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And document this as best we can. right now, as soon as we can. so that those can be used going forward. to better understand what actually happened here the last couple of weeks and what still might be happening. >> well, whatever it is, the courage or sense of duty, we're really grateful for your reporting. live for us in kyiv. thank you so much for all of your reporting. please stay safe. thank you for spending time with us today. >> thanks for having me. >> joining us, john kirby. you made me cry last time you were here. start with weapon systems. what have we done to aid the ukrainian mil...

All that and speak with great specificity in terms of the exact systems that are being provided to ukraine. we are in constant communication with them about their needs and capabilities and i suspect that those conversations will continue. >> when are the weapons going to start arriving? >> i'm not promising any specific weapon from the podium or the timeline for it. three packages in this latest drawdown package, more coming in fairly short order and we are not detailing every item in the shipments. i think you can understand why we would want to be careful about advertising publicly the kind...

Assistance into the hands. ukrainian armed forces and we're doing that to a fair thee well and doing that in expediting the recent drawdown package that the president approved. >> that's one thing we've been hearing from the administration, as well as officials at the pentagon in the last day or so, they believe that the u.s. has really been trying to step up assistance back to 2014, some $3 billion, sent out a billion within the last year alone as' woo talked about, neil, more money likely on the way, given the remarks from congress already today, neil. neil: to your earlier point, time is of...

$350 million drawdown package which was only over a week ago, more than 70% of all that material is already in ukraine. secretary austin spoke to his ukrainian counterpart last week and the minister made it clear that he was grateful for the material they're getting and the fact that it's getting into the hands of ukrainian fighters and being used. and we're expediting the remainder of that package as well and it's not just us, nicole. other nations, 14 other nations, are providing security assistance to the ukrainian armed forces and that too is getting into the right hands and getting used. ...

About things that we don't believe would be helpful because of the escalatory nature of it such as a no-fly zone. let's talk about what actually is happening, and i just talked a little about how hard the, koreans are fighting for their -- the ukrainians are fighting for their country. we are continuing over the course of the weekend and there's a new drawdown package and we will continue to fill that out and send material in concert with their needs after talking about what their needs are as fast and effectively as we can. it's not just the united states. 14 other nations are doing this, bil...