let's go to howard altman, war zone. reporter: thanks, pat. a couple questions., have you -- can you confirm the political reporting that the ground launch bomb could be delivered to ukraine as soon is as tomorrow, and has the pentagon been informed of ukraine by any change at the top of its command as there has been discussion about the general being replaced. has ukraine said anything definitive to the pentagon? general ryder: on your latter question, i'm not tracking any changes. obously it's for ukraine to discuss the internal domestic affairs. as far as the small diameter bomb, as we acknowledged last year, we will provide ukraine with the underlaunch small diameter bomb as part of theai . however, due to operation security reasons, we're not going to confirm specific time lines and defer to ukraine to talk about any delivery but we do, as i mentioned, continue to work closely with ukraine and our industry partners to ensure uk use the capabilities that we're delivering to them and as quickly as possible. thanks. sir? reporter: recognizing there's an ongoing

and then howard altman. >> the secretary of defense serves as an advisory. did he ever relinquish that capacity during this process? if so, to whom and was the president aware that his adviser in this capacity wasn't available? and then, the review process it might result in any kind of disciplinary action given the lack of information given up and down the chain? >> where there are questions about the president, i refer you to the white house. as i highlighted earlier, when it comes to the necessary authorities to carry out the operational business of the department of defense, the secretary or the deputy secretary had positive control at all times. so to answer your question, no, there was no impact on our ability to make sure that regardless of what we are talking about operationally, there was a senior leader at the helm ensuring that national security requirements were being covered. in terms of the outcomes of the review, i don't want to speculate, i have highlighted and you should have a copy of the memo that highlights what this review. nancy and tar

let's go to howard altman. >> a couple questions.the recording could be delivered to ukraine as soonest tomorrow? does the pentagon move forward. there has been a lot of discussion about it being replaced. has ukraine said anything? >> on your letter questionnaire, i am not tracking any changes. it is for ukraine to discuss the air eternal domestic affairs. as far as a small diameter bomb, we will provide ukraine with the ground launch. it is part of our funded security assistance efforts. however, due to security reasons we will not confirm specific timelines. we will refer to ukraine to talk about any delivery. continuing to work closely with ukraine in our industry partners to make sure tyehat they receive and are ready to use the capabilities that we are delivering to them and as quickly as possible. thank you. >> recognizing there is an ongoing indication with a drone attack that this was a result of a technology failure or gap versus human error in terms of recognizing the technology and information and what it was saying. >> a