moment that a rocket or missile struck an apartment building in the ukrainian capital just hours ago. kyiv now extending a strict curfew until monday. in a posted video, zelenskyy zelenskyy is vowing to stay and turn down offers from the u.s. and others to evacuate him, president biden offering $350 million in security assistance, anti-armor, anti-aircraft systems to aid ukraine. but there s also a growing humanitarian crisis, signs of desperation at kyiv s train station as civilians try to escape the carnage, people pouring into neighboring poland and romania by the tens of thousands. and new at this hour, an eu official says he most strongly condemns russian attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in ukraine, tweeting, this is a clear violation of international humanitarian law.
did they have the ukrainians facts, in your opinion? yeah, well moral support, everybody wearing lapel pins to show the solidarity with ukraine. but what ukraine needs is president zelenskyy, they don t need anything but ammo, anti-armor, anti-platforms, weaponry. yes, the intel is very, very important. but when the enemy is bringing your city, you know where they are at. so what they need is ammunition and supplies to be able to withstand this sold coming on the major cities. trace: but if i would have told you, colonel, after seven days, russia still would not control the ukrainian airspace, would you have argued with me? i would have been very surprised. and i think we are all surprised at how ineffective the assaults have been here the russians have made several mistakes, several logistical problems and reports of desertions by russian forces.
also if no, the u.s. authorized $350 million in immediate military aid, including javelin, anti-armor missiles. stinger missiles and small arms and ammunition. more than two dozen nations now are individually sending humanitarian and or military aid to ukraine. and in a setback from russia, turkey now pledging to implement a pact potentially blocking russian warships from passing through its waterways into the black sea. the west is not sending forces into ukraine, but on saturday, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy issued an appeal for foreign volunteers to assist on a newly formed international legion. christopher miller of buzzfeed reports that a group of american and british special forces are preparing to do just that. a group of ten veterans are staging in poland, preparing to cross into ukraine and take up zelenskyy s offer to join the defense of ukraine.
has been support for expediting delivery of security assistance and weapons that have helped him and his military fight against the russians. the president is expected to announce additional funding for ukraine, including anti-armor and stingers, javelins, grenade launchers and small weapons and u.s. is considering sending killer drones called switchblades issue but some in congress are criticizing the administration for not acting fast enough. the administration keeping drags its heels, they do the right thing too late. biden is set to travel to brussels next week for emergency nato summit, warning of beingal strikes on allies. here on capitol hill yesterday,
a little bit, but the argument that he has a privacy interest in his own phone records is not one that usually works in federal court. pete, i know you ll stay on it. we have pentagon press secretary john kirby, now briefing reporters. let s listen. in particular anti-armor and air defense. we along with other nations continue to send them these weapons and we know that they re being used with great effect. the slowed russian advance in the north, and the contested air space over ukraine is evidence alone of that. although russian air capabilities are significant, their effectiveness has been limited due to tactical ground-based air defense systems, surface to air missiles, and man pats. secondly, ukrainian air force currently has several squadrons of fully mission capable aircraft. we assess that adding aircraft to the ukrainian inventory is not likely to significantly