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Have been withdrawing, they have been destroying bridge, potentially they have a lot of mined capabilities, so there is no guarantee of safety anywhere, particularly in those central, northern, eastern areas, where ukrainian forces have been advancing, against that withdrawing russian force, so it is very very difficult to say that there is anywhere safe, and it would require ukrainian forces to ensure that there is no legacy munitions been left behind before they could declare those safe. qm. l...

(Photo courtesy of PAF) MANILA - Philippine Air Force (PAF) FA-50PH jet fighters will conduct "dissimilar air combat tactics" (DACT) with Hawker Hunter aircraft of the US Navy on Friday, the last day of the two-week "Balikatan" exercises. "The last flight of the FA-50s of the 5th Fighter Wing with the Hawker Hunters of the US Navy will be on April 8, they will do DACT," said PAF spokesperson, Col. Maynard Mariano, in a message to the Philippine News Agency Thursday....

Because russias going to be more focussed. amass their armor and achieved effects. ukraine cannot afford to lose the next battles or any battles. if russia is successful in the east and south in the next phase of the campaign, next four or six weeks, its going to press its advantage and continue to places like kyiv and continue to commit atrocities. its achieved the current success with the absence of nato, the u.s. the equipment is starting to flow in now, more sophisticated equipment. but so f...

>> is the west going to give the ukrainians what they need for the next stage of the fight? they may need more offensive weapons if theyre going to try to take advantage of this pause. weve been hearing just increasing frustration from ukrainian officials. theyre not really hiding it anymore, that they feel theyre not getting what they need. what are they going to get now and are they going to get more of the offensive weapons? >> i will tell you, cattie, were in constant communication with the ...

Reluctant to talk publicly about how many tanks. whether the s-300 anti-aircraft systems are coming. but are you convinced that military aid is flowing in a robust and real way? >> i think it is robust, and i also think its escalated every week in the six weeks of this war. youll remember at the beginning that the germans werent willing to provide any offensive equipment at all. now they are saying theyll provide tanks. theyll facilitate that. the french president who weeks ago opposed tanks bec...

Resupply, and we assume come back again into the east of the country, is the west going to give the ukrainians what they need for this next stage of the fight? they mourn may need more offensive weapons if they are going to try and take advantage of this pause. there has been increasing frustration from ukrainian officials, and they are not hiding it anymore. they feel like they are not getting what they need. what will they get now in terms of defensive weapons? >> i will tell you, we are in co...

European countries could provide and obviously anti-tank systems, were supplying javelins and anti-drones that have kinetic effects but also as admiral stavridis said, anti-ship missiles. a lot of the bombardment is coming from russian ships in the black sea area and we need to think about anti-artillery systems, which we havent discussed and now based on what russian forces are leaving behind, we need to provide demining capabilities as well. now is the moment to pull out all the stops and be a...

On earlier from molly hunter about the killings, the rapes, the war crimes that russia is undertaking in ukraine, i think only highlights that the world needs to come together to act to defend ukraine right now. but what i worry about and what i think colonel vindman also worries about is if russias plan a has failed to take the major cities. then their plan b cannot be allowed to succeed. to go to the donbas, to claim the territory and have a permanent presence on ukrainian soil. we have to dep...

The -- throughout but especially in the east. and we also have to realize that -- that -- that russia knows that -- that nato has capabilities that enable us to defend all allies against any potential attack. and the nuclear rhetoric we hear from russia is dangerous and reckless and russia must understand that a nuclear war is something they can never win and should never be fought. >> secretary general, before we go, "the new york times" was first to report on the video of ukrainian soldiers to...

In loiter time. cruises at about 70 but can make a quick dash at 115 miles per hour. and as it says here, its got anti-armor and anti-personnel capabilities. and one of the things to look at here is how does this actually work. so the folks at aerovironment have this video. theyre killing enemy sam sites, enemy radar associated with sams. and they have a direct hit. theyre able to do this because they have siting capabilities like this. they can use these handheld devices. one person, usually tw...