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Hit that ship. other things were also hearing is russian ships in that area -- we began talking about this, i recall, when you were here in country as well that the russians were forcing some of those forces. apparently some of those russian ships have now moved further away from the ukrainians shores. that could also be or probably is an effect of the fact that ship got struck by missile, don. >> so many people see this war as a david versus goliath story. how is russias national security advis...

Of russias capabilities. >> reporter: this assistance has been moving in on a daily basis. the biden administration announced another enormous military assistance package to ukraine. what was different about this one was not just the size of it. there have been a number of military assistance packages the biden administration has announced over the last three months that have all been smaller is not only larger but its helping to arm the ukrainians for the coming fight, the fight for donbas, the...

Backing off the black seacoast, as you noticed not something you would do if youre having a fire in the ammunitions area, that would deprive the russian forces along the coast of air defenses against ukrainian air force that some of these war ships may be providing so that may be a more immediate tactical impact but in terms of actual russian offensive capabilities, frankly these ships have not been that essential to begin with. >> and in terms of the ukrainian offensive capabilities, if ukraine...

Part of their efforts to execute some sort of naval dominance in the black sea. so this is going to have an effect on their capabilities. >> a senior u.s. defense official now says the first russian troops which withdrew from northern ukraine to regroup now appearing in the donbas region of eastern ukraine, parts which are already controlled by mosquito-backed separatists. much of the area is enduring constant bombardment. civilians are paying a heavy price. the price civilians are playing in on...

Washington. russia is adding command and control and aviation capabilities to its forces in eastern ukraine as it prepares for an offensive to take more territory in the donbas region. a senior-u.s. defense official says the first russian troops who withdrew from northern ukraine about two weeks ago are now appearing in the east. ukraine claims it has stopped at least one advance in the kharkiv region. special operations forces say they destroyed a bridge as a russian convoy of trucks and armo...

Was about 60-65 miles off the coast of odesa. so certainly, within the realm of possibility there. >> meantime, russia is adding command and control and aviation capabilities to forces in the east as it prepares for a major offensive to take part in the donbas region. a senior-u.s. defense official says the first russian troops, which retreated from northern ukraine, are now appearing in the east. but ukraine claims it has stopped at least one advance in the kharkiv region. special operations fo...

Lost, and we heard it might have been hit or it was somehow damaged for some reason, we heard a lot about how that would have a morale impact, that that would boost the morale of the ukrainians and flip the morale of the russian, know morale is a practical thing in war time but how important is this loss in practical terms for the russians? >> sure, it is certainly more important in terms of the morale swing, the ship was very infamous as the russian ship involved in the snake island incident in...

Capacity. we have 223 c-17s that can be u used. the problem is they require aerial refuel. theyd have to get refueled in the middle. theres no reason we couldnt use the aircraft as well. the other thing we need to consider is sea lift. its potentially an opportunity to give us some capabilities. we can sail from ports on the east coast all the way to poland in about four and a half days. we can do that. we have incredible capability to get to poland. what happens when we get to poland? well take...

Even if they didnt directly contribute to the sinking. and its an enormous defeat for russia because it indicates that the russian armed forces simply arent up to snuff in terms of modern military capabilities. perhaps not, but it does beg the question how will russia react? these were air raid sirens heard overnight in the western city of lviv for the first time in several days. and there were reports of powerful explosions in the capital kyiv. in his latest video message, president zelensky ma...

Since the second world war. this is a tremendous victory for ukraine, even if they didnt directly contribute to the sinking. and its an enormous defeat for russia because it indicates that the russian armed forces simply arent up to snuff in terms of modern military capabilities. perhaps not, but it does beg the question how will russia react? these were air raid sirens heard overnight in the western city of lviv for the first time in several days. and there were reports of powerful explosions i...