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Sending high-powered military hardware to ukraine, but what happens after it gets there? that is the concern, sources tell us. so far the u.s. has sent more than $2.5 billion worth of military aid to ukraine, including a new shipment that landed in the region just this week with helicopters, howitzer cannons and military drones, among other things. cnn's katie beau willis is following the developments. is the worry these weapons could potentially fall into the russians' hands at some point? >> not exactly. the risk is a little bit more long term than that. u.s. officials acknowledge that there...

Mariupol. >> russian strikes continue to hammer other areas in southern and eastern ukraine. kharkiv at least two killed, 18 injured after cruise missile attack. to the south in luhansk, damaged facilities including oil refinery. as the white house says more weapons, ammunition and other military aid has started arriving in ukraine. first time it's additional high-powered equipment, helicopters, howitzer cannons and more drones. russian military claimed it shot down aircraft with western military equipment over odesa. but unable to verify that claim or if any shipments were arriving there. ano...

Live in lviv, ukraine. russian military issued ultimatum to all fighters in mariupol, lay down weapons, leave the city, effective immediately. until 1:00 p.m. local time to comply. russia's defense ministry claiming to have shot down a plane with military aid from the west. supposedly near odesa but no confirmation. u.s. says first shipment of heavy weapons has arrived ahead of renewed russian offensive expected any time. 18 howitzer cannons and artillery rounds which may last only a few days. white house scrambling to secure more ammunition for ukraine as soon as possible. since the war began...

Arriving within the hour apparently. including long range artillery howitzer. it's clearly too late for mariupol, is it too late too little? >> any resupply of that nature is valuable. the fight i think the ukrainians now have to focus on is donbas region. you see that russians are massing both in the northeast and the southern part of ukraine for that, what russians consider big assault into that territory that putin has long considered part of mother russia. if the ukrainians can use and certainly long range artillery, 155 howitzer is valuable. not enough of them. hip helicopters, the mi-17s...

The u.s. says its first shipment of heavy weapons has arrived in the country ahead of a renewed russian offensive. 18 howitzer cannons. so, u.s. military officials are working the phones daily with allies to try to speed up shipments of weapons, ammunitions to ukraine. alex zients reporting in from the white house. >> the first round of that more sophisticated and heavy duty military assistance from the yates to ukraine has started to arrive in the rei don't know. that's according to a white house official. the plans were to send that equipment into the region and the ukrainians would pick up ...