but the group says it was many. taken out with the help of a band of amateur drone pilots looking to defend their homeland. fred pleitgen, cnn, ukraine. joining me now here in lviv, senior fellow at the atlantic council and former spokesman for the organization and security cooperation in europe. michael, good to see you here with us now. the sanctions which have been proposed, you know, fifth round i believe on moscow and vladimir putin. what will they do? not much. the sanctions that were announced when the war began did nothing to deter mr. putin. i think a lot of these sanctions should have been introduced before the russian aggression started. but and i think, you know, i have written a lot for cnn opinion about this. i think russia has been preparing for this for a long time. partially, in coordination with china to inoculate itself against sanctions. a full package would have included also a ban on russian oil and gas not just coal. but of course, that would have caused pa
places and act. in good time it s about matter of minutes. reporter: and sometimes a little mosquito can take out a whole heard of elephants. this is drone footage searching for a massive column of russian tanks and armored vehicles and this is the column after they found it. he tells me units like his played a major role fending off troops despite the ukrainians with a massive event. the army is ordered to stay. they re dying but they re staying, they re holding it. reporter: nobody knows how many russians died here, but the group says it was many taken out with the help of a band of amateur drone pilots looking to defend their homeland. fred mike kin, cpleitgen, cnn, ukraine. the prosecutor requested the
he tells me units like his played a major role fending off russian troops despite the ukrainians being ghastly outgunned. we are agile. the army, they have to stay. they are ordered to stay, they re dying but they stay. they re holding the ground. reporter: nobody knows how many russians died here, but the group says it was many taken out with a band of amateur drone pilots looking to defend their homeland. fred pleitgen. ukraine. thank you for that report. ukraine has a new shipment of weapons from the u.s. to aid its defense against russian forces. this time 100 switchblade drones. joining me now, cnn global affairs analyst and th time magazine contributor. let s start with the new 100 switch blade drones. last week it was tanks. this week it s drones. how significant is this of an
the army, they have to stay. they re ordered to stay. they stay. they re dying but they stay and they re holding the ground. reporter: nobody knows how many russians died here, but the group says it was many, taken out with a band of amateur drone pilots looking to defend their homeland. and they certainly were very effective at doing that, jake. nevertheless, this is a drone unit like pretty much all the units we spoke to of the ukrainian military that were involved in the operation to drive the russians away from the capital of kyiv. they say on the one hand of course they re very proud of their achievements. they of course know they were underdog in this. they were also very saddened and angry at the fact that so many civilians were left behind dead and it s something that now in many places is being discovered not just there but of course as we ve seen in other places around kyiv as well, jake. all right. fred pleitgen in kyiv for us this evening. thank you so much. really
hit them. we are eyes. we call eyes because with eyes you can see, and you can report. and as soon as you see, you can conduct strikes, artillery. reporter: how long does it take your information to the right places to be able to act on the intelligence you provide? in good time, it s a matter of minutes. reporter: and sometimes a little mosquito can take out a whole herd of elephants. this is drone footage of the unity searching for a massive column of russian tanks and armored vehicles, and this is that column after the drones found it. he tells me units like his played a major role fending off russian troops despite the ukrainians being vastly outgunned. we are agile. we need to go. but the army, they have to stay. they re ordered to stay, they stay. they re dying, but they stay and hold the ground. reporter: nobody knows how many russians died here but the group said it was many, taken out with a band of amateur drone pilots looking to defend their