pulled into his driveway looking for a friend s house police say the suspect fired two shots from his front porch killing gillis for this man to sit on his front porch and fire at a car with no threat is just it angers me so badly reporter: communities grieving after common mistakes ended with violence in three separate shootings our thanks to morgan chesky and our thoughts with all of them let s turn to the war in ukraine now and the u.s. government s latest aid to the war torn nation. the united states has announced it ll send a $325 million new security package this one includes additional funding for high mobility artillery rocket systems or himars and produce more weaponry as ukrainian troops on the front
aide to the war-torn nation, the white house has announced it ll send $325 million in a new security package this one includes additional funding for high mobility artillery rocket systems it ll also provide weaponry and ammunition, namely, over 9 million rounds of small arms ammunition as ukrainian troops on the front line reportedly deal with shortages. monday will mark 14 months of war in eastern europe, including after a long winter. as the weather warms up in ukraine, the u.s. and its allies are reportedly struggling to keep western weapons technology out of russia s hands. for more, let s bring in new york times reporter covering trade and economics, ana swanson. what more can you tell us about it so the united states and its allies have been steadily expanding restrictions on chips which are necessary for tanks
said russia s main fighting force on the western side of the river now looks highly vulnerable because of the strikes on the bridge. in fact the russians are hurrying reinforcements to the south to try and secure the line. it is the the high mobility, artillery rocket systems supplied to ukraine by the united states, that are making a difference. but the re supply is still coming too slowly. amd the himars are needed on multiple fronts. naturally, after months of bombardment, the ukrainianians are desperate for some good news and taking back kherson, one of the first cities to fall would be an enormous coup. not to mention, it would severely undermine russia s attempt to paint the occupation as a success. joining me now is former ukrainian defence minister andriy zagorodnyuk. lovely to have you back with us. from the outside it doesn t appear yet as though the ukrainians retaking territory quickly. what evidence do you have that the course of the war is starting to change?
of trying. it s just that the federal laws need to catch up with the state. we re trying to do everything that we can, but for whatever reason we have a congress that s not willing to take the necessary steps, and they re so clear. senator feinstein talked about her assault weapons ban that she had penned in 1994 that went for ten years, we saw a serious reduction in related violence coming from assault weapons during that time period, a and n immediately after that law sunseted, there was a dramatic rise in mass shootings. it s not hard, it really isn t. somebody needs to say enough and move forward. mayor, thank you very much for your perspective. great to have you on. thanks, alisyn. the pentagon says it will send more high mobility artillery rocket systems to ukraine, and the ukrainians say those weapons systems significantly have slowed down the russians advance. we ll have more on that next.
i think i had three observations and one is that morale is extremely high among our troops and our allies and the ukrainians, and there s a recognition that the ukrainians are fighting a war so that we don t have to, and they re fighting for democracy so the stakes can be higher. i think the second thing i take away is that the way in which the ukrainians fight is superior and the way in which the russians fight. the ukrainians haven t essentialized, do whatever it takes to win approach, whereas the kind of top-down command and control way in which the russians fight has largely been ineffective. and the third point is ukrainians are really doing an excellent job of deploying a highly sophisticated weapons systems, such as the high marks, a high mobility artillery rocket systems to inflict deep losses far behind enemy lines, especially on ammunition dumps, command outposts and radars.