>> joining me now from geneva, switzerland, neil melvin. the director of international security studies at the world institute. thank you so much for joining us. $800 million is obviously a huge amount, but the ukrainians saying it doesn't compare to what was sent to afghanistan so is it enough still in. >> hello, max. yeah, it is very significant. it's actually the key equipment that ukraine needs at the moment which as your correspondent was highlighting, it's artillery, all of the artillery shells, small weapons. body armor. in terms of what ukraine needs, this is spot on. the challenge is to get it to the front line really quickly. >> yeah. also this strategy of the russians to take out rail lines and roads to try to damage the supply lines, make it difficult for the americans to get that equipment to the ukrainians on the front lines. >> yeah. we see the battle now is very much focused on donbas. russia is striking other parts of ukraine. we've seen strikes on key cities such as lviv. this is trying to stop them from crossing from the