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Ukraine to U.S. Defense Industry: We Need Long-Range, Precision Weapons

You know, has put, you know, ukraine along with moldova on a fast track to eu membership. and thats a positive. and, remember, that that was putins first issue with ukraine, when it wanted a closer association with the eu in 2013 and then, boom, in 2014 putin decides to punish them by invading and capturing crimea, et cetera. but just on the weapons issue, clarissa, you remember that, you know, it has been three months now since we knew that russia was moving towards the east. it has been three ...

0 morning. as you know, conferences such as this can often be more talk than action. this one actually has some deliverables. the expansion of nato, welcoming finland and sweet sweden, gettir turkeys opposition, a significant expansion of forces on the eastern flank. i wonder as you look at this, evan, the president, central to these negotiations, has this been a success for president biden, has it been a success for nato? >> i think theyre feeling that things are a lot better than they were pre...

The russians are still sustaining huge casualties. theyre running out of a lot of their most sophisticated weaponry. their precision weapons are starting to run down very severely and weve got to get over the message to the ukrainians and to the world how strongly were backing them and how important it is that they succeed. militants in afghanistan have killed at least two people during an attack on the last sikh place of worship in the capital kabul. seven others were injured after they threw h...

Are suffering terribly. in the east of their country, putin is continuing to commit appalling atrocities. the russians are grinding forward inch by inch and its vital for us to show what we know to be true, which is that ukraine can win and will win. the russians are still sustaining huge casualties. theyre running out of a lot of their most sophisticated weaponry. their precision weapons are starting to run down very severely and weve got to get over the message to the ukrainians and to the wor...

Is that the ukrainians are suffering terribly. in the east of their country, putin is continuing to commit appalling atrocities. the russians are grinding forward inch by inch and its vital for us to show what we know to be true, which is that ukraine can win and will win. the russians are still sustaining huge casualties. theyre running out of a lot of their most sophisticated weaponry. their precision weapons are starting to run down very severely and weve got to get over the message to the uk...

Precision weapons. precision fires. ukraine asked for 200 tanks, austin said we delivered 270. we have delivered half a million rounds of artillery shells. many which of are precision round which outduel the russians. the truth of the matter is there is a lot of people stating we want more, we want more, we want more, and secretary austin has been dealing directly in this contact group with ukraines minister of defense to clarify those kinds of things. so i wouldnt put a whole lot of emphasis on...

Artillery strike, warfare, obs obs obscurerance. the russians are moving around the battlefield. theyre not maneuvering. theyre just moving, which means theyre not firing well. i think ukraine -- again ill say this -- i think ukraine has the advantage because theyre targeting the systems with intelligence, overhead platforms, and theyre bringing precision weapons to bear on those russian forces. >> general mark hertling, always good to have your perspective. thank you. >> thank you, victor. da...

Night nonstop, but as it relates to actual russian advances, there havent been many, and in fact they were going in one direction and because they took so many losses, veered off into another. what you see as the significance of this attempt, but another failed attempt by russia? >> i think what were seeing is the failed attempt to move forces. its not only in the donetsk, its not luhansk. what we have repeatedly seen, and intelligence reports are saying this, is that the russian attacks, the de...

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