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Long as ukraine can keep these jaws from clamping shut here, then they have the chance to go on the counter offensive, clear the russians out here and start thinking strategically about maybe attacking russian bases in crimea. >> john: part of the problem, though, with that, ukraine is apparently beginning to run out of some weapons that have been so effective like the turkish drones. >> right, the drones, but we have also given them drones to help augment that. switch blade, phantom ghosts, and...

Potentially being injured there and lots killed. its causing the russians to have to move back north and essentially have to defend their rear lines. that is a setback for them. thats the lie blue area around kharkiv. and in and around luhansk. there are many individuals in the ukrainian military who use the new artillery pieces and youre starting to see the switch blade drones deployed for the first time. that is going to be devastating for the russians. in the south, those troops in mariupol f...

Funneling more money for military drones in ukraine. the u.s. defense department will spend close to $18 million to spend more switch blade drones to kyiv. they are known as kamikaze drones because they can deliver bombs on impact. well, we can now show you how crucial drones have become for both sides in ukraine. we are about to see really a ground battle reported in real time by a russian military drone. the footage was released by pro kremlin media outlets. moscow is trying show its not fal...

>> this our switch blade 300. >> reporter: are being sent to ukraine. >> he understand what the people in the ukraine are doing. this is our part to help. these weapons, they are weapons but what they are designed to do is stop tanks, stop artillery. stop what is going on over there. >> reporter: in the nose are cameras which scan the battle field sending video back to an operating controlling the switchblade from a tablet. once it finds the target the operator has the ability to essential dive ...

Together, and it was responsible for about 12% of ukraines steel shipments back just before the invasion. so this is a big, big prize for them. but from a combat perspective, this is one of the toughest environments they can go into. its no wonder they want to surround it and in essence stafb it out. >> im interested in hearing about -- we learned today that new drone that the air force developed for ukraine, its called the phoenix ghost drone. the pentagon says it provides similar capabilities ...

Great to have you on. what stands out to you in this new package of weaponry that the u.s. administration announced yesterday in terps of what youre seeing the russian troops amass there in the southeastern region of the country? >> well, it is obviously going to turn into a much heavier fight and it is very good news indeed that the biden administration is stepping up with congress to provide the capabilities theyre going to need for the next phase of the war, the heavy artillery, the switch bl...

Jerusalem. foreign minister saying he was horrified, calling them war crimes. naftali bennett saying the images shocked him but failed to blame or even mention russia. the kremlin had denied it was behind the atrocities in bucha. and they need russias support to strike targets in syria. as time goes on and evidence of alleged war crimes grow, israels leadership is finding it hard to maintain balance between competing strategic interests and morality. >> so the united states sent 100 of these swi...

Add. >> the pentagon told us they are cutting red tape and increasing a response to requests from the forces on the ground. what the switch blade drones are good for is small special operations units can use them to take out tanks. as you might remember, the switch blade drones are -- you justifier them once and they are suicide bombers that hit an armored vehicle and can take it out. they can loiter in the air for a long time before hitting it so this is to increase the lethality of what u.s. o...

Gotten evidence of forced deportations. is this another war crime to add to the growing list of war crime? >> it certainly is. and there is the greatest war crime of all, which is the siege tactics, the bombardment tactics being practiced especially on mariupol where people are being murdered with bombs, civilians are being murdered with bombs. but also they are being starved to death, theyre being deprived of water, they are being deprived of medicines. this is like a war crime going on in the ...

Practically its not going to happen. >> john: i think the expectation would be not to expect much, but well keep watching and hoping. great to see you, thank you. >> thank you, take care. >> sandra: as promised, awaiting a briefing at the pentagon. it has started with the spokesperson john kirby taking questions. >> already sent in 100 switch blade uavs already in our stocks, we sent them in from those stocks. i dont know where they are in the shipment process but arrived over earlier this week....