we're waiting for bradley abrams and the leopard. our defenders defend the donetsk region with soviet models of equipment. the group visited the forward positions of the armed forces of ukraine, we are watching the plot , you are only a girl, how many guys are poured by the russian occupiers, the positions of the armed forces of ukraine on the front lines are strewn with shell casings of the shells used, the battles here are fierce and have been going on for many months, but i was an attack, uh, preferably by infantry, but also by artillery . well, i repeat this about once a week, once for two weeks, and again and again. the british tank crew destroys the invaders in the donetsk region, here the russians are constantly trying to interrupt the ukrainian defense - says the soldier, a week ago , maybe 100 people took positions, they were taken apart by the artillery literally there in an hour, it was at night, for a day, a british tank fires up to 30 shells at the enemy, as long as i wanted, in general. there are not enough of them ther

this includes major contributions from united states of strikers in bradley's and abrams tanks and includes the u. k. donation of challenger tanks in the contribution of sen armed personnel, armored personnel carriers that canada announced last month. it also includes the refurbished t $72.00 tanks at the united states. the netherlands and the czech republic are in the process of delivering as well as poland, latest donation of t 70 twos. and it includes the important steps from germany, poland, canada, portugal, spain, norway, denmark, and the netherlands on leopard battle tanks. now we also heard today about significant new air defense donations, that includes italy and france, which jointly announced that they will provide ukraine with a samp t air defense system. and france also anal said it will work with australia to ramp up 155 millimeter ammunition production to support ukraine. and finally, let me also think norway, which just announce that it will provide 7500000000 euros in military and civilian assistance to ukraine. or the coming 5 years and that's a very significant commitment

this includes major contributions from the united states, of strikers, and bradleys, and abrams tanks. and it includes the uk's donations of challenger tanks and the contribution of senator armed personnel, armored personnel carriers that canada announced last month. and it also includes the refurbished t-72 tanks that the united states, the netherlands and the czech republic are in the process of delivering, as well as poland's latest donation of t-72's. and it includes the important steps from germany, poland, canada, portugal, spain, norway, denmark and the netherlands on leopard battle tanks. now, we also heard today about significant new air defense donations. that includes italy and france, which jointly announced that they will provide ukraine with the air defense system. and france also announced it will work with australia to ramp up 155 millimeter ammunition production to support ukraine. and finally, let me also thank norway, which just announced it will provide 7.5 billion euros in military and civilian assistance to ukraine over the coming five years. that's a very signif

were circling this is the armored valeria marble so kevin well and the elephant nine abrams attention and 12 bradleyse already being transferred to us in large numbers are their such escorting heavy armored personnel carriers eh, they went as if they were advancing and at the 73rd kilometer, that ’s what the bib is called, at the 73rd kilometer of the eastern direction, they encountered a huge number of eh elite tanks of the hussain guards tank division, which was fully staffed not with old t60s, but with two t-72s, and it was believed that this division was well-trained tankers who had fought with experience in the early days, and that was where their best tanks were. there is a sand dune and so on, in a word, it happened unexpectedly for the abrams well, they are not ashamed to blink, how the battle began, it was so fierce and it lasted 23 minutes, so you understand, it ended with the fact that the americans did not lose anything at all, only one abrams suffered a little, he did not hit a mine, but he was quickly restored without loss. iraq and the reaction lost 50 tanks and 25 tanks and another 40

they're trying to fool themselves by, you know, covering their defeat up with leper tanks. abrams tanks, bradley vehicles, and now in the final act of desperation, f. 16 fighters. but you know, even if the fighter aircraft could be provided, they wouldn't have a meaningful impact on the, on the battlefield. it's, it's ludicrous. and i'm glad to see the by demonstration isn't entertaining this nonsense. just the final thought on something else. the speaker said, they mentioned the u. s. is getting every possible weapon system it can to ukraine without considering whether or not it's escalate to which your view and that level of thought being put into making decisions on legal aid. i. it's ridiculous. oh, well, you know, early on there was talk about the managing escalation to be careful not to be seen as crossing russian red lines. right now we see a given the desperation on not just the zalinski area, but frankly, the united states and nato a to manage the impending defeat. i think it's, you know, the secretary general, a young stoughton berg indicated ukraine runs out of 155 millimeter artiller

sensitive and the answer would not stop the americans did it and in a limited number the ship with bradley with abramsm heavy aircraft equipment. so look how even the british behave, even there the most ardent the most aggressive in this regard, and the country they seem to promise planes, but then they say no, until the question and discussions want someone to become the first who, to someone the first to start supplying weapons, such received the wrath of moscow, and then all the rest will catch up. well, about the same as they did with the tanks in relation to germany when they deceived the germans. uh, how would americano americans do, it seems like the first step of the sabers shows that europe, in principle , but understands that now we are all together all together all and the parties that participate directly or indirectly in the ukrainian conflict have reached a certain border to cross, which, well, means going to a very sharp excavation up to increasing the risks of a big war. that is, it will be necessary to declare war on russia. well, by and large he understands, but someone thinks that e

battle er at the 73rd kilometer of 1991 which entered into military history, too, when nine abrams and 12 bradleysso minutes of combat destroyed 50 t-72 modernized elite units of the iraqi army and about 25 armored personnel carriers that were supported by this, this, this, this is a demonstration of the huge superiority of western equipment that is coming at us, but just going back to this post on nusik and the author says that the mop is an extremely complex machine it requires very serious logistics and support and it also requires an extremely well prepared trained crew he says that it is training that should be measured not for months and even years, otherwise this tank will not be able to demonstrate what it demonstrated, for example, during the war , and he also mentions that the abrams was lost in ordinary battles, for example, by the saudis , who simply did not know how to control them well, and you and it is he who says that the worst thing that can happen is the abrams , which will be captured over them, there will be three caloric russian elephants, so the story is contradictory, in yo

maybe not enough missile defense systems patriot bradley fighting vehicles and battle tanks. abrams country not earlier than march or april, and small-diameter ground bombs can reach kiev for 9 months. and in the uk, disputes are growing about the supply of fighters to the ukrainian military , ben wallace, in an interview with the bbc , said that in the near future, kiev will not receive military aircraft. he explained that, at best, their delivery would take months. after all, even if london decides to send them to the national battalion, do it. this is wrong. it's just that the uk is decommissioning about 20 eurofan fighters, but transferring them to ukraine will require the consent of other european countries that helped in the development of the aircraft, the british military says that this is preparation for the use of this technology. pilot training will take from 4 to 6 months, and they refused to transfer even more ground crew, fighters to ukrainians and in belgium, the prime minister of this country said that the kingdom itself needs this equipment natalya goncharova yevgen

boats, helicopters, 8500 javelin anti armor systems. 75,000 body armor -- 109 bradley fighting vehicle's, 31 abrams tanks, 600 trucks, trailers, 1700 humvees, 30 himars rocket systems, 50,000 grad rockets. i mean, it's impossible to list it all. suffice to say, a lot. and ukraine is pushing now for american fighter jets. but here is where general milley says the focus should be. let's watch that, sir. >> the focus right now needs to be air defense artillery, and artillery. just basic, run-of-the-mill -- artillery. maybe if we are lucky, touch wood, the diplomats will enter the fray here and they will get to a negotiating table at some point. >> with all the worry that the seemingly bottomless supply of u.s. military aid place or role in keeping both sides away from the negotiating table. >> no, i don't worry about that. let's face it, if we were not supplying this amount of aid, russia would have rolled over the ukrainians by now, despite all of their courage, all of their fighting spirit, their charismatic leader. so, we are meter-ing out a system or two at a time what the ukrainians need. my view

the striker vehicles, the bradley fire vehicles, and tanks such as the abrams or leah parts such as fromother nato allies, to not just defend this frontier, but take back territory already taken from russia. it's gonna be a brutal, deadly fighting season. the ukrainians think they have the advantage. >> jim sciutto reporting for us. jim, thank you very much. just ahead, so, what happens if china joins in on this ukraine invasion? president zelenskyy offering a very, very grave warning to the world tonight. how worried is they knighted states of the top of world war iii? we'll have president biden's deputy national security adviser. he's standing by live. stay with us. you are in the situation room. ♪ ♪ ♪ lomita feed is 101 years old this year and counting. i'm bill lockwood, current caretaker and owner. when covid hit, we had some challenges like a lot of businesses did. i heard about the payroll tax refund, it allowed us to keep the amount of people that we needed and the people that have been here taking care of us. see if your business may qualify. go to getrefunds.com. if you're turn

and, most interestingly, colossal losses in equipment, but i gave figures for abrams, how many losses there were about bradleyderstand the futility of staying there or finally leaves, as from afghanistan, or remains in an extremely truncated state. in iraq , they give way to neighboring iran, which did not spend a thousandth part for what they did, therefore here too, that is, based on you don’t need to hang your ears and believe all sorts of nonsense that they’re scandals over there, who , how many which tanks in a row will raise another question, what is clear what goes under the carpet? on why should i give, don't you want to give? no it doesn't start right? well, wait for the americans to bet 100,200,300, but they just have an inclination of 10,000. i just isn't modifying where 70 is somewhere so far. but it’s completely, isn’t it? and this will be a delivery, it is clear that everyone wants someone to make the same germans for him. take example. why are they going to supply more salty again, a4 says to me and you don’t but don’t want to supply poles. this is no, we don’t want it, which means that bargain

that's why the bradley fighting vehicle, u.s. tanks like the abrams, the leopard from germany are extremely important for them over the time. the other thing that is going to be essential for ukraine is air defense. the s-300, they have used this prolifically, they have been using other air defense systems from the europeans, but the problem with all of this is missiles. they have to have the antiaircraft missiles. meanwhile, the russians have been doing strategic targeting of all critical infrastructure inside ukraine, trying to demobilize and actually undermine ukrainian ability just to survive in terms of their populations. both sides now are reaching out to their respective allies trying to get more materials. on the russian side, it is working with iran and possibly china, like you were talking about, on the u.s. and nato side, it is about bringing in more antiaircraft so they could defend themselves in ukraine. >> okay, clint, we'll be seeing you all this week. evelyn, thank you so much, appreciate it. >>> should social media companies be liable

abram tanks, 45 t.-72 tanks, 109 bradley fighting vehicles, 90 stryker armored personnel vehicles, over 1,700 humvees,yone saying that the west is slow-rolling this doesn't have a long list of the things that have been provided in that $30 billion package. >> before you go, i want to ask you one other crucial thing. we're reporting tonight that the president of spacex, founded by elon musk, said it is now going to prevent ukrainian soldiers from fully using that starlink satellite service. this has been the key to the war for them, right? they have relied on this. what do you say to elon musk right now? >> i think it's despicable, erin. this is the second time mr. musk has threatened the restriction or the constraints on the use of the starlink, and it is critical for ukraine combat opportunities, not only for guided ammunition from artillery pieces and himars, but also the guiding of their drone capability. ukraine's citizens are getting crushed by russian artillery and russian missiles, and they have to fire back. to strip away the capability of giving the ukrainian force just a precise and precisio

then in january the pentagon confirmed it would provide ukraine with 31 abrams tanks, meaning germany would also send tanks. bradley infantry, air defense systems and striker armor personal carriers, february 3rd package included ground-launched small diameter bombs. since the invasion, the united states has invested nearly $30 billion in ukraine. when does all of this add up to actually being at war with russia? well, the pentagon again reversed itself and will they send f-16 fighter jets? what's the best path forward? i asked that of former nato supreme allied commander, the retired james stavridis on my program this week. >> final question, should we continue to roll out our aid incrementally or do it more swiftly? >> yeah, that would be a good question for the smerconish question of the day. >> wouldn't it? thank you. >> yeah, jim stavridis votes for throw the kitchen sink at it now. >> wow. >> we have been too incremental, too timid to date, and all it has produced is more aggressive activity on the part of russia. now is the time to really hit the gas. >> okay. i want to know what you think. go to smerconish.

it's a long list but some of the bigger items are 31 m-1 abrams tanks and 35 t-72 and 100 bradleys, moreiers. a patriot air defense system to shoot down incoming missiles and more than 1600 stinger anti-aircraft systems. more than 8500 javelin systems to engage attacking tanks plus more than 50,000 other anti armor systems. more than 2500 phoenix ghost and switchblade drones have been sent. the ukrainians are using these to great effect to hunt down targets from a few miles away and then strike them and beyond that, more than 2500 guided missiles of various types provided. artillery including more than a million rounds, mortars, grenade launchers, small arms and a whole lot more, brianna. >> certainly that is a a lot. what is not included here? >> what is not included, the ukrainians would really like f-16s and other more advanced weapons systems to punch up the power on the battle field but as you noted so far, that is not happening. it's worth noting this, too, polls show while a majority or at least a strong plurality of americans want to keep helping ukraine, the support at this leve

abrams tanks. we're seeing tanks from europe and other partners. bradley fighting vehicles. why these now? these give ukrainian forces the ability not just to defend territory but also, they hope, to take territory back. there is an enormous amount of hope among ukrainian military leaders right now, that with these weapons, they will be able to push back and take back some of the territory taken since the first -- well, first now of this invasion. >> yeah. impressive amount of arsenal. impressive amount indeed so far and presumably going to get much, much bigger. jim, standby for us. i want to go by to the capitol of kyiv where our chief correspondent is standing by for us. despite this infusion of military assistance, the ukrainians are still pleading for more. what can you tell us about that? >> well, they see what's coming on the horizon with this russian offensive and they want to be prepared for it. they don't want it to turn into a protected stalemate. they know in order to try to precipitate some kind of victory, they say they need long range artillery, things of that nature. we hea

m2 bradley armored vehicles in germany. those are a step ahead of the abrams, which is going to take some time to arrive and be trained on. fred pleitgen is "outfront" live in moscow tonight. russia says they are close to encircling bakhmut. obviously, things have not gone smoothly. so many die for feet of territory every day. what are you learning? >> reporter: yeah, first of all, err erin, i think the russians are putting pressure on the ukrainians. some of the ukrainians are acknowledging themselves. put on the whole, it seems as though the russians are having issues, especially with some of those newly mobilized forces, that they mobilized at the end of last year. with some of these units now coming out and saying they don't really have a real command structure in some cases. and some of them are even finding themselves fighting on the side of people's militias in the donbas region. and there are some pretty public calls for help. here's what we're seeing. [ yelling ] >> reporter: russian defense ministry video from the war in ukraine, showing moscow's tro

this includes providing patriot air defenses, counter jones distance, abram's main battle tanks, the bradley infantry fighting vehicles, striker, artillery and ammunition. we and our partners are speeding equipment and spare parts to ukraine to rebuild and harden's critical infrastructure. including a gastric and provided that is the size of a tennis court. we are providing budget support and supporting those collecting evidence of russia's atrocities and crimes so there can be full accountability. throughout this, the administration remains laser focused on ensuring that no aid or weapons is devoted. we have pumped up our -- we are working with the will bank, with deloitte, and with a team of u.s. government auditors who are in kyiv this week in fact. we continue support anti-corruption measures by the ukrainian government across the country. ukraine must not simply survive this war, it must emerge stronger, cleaner, more democratic, more european. that is what ukraine's patriots are fighting for. that is also central to the support that the united states and our international partners prov

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bradleys would be sent to ukraine. any update, those obviously needed to be built. any update on the timetable within which those will be delivered to ukraine? >> abrams tanks. >> i meant to say abram tanks, yes. >> i don't know where they are in the procurement process, refer you to that department, but many months before they can be contracted for, built and procured and getting them into ukrainian hands. it's going to be a while. >> when the president says he's going to support ukraine as long as it takes, does it mean that if president zelenskyy decides to launch a battle to retake crimea, the president would support him as well? and another question, can you confirm that top pentagon official has arrived in taiwan for a visit? >> the first question, iep -- i'm not going to get into an hypothetical question, that's up to zelenskyy and his team. when president biden says as long as it takes, he means as long as it takes. he's not trying to be cute by half. there's no special way to interpret that. as long as it takes. hopefully no longer than another day or so but i think we all know that's not the case. when he says it, he means it, and i think al

bradley's would be sent to ukraine. is there any update? any update on the timetable within those will be delivered to ukraine? >> you are a little confused. the aprons tanks -- abrams tanks. i do not know where they are in the procurement process. that's a better question for the defense department. but it will be many months since they can be contracted for building and procured and getting into ukrainian hands. it will be a while. >> when the president says he will support ukraine as long as it takes, does it mean if president zelenskyy decides to launch a battle to retake crimea the president would support him as well? can you confirm pentagon officials arrived in taiwan for a visit? >> the first question i will not get into a hypothetical or hypothesize about potential future operations ukrainians might or might not conduct. that is up to president zelenskyy and his team. when president biden says as long as it takes he means as long as it takes. there is no special way to interpret that. he means as long as it takes. hopefully it will not take longer than another day or so but icing we all know that is not the case. when he says it, he means it and i think all