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Reportedly are dead after russian missiles struck an army bar rack in southern city and yet another example of russias escalating brutality against ukraine widespread death and destruction spread across to flee their war torn country hardest hit is port city of mariupol and russian troops inching closer triggering street fight and shut down of a major steel earlier today ukrainian president volodymr zelenskyy made another plea for peace talks with vladimir putin im jonathon hunt in lviv now back...

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, according to ukrainian officials, began launching counterattacks against russian forces outside kyiv. and in the russian controlled southern city of -- these are areas images of kherson ai...

Didnt have on that list which think could be a real game changer is the switchblade drones. this is basically a kamikaze drone that can be launched by a soldier, its electric so you cant hear it its literally silent, but deadly. it can later over the top of th target. so it doesnt matter what kind of defenses you have upfront. when the this can be lethal theres only 100 you of these i this first batch, but i would suspect that is going to become the new favorite weapon of the ukrainians because ...

Clearer and are a much better way of ensuring russian missiles dont hit the cities than any kind of no-fly zone, which is very manpower and aircraft incentive and could create a huge escalation of force. the other advantage of this is the ukrainians know how to use these systems. while they were part of the soviet union, they were part of their army. a lot of the experience on the use of these kind of previous russian weapons. >> and that means they could in theory start to use them as soon as t...

That, and this is something that ukrainian nationals will never forgive never forget for generations to come. >> for generations to come indeed, where we on zelenskyy is a member of the ukrainian parliament. but we say this evening, but some of the night for. you thank you for your time. >> well, president biden today announced a new package, as we are discussing, of lethal aid to ukraine, including, for the first time, armed switchblade drones. can they help turn the tide of war? we are going t...

New military assistance to ukraine you get some of these smaller switchblade drones. theyre kamikazes, hand-held, deployed from the battlefield and they can hit a tank or a convoy if they see a convoy. how effective can they be, though, when most of these devastating strikes we just went through are coming either from airplanes or from missiles fired from far, far away? >> well, i mean, i think you answered your own question there, john. theyre not going to help unless they can be directed towar...

The word drags on, we will let you know whats going on throughout the morning here. >> so many of these attacks are unthinkable. standing in a. line, as part of a the military aid package, the u.s. is sendin switchblade drones which are ca reach targets miles away. >> the drones are just one piec of military equipment that the u.s. will be sending into ukraine, the president sending an aid package yesterday bringing the total spent just this week alone to more than $1 billion, the white house se...

Less risk. >> okay. lets talk about these switchblade drones. theyre small, theyre cheap. this is important. are there enough? >> no. in the initial package is 100. theyre probably going to need at least ten times that. the tent of this capability is to be used in swarms. 100 wont be, but maybe three or four swarms. advantage of this is it is tube launched, from the ground, 120 pounds carried by a single person and it has got a range of 40 miles. and it can hover over a target for 20 minutes. so...

Its money going to fund programs like switchblade drones. its a new weapon. theyre very small and easy to carry. theyre portable. they have a strong success rate of hitting tanks and more cost-effective. ukraine continues to see more help of a no fly zone. this is something that ukraines president has demanded a long time now. u.s. officials say theyre not ready to go that route. we heard that again today from the secretary of defense, lloyd austin. heres what he had to say. >> these attacks tha...

Presented to watch for people, at the hospitals. its another thing to hear the stories of violence, and see the videos of violence. its actually much worse in that, and this is something that ukrainian nationals will never forgive never forget for generations to come. >> for generations to come indeed, where we on zelenskyy is a member of the ukrainian parliament. but we say this evening, but some of the night for. you thank you for your time. >> well, president biden today announced a new packa...