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Capability. >> all right. what i think is so interesting, fascinating interview, when he is speaking to you, he has to choose every single word because the world is watching. in that conversation about china, china is watching very closely. >> yeah. and the fact that he is not speaking to his chinese counterpart -- >> huge. >> its really notable. especially talk about taiwan there and talking about making clear what the risks they believe are if china chose to attack taiwan. he is not even talki...

Know, what we -- we can talk about what we see and what we see is increased activity by the chinese in the taiwan strait. we have seen a number of center line crossings in the airspace. we have seen increased activity in the waters around taiwan as china continues to try to intimidate taiwan. >> given that, why do tnot thin an imminent attack is -- >> there are a number of reasons i wont go into here, but i dont think its in xis best interest to attack taiwan that point in time. and you have to ...

China -- china has a lot of capability in terms of munitions and weapons. if they provide, you know, substantial support to russia, it prolongs the conflict. >> with china recently the tensions have gotten worse between the united states and china, especially after the u.s. shot town that surveillance balloon. you tried to call thundershower chinese counterpart and they didnt answer. >> yeah, so the day that that happened my office reached out to his office to schedule a call and they did not sc...

What our most pressing needs are. >> sometimes its not as simple as saying, country a has weapons that they are going to give to ukraine. >> thats exactly right, joe. in some cases, countries want to provide assistance. but there are rules in their home country that wont allow that to happen. but they can give it to a third country that can then provided to ukraine. we can facilitate that process, we can provide transportation. but as always the case, we cant do enough fast enough. our focus has...

The troops. a huge day of remembrance, not just for ukraine, but for europe and the world in this big moment in our modern history. it was a year ago that russias brutal war against ukraine began. president is expected to address virtual g7 leaders at a meeting later today. he tweeted this year will, quote, be the year of our victory. russias year old military offense is badly stalled among heavy losses and focused on getting weapons and ammunition to ukraine as quickly as possible. here is what...

This is cnn newsroom and im michael holmes. the world is marking a somber occasion right now with the first anniversary of russias brutal war against ukraine. ukraines president is expected to address the g7 leaders virtual meeting in the coming hours. earlier tweeting that this year will be, quote, the year of our victory. russias-year-old military offensive is badly stalled amid heavy losses and ukraines allies are now more focused than ever on getting weapons and ammunition to ukraine as quic...

>> so, will they get fighter jets? >> when it comes to f-16s, this is important for the current phase of the war. this point is important for the current phase of the war. which is theyre about to mount a significant counteroffensive. from our perspective, f-16s are not the key capability for that offensive. it is the stuff that we are moving rapidly to the front lines now. f-16s are not a question for the short term fight. f-16s our question for the long term defense of ukraine. and thats a con...

Actually take this step. we know what the consequences would mean, what it would mean on the battlefield. what will it mean for china? this is what defense secretary austin told me. >> i think for china it would be a very, very ill-advised step to take. >> how much of a blow would that be for the ukrainians if russia starts getting that kind of assistance from china? >> you know, again, i dont want to get into hypotheticals, but its clear that if china has a lot of capability in terms of munitio...

Sustain alliance unity, i will do it. i tell that particular story as it relates to f-16s because these decisions are not just people sitting around and say, thumbs up, thumbs down. a wide variety of factors go into the decision to provide a particular system, to train up the ukrainians on it and then to get it into the fight so -- >> will he get fighter jets. >> when it comes to f-16s this, is important for the current phase of the war. this point is important for the current phase of the war, ...