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In December, Washington announced that it would send a Patriot missile battery to Kiev as part of a new $1.85 billion arms package.

Island nation. the aggression comes after the communist party condemned the u.s. for providing aid to taiwan and the massive spending bill. >> chinas foreign ministry says the u.s. needs to stop seeking to use taiwan contain china to stop fudging and hollowing out the principal. even further down the long and dangerous path. the secretary of state and intel officer robert charles joins us now. good morning to you. they show of force from china is because there was 10 million, $10 billion in weap...

The US and its allies have delivered more than $40 billion in military assistance to Kiev in 2022, with the White House currently pushing Congress to approve... 05.12.2022, Sputnik International

Dojs investigation. that they hadnt spoken with hutchinson. theres no excuse for that. if theyre going at the heart of the matter, they should have gotten to her six months ago, eight months ago, a year ago. the fact they were watching it like us saying oh my goodness does not speak well of dojs focus and pace here. >> and maybe their direction theyre headed in their investigation. >> theyve made clear theyre going to go ground up from the guys in face paint and furry hats but if you do it that ...

Activities as directed. we dont have any rear area support, despite what some people might think. right now, ive been taken off the line to explain what the legion is. its practically the greatest secret thats been held over the last eight weeks in this country. a lot of people think that they know who the foreign fighters were in the international legion. its not. were an organization that is formed under the ukrainian army. we are ukrainian army soldiers and have i.d. cards according us the ge...

Arsenal with lloyd austin getting two to three briefings a week. i have been told by u.s. military officials the u.s. has not assessed any new or unusual movements of russian nuclear forces. as the white house scrambles to get more weapons to ukraine as quickly as possible, the u.s. is set to announce another big weapons package. $800 million in weapons aid, following $800 million in weapons aid justify a few days ago. john voss is here with me in lviv. john, i want to start with the situation i...

It could. it could also have unintended consequences for russia. the more they kill thousands of innocent people, the greater the incentive will be for the west, not just the united states, but for the west to take more aggressive action against the russians. well have to wait and see fp i dont think that will inhibit the united states from doing what its doing. >> the first flight of this $800 million of this weapons aid should be there by tomorrow. so far, the u.s. has promised or pledged or p...

The international community, the united states, uk, theyre sending us javelins, theyre sending singers so we can fight in the air. we can fight with the tanks. but if we want to protect the civilian population and putin is targeting the civilian population now so we panic, so we run. >> i want to understand, helene. i imagine we have the ability to send helmets, bulletproof vests and guns. tell me what your understanding is from u.s. military about the challenges of getting things into the ukrai...

Really painful for russia if they proceed. not just when it comes to sanctions, but in terms of russian lives. so i think the message has to be repeated to somehow get through to vladimir putin, because nobody really knows who he listens to or how many people he really sees regularly. >> general, today the mayor of kyiv at the security conference in munich asked the u.s., asked germany for more assistance. in addition to the $650 million in weapons aid from the u.s. already, he said that we need...

Chinese may be conflicted. they want to cash in on this situation. anything that upsets the u.s. dominated war and order and the economic order, the chinese life, but this is hurting their economy. theres some signs that the chinese might be pushing the russians for the diplomatic settlement. i understand theyre calling it a war which they werent before. we need to press the chinese hard and threaten them with sanks if they are in cahoots with the russians on this invasion. >> "wall street journ...