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Engagement but only in expanding their power and ideology at expense of america. the most important thing we need to do this is what the bipartisan recommendations are geared toward doing,y we have agreement in the committee, to put hard power in his path. to use multiyear procure am to rapidly increase number of long range striker assets in the theater, this is what we learned from ukraine. in modern war, you burn through your weapon systems very rapidly, we need to stock pile the key munitione...

>> general, i also wanted to get your thoughts on the dutch prime minister, mark rutta. he said the decision to send f-16 fighter jets to ukraine had not been finalized yet the netherlands is supposed to lead the training mission on those jets. what do you make of his comments? >> what were looking at is, boris, i i think is a commitment, a long-term commitment to ukraine. this is whats been pre-empting some of the weapon systems. again, the focus has been on what can ukraine put to use right no...

Seems to my untrained eye we slow-rolled weapon systems, we wait until the circumstances are dire, then well give ukraine what they are asking for. what is the wisdom of doing that, as opposed to giving them what a need maybe a minute before. >> biden always has the wrong instincts. i dont know what kind of advice sullivan gives. i dont really respect him as a national security mind neither. they have been wrong. the second part is not wrong, it is important for their long-term defense. but also...

Ab able to get u.s. permission for the offer to transfer f-16 jets to ukraine. all off this adds up to new aid pouring into the country in the coming months. now, there is a tale between when this kind of thing is approved and then when it finally arrives. and what zelenskyys been doing is making sure that these tranches of aid keep arriving to keep his troops going on the ground. we have heard much about this spring counteroffensive. there is only a month left in spring to for the ukrainian for...

BAE Systems has been awarded a further $72.5 million R&D contract to work on long-range cannon-fired guided munitions for the US Army.

Committee. i will start with that comment, the concern from ukraine about the delay in aid arriving. why is that? what is your response to the fact they say it is not happening fast enough? the fact they say it is not ha enin: fast enou~h? , happening fast enough? yes, we need to recognise — happening fast enough? yes, we need to recognise this _ happening fast enough? yes, we need to recognise this is _ happening fast enough? yes, we need to recognise this is the _ happening fast enough? yes,...

Longer term strategic decisions that need to be addressed so were not still having this debate next year in the year after about emptying our coverage of military hardware to give to ukraine but ukraine can start developing their own weapon systems. pare start developing their own weapon s stems. . , , ., start developing their own weapon sstems. , ., ,., systems. are supposed to question is, the expectation _ systems. are supposed to question is, the expectation of _ systems. are supposed to qu...

Ukraine is getting ready to attack. a counteroffensive is imminent. a major attempt to push back russia. kyiv says it still doesnt have everything it needs, but more help is on the way. the donation of these weapon systems gives ukraine the best chance to defend themselves against russias continued brutality, especially the deliberate targeting of ukrainian civilian infrastructure, which is against international law. ukraine has a right to be able to defend itself against this. the use of storm ...

The ukrainians say they need to strike those possessions away from the front lines. cormac smith is a former british special adviser to ukraines foreign minister. thank you forjoining us this evening. thank you for “oining us this evenina. . ~ thank you for “oining us this evenina. ., ,, i. ., thank you for “oining us this evenina. . ~ ., ., ., evening. thank you for having me on. you are more — evening. thank you for having me on. you are more than _ evening. thank you for having me on....

In december i informed the house i was developing options to respond to russias continued aggression and today i can confirm the uk is sending storm shadow missiles to ukraine, storm shadow is a long—range conventional only precision strike capability and it compliments the long—range system already gifted including harpoon missiles as well as ukraines own neptune cruise missile and longer range munitions elsewhere gifted. the donation of these weapon systems gives ukraine the best chance of...