russia? is the possibility, yes. but you can think about that, ever. courtney colby, nbc news, dover airspace. our thanks to courtney qb for that report. russia s attempt to attack any trends but they believe is carrying weapons to ukraine, comes with president biden additional a second 33 billion dollars in military and humanitary aid for ukraine. at just a 67, russian forces continue to assault the southern and eastern flanks of the ukraine, as part of a massive military operation to seize the region. for more now, this we are joined by retired general lori robinson. united states pacific command air components, and pacific air forces commander. she was also the first female combatant commander. general, thank you for being here this morning. in courtney colby s piece, you saw all of that age. or was part of the aid looks. like that we are sending to ukraine. and president biden just requested an additional 33 billion dollars in military equipment and aid to send
and we will stand with ukraine until victory is won. the congressman was assuring ukrainians that they have the full support of the american people. pelosi s delegation is now in poland for a meeting with the president out of that country, which has been at the center of a massive humanitarian effort. pelosi s visit comes amid a new threat from russia. therefore minister warning that any weapon shipments into ukraine are, quote, fair game to target. the united states is undeterred. supplied billions in military aid msnbc news correspondent courtney has more. this giant cargo plane is loaded with lethal and vital cargo, destined for the ukrainian military. every few hours at the dover airspace airport, this cargo departs with civilians. with president biden pledging another 20 billion dollars on u.s. security assistance of this week, the u.s. military as working overtime to deliver. this is ammunition for 155
to provide ukraine with capabilities to defend itself. courtney colby is an nbc pentagon correspondent and she joins me now. courtney, first, the scope of this assistance how it compares to what we ve given the ukrainians before. this seems like an escalation, in some ways or an increase in the level of capabilities that were providing. right, so, if you just look at sort of the money that s involved here, it s comparable to what the u.s. has been providing. in fact, it s about her and million dollars, the u.s. is little just about to finish any harm in dollar couple of packages in the next several days. that will be complete. but you re right, chris, to say that there is something different here. and that is, these are the kinds of weapons that are much more offensive in nature. as opposed to some more of the defensive ones that we ve been seeing the united states and other allies provide to ukraine. so a couple of things that are really critical here. one is artillery. the u.s. is
foreign assistance package of the u.s. announced today, and that is what some people call see drones. but they re basically unmanned sea crafts that can be used for coastal defense, in some cases, we don t know a lot about what the u.s. is providing but in some cases, it can even be used to find minds. there is some concern though there could be some minds, mining of the northern black sea. so it s something we ve been watching for weeks now but it hasn t materialized yet. this next offensive could involve more of a maritime battle. all right, courtney thank you so much for making time for us tonight, appreciate it. thanks. still to come, as the inflation surged already peaked? noble prize winning economist poll currents as inflations go back to come down but there s more to story and he shorting me next. i m a mother of four always busy. i was starting to feel a little foggy. just didn t feel like things were as sharp
have used weapons we are providing to devastating effect. as russia prepares to intensify its attack in the donbas region, the united states will continue to provide ukraine with capabilities to defend itself. courtney colby is an nbc pentagon correspondent and she joins me now. courtney, first, the scope of this assistance, how it compares to what we ve given the ukrainians before. this seems like an escalation, in some ways or an increase in the level of capabilities that were providing. right, so, if you just look at sort of the money that s involved here, it s comparable to what the u.s. has been providing. in fact, it s about $800 million dollars, the u. s. is little just about to finish $800 million dollars couple of packages in the next