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And document this as best we can. right now, as soon as we can. so that those can be used going forward. to better understand what actually happened here the last couple of weeks and what still might be happening. >> well, whatever it is, the courage or sense of duty, were really grateful for your reporting. live for us in kyiv. thank you so much for all of your reporting. please stay safe. thank you for spending time with us today. >> thanks for having me. >> joining us, john kirby. you made me...

All that and speak with great specificity in terms of the exact systems that are being provided to ukraine. we are in constant communication with them about their needs and capabilities and i suspect that those conversations will continue. >> when are the weapons going to start arriving? >> im not promising any specific weapon from the podium or the timeline for it. three packages in this latest drawdown package, more coming in fairly short order and we are not detailing every item in the shipme...

Assistance into the hands. ukrainian armed forces and were doing that to a fair thee well and doing that in expediting the recent drawdown package that the president approved. >> thats one thing weve been hearing from the administration, as well as officials at the pentagon in the last day or so, they believe that the u.s. has really been trying to step up assistance back to 2014, some $3 billion, sent out a billion within the last year alone as woo talked about, neil, more money likely on the w...

$350 million drawdown package which was only over a week ago, more than 70% of all that material is already in ukraine. secretary austin spoke to his ukrainian counterpart last week and the minister made it clear that he was grateful for the material theyre getting and the fact that its getting into the hands of ukrainian fighters and being used. and were expediting the remainder of that package as well and its not just us, nicole. other nations, 14 other nations, are providing security assistan...

About things that we dont believe would be helpful because of the escalatory nature of it such as a no-fly zone. lets talk about what actually is happening, and i just talked a little about how hard the, koreans are fighting for their -- the ukrainians are fighting for their country. we are continuing over the course of the weekend and theres a new drawdown package and we will continue to fill that out and send material in concert with their needs after talking about what their needs are as fast...

Drawdown the president recently signed. shipments arrived on that drawdown package over the course of the weekend. there will be another one arriving in the next 24 hours. were prioritizing the kinds of capabilities in those shipments we know ukrainians need the most, javelins, stingers, uavs. all of that is being prioritized. our goal, i said it before, as fast as we can, as much as we can, and just to keep it going to make sure the ukrainians can continue to defend themselves. our goal would b...