we need to help ukrainians in every way we can. madam secretary, everyone is wary of world war iii. on capitol hill, now more and more lawmakers. it seems to be said that they are tired of giving putin the upper hand here. at least publicly. here is senator mitt romney. president putin has actually said the things that we are doing our provocative. he s already said that the sanctions we put in place are like declaring war. he will continue saying that. we are fearful of provoking him. it is time for him to be fearful of us. as our way to flip the script here? i think we ve already started to flip that script, brett. $1.2 billion in security assistance, antitank, anti-armor, anti-aircraft is really helping ukraine to resist what your reporter said is a army of russia where putin very badly miscalculated how this war would go.
that i stopped him on his way out and asked after everything that we ve seen, including video that zelensky played this morning and his address to congress after everything we ve seen, are you ready to call putin a war criminal? his response. after everything we ve seen, are you ready to call putin a war criminal? no. do you i think he is a war criminal. this morning the president announced a whole lot more new aid to ukraine outlining that this response is coming from the u.s., that this request is being heard. it include 800 stinger anti-aircraft systems, 2,000 javelins, 6,000 anti-armor systems. in the briefing, jen psaki would not confirm whether these were
they ve not been able to because the ukrainians fought bravely, heroically and have partners who have flown security assistance, anti armor weapons, anti aircraft systems, millions of rounds of ammunition to support them in that fight, and i also think we have always tried to pay attention to what russia does, not just what it says, because they have misled the world from the beginning since they started massing troops on the border in october, and we started warning the world, as you alluded to russia did plan to invade and they said of course, that s not true. the u.s. was fear mongering, so we ll pay attention to what they do over the coming days, not just what they say. do you think that this was spin not just for world consumption but for russian consumption and they still could be planning to move to the west, that this is just a pause or a recalibration? they certainly have sufficient manpower and air power
have yet to make it inside that city. and, whit, we re also learning tonight from a senior u.s. official that if this war continues to escalate like it has been, they re expecting to see 8 to 10 million refugees, and they say that the world doesn t have enough resources to support that number. whit? just an extraordinary crisis. maggie, thank you. and president biden authorizing another $200 million in lethal aid to ukraine. that s on top of a similar package two weeks ago that included thousands of javelin and stinger missiles. abc s white house correspondent maryalice parks joins us now. mrer maryalice, what s in this latest round of military aid? reporter: whit, we re told this new package will include both small arms but large weapons. more anti-armor, anti-aircraft systems. the pentagon says the ukrainian military has been having success with this kind of equipment. this latest announcement coming after the u.s. already sent more than $300 million in military hardware over
state department stockpile of $200 million is another example of that and, of course, comes as ukrainians continually ask, say they need more and more equipment. an official says basically included in this new release is anti-armor, anti-aircraft systems and small arms in support of the front line. this is just the second release in a couple of months. we know just earlier this year they released about $350 million from that same stockpile officials told reporters the largest drawndown in history. an official told me that last one plus the new one of $200 million brings the total to about $1.2 billion of the stockpile released from the state department to ukraine in just the past year. jessica and boris, we know, of course, this release saturday came after a friday phone call