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V and no doubt, whatsoever, ukraine is completely innocent country, who were invaded, we want to make sure we are providing every assistance nato has already sent a lot of -- and we will help those and ukrainian -- you are coming to live with us in our home. so im hearing about it direct on the ground. they are incredibly grateful to the british people. >> with all due respect, the war is now going on in one month. we are not doing everything that we can, of course. we do have sanctions, but zel...

Here. >> harris: thats all defensive. absolutely true. what is your take on labelling publicly president biden saying about putin he is a definitely war criminal. is it personal or something greater? >> well, it states the obvious. at and point you have to be clear with people and not play games about how you feel about a situation. war crimes are being committed. the targeting of civilians in a war -- will hit a hospital. hit a shelter where people are hiding from the bombs. i will target that,...

But everything else, theres lots of weapon systems, lots of weapon systems, surface-to-air missile systems, some of them post-soviet systems, by the way, that when i talked to president zelenskyy he is pretty crystal clear about what the menu is. rather than talking about it and deliberating and say, well, the pols can do it if they want, i think it is a very weak move. we are -- the nato alliance should be moving together offensively in my view, that is proactively and quietly. >> well, and one...

>> i see no distinction here. these arent u.s. pilots, u.s. in tprapbtrymen on the ground fighting russia. this is equipment. i heard some folks draw the distinction between offensive equipment and defensive. this is all defensive. ukraine is not the aggressor here. ukraine is not invading. they are fighting for their lives. they are the ones fighting off an invasion by vladimir putin. everything were giving them is defensive. i have seen javelin missiles be provided. the last time i saw a javel...

Weapons. >> jen psaki was also asked today about the new arms drones the u.s. is sending to ukraine and why the administration doesnt see the drones as he is cla tore in migs fighter jets are. she didnt answer the question but says the aid that has been provideside defensive, bret. >> bret: yeah. jacqui, there will be some people at the pentagon think that javelins are offensive weapons systems. jacqui heinrich live at the white house. thanks. lets see whats in the new military aid package presi...

Mr. putin and his generals often write, and this is an american paraphrase of russian war, its not perfect. what they talk about is that nuclear weapons are a logical extension of the conventional battlefield. in the west, we see it completely different. we see nuclear weapons and a category separate and we dont see them as a part of the conventional battlefield, but mr. putin knows he cannot stand up against a fully generated nato force and so he uses this, this tool to give us pause, and right...

Official is saying russia is requesting military assistance from china? >> well let me preface what im about to say with there might be intelligence the administration has that we in congress have not yet been briefed on. but that having been said, the view i expressed as recently as last week is still my view and that is the idea of the russian-made jets, which poland has, and the ukrainians know how to fly, being supplied to ukraine and the u.s. back-filling those planes to poland, that to me ...

This system will remain within the "definition of defensive weapons but will allow the "ukrainian force to better defend their skies." so there you are, getting a bit of nuance. exactly. and thats good, isnt it? and this shows an indication of the sharp learning curve that we are now on. were now exploring methods to better support ukraine, because the penny still hasnt dropped. it isntjust about ukraine. but its dropping, isnt it? ben wallace is saying, "look, these weapons are in a kind "of gr...

Fight in order to win and reach the peace ukrainians deserve. >> president biden passing the buck. >> current spike in gas prices largely fall on vladimir putin. >> this is not about blame at this point. thats not what people care about. they want to know how we are going to get out of this. ♪ >> it is 1:00 in the afternoon in ukraine on this tuesday, march 15th, 2022. beware the ides of march and a fox news alert. a brutal assault continues in ukraine this afternoon with russia pushing a scor...

Be a bridge way too far for the ukrainian government to accept. mike: interesting. so so if theres no deal, how far could vladimir putin go with this invasion? >> yeah. as the great reporting just now, hes bogged down, putin, i mean. and hes digging in now around kyiv. the offense fencive has stopped and now he may be going on the defensive. the question sort of becomes apocalyptic, you know? he seems like he cant back down if he wants to survive politically and physically, so does he escalate t...