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Long as ukraine can keep these jaws from clamping shut here, then they have the chance to go on the counter offensive, clear the russians out here and start thinking strategically about maybe attacking russian bases in crimea. >> john: part of the problem, though, with that, ukraine is apparently beginning to run out of some weapons that have been so effective like the turkish drones. >> right, the drones, but we have also given them drones to help augment that. switch blade, phantom ghosts, and others from european partners, they really proved that at the bridge. >> john: huge miscalculation ...

Potentially being injured there and lots killed. it's causing the russians to have to move back north and essentially have to defend their rear lines. that is a setback for them. that's the lie blue area around kharkiv. and in and around luhansk. there are many individuals in the ukrainian military who use the new artillery pieces and you're starting to see the switch blade drones deployed for the first time. that is going to be devastating for the russians. in the south, those troops in mariupol for the russians are being deployed northern for donetsk. while going there, they need a

Funneling more money for military drones in ukraine. the u.s. defense department will spend close to $18 million to spend more switch blade drones to kyiv. they are known as kamikaze drones because they can deliver bombs on impact. well, we can now show you how crucial drones have become for both sides in ukraine. we are about to see really a ground battle reported in real time by a russian military drone. the footage was released by pro kremlin media outlets. moscow is trying show it's not falling behind in the use of drone technology. >> reporter: this is drone warfare as russia wants you ...

>> this our switch blade 300. >> reporter: are being sent to ukraine. >> he understand what the people in the ukraine are doing. this is our part to help. these weapons, they are weapons but what they are designed to do is stop tanks, stop artillery. stop what is going on over there. >> reporter: in the nose are cameras which scan the battle field sending video back to an operating controlling the switchblade from a tablet. once it finds the target the operator has the ability to essential dive bomb into the target and take out the target. one way mission. >> a one way mission. >> reporter: ka...

Together, and it was responsible for about 12% of ukraine's steel shipments back just before the invasion. so this is a big, big prize for them. but from a combat perspective, this is one of the toughest environments they can go into. it's no wonder they want to surround it and in essence stafb it out. >> i'm interested in hearing about -- we learned today that new drone that the air force developed for ukraine, it's called the phoenix ghost drone. the pentagon says it provides similar capabilities to switchblade drones, they won't give away exactly what it can do. but what do you know about i...