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Yes, it is indicative of where this war is headed in terms of the phase we are in now. the original assistance of the us provided was largely defensive in nature, things like anti—air and ante amma rockets and missiles, for example, to help the ukrainians defend the capital, kyiv, and some areas in the centre and north of the country. now that the fight has shifted to the east of the country, the ukrainians are in some places trying to go on the offensive to regain lost territory from the russians. and so the us is providing more offensive weapons systems now like armoured personnel carriers...

Weapons. >> jen psaki was also asked today about the new arms drones the u.s. is sending to ukraine and why the administration doesn't see the drones as he is cla tore in migs fighter jets are. she didn't answer the question but says the aid that has been provideside defensive, bret. >> bret: yeah. jacqui, there will be some people at the pentagon think that javelins are offensive weapons systems. jacqui heinrich live at the white house. thanks. let's see what's in the new military aid package president biden is sending to ukraine. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has the lates...

Threats he's doing it to be clear and direct with both the russians, and with our european allies about the best way forward. >> new york times reports, quote, mr. putin was not conciliatory. a community that was the meetings that mr. putin blamed the tensions on the west. he demanded legal guarantees that nato would not expand eastwards towards russia's borders, or deploy offensive weapons systems in ukraine. earlier today, one noted putin critic gave this assessment of the meeting. >> the conversation should not last more than five minutes. that is a message of strength. five minutes, here i...

Far larger and deadly than it's planned an attempted invasion seven years ago. biden warned putin of the severe economic and political repercussions that would follow any military action. >> president biden looked president putin in the eye and told him today that things we did not do in 2014 -- he's not doing this to saber rattle. he's not doing it to make idle threats, he's doing it to be clear and direct with both the russians and with our european allies about the best way forward. >> "new york times" reports, quote, mr. putin wasn't conciliatory. a readout of the meeting said mr. putin bl...

Additional troops? >> victor, this is a difficult call because we have had alliances and partnerships you've got the kingdom of saudi arabia, but we have also sold them a significant amount of defensive weapons systems and some offensive weapons systems to incloo ud the kind of air defense systems that i would suggest they're probably deploying, so it's a tough call to make, but when an ally asks for help, you always give it. one of the things that concerns me about this is this is likely air defense systems on the ground, but also sea systems like agist cruisers. it will be a limited number, ...