anytime soon. jim, poppy? david, thank you very much. and to oren at the pentagon, today, obviously, marking the importance of this day, the u.s. is announcing $3 billion in new military aid for jukraine. that s the largest security assistance package they have given to date. can you talk about what is included and as i understand it, it is going to take a matter of months for much of this to reach ukraine. exactly. to put this in perspective, this is three times larger than the previous largest security assistance package. that was a billion dollars that came just a couple of weeks ago. earlier this month. this now $2.98 billion to be exact, announced by president joe biden and the white house earlier today, to mark the six-month anniversary of the war, and to mark ukraine s independence day. in terms of what is in here, we expect more details from the pentagon a little later on this afternoon. but we know there are air defense systems, as well as counter drone systems and artille
assistance. we need more of it. that s true. the $3 billion assistance announced by the white house will certainly be welcomed here in ukraine. david, thank you very much for all that reporting. let s discuss now with retired air force colonel cedric lei leighton. we are six months into this. putin clearly had been banking on the west not having the stamina to stay in this. is fatigue starting to be a problem? it definitely is. the good news for the ukrainians is that there s a lot of aid still coming. this $2.98 billion that was announced today makes a big, big difference. let s kind of review where things have been. you know, this is the map as it stands right now with ukraine. you have the russian forces obviously in red, the ukrainian gains in yellow. but that doesn t tell the entire picture here. if we take a quick look at a
vaccines to indonesia. - that is a staggeringly small amount for a country- being ravaged by covid 19, and to give you an idea - of this, the global population is about 7.98 billion people, i take about a quarter of that as children, you have - 6 billion adults. each needing two vaccines, | until the johnson & johnson vaccine can be spread - around the world at least. we only have about 3 billion vaccines delivered and most of them to the first world, - only 5% of the adult population has had two vaccines in india. so we do have a looming catastrophe. we have this very worrisome i recovery happening and we saw the us economy recoveringj with 7% growth, and that is fantastic, but it is- a k shaped recovery. you see the western economies go up, and the developing - and emerging- economies going down. the separation that isabell was talking about between
and to give you an idea - of this, 7.98 billion people, take about a quarter of that as children, you have 6 billion adults. - each needing two vaccines, | until the johnson & johnson vaccine can be spread - around the world at least. we only have about 3 billion vaccines delivered and most of them to the first world, - only 5% of the adult population has had two vaccines in india. so we do have a looming catastrophe. we have this very worrisome i recovery happening and we saw the us economy recoveringj with 7% growth, and that is fantastic, but it is- a k shaped recovery. you see the western economies go up, and the developing and i emerging economies going down. the separation that isabell was talking about between the wealthy nations i and the poorer nations is going to be exacerbated
he is investing hugely within the us. isn t there an opportunity, given the imf director said there would be trillions in extra global economic benefit, if only the countries that have the money were spending it in a very short period of time to get the vaccine out there. just today the imf approved 160 billion towards this effort, - 650 billion, which is a significant step| that had been stalled. it does move things forward. you are right the us is sending one million vaccines to indonesia. - that is a staggeringly small amount for a country- being ravaged by covid 19, and to give you an idea - of this, 7.98 billion people, take about a quarter of that as children, you have 6 billion adults. -