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Unacceptable when you start attacking nuclear plants. the ukrainians keep calling for a no—fly zone. the west has made it very clear that is not going to happen. ukrainians want fighter planes to be provided. why do we not provide fighter planes when we do provide anti—tank missiles? there is a difference with... the anti—tank weapons are obviously very defensive. the weapons that we've provided have a range of about 500 metres, so you have to drive your tank several hundred kilometres before you are within the range of that anti—tank weapon. the no—fly zone, we have to be very caref...

>> of course it's the middle of the night here, but there are fewer lights burning in this city than normal, as some apparently observe an unofficial blackout in hopes of confusing enemy targeting. ukraine's president zelenskyy has been desperately pleading with the u.s. and europe to provide more fighter planes and to stop buying russian oil. today there were major advancements on both fronts kelly o'donnell is at the white house with more. >> reporter: tonight, the u.s. and poland on a new course to help ukraine defend its skies. a plan that could give zelenskyy's forces the kind of russian-...

Attacked, nato rallied together. >> reporter: tonight, a new rallying cry for nato with europe's future at stake. josh letterman, nbc news, latvia back home, president biden and congress face a tough balancing act with growing calls for a ban on russian oil as americans feel the crush of high gas prices peter alexander is at the white house. peter, where do things stand? >> reporter: yeah, lester facing criticism tonight from ukraine and lawmakers here, the white house says president biden still has not made a decision on a russian oil ban, weighing more punishment for vladimir putin with mo...

Bridgeal fighters. i think the admiral in the last segment may hit the nail on the head by saying what can help ukrainians other than those planes are more aircraft and more missiles so that ukrainians have more options than just fighter planes to keep the skies above them. >> ben, i would love to get your view on what president putin, the threats that he's making but also to what kevin was bringing up a moment ago, the back filling of war planes in poland if they give soviet arab names to the ukrainians. >> well, i think it is pretty clear and president biden said this publicly many times tha...

Ukrainians? >> so far the president has offered almost -- and now delivering almost $1 billion worth of military aid just in the last six months. and delivering it as we speak. i believe that the next step is doing what president zelenskyy has asked which is trying to support his desire for fighter planes. he wants russian-made fighter planes because that's what ukrainian pilots are trained on, but the only countries that can supply those are countries such as poland on his western border, and so we want to try to -- i believe that we should try to support some of our nato allies like poland i...