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Great to have you on. what stands out to you in this new package of weaponry that the u.s. administration announced yesterday in terps of what you're seeing the russian troops amass there in the southeastern region of the country? >> well, it is obviously going to turn into a much heavier fight and it is very good news indeed that the biden administration is stepping up with congress to provide the capabilities they're going to need for the next phase of the war, the heavy artillery, the switch blade drones, the anti-ship cruise missiles, the support vehicles, the radar, et cetera. and this is...

Jerusalem. foreign minister saying he was horrified, calling them war crimes. naftali bennett saying the images shocked him but failed to blame or even mention russia. the kremlin had denied it was behind the atrocities in bucha. and they need russia's support to strike targets in syria. as time goes on and evidence of alleged war crimes grow, israel's leadership is finding it hard to maintain balance between competing strategic interests and morality. >> so the united states sent 100 of these switch blade drones to the ukrainian military according to the defense department. the small so-calle...

Add. >> the pentagon told us they are cutting red tape and increasing a response to requests from the forces on the ground. what the switch blade drones are good for is small special operations units can use them to take out tanks. as you might remember, the switch blade drones are -- you justifier them once and they are suicide bombers that hit an armored vehicle and can take it out. they can loiter in the air for a long time before hitting it so this is to increase the lethality of what u.s. officials and some european officials are telling us the best parts and most effective parts of the u...

Gotten evidence of forced deportations. is this another war crime to add to the growing list of war crime? >> it certainly is. and there is the greatest war crime of all, which is the siege tactics, the bombardment tactics being practiced especially on mariupol where people are being murdered with bombs, civilians are being murdered with bombs. but also they are being starved to death, they're being deprived of water, they are being deprived of medicines. this is like a war crime going on in the face of the entire world. >> you know, the u.s. continues to offer resources and weapons to ukraine...

Practically it's not going to happen. >> john: i think the expectation would be not to expect much, but we'll keep watching and hoping. great to see you, thank you. >> thank you, take care. >> sandra: as promised, awaiting a briefing at the pentagon. it has started with the spokesperson john kirby taking questions. >> already sent in 100 switch blade uavs already in our stocks, we sent them in from those stocks. i don't know where they are in the shipment process but arrived over earlier this week. so they'll be getting into ukraine quickly if they are not already there. that's the 100 that pr...