dozens of howitzers, and 144,000 rounds of ammunition to go with those howitzers. it also includes more tactical drones, biden said. he also said that there s been no evidence yet mariupol has completely fallen. 0ur correspondentjenny hill gave us this update from moscow. i think this was a piece of classic kremlin pr. mr putin addressing a domestic audience. nothing really substantially has changed on the ground in mariupol. his troops haven t been able to dislodge those fighters from the steelworks. and yet he is wrapping this up and presenting it to russians as a success story. he went on television and congratulated his defence minister, saying he had done well to, in effect, take control of the city of mariupol. so, on the one hand, this is vladimir putin telling russians his special military operation is indeed going to plan, they are making significant victories in ukraine. what s very interesting as well
including this heavy duty artillery. heavy artillery that s going to be included. dozens of these howitzers. about 72 of them. 144,000 rounds of ammunition to go along with that. and dozens of these tactical drones as well. all making their way to ukraine. all in hopes of helping ukraine fend off russia in what the white house and what president biden was talking about today is the second phase of this invasion. what they believe, of course, is going to focus less on the major cities like the capital of kyiv and more on that eastern region where they believe it s going to be more of a different kind of terrain. where the president says maybe it will be more limited when it comes to geography, but when it comes to brutality, they do expect it to be just as bad. as he was giving his overview of where he thinks they are about two months into this invasion. we don t know how long this war will last. but as we approach the two-month mark, here s what we do know. putin has failed to achiev
when you are a combat leader and asking different folks for capabilities on the battlefield, there s a lot of people that will quickly deliver for you. and in this fight, in the donbas, what ukraine is facing next is a requirement to be light on their feet, light from a standpoint of how much logistics tail they have so they can move very quickly, and a requirement for a lot of intelligence. so the kinds of equipment that you are seeing being delivered now are providing those things, as well as the ability to counter the massive russian artillery capability they have. so those were all key factors in this next phase of the operations. that s going to play out here. the eastern ukraine, donetsk, luhansk. 72 big howitzers. 144,000 artillery rounds. 72 tactical vehicles. 121 of these phoenix ghosts
different equipment is now needed. i m announcing another $800 million to help fight in the east and the donbas region. heavy artillery weapons, dozens of howitzers and 144,000 rounds of ammunition to help cope with those howitzers. it also more tactical drones. £311 more tactical drones. our correspondent more tactical drones. our correspondent is - more tactical drones. our correspondent is in - more tactical drones. our correspondent is in washington and so, we have a little bit of flavour there of what is in this package, what else to president biden send? on top of this package, he spent a moment and speech paying tribute to ukrainian soldiers and civilians over the war effort and said these were on the front lines of freedom and he did not mince his words. he said vladimir putin would never take
victory, they want a free city. none of them are going to surrender to the enemy. first it involves serious and heavy weapons. at the moment we don t have enough to free mariupol. more weapons and ammunition from the u.s. are on the way. president biden announced another $800 million in military assistance to ukraine today. that includes 144,000 rounds of ammunition. biden invoked a famous line to underscore the importance of that aid. won t always be able to advertise everything that our partners are doing to support ukraine in the fight for freedom. teddy roosevelt s advice, sometimes we will speak softly and carry a large javelin, because we re sending a lot of those in as well. cnn s matt rivers is in the city of lviv. matt, let s start here with the report of these mass graves found in a village outside