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First week alone. remember, it was 17,000 anti-tank guided missiles and 3,000 portable air defense systems, the stinger, in that one weekend that have continued to flow. the one that we should be pressing for is the switchblade drone. soldier pops it up, loiters. it's a loitering munitions. the operator picks a target, it dives and blowing itself up on that target. we should be getting thousands to those to ukraine, not the 100 in the initial batch. those could be game changers and augment the attacks as they push out further in kyiv, they push further out of kharkiv and trying to entrap the u...

And circle back this way or do something like this, they could potentially keep the russians at bay. they would have to have a three-pronged motion here. but the basic idea is for them to move the russians back so they can protect what's left of chernihiv. >> talk to us a little bit about what the ukrainian forces need at this point in time. >> so a lot of what they have is things like the javelin, for example. this is the anti-tank guided missile system. and the stinger. they need more of each of these. this is the air defense system that shoots down aircraft, especially low-flying aircraft. ...

The US is sending $800 million worth of weapons to Ukraine and included in the package is drones designed for one-way missions.

Two experts from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies argue that loitering munitions are the right weapon for Ukraine, and call on its supporters to open their arsenals.

A U.S. military package being dispatched to help Ukraine includes 100 Switchblade drones, a new phase of weaponry, Along with other systems, the weapons package is worth $800 million.