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I wouldn't consider it as turning point. the russians clearly are expanding some of their target sets. it doesn't change -- our general understanding is they are not making the progress on the ground that we believe they thought they would be making. are you there, lita? >> i'm here. can you hear me? can you hear me? >> yeah, i got you. >> i just want to expand a bit on a couple of the questions. is it getting difficult more broadly to get security assistance into ukraine at all

Secretary john kirby. >> john, thanks very much for joining us. as you know, russia launched a deadly attack on a ukrainian military base gist a few miles from the polish border, poland being a key nato ally. how much does a strike like this raise the risk of direct military confrontation between nato and russia. >> well, look, it certainly doesn't decrease the risk when you talk about a facility that close to the border, wolf. i will tell you, we're very vigilant on the other side on that inside poland. we just rotated two patriot batteries from germany to poland. they've only been on the gro...

Targeting facility. as for a turning point, no. i wouldn't think that we would consider this or the other strike in western ukraine as some sort of turning point. the russians are expanding some of their target sets. that is obvious just from the fact that over the last couple days we've seen other targets hit in ukraine. it doesn't change our general upsing that they continue to be frustrated by a stiff ukrainian resistance and they're not making the progress that they thought. let's try lita. are you through? >> i'm here. sorry. can you hear me? can you hear me? >> yep, i got you. >> i want ...

>> is this putin testing the west? >> i dow jn't have granularity the russian process. they hit some airfields in the previous few days in western ukraine. they are cleerply expanding some of their target sets. i can't get into their hands and tell you what has behind that target on that day with that many cruise missiles. i don't want to reduce this to some signaling. he's getting exactly what he says he doesn't want. a strong united nato on his western flank. just over the last few days, we moved some patriot batteries from germany to poland.

Expanding some of their target sets. >> reporter: a senior u.s. official warning the russians could now target lviv "to create more terror." the russians fearing the city is a staging ground for western weapons, foreign fighters, and high-ranking members of ukraine's resistance. we met up with americans training with volunteer soldiers from around the world at a secret location in western ukraine. tunnels snaking underground and are ready to fight. 25-year-old harrison jozefowicz, a veteran who did a tour in afghanistan, quit his job as a chicago police officer to come here. >> we're all comin...