ukraine. we believe that many of the points on the peace plan put forward by china are consistent with russian approaches and can be taken as the basis of a peaceful settlement when the west and kyiv are ready for it, this readiness is not observed on their side. since the war began, russia has become far more dependent on china. china has been propping up russia s economy amid western sanctions by purchasing its energy replacing western supp suppliers in electronics and aircraft and providing an alternative to the u.s. dollar. she is inviting putin to china this year and told putin they share similar goals. putin says russia has closely studied beijing s peace proposal for ukraine, a plan that washington says would solidify russia s grip on occupied land. china would not want to see putin fail. it would set a terrible example for the chinese system. reporter: china and russia have a complicated history, but their shared adversarial relationship with washington is drivi
where 65 ukrainian soldiers ages 19 to 67 have been undergoing an intensive 10 week training course on the patriot systems here you can see behind and me a decommissioned system much like the one the ukrainians will be using once they get back to their home country. our assessment is that the ukrainian soldiers are impressive and absolutely a quick study due to their extensive air, defense, knowledge and experience in a combat zone. it was easier, though never easy for them to grasp the patriot system, operations and maintenance concepts. but the stakes are so high that cnn was not allowed to film or photograph the training and effort to protect the ukrainians who will be back on the front lines in just a matter of weeks and to shield the us from blowback from moscow, us officials emphasizing that the patriots are purely defensive and not a threat to russia. it s a point defense system. it s got to be placed in a location that is defending a target like
assessment is that the ukrainian soldiers are impressive and absolutely a quick study due to their extensive air, defense, knowledge and experience in a combat zone. it was easier, though never easy for them to grasp the patriot system, operations and maintenance concepts. but the stakes are so high that cnn was not allowed to film or photograph the training and effort to protect the ukrainians who will be back on the front lines in just a matter of weeks and to shield the us from blowback from moscow, us officials emphasizing that the patriots are purely defensive and not a threat to russia. it s a point defense system. it s got to be placed in a location that is defending a target like, uh, capital city, kiev or ports city like odessa. so it this is not a weapons system that can be moved around on the battlefield based on changing threats. the systems will, however, help defend ukraine against near daily missile barrages by russia. and
the third or the sixth air defense artillery battalion. those are the folks that normally train u.s. soldiers. what s made the difference is they have adapted that training because they re training folks who already understand air defense. now, to get to your question, where is this going to be deployed? you re talking what you re seeing on the screen right now is a launch from one patriot launcher. there will be only two of those given by the united states as part of that battery, so it s a point defense system. it s got to be placed in a location that is defending a target like a capital city, kyivkyiv or a port city like odesa. had is not a weapons system that can be moved around on the battlefield based on changing threats. it has to be placed somewhere to defend it. where it would go, i don t know. i would suspect where the most important targets are probably some of the cities that have been struck or some of the infrastructure facilities that
there better be some manage expectation. it will take a long time to get them employed, the soldiers and suppliers trained on it. i m not talking weeks, i m talking months. as david said, this as point defense system and this is one battery. that s a company-level organization that has between six and eight launchers, one massive control system and a massive radar system. it just takes a lot of time to understand and use, yet i know ukraine has proven themselves to be great on the battlefield, but they can t just fall in on this piece of equipment. this piece of equipment can t move around. it s a stationary point defense capability. i will add again to what david said, i think this is a push and wedge to have senior austin go back to the ramstein group and