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This new additon is expected to boost Ukraine's firepower.

There. barbara starr joins us now. barbara, we would like to talk about and we have seen tremendous defiance and resistance from ukrainian forces. but when you look at the map, russian forces are advancing, particularly in the southern part of the country. what is the pentagon view of the progress of the russian invasion? >> they are keeping a very sharp eye on this entire southern flank as you say, jim, because here seems to be the one area where the russians are making clear progress, one of the big questions is how are they doing that? one of the theories is look at nearby crimea. the russi...

Ukrainians tried to hit the convoy a couple of times but it's not really moving. so the russians trying to regroup. just as they are regrouping on this broader scale in their ukraine war campaign, in their invasion. you've had these initial moves. but now the pentagon believes it's in a deeper, darker, second phase. the bombardment of cities, population centers, russia moving heavy weapons in basically the kind of destructive tactics they used years ago in chechnya, stalin-like war tactics. the anti-air, anti-tank weapons that the coalition is giving to ukraine will be a good attempt to hold t...

Get civilians to safety. moments ago in mariupol in the south, authorities accused russian fors of bombing the corridor that was designated for that area. for more, let's bring in cnn's jim sciutto. he has been tracking all of these developments. jim, this bombing of a hospital, not the first time it has happened in ukraine and not the first time we have seen the russians do this. we have seen it in syria. >> and deliberately. these attacks, both on civilians centers, schools, as you mentioned, and hospitals like this, are part of the russian war plan, part and parcel of putting the cost of th...

They're any threat to the u.s. homeland? does the pentagon view that any differently? luke told me yesterday he didn't think they were a threat to the u.s. but what is the pentagon's assessment? >> so right now -- let's seen go back. before kabul fell to the taliban took over the country, both al qaeda and isis-k were regional problems. they didn't have the ability or the strength to carry out what the military would call a tras national attack. now the taliban are in charge. there are vast ungoverned spaces of afghanistan. the concern is al qaeda fighters who, you know, several hundred of the...