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Battlefield, and russia knows that. so now what russia is trying to do is trying to punish the economy, trying to punish everyday ukrainian citizens to try to destroy their will to fight and destroy their ability to even arm themselves through actually economic activity. and thats the next step that we need to do is give them the weaponry to number one defend their energy grid, their water grid. and number two, give them the capability to really reach out and touch the russians to the point wher...

We have been very, very tactical in how we provide weapons to ukraine. its been extremely palpable. it clearly has been put to their advantage. they have put russia on its back heels. there needs to be more done. when i was there, just about a weekend a half ago, what i heard from ukraine military, ukraine civil government, is that, you know, they can defeat russia on the battlefield. russia knows that. now russia is trying to punish the economy, trying to punish every day ukrainian citizens to ...

The sustainment, all of that will take time. the u.s. will try to get that done as quickly as possible. crucially, as phil pointed out, its not just the patriots. there is also precision bombing kits known as jdams, joint attack missions that will also be provided to ukraine. that fills another needed capability, the ability to strike russian fortifications, russian positions at range and with precision. weve seen other systems the u.s. has provided fill this role. for example, the himars, perha...

It would offer a longer range capability for ukraine, to better defend its skies. that would sit on top of the u.s. provided nasams, medium-range systems, and shorter range systems, the stingers, that have already been provided, not only by the u.s., but other countries as well. as phil pointed, out these are complex systems, they take dozens of soldiers to operate, the training, the maintenance, the sustainability, all of that will take time. the u.s. will try to get that done as quickly as pos...

Minsk with lukashenko, and today you have zelenskyy making this bold journey, visiting president biden at the white house, and really its a moment that does feel historic, victor. >> colonel layton, as weve reported here and the president said this. patriot missiles will be provided to ukraine. is this about the attacks on the infrastructure as we go into the winter or is this about something broader than that? >> its broader than that, victor and its about the infrastructure attacks, but it als...

Amnesty or anything else. stop the flow. save lives. >> harris: you are the expert and one of many who we should be listening to. but instead here is what congress is doing. the new congressional spending bill, which is enormous, you talked about it in a moment. well dig deeper, gives dhs, look at that. thats a big pot of cash. some 1.5 billion of that, though, is restricted as operations and support allocations. that money, quote, cannot be used to acquire, maintain or extend border security te...

What she called a special night for democracy. itll be interesting to see how many senators are there. it looks like they will be here when he speaks later tonight. convicter? -- victor? >> some of them are trying to beat the weather as well. jessica dean on capitol hill. thank you. this special aid package that biden is expected to unveil today will include a patriot missile system. this has been a longstanding request of ukraines to defend off russias air attacks. >> were going to continue t...

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For president zelenskyy to visit washington, visit the white house now. >> theres a lot going on in the war in ukraine obviously. and we are in a new phase, if you will. the winter is coming, air defense capabilities are now the most important capability that ukraine needs and must have to help defend itself. so the president believed as we approach winter, as we enter clearly and have been in sort of a new phase in this war, mr. putins aggression, that he believed this was a good time for the t...

Said we provided a one of a kind -- there are no weapons like this in the world. we provided in one of a kind system to ukraine. some of you other folks before start ponying up low and medium-range systems. patriot is a defensive weapon systems. you dont win wars on the defense. what i would be looking at is not so much patriot as whats coming next with this big package, the capability of putting together combined arms teams to conduct offensive operations by ukraine in the southeast and the eas...