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200 truckloads of supplies a day to sustain it. i just don't think they can to that. they need to mass. and the ukrainians need to prepare for a massed attack of artillery, tanks online, brute force, bulldozer type warfare. . >> well, that makes me wonder about this arms package. they are preparing another $800 million in military assistance to ukraine. you just heard what the adviser told jim there. they normally go through in 20 hours, what would normally last a week. is it getting into ukraine enough to make a difference? . >> well, i certainly hope so. i want to make two other historic ref...

But a symbol that the fact that nato is still hanging in there. we will continue to get supplies. but there are no magic bullets in that arms package, and candidly, we're going to need more. in terms of additional capabilities, such as fighter aircraft, patriot missiles, i am one of those that don't believe that that's a helpful contribution at this point in the war. >> we tire general mark kimmitt, thank you so much for joining us. >> later this hour, putin's iron grip on truth and information inside russia, on everything, but especially has warned ukraine. we'll discuss how he's able to do i...

Vladimir putin has had so far inside of ukraine, i don't think he wants to risk taking on nato, as he's been beat pretty decisively by this small country of ukraine. >> well, the u.s. has now sent $800 million worth of military aid to ukraine, as russia prepares to ramp up its attacks. is that enough? >> well, i think we gotta take a look at this package as nothing more than a combat resupply. 18 howitzers, that's not a very large number. 200 armed personnel carriers, that's not a big number. again, this battle of the narrative is probably more important. this is not just the physical, but a s...

Just in to cnn, the first u.s. flight of new military aid for ukraine on its way and should arrive in the next 24 hours. >> the first of the latest weapons going in, pentagon's barbara starr joins us now. the biggest question is speed. how quickly can these new weapons get, particularly as the fighting amps up in the east. what do we know? >> the first tronch of the new $800 million arms package will arrive in the next 24 hours. but the material picked up by ukrainians and either trucked or put it on railroad into ukraine

Headed? >> well, they pushed this 20,000 in the past six days. it's really, really remarkable, to give you a sense of how the time scale has been compressed. when president biden did a $60 million arms package for ukraine last summer in august, it took until november to get everything sent there. they did a $350 million one last saturday and it was mostly dispensed within the course of five or six days. so there's a big rush, and there's a reason for it, kate. it is that this is a real race against time. they're moving this in from the west, largely from the borders where you've been reporting...