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Significantly change the effectiveness of the ukrainian air force relative to russian capabilities. >> the ukrainians are flying a few sortees each day. the weapons that are having the biggest effect in stopping russian forces are the javelin anti-tank missiles, stingers and shoulder fired missiles. theres mobile units that plain contestanted much of ukrainians airspace which makes flying difficult. the anti-aircraft systems would have to be taken out but ukraines air force before flying could h...

The idea of sending backup fighter jets to nato ally poland to then assist ukraine, but today the general of the. s european command says the u.s. is grateful for polands idea but will not be sending jets writing in part, we understand poland recently made various proposals to transfer its mig 29 aircraft from poland to assist ukraine. the ukrainian air force currently possesses numerous mission capable aircraft that are flying daily adding aircraft to the ukraine inventory unlikely to change ef...

If that is successful, that will do a lot to hinder the effectiveness of the ukrainian military, benjamin? >> look at the wider picture. i dont want to put you on the spot here. what do you think victory would look like for vladimir putin. what do you think he would be happy or content with. what do you think his goal is here? >> a very good question. a more important question as we stand here in lviv. a lovely city in the western part of the country. could he live with a -- a state over here --...

Rest of the world and how america relates to authoritarian despots, not just abroad but also those who would be tyrants at home. >> general mccaffrey, what does the united states, what does nato, what does the western world do if putin crosses a red line and uses chemical weapons on the people of kyiv or the people of ukraine generally? >> well, you know, chemical weapons are a lousy way to attack the u.s. armed forces. we can operate in a chemical environment with barely diminished effectivenes...

Care about innocent men, womenn. and children. there are many ways that we can help. i go back to ronald reagan. he provided, for example, the mujahideen in afghanistan, the stinger missiles that helped afghanistan defeat the former soviet union in the 1980s. these reagan made that happen. reagan also provided weaponrybe to the freedom fighters,ls the contra rebels in nicaragua to battle daniel ortega and the sandinistas. it was successful there. reagane - never put a singlee american boots on t...

Distributed and shared with ukraine and the people of this region in europe. all again understanding that this moment in time requires both a humanitarian response as well as security assistance. and today im also pleased to say that we are in ongoing discussions with poland and our allies about the effectiveness of sanctions thus far and going forward. as we have announced in the united states we have through the united states department of justice started a task force to do what is required an...

They are effective and they are inflicting pain. you can see from the reactions of a lot of these oligarchs, they are protesting, threatening to challenge the sanctions in court. youve had some of them come forward and speak out and make the argument, look, im powerless to do anything about this war. i cant change putins mind, and youre crazy if you think that i can. and thats where the effectiveness sort of hits a boundary, which is i dont talk to anybody whos an expert on this subject who real...

Effective based on what we know now. >> speaking of the idea of effectiveness, the use of hypersonic missiles, for example, targeting areas that frankly are not comenseerate with the level of force that are being used, i want to play for a second what john kirby had to say just today on the issue and the use of hypersonic missiles. lets listen to this. >> they took out a storage facility or at least reportedly took out a storage facility with it. thats a pretty significant sledgehammer to take t...

One of my colleagues compared it to a crop duster. and this drone, this tb2, has been taking out tank after tank after tank in these russian convoy and columns and american military officials thought within a day russia would have taken out these drones. theyre easily targeted from the air by russias -- by the russian military and also when theyre sitting down, theyre easy to bring down and fall lifeless out of the sky with a russian missile and easy to attack on the ground. the fact russia has ...

Difference in covid case rates. in a newsletter the "times" comparing case rates in democratic and republican areas sailing democrats are more likely to adhere to restrictions writing, quote: these factors seen as if they should have caused large differences in case rates. they have not. and that they havent offered some clarity about the relative effectiveness of different covid interventions. now you tell us. all right. februarys inflation report is expected to reflect another 40 year high. bu...