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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 ...

White house today, he said he would speak softly and carry a large javelin. the u.s. has provided about 40,000 of the anti-tank weapons what is new is the amount of artillery being sent. unthinkable a few weeks ago. the u.s. has provided $3.4 billion in lethal aid since the invasion began. half in the past two weeks alone. heres what is in this latest package. >> dozens of howitzers and 144,000 rounds of ammunition to go with them. we sent thousands of anti-armor and drones, rifles, radar system...

Defending on their home terrain, they can move those pieces a little bit quicker, and they still have guerrilla tactics like they can employ. those are the things like the switchblade drones, that will be used to go in and sort of strike these artillery pieces. things like the toes and the javelins and stingers. so, the advantage still lies with the ukraine. a point out, as you did, chris, the russians are having a terrible time in this war. theyve had their senior military leaders on the ground...

Support grows as we see their abilities grow. and would you expect that to continue? if they actually can push them back out of the donbas, does thur policy change? well we cant evict them. >> i think it already has changed, chuck. because if you look at the kind of assistance we were providing a few weeks ago, it was to guard against the blitzkrieg. it was anti-tank weapons and surface to air weapons and now were arming them for open land and tank warfare. were providing them with howitzers and...

Ukrainian military, for the first time ever the u.s. is sending heavy artillery to ukraine, -- 40,000 artillery rounds which at the current price would be a weeks worth of artillery for the ukrainian military. if you have never seen a -- before it is a big modern cannon. the u.s. also says they are about to start training ukrainians on how to use these new -- which is important. and addition to the artillery, the u.s. is sending 11 new helicopters, 300 drones that are called switchblade drones. ...

And blockades after it was destroyed by the nazis during world war ii. this plant is massive. it also has a system of underground tunnels. where the ukrainians say as many as 2,000 civilians are taking shelter right now, along with the ukrainian troops that are mounting their last stand to try to keep that city under the ukrainian flag. as russia starts up this new assault, the u.s. and western allies are ramping up efforts to try to support the ukrainian military, for the first time ever the u....

Helicopters, switchblade drones, howitzers, javelins. how quickly do you expect ukraine to be trained on this new weaponry? >> most of it is similar to what they already have or very similar to what they have. javelins we started producing in 2018, so theyve trained on that. the m-17s are russian helicopters. its the same helicopter theyve had, so theres no learning curve on that. not as much of a fighting vehicle. so a fairly low learning curve on that, and thats by design, right? we dont want ...

Clear, we will keep you updated on this recovery in the lviv region of ukraine. >> carley: matt, wasnt just that tire replacement facility, three military infrastructure facilities also targeted. this came as vladimir putin recently told the biden administration to stop arming ukraine and said that shipments of switchblade drones and long-range artillery will lead to unprecedented consequences. you have to wonder if any of that heavy weaponry was targeted in these missile strikes. do you have an...

Ukraine's defiance in the face of Putin's aggression has been dubbed heroic, so why doesn't the Palestinian resistance get the same treatment?

Ammo. they always need a reinjection of all of those. plus, they really need jets. they need fighter jets, and they need tanks. so were coming a long way from where we were before, were sending them helicopters, sending them personnel vehicles, we are adding those switchblade drones and air -- surface-to-air missiles. what weve done is good, but its not good enough. >> and when would you like to see the administration move on more aid? do you think that needs to be happening now, or wait and see...