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Shipment entails, officials expected it would include some of the more pressing needs, things like howitzers. now, this is part of an $800 million package president biden announced earlier in the week and will also include helicopters and more switchblade drones. now, there had been some biden administration officials who previously were hesitant to send this type of equipment into ukraine, worried that it could pose a risk of escalation in the view of russia. but the ukrainians have asked for this type of weaponry, and they're also preparing for a heightened battle in the eastern part of the ...

Ukrainians have at their disposal. the u.s. is sending a lot more weapons. some are heavy weaponry they have been asking for, including helicopters, switchblade drones, howitzers. what is the most impressive here? >> i like the switch-blade drones. we've been talking about heavy maneuver warfare. you need the q36 radars, the anti-radars. we've got 300 kamikaze drones. i think we need 3,000 drones. i think -- the reason the ukrainians are winning is their willing to fight, and technology. show their resourcefulness. like they took out the movska ship. >> the ukrainians want a package

By the ukrainians against the russians. it is going to be a different battle scene. you know, these types of weapons that are being talked about such as the helicopters and the switchblade drones and the h howitzers, and can they keep russians away from the critical east and other central parts of the country. >> and it is interesting that the russians are complaining about the weapon, because are they working and it is going to be effective? >> oh, yes, they are scared of them, because they are going to be dangerous for the russian movements in the east. those troops are not prepared for a fo...

Security assistance the biden administration is extending to ukraine. this is much more sophisticated, heavy duty weaponry the u.s. is spending for ukraine. an official earlier in the week has said that originally these shipments would be headed into the region and the ukrainians would be transferring them into ukraine. who ill the pentagon has not released a manifest of what was released in this first shipment. the overall $800 million package includes helicopters, howitzer cannons as well as more switchblade drones and radars that are cape am of detecting incoming fire and pinpointing their ...

We know they gave the howitzer cannons essential for long range targets. mi-17 helicopters something that president zelenskyy pressured president biden to give. that will be good for transporting things across the battlefield. as well as the switchblade drones for long range targets. definitely essential equipment that president zelenskyy was advocating for for quite some time for the u.s. to send. john kirby explained more of the thinking behind the new shipment here when he was talking to cnn's jake tapper on thursday. take a listen. >> we think the terrain there, which is likes kansas, flat...