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The Ukrainian president cheered an additional $270 million in military assistance announced by the White House on Friday.

A new Chinese weapon is a rocket system with a 500-km range, which is better than the US HIMARS. China has developed a new weapon that is comparable to the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) of the United States.

Russian forces withdraw from this same island. ukraine is accusing russia of dropping phosphorous bonds on the island. a u.s. defense official said that ukraine is having, quote, a good deal of success with an advanced rocket system used to target russian command posts. cnn correspondent scott mclain joins us live from kyiv. and scott, this island, snake island, it has strategic importance but it also has symbolic importance because this is at the beginning of war, of the war where those ukrai...

Civilians stuck between two armies. >> it is scary to talk about it. its very dangerous. >> according to the pentagon the u.s. has trained 1200 ukrainian troops on western weapons and this includes the mobile rocket system currently in use. four more systems are set to arrive in ukraine by the middle of the month. back to you. >> shannon: thank you. the latest escalation of russian aggression magnifies. ukraines most vulnerable populations. our next guest is a proud american veteran. nine line a...

Forces did a great job, more kaboom news to follow. russia is denying it and said it was a voluntary withdrawal, and a quote gesture of goodwill, to show that theyre no longer obstructing the ports, but they left in the middle of night on two speedboats leaving behind a column of smoke, so you tell me. this of course is very good news for ukraine. but many are wondering how they did it. how is it that after so many attempts, the ukrainians finally kicked the russians off of snake island? it turn...

Being. they have certainly pulled off the front line, but i think its a planned withdrawal in an attempt to draw russia further into the country so they can further extend their supply lines. i dont think ukraine is getting beaten. i think they are suffering casualties, but theres a lot of fight left in the ukrainian army. >> lets talk about the western response. ill be in madrid for the summits. theyre announcing new weapon system, medium to long range missile defense system, something ukrainia...

More russian oil in just the last year. for every european bank that backed away, the chinese bank stepped in. the russian ruble is in a better place than it was pre-invasion. the russian economy is completely recovered. brian: they are about to get a new missile system. >> this is a long range rocket system that can fire upward of 200 miles. biden tapped the brakes on that and gave hem the shorter version of only 40 miles. hes a dollar short and a day late with what hes providing ukrainians. br...

More russian oil in just the last year. for every european bank that backed away, the chinese bank stepped in. the russian ruble is in a better place than it was pre-invasion. the russian economy is completely recovered. brian: they are about to get a new missile system. >> this is a long range rocket system that can fire upward of 200 miles. biden tapped the brakes on that and gave hem the shorter version of only 40 miles. hes a dollar short and a day late with what hes providing ukrainians. br...

>> reporter: ukrainian officials say russian artillery outnumbers their artillery at a ratio of perhaps more than 10:1. used to deadly effect in the city of severdonetsk, now almost completely russian control. big guns, not small arms, could help ukraine turn the tide. >> i can protect myself as a soldier with this weapon, i can protect my comrades, but unfortunately i cant clear it from invaders using only this rifle. so we need more artillery, we need heavy rocket system and other serious weap...

Tonight, the biden administration is pouring another billion dollars of military aid into ukraine. our pentagon correspondent oren lieberman is traveling with a top u.s. defense official in europe right now. what can you tell us about this new military aid package? >> reporter: well, this comes as an announcement as part of the ukraine contact group, which is the meeting the u.s. created, the forum the u.s. created to get the u.s. and allies to agree and find the weapons ukraine needs and get th...