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To this -- to these rocket systems, of course, the u.s. is going to continue to send other equipment that it has been sending already including javelin anti-tank missiles, helicopters, tactical vehicles, and spare parts so that the ukrainians can actually maintain the equipment that the united states and the west is sending to them. the kremlin as i said is not reacting particularly well this morning to the biden administration's announcement, they say the u.s. is only seeking to prolong the conflict and that they're doing so purposefully. but the white house is pushing back on that and this m...

The effort to seek peace. it's a powerful combination to have the two of them there and i think it does convey very strong commitment. let me add i think this is relatively new. i think when president biden visited nato a month ago, it was not so clear cut that the u.s. was all in. but when secretary blinken went there later, the tone was different and now we see the accelerated delivery of u.s. security assistance to ukraine and i think we are in a different phase of u.s. commitment to this now. >> yeah, two $800 million weapons packages in just over a week. we heard another comment from the ...

That, focused a lot, continuing to focus on this towed artillery they hope to get into eastern ukraine. right now in the weapons packages just announced in the last few days is going to be enough towed artillery to equip five aboubattalions. they are hope that will really be able to challenge the russians in the east. but there are very fundamental things that are going to be needed to make that work. what fuels an army? spare parts, maintenance, command and control, communications, good training. all of these things are going to be necessary to keep the ukraine forces going. as much as they a...

But it's a bit more complicated than that. putin pants influence, he wants a bare yen between russia and the west. he doesn't want ukraine to become a vibrant democracy, and there's also a lot as well. >> we know estonia, lithuania said they would weekend u.s.-made equipment, missiles to ukraine. how could this help ukraine defend itself? >> well, the united states and nato are sending easy-to-use weapons packages to ukraine, things that they can pick up and employ rapidly, javelin missiles, for example, and i expect there might be some anti-aircraft missiles, plus