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They're misunderstanding the ukrainian peel and leferl of defiance i think their capable of and i don't think it is going to end well for them. >> do you think ukrainian people win at the end of the day? >> i sure hope so lawrence. i wish between 2014 and now ukraine had become a part of nato an european happening and a lot of things -- the people in the white house certainly could have handled this better back in the fall. right now, we're sort of limited in our choice of options. lawrence: all right lieutenant colonel we found out that the america is going to be sending them switchblade dron...

It may be an issue of -- >> i want to point out a couple of -- >> we've got -- yeah, go ahead. >> i wanted to point out a couple of the weapons we understand they will be getting. and using. and that includes a switchblade drone and for our viewers, these are small, portable drones that carry a warhead on them. they detonate on impact. they also are being sent the s-300 surface to air missile systems. these have longer range. these are not the jets or no-fly zone zelenskyy has really wanted and asked for, but are these game changers? >> two quick comments. the s-300 and the other warsaw pact e...

Six pounds each. here is a demo of the 300 model from a company that makes it. the drone launches from a tripod case you see. an operator controls it using gps and real-time video from a camera or they can program it to a specific location. either way it is electric and it is silent. hard to detect. experts say it is deadly and it is precise. but, again, kamikaze, one and done. the drone hits the target and that's it. not to understate their capabilities but we are talking 100 of these. they're likely to go very fast. the switchblade drone part of the broader package of arms headed to ukraine,...

They're misunderstanding the ukrainian peel and leferl of defiance i think their capable of and i don't think it is going to end well for them. >> do you think ukrainian people win at the end of the day? >> i sure hope so lawrence. i wish between 2014 and now ukraine had become a part of nato an european happening and a lot of things -- the people in the white house certainly could have handled this better back in the fall. right now, we're sort of limited in our choice of options. lawrence: all right lieutenant colonel we found out that the america is going to be sending them switchblade dron...

In fact they were chechans. reports that chechen were fighting alongside the taliban in afghanistan. give as clean approach for putin. hey, that wasn't us doing heinous things into ukraine. pete: somebody else. >> that was chechens. pete: 30 seconds, introduction after switchblade drone, effectively a kamikaze drone, flown in 25 miles away. how important would that be for ukraine at this moment? >> it is very important. especially, you know, hopefully we don't just send 100. i see reports there will be only 100 sent. i think this would be a huge, huge hit if we were to send several thousand bu...