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The size of a backpack. it can be launched at a location, and it literally crashes into it, and it explodes. it has ammunition on board, and it explodes. it is a single use drone, but just that very nature of the name, drone, it does not involve an operator. it does not put people in danger. but it can be very effective in targeting things as big as tanks, and equipment on the ground. so because these are relatively new pieces of equipment, we learned today from a senior defense official that th...

Ukrainian soldiers here in the united states to use specific weapons to attack russian tanks. can you explain this? >> what happened here is that you have the pentagon already sending several hundred drones which blade drones, drones that basically come in a backpack, called kamikaze drones, they basically strike armored vehicles, tanks, those kind of things -- it turns out there are about a dozen ukrainian soldiers here in united states before the invasion started in february, who were here on ...

More things from the pentagon. number one, javelins that are part of the new 100 million dollar supplemental military aid will be in ukrainian hand necessary four to six days and learning the u.s. is training ukrainian pilots on those switchblade drones, the comcausy drones, they will be back here in the country putting them to use. we expect the fight to escalate in the donald trump region. >> carley: griff jenkins, thank you, griff. white house -- after president biden made a joke about the u....

The united states is sending in these switchblade drones. they take out, this is a radar position here. they can also if you move over here, this is the 300 version. theyre tank killers. if the russians mount that offensive, how important are these drones? >> absolutely vital. the ukrainians are doing as well as they are is for three reasons. the will of the ukrainian people has never wavered. their logistics have been brilliant. but the third thing is technology. the ukrainians have figured out...

Every russian tank in ukraine we have provided or will soon provide ten anti-tank systems. ten for every single russian tank. so in terms of what they need to act quickly and act effectively to deal with the planes that are firing at them from the skies, the tanks that are trying to destroy their cities from the ground, they have the tools that they need. theyre going to keep getting them and we will keep sustaining that. >> we are also learning that the u.s. military has trained some ukrainian ...

Switchblade drones. theyre light weight, cost-effective and very effective in taking out everything from tanks and other targets. we learned a small number of ukrainian soldiers, less than a dozen are being trained here in the u.s. on how to use these drones. they have been here the last several months, this is all an effort to help them once they get back to ukraine. the u.s. sending 100 of these drones. all options are still on the table about what else can be done to help equip nato allies. n...

The south. this is where i think a junction of forces could occur if the ukrainians dont prevent it. and that would be here in the town of dnipro, which is right on the dnipro river. and it divides ukraine into east and west quadrants. and then the final city, don, that i think is at risk is this one right here. thats odesa. thats the port city. the third largest city in the country. but the highest volume of trade goes through here under normal times and normal conditions. and these are the are...

But the discovery of those bodies in wichita, and other places. there where your training troops are taken over the russian troops, and they discovered atrocities. what is making people in this country, im volodymyr zelenskyy, and the united states nations where a bottle, how the deal about this? if its a war of attrition, russias got more people. russias gilmore soldiers. and so, there was got to think about increasing the level sanctions that theyre applying to russia, and at the same time, in...

Investment in russia. as well as personal economic sanctions against economic sanctions against vladimir putins two adult daughters and against some other oligarchs and politicians. the white house described this as a dramatic escalation in sanctions, and they believe the total package of sanctions imposed on russian now will shrink the economy by 15% as well as pushing the inflation rate up to 15% as well. at the same time, america has announced another $100 million of weaponry to go to ukraine...

Committed to surging weapons of assistance to ukraine. were talking about 800 stingers , the antiaircraft missiles. body armor as well as helmets, pretty much everything you can think of. what weve been talking about this morning thats getting a lot of attention are the switchblade drones sometimes called kamikaze dons they also have an ability to hit targets directly like tanks or other specific targets that may be a little harder to hit were talking about those bigger drones out there. also co...