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Right. but its notjust actually about the money. its also about the weaponry and the degree to which america can keep up the supply of weapons over the next six months, year, maybe two years. who knows? it could be a long time. the reality is that when it comes to some of the key equipment — just take one example — the 155mm howitzers that have been given to ukraine — the us barely has any more to give, and it actually is struggling to replenish the ammunition, the shells for these guns. t...

When it comes to some of the key equipment — just take one example — the 155mm howitzers that have been given to ukraine — the us barely has any more to give, and it actually is struggling to replenish the ammunition, the shells for these guns. this is a reality which both ukraine and the united states have to wrestle with. this is a problem. for the last 20 years in iraq and afghanistan, it was a different kind of conflict, and all of us were modernising and producing to be able to fight ...

Youre firing a missile that cost $100,000 or more against a target that is much cheaper an more prevalent on the battlefield. the other factor is the missiles. iran has been sending missiles to multiple countries to actually contribute to terrorism which is exactly what theyre doing with russia. these are surface-to-surface missiles. theyre short range which means you can launch them from inside of russia into ukraine but they are also much more accurate and much more precise in terms of hitting...

Morale of the populace, john. >> clarissa ward, great to have you there. thank you as always, so much for your reporting. a top u.s. intelligence official says russia is running through its stock of precision weapons firing them at an unsustainable rate. meantime, the u.s. is trying to speed up delivery of air defense systems to ukraine following a wave of russian drone attacks. cnns cnnss report sir with us now. what does it mean for those on the ground getting hit? >> reporter: we heard from...

Intelligence assessment that russia is going through its stock of precision weapons at an unsustainable rate. tell us what the director of national intelligence is saying about the weapons supply. >> what we heard last night echos from other u.s. officials, that the united states believes that russia is firing the precision-guided missiles at an unsustainable rate. this is why the u.s. believes that they have turned to other countries to supply it with weapons. russia has leaned heavily on the i...

So leman is a city of donesk. putin doesnt have control over some of the areas that he claimed. whats going on here? >> thats true even when he annexed it. what were beginning to discover is that the annexation was more a political move than any reflection of actual russian control. the issues that hes had with his conventional military, the inaccuracy of some of their precision weapons or non-precision weapons, their difficulty just for getting enough troops to hold the territory were told befo...

Mitigate what they all believe to be a nuclear catastrophe if it continues to be a front line location, which it is. there is no sign at all of demilitarization by the russians. they are using it as a fire base and the ukrainians committed a few days ago they used precision weapons against russian targets not far from the power plant. ukrainians are talking about shutting it down completely and the action of last resort. a station that provides a fifth of ukraines electrical power. kate? >> abso...

Markings on buildings of shellings. >> his pledge to keep inspections going is falling short of ukraines demands that russian troops leave the power plant. >> unfortunately, we havent heard the main thing from the iaea, which is the call for russia to demilitarize the station. what can we do without it. >> ukraines launched a counteroffensive against russia this week. in the long-term, ukraine may not be able to keep its promise not to fire on target close to europes biggest nuclear plant. now g...

This talks again to the grinding nature of this conflict, that its become an artillery battle between the two armies. and the laser guided rocket systems for more precision weapons. right now its this grinding conflict and no sign really of either side making substantial gains, at least for now. >> that is not good news. david mckenzie, thank you. lets continue this discussion. demetrius is a russian-born expert on geopolitics and cybersecurity. great to have you on. you were one of the few ru...

General hurtling, do you share any of that concern that perhaps the u.s., the west, nato is cutting it too close, not pushing forward the weapons to the degree and with the speed thats necessary? >> i dont, jim. i dont share that at all. in fact, i think that nato has been very effective and efficient in getting weapons to the ukrainians. there have been some challenges on the front line with the logistics trail within ukraine. but that is up to ukraine to do. they have been given the kinds of l...