announced a weapons package worth $800 million with new and more sophisticated systems. >> some of them are reinforcing capabilities that we have already been providing ukraine, and some of them are new capabilities that we have not provided to ukraine. >> reporter: among the bigger items are mi 17 helicopters, 11 of them, which the u.s. redirected from afghanistan to u...