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Military forces who are already garrisoned, tens of thousands of them in eastern ukraine near the donbas. because the russians are facing a tough fight there. they have to close something like 300 miles of territory from north to south if they want to cut off that part of the country. and every single ukrainian unit that comes and joins that fight is going to make it that much harder for russian troops to do. >> so kimberly, what are you hearing from military leaders, what is their gauge of russ...

International context. iliiuiith properly, and how to put it into an international context.— international context. with your exaerience _ international context. with your exaerience of— international context. with your experience of the _ international context. with your experience of the german - international context. with your i experience of the german military, where do you think the money should be spent? will it be about buying more bombs and bullets or more about cyber capabilities?...

Cannons good for long range tarts, helicopters something that president zelenskyy has advocating for from president biden, something that would be good to transport things quickly along the battlefield. switchblade drones and other types of equipment here. we know when it comes to the reasons why they are switching to this high power weaponry, john kirby talked about it in depth when he was on air with jake tapper this week. take a listen. >> we think the terrain there, which is a little like ka...

We know they gave the howitzer cannons essential for long range targets. mi-17 helicopters something that president zelenskyy pressured president biden to give. that will be good for transporting things across the battlefield. as well as the switchblade drones for long range targets. definitely essential equipment that president zelenskyy was advocating for for quite some time for the u.s. to send. john kirby explained more of the thinking behind the new shipment here when he was talking to cnns...

Capabilities, such as fighter aircraft, were patriot missiles, and one of those that dont believe that thats a helpful contribution at this point in the war. >> we tire general mark kimmitt, thank you so much for joining us. >> later this hour, putins iron grip on what information inside russia, on everything, but especially has warned ukraine. well discuss how hes able to do it. but after this break, a great debate republicans refuse to have, telling you why you should vote for them. what is th...

Considered an attack on nato. so it is going to be interesting to see how they try to attack these weapons coming in to be used against them. >> and were you surprised that ukraine sunk a russian tanker ship? >> yes. and paula, was i surprised and they did it so well? yes. the moskvo was a command and was a leading element of the black sea fleet, and because it is no longer seaworthy and reached the bottom of the black sea is a big deal, and the ukrainians can be proud of that, and of course, th...

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Or what have you -- >> precisely. >> but they do it before thanksgiving, the president pops into iraq or afghanistan, wherever we have troops, in bagram or what have you. i suppose since hes going to a base, that makes a dimfference? >> he can fly into a security craft that makes going into iraq and afghanistan, you didnt have the kind of air defense capabilities that the russians do have positioned around ukraine. if you were trying to fly to kyiv, we would be possibly in the midst of constrict...

Those russian forces along the coast of air defenses against the ukrainian air force that some of these four ships have been providing. that might be a more immediate technical impact. but in terms of russian offensive capabilities, frankly, these warships have not been that essential to begin with. >> in terms of the ukrainian offensive capabilities, if ukraine is borne out, if they are correct that they will be able to sink this warship, effectively, with a missile strike, im no expert in nava...

Azad, for example. >> what do you think the russians are trying to accomplish here? >> one of the things i thought about when it comes to kharkiv, don, they could possibly be trying to surround kharkiv. this is ukraines second largest city. it is a very important place and its basically the center of the northeastern area. izyum is another town right here, and this town is also the scene of increased shelling, increased movement of russian troops, and it sounds, based on the reporting that were ...