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Right. but it's notjust actually about the money. it's also about the weaponry and the degree to which america can keep up the supply of weapons over the next six months, year, maybe two years. who knows? it could be a long time. the reality is that when it comes to some of the key equipment — just take one example — the 155mm howitzers that have been given to ukraine — the us barely has any more to give, and it actually is struggling to replenish the ammunition, the shells for these guns. this is a reality which both ukraine and the united states have to wrestle with. this is a problem....

When it comes to some of the key equipment — just take one example — the 155mm howitzers that have been given to ukraine — the us barely has any more to give, and it actually is struggling to replenish the ammunition, the shells for these guns. this is a reality which both ukraine and the united states have to wrestle with. this is a problem. for the last 20 years in iraq and afghanistan, it was a different kind of conflict, and all of us were modernising and producing to be able to fight in that sort of a conflict. i don't know that we... i certainly didn't anticipate that we would be d...

You're firing a missile that cost $100,000 or more against a target that is much cheaper an more prevalent on the battlefield. the other factor is the missiles. iran has been sending missiles to multiple countries to actually contribute to terrorism which is exactly what they're doing with russia. these are surface-to-surface missiles. they're short range which means you can launch them from inside of russia into ukraine but they are also much more accurate and much more precise in terms of hitting targets than many of the russian missiles have been so far. we have seen a real dichotomy in ter...

Morale of the populace, john. >> clarissa ward, great to have you there. thank you as always, so much for your reporting. a top u.s. intelligence official says russia is running through its stock of precision weapons firing them at an unsustainable rate. meantime, the u.s. is trying to speed up delivery of air defense systems to ukraine following a wave of russian drone attacks. cnn's cnn's's report sir with us now. what does it mean for those on the ground getting hit? >> reporter: we heard from director of national intelligence yesterday echoed what we've heard from other u.s. officials. r...

Intelligence assessment that russia is going through its stock of precision weapons at an unsustainable rate. tell us what the director of national intelligence is saying about the weapons supply. >> what we heard last night echos from other u.s. officials, that the united states believes that russia is firing the precision-guided missiles at an unsustainable rate. this is why the u.s. believes that they have turned to other countries to supply it with weapons. russia has leaned heavily on the iranian made drones to strike ukrainian energy infrastructure. they're using these drones as kind of ...