kirby.rad cooper said, sorry to discharge for the main focus, that they combined maritime forces would join with a new task force in the red sea and the gulf. will this be tasked with armed forces -- and i have a follow-up. sec. kirby: i will need the navy to speech that one. >> and i'm just wondering if you can confirm from the guardian reported earlier this week that iran backed missions in iraq to smuggle arms to russia via iran, including possibly the iranians authorizing an iranian made her defense system. -- hair defense system. sec. kirby: we have seen iran's support for proxy groups and terrorist groups but i can't give you anything tomorrow. >> yes, a couple questions. we have talked about this phone conversation from last week with jake sullivan, the zelenskyy team and general milley. how much of this was part of requested by the ukrainians, wakeful on? is there more they wanted that they did not get that maybe you redirected to other countries, for example the u.k. which has provi

kirby: -- pentagon? sec. kirby: let me back up. it is true that we believe we will be able to begin a process of training ukrainian armed forces. that training will occur outside of ukraine and will be more of a train the trainers type of environment, a small number of ukrainians that will be trained and re-introduced back into their country to train their colleagues. i'm not going to get into the locations, it will be outside of ukraine. i'm going to refrain right now from talking about who is going to be doing the training. and exactly on what timeline. i think as we get closer to things, we may be able to talk a little bit more about it, but there is a plan now that we are beginning to execute and we think the training can happen in the next several days. important to remember that this -- while this particular system is new to the ukrainians, they don't use american howitzers in artillery, they understand how to use artillery. we don't believe it will take very long or take much detailed training to get them up to speed on amer

kirby: they are already in. when you draw that authority, you are drunk down from your inventory -- you are drunk down from your inventory. reporter: [indiscernible] sec. kirby: the sanctions are not have been an effect on the communications. we have been trying to have communications for several weeks and they clearly are not interested in that. the fact that their assumptions levied against them is not a factor in the lack of communication. as offensive operations begin a new in donbas, this is the time that we need to be talking to russian leaders, but so far they have been unwilling to engage in that. i looked at everybody else on the list and that is a good group to belong to so i am ok with that. reporter: for those of us from the vietnam operation, the battle of --. sec. kirby: i am not in that grouping. i just wanted to state for the record. reporter: caisson was a big battle in vietnam. fast-forward to the bosnia war, on the planes we would do a maneuver to avoid ground fire. i reference these points th

john kirby: we do have a process in place now. the mitigation response program will look at things that we do or don't do as well as we should to avoid civilian harm. i don't know to what degree they are going to look at the value of the payments, but i would certainly think that would factor into their discussions into what we need to do better or more or less of. i don't know. i would say yes, in terms of the umbrella of things that group is going to look at, the payments will probably be a part of that. interestingly, i am actually glad you asked the question, because it is still relevant to us, and for a lot of reasons, not just what happened at the end of august and in, we don't have an update, but we haven't given up on this idea of trying to get them back to the united states and do right by them financially. we are actively going after that. i know a lot of progress but it doesn't mean there isn't a lot of work being done. that is the different right there between a country like the united states and russia. we actually mo

kirby: i would refer you to mr. zelensky to talk about where he got that number and what he would want to use that figure four. i think he laid out that it was a broad range of aid they were looking for, not just in terms of defense. i cannot give you a list of what $7 billion would go for because it is an idea that mr. zelensky has proffered. from a defense perspective, we continue to give them as much aid and material and weapons as we can as fast as we can. that is happening as we speak. one of the things the secretary wants to come out of tuesday is the beginnings of a discussion with like-minded nations about long-term defense relationships that ukraine will need going forward. we want to talk about what is going on now, we want to hear from ukraine and other nations about what they are doing in terms of immediate defense assistance and how that might change as the fighting changes, but he also wants to take a larger view of the defense relationships that ukraine will need to have going forward when the war is

kirby: come on now. that would require -- you are -- there has been no such request from finland or sweden. and obviously even in natural disasters if a country calls and asks for united states support, certainly we will take that under consideration. if there is something the commander-in-chief believes the united states military can do to assist, that is a conversation we will have. but we are spending a lot of time today talking about a hypothetical that has not presented itself. these are two sovereign nations, and they have to make decisions for themselves about what alliances they want to join or not. they are not part of nato, and so do we have an active defense plan for either nation right now? no, we don't. but that does not mean that should there be some connecticut threat that those nations go to the international committee and want support that we would not take it under advisement? of course we would. but, my goodness, we are getting into way, way ahead here in terms of where the situation i

kirby: we can't confirm those reports. i've see the press reports, but we're not in a position to confirm that idea that china might be sending systems into serbia, so it'd be difficult since i can't confirm it for me to speculate as to what the purpose might be. reporter: they confirmed it. the chinese admitted they were the ones that said it. i'm just curious, though, is there any concern with them sending weapons into serbia? sec. kirby: look, i mean we would certainly not want to see anything flow in that could be of an advantage to the russians, ok? mike? reporter: yes, mike. is there still confidence, go back to the india thing, is there still confidence that india can remain a defense partner in the indo-pacific region when their actions in regard to russia and the invasion of ukraine are so at the world? sec. kirby: look, i think i said it right at the top, and you'll hear it later this afternoon. we have a strong defense partnership with india, and we are going to continue to look for ways to deepen that defense p

kirby: nice try. i'm not going to get into talking about i'm just not going , to engage in hypotheticals like that, janne, and i think you know why. our job is to make sure that we're contributing to the alliance in meaningful tangible ways to the security of the peninsula and to other allies in the region. and we look at our posture every day with that in mind. and we're in constant consultation with our rok allies. reporter: i have some follow-up questions on that. april 15, will be the 110th anniversary of north korea's founder kim ll-sung. and south korean and the u.s. will resume the largest scale field exercises from april 18. all these combined that it is very likely that north korea will do something more provocative. do you have any plans? or can you share any measures that will enhance military readiness in peninsula defense? and my second question is south korea's newly elected president sent a policy coordination delegation to washington dc. and i know they met with secretary austin yester

>> secretary kirby: no, not at all.ny russian occupation or ownership over there, and we have certainly never recognized their illegal occupation and presence and crimea. we are talking about all of ukraine emma and they have a right to their own sovereignty and to their territorial integrity, and we support president zelenskyy and his soup pursuit of that end. >> martha: so speaking of territorial integrity, i think there's been a lot of focus, and rightly so, on this helicopter attack that took out a fuel depot inside of russia, so bret baier interviewed president zelenskyy and asked him specifically about the origins of this attack, and here's what he said. >> did you order the attack into russian soil, the ukrainian helicopter attack on a russian military depot across from kharkiv? >> i'm sorry, i do not discuss any of my orders as commander in chief. the leader of this state, there are things which i only choose share with the military, armed forces of ukraine, and when they talk with me. you need to understand tha

kirby: if youmr.irby: look at some of the capabilities, there are new capabilities, and they are designed to help ukraine in the now, in today's fight. the fight they will be having going forward in the donbass region. much more confined geographic region where the russians are reprioritizing. take a look at the halep sirs and the 40,000 artillery rounds that will go with that. the fight in the don is going to rely on artillery. the russians are already moving artillery units into the donbass, because of the topography. look at the counter battery radar that was provided. that will help save ukrainian lives. they will be able to track incoming artillery rounds from the russians. , the unmanned surface vessels that we will be providing to help them with coastal defense in the sea of dissolve or the northern black sea. in addition to that, there are javelin missiles as part of this package, which we know are effective against russian tanks. lots of capabilities near that that are designed to help ukrain

admiral john kirby, thank you very much for joining us.o, $800 million in new military and security aid, tell us what difference the biden administration believes this is going to make in the overall war effort. admiral kirby: well, if you take a look at some of the capabilities, there are new capabilities, not things that we have provided in the past. and they're really designed to help ukraine in the now, in today's fight, the fight that they're going to be having here going forward in the donbass region, a much more confined geographic region where the russians are now reprioritizing. so, take a look at, for instance, the howitzers and the 40,000 artillery rounds that are going to go with that. the fight in the donbass is going to rely on artillery. and, in fact, the russians are already moving artillery units into the donbass because of the geography, the topography there. look at the counterbattery radar that was provided. that will help save ukrainian lives because they will be able to track incoming artillery rounds from the russian

to look at some shots sensitive officer, nevertheless he was able to continue the press conference kirbyw american instructors at bases in germany train ukrainian soldiers, adjust them to nato standards, teach them how to use their artillery, which is flowing ukraine at the base. diver in dellover another transporter is loaded with ammunition in a batch of howitzer shells. as stated in the accompanying documents, personal protective equipment is being transported by a c-17 aircraft to poland from there by land transport further to ukraine, and so every day, or even several times a day, we have already transported more than three thousand tons of ammunition. our planes have completed about 70 airlift flights and that's it. it started around february. ammunition depot already seems to be empty pentagon warned ukraine sent a quarter american stockpiles of stinger anti-aircraft systems and a third of javelin anti-missile systems washington seems to be about to uncover its visa guns, according to bloomberg, citing several officials in the us administration are working to simplify the procedur

for now, kirby says the u.s. sees no reason to change deterrence strategy and his focus on helping ukrainian people defend themselves. training has already occurred outside ukraine in particular on the howitzers. a russian missile strike killed at least one person inside could leave on thursday. kirby says it's another sign the russian aggression is unjustified. none of them. none of them were threatened by ukraine. it's hard to square that rhetoric. what he's actually doing inside ukraine to innocent people. the white house is also concerned russian president vladimir putin still plans to attend the g 20 summit in november. the president has expressed publicly his opposition to president putin attending the g 20. we have welcomed the attending or invitation to attend the g 20 kirby would not say whether what is happening is genocide but very clear that russian forces have committed war crimes. there's no question about that reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> coming there's a new government effort aimed

pentagon press secretary john kirby on u.s.trategy, next. ♪ [caring melody] [children giggling] [female narrator] we may be thousands of miles apart, but we can still connect and when we do, we connect millions of children around the world with what they need to grow up healthy, educated and safe. together we can make the world a better place, two small worlds at a time. join us today at childfund dot org. martha: out to russia's warn ukraine renew reports today that the ukrainians are gaining back some territory around kyiv tenuous peace talks continue today. and just a moment will smooth the pentagon press secretary john kirby. but first let's turn to alex hogan in lviv. alex, what can you tell's but the gains the ukraine military is making? >> hi martha. the ukrainian troops are taking back territory around kyiv the capitol and about two hours away in the is not been without the devastating amount loss of life. the mayor which is a small town outside of the kyiv said hundred civilians have been killed. while russian troops a

uh, phoenix gost well , now about kirby kirby was even surprised at this unmanned flight of my apparatusnd what does the phoenix have to do with it, since the phoenix is, after all, a bird that is constantly reborn from ash is correct, and the phoenix gost is my one-time drone flying, that is, kirby was surprised. what a connection - he said what is the logic of the name but, nevertheless, despite his words. this is still very serious, and the means of combating armored combat are pink . he strikes explodes and ammo. that is, he strikes and is undermined during his flight during his flight. this very last moment is still being filmed. we will probably see this again, unfortunately, to unfortunately, again, we need to prepare. we must prepare to increase. uh, reconnaissance means missile cover to be, which to apply fire e, raids on the launch sites of these devices. uh, that is, you should not expect anything because of the signature now. the father of american democracy takes 48 hours to deliver weapons to ukraine and, most likely, most likely, and the gost phoenix is ​​already in ukrain

strengthen security, usa zakharova commented on the emotional behavior of us defense spokesmen john kirby during a briefing zakharova named another reason strange behavior of the american circuit of the admiral , namely the outflow of high-ranking officials from the white house, the american media and experts are now reporting this and explaining this by the decadent moods of officials. they have ceased to trust the white house administration and president joe whiten personally, if control of congress following the results of the november elections passes to the republican party of the incumbent president's associates, including kirby himself, they may be called to account notes maria zakharova, i will remind you during briefing representative of the pentagon 10 seconds trying to find the answer to the question. can the actions of scattered ukraine be called rational, then kirby said that these steps cannot be justified? our embassy in the united states urges washington to abandon the provocation in ukraine to use it on the territory of ukraine, i remind you that earlier the official repr

for now, kirby says the u.s. reason to change deterrence strategy and his focus on helping ukrainian people defend themselves. training has already occurred outside ukraine in particular on the howitzers. a russian missile strike killed at least one person inside could leave on thursday. kirby says it's another sign the russian aggression is unjustified. none of them. none of them were threatened by ukraine. it's hard to square that rhetoric. what he's actually doing inside ukraine to innocent people. the white house is also concerned russian president vladimir putin still plans to attend the g 20 summit in november. the president has expressed publicly his opposition to president putin attending the g 20. we have welcomed the attending or invitation to attend the g 20 kirby would not say whether what is happening is genocide but very clear that russian forces have committed war crimes. there's no question about that reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> and the person killed in that missile strike in kiev

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what did relearn from admiral kirby there?right at the top there and this is important because this is his opener when he makes what he feel is important statements to set the pace for what follows. he'll get to the questions and answers which there will be follow ups into what the u.s. knows about the missile strike on the train station. at the top he says it's the u.s. assessment this was a russian strike with a short range ballistic missile. i want to quote him here because his next words were important. it's of piece of russian brutality in the prosecution of this war . it's an important statement that they start right there. it's the u.s. assessment this was a russian strike with a short range ball litsic missile that killed civilians at the train station. >> all right. we'll try to get back to john kirby as soon as he starts to take those questions. thank you. he's starting to take the questions now. let's do it. >> do you anticipate this will change any significant way the type of need they'll have for weaponary and oth

let me get your thoughts right there on what we heard from john kirby.eeing john kirby, you know, choke up, is not something we are used to seeing but understandable given the atrocities we have been reportling on, day in and day out. >> no absolutely. and some of the images coming out from ukraine, particularly of the civilian' casualties are very upsetting. i am not really surprised that, um, he has found it difficult to deal with. we all have our moment hes where words don't suffice, i'm afraid. >> yeah. and you put it very well and explained it very well. and i think many people round the world would understand that emotion. so, let's start talk -- let's talk about the -- the developments in the battlefield, on the front lines. we have seen russian forces driving -- driving southeast from izyum to the offensive in the donbas area. what is your assessment of russian' progress so far? >> well, a general assessment would be that russia isn't winning and ukraine isn't losing. that is just overall strategic position but i think it is clear russians have s

joining us now is pentagon press secretary john kirby, admiral kirby, we appreciate you making time to be with us this evening. the kremlin today is pushing back on the claim from u.s. intelligence that president putin's aides are not being honest with him about what is happening on the ground in ukraine. tell me about the concern yoga, if that is true? if vladimir putin is not receiving on his battlefield intelligence from his advisers, what's that mean? >> one thing it could mean is that once he does become fully informed, he might overreact. he has already escalated this conflict, you don't look any further than the dreadful images that are coming out of places like mariupol and kyiv, to see how hard he continues to strike ukrainian citizens and ukrainian cities. he can maybe overreact, if he is not being fully informed. we do not know when he will do when he finds out the full scope of his military failures inside ukraine. the second thing that is concerning for us is what does this mean for the negotiation table. if he is not in fully informed about how poorly they are doing on th

imagine that kirby isn't lying.gine that they did it all , but in fact, if kirby did not lie, and i have no doubt that if there is a transfer of these seventy aircraft, well, at the very least, this is still a seriously serious regiment. and of course. yes, of course, you are asking an absolutely correct question, but the pilot, where are the pilots, some of whom have already been shot down, who have been from those that vitaly, they sent to poland and there they go through the fart furnace. this regular rat employment for these people, because the poles themselves fly no-americans, nevertheless, dear friends. i am thinking now about the fact that if the west continues to pump up the ukrainian army with various types of weapons. and he tells us everything, uh, everything is fixed with us, because today we can say that the west is pumping the ukrainian army with everything from the patron. let 's say up to a fighter to a missile system. if you continue to continue, then the logic of our operation is lost, it turns ou

joined by john kirby. thanks very much for being with us.martha: so this ship, the moscow, it is a guided missile cruiser, the flag ship of the black sea fleet. so this is a huge just blow to their pride, to lose this ship. a fire burning on board and the reports are that it is limping its way for repairs. can the pentagon confirm whether this was a ukraine missile that hit this ship? >> we're in no position to refute the ukrainian claims right now. but we can't confirm it independently. we recognize the ship suffered a blow, an explosion, which led to a significant fire on board. it caused them to evacuate some of their sailors if not all of them from the ship. that much we know. we know that a couple hours ago, the ship was not making its own way through the water. so clearly something significant happened on this cruiser. it's a cruiser. they only have three in the russian fleet. so the loss of this ship will impact their naval operations. it's difficult to say at this point that it will cease all of their maritime activities or will prev

. >> the pentagon briefing with press secretary john kirby got emotional today with kirby having to stopeing asked about putin's mental state. i was inside the briefing and kirby took a moment to collect himself. >> it's difficult to look at the -- look at some of the images and imagine that any well-thinking serious mature leader would do that. >> john kirby went on to describe the hospitals bombed, the innocent people in the back of the head. their hands tied behind their backs, pregnant women being killed and raped. he used words like depravity and killing of civilians. >> it's hard to square this. its about protecting russians and ukrainian. it's about defending russian national interests when none of them, none of them were threatened by ukraine. >> the news out of the press briefing involved the renewed training by the florida national guard. the very same units who had to say good-bye to their ukrainian counter parts and leave ukraine on february 23. knowing that the russian invasion was imminent. they will resume training on the new vehicles that are part of the u.s. security ass

defense department john kirby.united states give the ukrainians the heavy weapons they are begging for to stop what ukraine's prime minister calls genocide? >> we are working very closely with allies and partners throughout europe and the world who have these heavier systems you are talking about. long-range air defense. we are working closer with them to see what they can do to help get those systems into ukraine. of all of the ones we have been talking about, long-range air defee are the ones the ukrainians need the most and are using quite effectively the most inside ukraine. >> is the biden administration still opposed to slovakia sending x300 missile systems, and poland sending make fighters? >> there was never opposition from the biden administration on either of those transfers. we were just in slovakia not long ago, secretary austen talking to his counterrt. obviously, these are national decisions at these countries have to make but the u.s. has stood in the way of no one who might want to make a national d

kirby a little later this hour. let's get the latest from jeff paul in lviv, ukraine, where we're already hearing a number of top experts saying there's no doubt that war crimes are being committed. the only issue is the degree and the severity of them. let's go to jeff right now. jeff? >> yeah, neil. when we talk about these bodies being discovered in the kyiv region, it's important to keep a few things in mind. one, the images you're about to watch are very graphic. this goes beyond just horrific video. these are people, human beings that have lives, that had freedom up until five weeks ago before this invasion. we also should point out that the bodies being discovered are civilians. people not in military uniforms that many officials say were executed merely for existing. some are shown bound with their hands behind their back. others collapsed on the side of the road and the same position after being killed. the rush defense ministry is saying this is fake, fabricated as propaganda. for the people that lost suns

briefings, apparently in order to sound more convincing , us department of defense spokesman john kirby decided to make meaningful pauses. the rear admiral in front of the cameras squeezed out of himself hard to look at what he is doing in ukraine, what his army is doing in ukraine, and think that any moral person is a person with morality. it can be hard to justify this, i'm sorry it's hard to look at some of the footage, just at this time at the base. a diver in a dellover was loading another transporter with cargo for ukraine in this batch of howitzer shells. as stated in the accompanying documents, personal protective equipment c-17 transporter takes them to poland from there by land transport further to ukraine, and so every day, or even several times a day, washington seems to be about to uncover its visa guns, as bloomberg writes. referring to several officials in the us administration are working to simplify the procedure for entering america for russian engineers and mathematicians, as the article says, by such methods the white house expects to weaken russia 's high-tech resou

i thought, well, how interesting then, kirby's normal tactics kirby already planes, as if saying thatn, they say that there are no planes. and these, apparently, were some quite serious ones, but arguments, because even the president of ukraine, the well-known stand-up comedian zelensky, therefore performed the occasion. well, that's it. sounds like a pretty convincing cut to me, please. in fact , we do not have any supply of any aircraft. we have not yet had what we have what we have. we have dates, we have guarantees, but again, we first want to receive, and then we will be grateful, that is, what zelensky says, he says there is a conversation about planes, a there are no planes. although kirby has already said that there are planes, the most surprising thing in this story is that in response to zelensky's words, kirby began to make excuses. this is also very revealing, please. yesterday at the briefing, i said that ukraine received the whole planes. i didn't say the whole word, but that was the impression my words made. i was wrong. they didn't get whole planes from another country

that in response to the words of zelensky kirby began to make excuses.he briefing, i said that ukraine received the whole planes. i didn't say the whole word, but that was the impression my words made. i was wrong. they didn't get whole planes from another country. i'm sorry for the mistake i made. here, listen. well, listen to this. this is some kind of wedding in malinovka , can you imagine we gave you planes. no, you didn't give us salt. well, we kind of gave the planes. well , it’s not like planes at all - it’s like going more not that it's starting to come out. yes, this is very artyom, what is it? well, look, and this is the red line that they and we are talking about. yes, no one wants a direct conflict between russia and nato with an understandable escalation of non-conventional types of weapons, so to speak in diplomatic language, but no one wants, but we see that there are planes. yes? no, we do not see zero and ukrainians. we see that zero conversations cannot become twice as large. we see that heavy weapons, tanks, artillery, are being suppli

. >> and joining us now is pentagon press secretary john kirby. sir, great to have you on, thank you so much. first, if you can just tell us what you know about this russian warship, the ukrainians say they hit it, russia says it was a fire. do you know which it is? >> actually we're not quite exactly sure what happened here. we do assess there was an explosion, at least one explosion on this cruiser. a fairly major one at that, that has caused extensive damage to the ship. we assess that the ship is able to make its own way and doing that, heading more towards now we think the east. we think it is going to be putting in at probably sebastapol for repairs. the ship was operating with a few other russian vessels, south of odesa. the explosion was sizable enough we picked up indications that other naval vessels around her tried to come to her assistance. that wasn't apparently needed. she's making her own way now, across the black sea, and we'll continue to try to monitor this as best we can. >> but you're a navy man, would this be unusual for there

john kirby joined the u.s. navy in 19 86,000 officers and served in uniform for 28 years. service in 2015 with the rank of rear admiral. despite all those years of service, nothing john kirby has seen in his career can help them explain the brutality vladimir putin is visiting on the people of ukraine. something john kirby made very clear while speaking to reporters during today's briefing. >> it's hard to look at what he's doing in ukraine, what is forces are doing in ukraine, and think that any ethical, moral individual justified all. it's difficult to look at the -- star. it's difficult to look at some of the images and the that any well thinking serious mature leader would do that. i don't mean to get emotional, i apologize for that. i don't think that's about me. it's hard to square his, was just quoted as, his bs. that this is about nazism in ukraine, and it's about protecting russians in ukraine, and it's about defending russian national interests one of them, none of them were threatened by ukraine. it's hard to square that rhetoric by what is actually doing inside

john kirby was talking about the atrocities that we're seeing coming out of ukraine, the images thatof civilian deaths. let me just play that sound for you and we can talk coming out of it. >> it's difficult to look at the -- sorry. it's difficult to look at some of the images and imagine that any well thinking, serious, mature leader would do that. so i can't talk to his psychology, but i think we can all speak to his depravity. >> look, obviously, john kirby is a professional spokesperson. he does this day in and day out. so just kind of striking to see somebody who talks about these issues all the time to reporters getting so choked up, just talking about these horrific images that have come out of ukraine. and i should note, just speaking to you from here, the white house, this is something that we have seen reflected from the president himself, too. there have been moments when he has spoken about some of these issues and has really spoken with emotions behind his words. and the white house officials close to him have talked about this as well, that sometimes when he is making t

john kirby is the press secretary now. he was the spokesperson of the state department for a while also. so he understands diplomacy and diplomatic talk. he says he's not exactly speaking for the president per se here, speaking for himself, but that doesn't seem to be a hard question for him to answer, whether or not vladimir putin should be there. >> no. and i think also they had a chance to kind of think about this, because putin had telegraphed some time ago wanted to go to this summit and so they had time to think about what all this is going to mean. i think we should keep an eye on developments there. great interview with the press secretary, the pentagon, a lot of information there. >>> next, we're going to be joined by the deputy mayor of mariupol with more on the rescue operation planned for today at the azovstal steel plant. >>> and 12 russian soldiers have been named suspects in the crimes committed or the alleged crimes committed in bucha. what this means for the war crimes investigation there. it's still the e

admiral kirby, we appreciate you making time to be with us this evening. the kremlin today is pushing back on a claim from u.s. intelligence that president putin's aides aren't being honest with him about what is happening on the ground in ukraine. tell me about the concern you've got,th if that's true, if vladir putin is not receiving honest battlefield intelligence if his advisers,ba what does that mean? >> well, one thing it could mean is that once he does become fullyom informed he might overreact. he has already escalated this conflict, you don't have to look any further than the dreadful images that are coming out of places like mariupol and kyiv, to a see how hard he continues strike ukrainian citizens, and the ukrainian cities. so he could overreact if he is not fully informed. we deno what he is going to do when he h finds out that the fu scope of the military failures inside ukraine. the second thing that is disconcerting for suss what does this mean for the negotiating table? if he's not fully informed about how poorly they are doing on the grou

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pentagon press secretary john kirby says quote. other topics at the briefing included additional military equipment for ukraine and support for non-nato countries to join the alliance such as finland and sweden. this runs about 40 minutes. >> how about that? you don't think i hear what you say when i'm late. you think i'm oblivious but you guys there are microphones in here. i think the last time i was a little bit late somebody said, i was 11 or 12 minutes late and somebody said this isn't bad for kirby time. i hear it, i know. good afternoon everybody couple of things i think you saw the secretary's statement expressing our gratitude to slovakia for their willingness to transfer 300 air defense missile systems to ukraine and in the statement he talked about our ability willingness and up coming provisions for temporary deployment of the paper it -- patriot system and slovakia so there air defense can be preserved as part and parcel of a larger effort. i can't give an exact timeframe for how long this temporary deployment will occ

>> this is one of the questions that john kirby was talking about., it certainly has an impact. this is as ship used in air defense, along with the other one dozen or two dozen ships the russians have in the black sea or the sea of azov. so that may be i would you're seeing other ships, not just this but the russian navy has other ships there. this is the point john kirby talked about for a little bit there the russian navy has superiority in that domain. it has more ships. it has more powerful ships, and it has more capabilities, but the ukrainians as we've seen not only in the black sea but as we've seen throughout this entire conflict have used their, i would say, interior capabilities to their advantage. they have been able to keep the fight going in the maritime domain using their much smaller navy, using, apparently, they say, their neptune cruise missiles, and using their other options, their other weapons to keep the fight going on to keep posing a problem to russia's superior forces, and that has been a big story of the ukrainian resistance

john kirby at the pentagon. thanks very much. john kirby is the pentagon press secretary.> coming up, ten russian soldiers accused of war crimes against ukrainian civilians. we're going to talk about it with ukraine's prosecutor general. that's next. oh hi caesar. we were just talking about you. yeyeah, you should probably get out of here. ♪ ringcentral ♪ can a company make the planet a better place? at walmart, we're pursuing 100% renewable energy in our operations. and aiming to protect millions of acres of land. so we can all live better. people with plaque psoriasis, are rethinking the choices they make. like the shot they take. the memories they create. or the spin they initiate. otezla. it's a choice you can make. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, you can achieve clearer skin. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. otezla can cause serious allergic reactions. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of de

we're going to john kirby at the pentagon briefing. >> -- in recent days. >> again with the caveat that we don't have perfect visibility into everything the russians are doing, we've seen early indications that they continue to flow the forces that they had in the north of ukraine around kyiv, particularly, in chernihiv, moving them north into belarus and then we're starting to see earlyndications of movement eastward now back into russia. we still believe that the goal here for them -- so they have none of those tactical groups that were arrayed in the north are now in ukraine. our view, our assessment is that they have all left. and they are beginning this effort to move them further to the east. we think -- we think that they are going to use places like belgorod and valuki to the north of the border with ukraine as refit stations. as way stations for them to resupply. we have seen -- we have seen some early indications, bob, that they are, in fact, the russians are, in fact, trying to resupply and reinforce their efforts in the donbas. i think you guys have all seen imagery. i've se