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Announcing a $1 billion package of weapons and equipment for ukraine. the administration also adding its voice to growing accusations that the leaks that appeared in two gas pipelines under the baltic sea were apparent sabotage. david, the administration calling this annexation move outrageous and fraudulent. this new aid package theyve announced includes 18 new himars rocket systems. remember, those are the american-made weapons that have already made such a big difference on the battlefield he...

With which we are pushing back on the aggressor. as we speak, interestingly, joe biden is talking in the united states and he is again expressing complete solidarity with ukraine, emphasising that putin will achieve nothing by threats and force. so that message has not changed, but its interesting to me that while you and many other politicians in ukraine say what we need is weapons, weapons weapons, from the west, there are things which even the us government, your most loyal provider of weapon...

>> carley: president biden sending more money to ukraine. the latest package will include rocket systems, night vision glasses and artillery. yesterday vladamir putin sat down with xi. the two nations planning to counter balance. >> carley: you are looking live at mourners paying respects to queen elizabeth, king charles iii heads to wales today where he will greet the crowd and head to cardif after he served as longest reigning prince of wales. ahead of queen elizabeth funeral on monday -- beca...

Its very similar, as they have fought systems like advanced rocket systems, howitzers and artillery systems that allow them to establish range and distance so dhe actually affect the russians behind their owe deen fencive lines and i think youll see the package forthcoming will be consistent with those capabilities. >> and of course the last time that they met was before russia invaded ukraine. and we saw the nations declare a new era in international relations. the war is not going so well for ...

Announced. i think what youll see is a measure of consistency with what we have been doing in the past, and that is giving them the kinds of weapons and capabilities that they need so desperately in this fight, both in the east and quite frankly in the south. what are some of those things. obviously artillery. obviously advanced rocket systems that will help them strike behind russian defensive lines, and oh, by the way, thats what the russians are doing particularly in the south, they are formi...

Walk us through it. >> yeah, exactly. what you are seeing in this battle and the six months of war is the ukrainians using some extremely unconventional ways of warfare, including the construction of decoys of u.s.-made artillery. including these very critical long-range rocket systems that the biden administration has been sending over. these weapons have been identified by russians as critical to winning the war. the ukrainians have started to build ones out of wood that from the viewpoint of ...

Ukrainians attempt to strike back and gain back territory already lost to the russians? but the u.s. belief is now it has begun. the shaping operations have begun. the u.s. -- our team in ukraine reached out to a spokesperson for ukrainian -- the ukrainian military this morning who acknowledged that, yes, these operations are under way, as far as locations are concerned for operational security understandably ukrainians are not sharing exactly where the main push will be but we do know there has...

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...

Offensive. but the ukrainians say we are giving them enough weapons to survive but not win. maybe jake sullivan and the state department will say we are done, the russians can keep what they have got. does he have a reason to fear that? >> the ukrainians do have reason to fear joe biden will get cold feet. the biden administration busy anotherred around with ukraine. once they started sending weapons and it was clear we faced a from digital artillery battle, they didnt send them the rocket syste...