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Equipment that's expected to come into the region any time now. >> and with that happening any time now, how does ukraine deal with that level of intensity and of movement. are they ready for that? is there enough aid going in? >> well, jose, as you know, they've been fighting there for eight years. in some ways, this is the best place for them to make a last stand. their best fighters are there. they know the enemy. the real variable is your question. what will we supply the ukrainian fighters with? as jonathan mentioned, the consideration of heavy artillery and weaponry could make the differ...

Here. and when you're talking about things like fighter jets, right, this is something that there is concern that the russias would see this as potentially provocative so that is a long way of saying i don't know if he'll learn that another country is doing this but we'll continue to ask. >> on zelenskyy's wish list of weapons, heavier weapons are about askinged for and heaviest artillery. is there anything that the u.s. is balking about. >> some things the pentagon is not providing because it is not what ukrainian would need. one example is the abrams tank. there are other countries, one in p...

To use very quickly. the t-72 tanks, the s-300 air defense systems, some of the aircraft and helicopters. and the systems that we just talked about, that's a much more forward-leaning piece of support because they're u.s. and they require training ukrainian service members. so the united states has expanded and become a little more risky with what they're providing. i think you'll see more of that in the future. we're providing about $50 million of support to the ukrainians every day. this latest package will probably run out in about two weeks and you'll see a new package at that time and by ...

To defend ukraine? >> well, i think some of those pictures that we've been showing today and continuously over 50 plus days of the war make it so strikingly important for us to provide as much military equipment as we need. what the ukrainians want and, yes, the hu mpv's are important especially in donbas. they need more t-72 tanks, they need the migs and more s-300 air defense as well. eric: do you think they'll be getting them in time? >> i think that the congress is certainly pressing the biden administration and i think the question to be asking our intelligence community is, well, tell us...

Germany signed off on t-72 tanks going from the czech republic. they were used in east germany. in much the same way that the united states signs off on munitions and military equipment made in the united states. then being supplied to you. perhaps in orderst -- nordstrea 2. british prime minister boris johnson is being asked to resign. how he's responding next.