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This particular system may not be helpful against -- particularly if the russians are firing long-range missiles from within russia. so you need other systems for that. so the s-300 system, which is a much more capable air defense system than a stinger. another range regime, thats helpful. so as you build this mosaic of weapon systems that can be made available to the ukrainians and which they can operate and maintain, since theyre familiar with soviet and russian designed systems, thats all to ...

And russian forces. is there more on the way? >> of course there will be and look, these are not mistakes. what the russians are doing, because theyve lost momentum, theyre now resorting to these annihilation type tactics where theyre going to step back and theyre just going to launch rockets and artillery, which are dumb weapon systems. like flying telephone poles. they go in a general direction and land where they land. its horrific. they have smart weapon systems. hypersonics. they also have ...

2016 during the battle for aleppo. this time, syrian soldiers did most the heavy lifting but with the backing of the russians and the russian air force. so if putin is true to form, will we be watching mass murder in the coming days and weeks being committed on an industrial scale in mariupol and then odesa and then to kyiv? >> so i would say thats not impossible and i wouldnt say its just putin and i do think thats important. because he is not the one who is actually launching those missiles th...

Barrel into that area, to the point now where they are bringing soldiers from syria to fight in ukraine as well. what im saying is that we are still in this risk averse peacetime mode and we need better statecraft than we saw —— that we saw during the cold war to make those riskier decisions, which are calculated, and that means providing the necessary support and weapon systems ukraine actually requires. you said in an interview, if we see massacres in ukraine, there is a un convention of d...

Those polish migs to be moved across to ukraine. these are all things that could have been done and should have been done. but, you know, they have sent a terrific amount to the ukrainians. according to a us official quoted on cnn television last week, nato and the us have sent a total of 17,000 anti—tank weapons and 2,000 stinger missiles so far to the ukrainians. i mean, they are pulling their weight. no doubt about it. as i say, this is a steep learning curve. each day, each week, we are se...

Down those missiles any more . t >> wehe ought to give them moree look,m this is a way to havehi a no flys zone in fact, to have these weapons systems ground air weapon systems, give them a fighting chance if theres a chemical t weapons attack by the russian military against the ukrainian people, we shoulde impose a no fly zone immediately. ho since you apologize for the last debacle that weakened country and killed americans, dont go on to the next thanks geniuss, by the way,, whatever liz chen...

Two-page statement of all the weapons. all the weapons, all the money that weve already contributed, the largest contributor and weaponry in the world. of course, you heard zelenskyys emotional plea about vladimir putin to the congress. wanted more, wanting the no-fly zone, at least fighter jets. so the administration ruled out the migs they wanted to transfer via germany for the u.s. to transfer. can they get the jets from another country? >> so, andrea, a couple things. what we heard yesterday...

Fires are precision guided. that a number of munitions are not and therefore not precise and raises the likelihood of civilian casualties and infrastructure. even in their use of precise weapon systems or so-called precise by russian accounts, i mean, we have seen again, civilian infrastructure hit and casualties caused. >> how concerned is the pentagon that this could escalate into a nuclear conflict has increased and did that weigh into the decision that the u.s. wouldnt transfer migs to the u...

Fight versus what you have to do to adjust your defense budget for an indefinite time in the future, it becomes more and more clear that were going to take some greater risks to get ukraine the technology, the weapon systems that it needs. its okay for nato to draw a hard, red line not one thing across nato borders can go into ukraine. that was the initial ruling. i think thats going to be re-evaluated because the situation in ukraine will demand it. it will demand that nato leaders look careful...

The ukrainians are not defenseless. they have been tested this airspace effectively with the surface to air missile systems that they have, the drones that they have and with other opportunities, including their own fixed wing aircraft. fear fighting hard. were making sure that theyre getting the kinds of weapons that they need most and using very effectively. in the report before you came to me, we talked about this convoy. the reporter talked about some of the anti-armor weapon systems that th...