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A senior defense official telling us that since the invasion began, russia has fired at least 1,000 missiles on ukraine. [sobbing] >> some lawmakers believe the worst is yet to come. >> congress has been pushing to provide more weaponry. and i think its important to understand that we will have to continue to do it. i think the white house has been a little bit behind on these. more importantly this is evolving conflict. russian tactics are now changing. >> russian troops continue to face strong...

Tactical unmanned aerial systems are actually something called switchblade drones, similar to the ones that you would see here. they are portable, low cost, single use weapons, that can strike enemy targets from miles away, and fly much faster than the turkish drones that ukraine has been using to date. these u.s. switchblade drones are also small enough that they cannot be detected by most air defense systems. now, these weapons are coming at a crucial time for ukrainian troops, who, today, acc...

The cofounder and chairman of the security think tank, this centered fence strategy. thank you again for being with us. i want to ask you about the fact that you and members of your current government continue to ask for greater air support, no-fly zones and airplanes. while, theres not much movement on that, it does seem that the constant requests do get some response, in the case of the switchblade drones, or the $800 million in new assistance that was announced today. tell me how far these in...

$800 million in military aid to ukraine and that includes things like switchblade drones. do you see things like that making much of a difference? >> the ukrainian forces are already doing pretty well at bottling up the movement of russian columns and other kind of vehicle movements. this will be one more capability. the problem is they cant push russian forces off their territory and cant prevent them from various kinds of bombardment. so i dont see the $800 million as changing those realities ...

Haggling over war crimes because thats clearly what the russians have resorted to. and the reason for it, of course is the fact they essentially failed in a conventional, tactical attack, so theyre resorting to what they can do which is wanton destruction and the killing of innocent civilians. and i think thats a testament to the failure of their initially planned campaign. >> and im moving through some of these photos. this is more of volnovakha. the gathering place and buildings here just simp...

>> martha: president biden committing millions to ukraine. in moments, general jack keane and pete hegseth joins us with their reaction to what the president said. well go to mark meredith live first. >> u.s. officials say theyre going to keep sending ukraine the military aid it needs even as the war is deadly as it is, complicates efforts to send in complies. this latest weapons shipment will reach ukraine. it includes anti-tank and anti-aircraft missile its and the switchblade drones. theyre p...

Switchblade drones are not in country. we know that slovakia wants to give. there is a lot of work to be done in a short amount of time and it will be interesting to see, as you eluded to, carley, at the end of this long day, we will hear a press conference from president biden and questions will be, tell us what the sanctions are, what are aid is going to be and if we do indeed see putin who by all accounts and in the presidents words has his back against the world resorts to attacks that inclu...

Weapon in its arsenal, what are known as switchblade drones, thats a picture there also known as suicide drones, they can fly into a target and destroy it. while we dont know which model ukraine will get, the largest is capable of hitting targets from 20 miles away. one of an array of weapons that the u.s. and nato partners are now sending in. my next guest says more needs to be done by the u.s. and nato and now. with me now republican congressman adam kinzinger from illinois. thank you for taki...

Im not sure they are getting those assurances. another example of the biden administration dragging its feet are the switchblade drones. a one-way suicide drone, if you will. they were promised to ukraine a few weeks ago and the department of defense announced they still arent there. they should have been there the day after it was announced. this an example of the kind of weapons ukraine needs and the administration seems to be trying to find every reason to deny those weapons or drag its feet....

Worth of military aid largely some of the stuff that mr. zelenskyy is going to wind up with he obviously needs although its been very effective. the latest news out of ukraine is ukraine is saying they shot down 10 russian planes today and some cruise missiles although the remnants of one rocket hit a 16 story apartment building. they are going -- we are, the united states, going to give ukraine those switchblade drones that we told you about yesterday. they are carrying in a backpack designed f...