armored vehicles and new anti-ship missiles. mr. johnson also vowed to ratchet up sanctions on russia. ukraine s president says he hopes other countries will now follow the uk s example. listen. translator: we have to exert even more pressure on the russian federation to exert pressure through supporting ukraine. in defending itself, we have to exert pressure in the form of sanctions. and i m grateful to the united kingdom that continues and intensifies the sanctions and also provides a significant support of ukraine by reinforcing our defense capacity. mr. johnson is just the latest in a string of european leaders to visit kyiv in recent days after russian forces pulled back from areas near the capital. now we have new images of the destruction left behind. this is the town northwest of
first unmanned fighter jet has just hit the production line but the centerpiece here is the drone everyone is talking about. it is a tactical class uav and it s doing what it was designed to do, and what it was operated to do. reporter: in this exclusive cnn interview, he measures his words carefully. he is also the son-in-law of the turkish president, who maintains close ties with both russia and ukraine and has emerged as a key mediator. you know, i don t want to be brag about giving their lives up, people are risking and defending their homeland from an illegal occupation. that s what brave people of ukraine and its leadership has done. just at the same time, of course, you need technology. you need, you know, high-tech and you need your own indigenous defense capacity.
defending their homeland from an illegal occupation. that s what brave people of ukraine and its leadership has done. just at the same time, of course, you need technology. you need, you know, high tech and you need your own indigenous defense capacity. but when people s lives are on the line and when children are even children are dying and civilians are dying, i don t want to compare that to any sort of technology. reporter: turkey s drone sales to kyiv have been a major irritant for russia long before this war. ukraine got its first bayraktar tb 2s in 2019. it s ordered at least 36 of those drones, so far. but it s not only a client. it produces engines for the more advanced drone, and was about to begin co-producing turkish drones. plans that were disrupted by the
about what is we have we re continuing to provide for defense capacity to the ukrainians. we re talking about what is going on in both the baltic and the black sea, et cetera. there s a whole range of things that i m sure he s trying to calculate how quickly he can do what he wants to to and what he wants to do.and i m sure i mt i believe he is calculating with the immediate short-term and near-term in the long-term consequences of russia will be. and i don t think he s made up his mind yet. reporter: i want to ask you about your domestic agenda. you have gotten a lot of questions about voting rights, mr. president. i want to ask about black voters, one of your most loyal
warplanes and aircraft to the area. u.s. secretary of state asked repeatedly if u.s. troops could be on the ground, boots on the ground here in ukraine. do you see any scenario in which more u.s. service members become involved here? one of the things that we have been very clear about is the ongoing continued build-up of defense capacity in ukraine. there was a more direct answer one month ago from president biden when he was asked about the chances of u.s. forces against russian forces on the ground here in ukraine. that is not on the table. the idea the united states is going to unilaterally use force to confront russia, invading ukraine is not on in the cars cards right now. what will happen is there will be severe consequences. the u.s. ammunition for those frontline fighters in ukraine though does continue to arrive.