demonstrates our commitment to sending our most cutting edge systems to ukraine for its defense. and we are not doing this alone. our allies and partners have stepped up to provide significant shipments of security assistance and will continue to help facilitate these deliveries as well. united states and our allies and partners are fully committed to surging weapons of assistance to the ukrainians. and more will be coming as we source additional stocks of equipment that are that we are ready to transfer. now i want to be honest with you. this could be a long and difficult battle but the american people will be steadfast in our support and the people of ukraine in the face of putin s immoral, unethical attacks on civilian populations. we are united, and we are going to continue to have their backs as they fight for freedom, democracy, their very survival. we are going to give ukraine the arms to fight and defend themselves through all the difficult days ahead.
perfectly with the small, fast moving squads favored by the ukrainians. the weapons are hard to detect and can penetrate positions miles away. several systems of varying size, speed, capability appear to be in use and the united states is committing to boost the ukrainian effort with 100 of those switchblade systems. which demonstrates our commitment to sending our most cutting edge systems to ukraine for its defense. reporter: these drones aren t big but its impact is growing by the day if only because in the very noisy space of war, these tiny killer drones can strike suddenly and quietly like a bolt from a clear blue sky. tom foreman, cnn, washington. coming up, cnn talks to a new mother who made the treacherous journey out of ukraine so her child would be born away from the horrors of war. stay with us.
armor and russian entities is probably due to their very successful employment of these drones. reporter: according to analysts, kamikaze drones fit perfectly with the small, fast-moving squads favored by the ukrainians. the weapons are hard to detect, and can penetrate positions miles away. several systems of varying size, speed and capability appear to be in use, and the united states is committing to boost the ukrainian effort with 100 of those switch blade systems. which demonstrates our commitment to sending our most cutting edge systems to ukraine for its defense. it s fascinating to watch this, tom, and to see, you know, kamikaze drones and all of a sudden find the importance of them in this war. yesterday i was talking to a ukrainian soldier, it was fascinating, he was on the front lines in an intel unit saying we use drones to go out and spot rugs and be able to find out where they are, but they use drones to find us and have to be able to escape and use the