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>> reporter: lieutenant taras baravet is a spokesman for ukraines military. he told us starlink is crucial for commanding troops on the battlefield. >> it sounds like its been a game changer for ukraine, just as important as rocket systems? >> yeah, absolutely. >> reporter: but then, earlier this month, musk tweeted a proposal for bringing peace to ukraine, suggesting the u.n. could supervise a referendum in parts of ukraine recently annexed illegally by russia. it infuriated many ukrainians. >>...

>> reporter: theres really no appetite for a long protracted leadership process so they speeded the process up. there could be a new leader in power by monday. it could be boris johnson. his appeal was he did get a landslide election the last time around and hes seen as getting that again but obviously a very divisive figure and it looks extraordinary to the outside world he could get back in. >> and the circus continues for the next week as we all watch whats happening there. max foster, thank ...

Whoo! im on fire tonight. (limu squawks) yes! limu, youre a natural. were not counting that. only pay for what you need. ♪liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.♪ ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is thanking the united states for another $725 million in military aid. >> the latest package includes ammunition for various rocket systems, anti-tank weapons, artillery rounds, small arms, and medical supplies. meantime ukrainian officials report fresh attacks on the southern region of zapori...

Them. youre showing an a himars system, it does attack ground splieds, the so-called ammo dumps that russia has been establishing. ukraine has been brilliant in using that himars systems to do that. but what really youre looking for an air defense systems are like the s-300, s-400s, the nasams which president biden said yesterday we are giving to ukraine, the irish ts that other countries are giving to ukraine, those can be incorporated very quickly but those are also short to mid-range rocket s...

Consecutive interest rate hikes of .75 percentage points this year, the current target rate sitting above 3%. the biden administration sending another $625 million in military aid to ukraine. that put the total amount of the war-torn country to $16.8 billion. the new package will reportedly include multiple advanced rocket systems, artillery, and ammunition. the announcement comes as ukrainian troops advance days ago declared russian territory by vladimir putin. >> todd: president biden heads to...

The HIMARS​ systems become a key tool in Ukraine’s ability to strike ammunition depots, command centers, concentrations of Russian troops, supply chaines, bridges that Russia are using to supply its troops and so on

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Turning now to russias war in ukraine. i have new reporting that the u.s. is developing contingency plans to prepare for the possibility that president putin escalates the war. of particular concern, the potential use of tactical nuclear weapons, battlefield nuclear weapons or what one source described as a nuclear display. that is a military strike on the zaporizhzhia power plant or using a tactical nuclear weapon away from populated areas in what one source described as a show of bravado. the ...

Russian targets. joining us to talk about this, national security correspondent alex marquardt and correspondent ill kylie atwood. i think this is something that fareed zakaria brought up with the defense secretary just yesterday. so what could you tell us about this in the big picture? >> ukraine has been pushing for some time for longer range rocket systems from the united states. the name of the system is the attack-ems and they fly four times the distance of the rocket that with-r fired from...

Norah. >> odonnell: absolutely sickening. nikki battiste, thank you. well, overseas now to ukraine, tonight, president zelenskyy says ukrainian forces have retaken more territory in the eastern regions that russia has illegally annexed. this as cbs news has learned a new u.s. aid package will include more advanced rocket systems that have been key to ukraines recent advances. cbs charlie dagata is in southern ukraine. >> reporter: ukrainian tanks take up position, holding the line in recaptured ...