ALBAWABA - In response to the intensifying Russian onslaught on Ukraine, the United Kingdom has swiftly taken measures to reinforce Ukraine's defenses b
drones that the russians have been buying, the russians have been using them to devastating effect all across the country, but particularly here in the capital of kyiv to knock out civilian infrastructure like electricity and gas works, and this has been keeping this city for most of this past winter in the dark it looks like it s in the dark now, but that s because of the heavy fog. the fact is that it has been so difficult for the ukrainians to shoot these down, even though they have been shooting them down using anti-air defense missiles to a rate of something between 70% and 90%. each one of these 136 iranian drones that have been slamming into targets here, they cost about $25,000. but shooting them down can cost as much as half a million dollars. so as you can see, that s really inefficient, and that wasn t going to sustain itself. that s why we re seeing the u.s. bringing new weapons to bear against these iranian made drones that have been used to back out so much of this countr
sandra: tensions escalating between the u.s. and russia as washington considers plans to give ukraine advanced patriot defense missiles. moscow saying it would consider the move a provocation. warning, it could lead to unpredictable consequences. nate foy is on the ground in kyiv for us. he s got the latest from there. nate. hey, sandra, yeah, russia launched a rocket strike hitting kharkiv today, hit an empty warehouse so nobody was hurt but more shelling in kherson, a southern city here in ukraine, two people were killed and the power grid is out there as a result of this shelling. take a look at this video, comes one day after the regional administrative building there was also hit. today s attack about 100 yards from the attack that you see here playing out yesterday, but remember, this is a city that ukraine just took back from the russians and it was also a city
and chief schwartz is asking to pray for the families of the fallen officers, and also for the family of the assailant. john. sandra: a warning from russia as the u.s. considers sending ukraine a battery of patriot defense missiles. what moscow is saying about possible consequences, live to kyiv. john: plus the national archives could release hundreds of white house records related to hunter biden and the ukrainian energy company that paid him millions. but would the biden administration try to block that from happening? byron york says the white house republicans are ready to go to war over it. he s here next. the reason we are investigating joe biden, we fear that this administration s compromised because of the millions of dollars that hunter biden and jim biden have received from russia and china.
could see an escalation and not the slowdown that the united states have been hoping for as they try to contain this. but they are providing ukraine with tens of billion dollars in defensive weapons. the last aid package announced on friday and president zelenskyy had a phone call with president biden thanking him for the $275 million in artillery rounds and counter air defense capabilities. ambulances and medical equipment and jgenerators and they say thy need more, they need patriot defense missiles and other air defense systems to fight against the kamikaze drones that are devastating the power grid here in ukraine. will, thank you so much. and an l.a. city council map gets into a fight with a protester. the shoving match on video and what is behind this hostile confrontation. details on that next. the rent-s the definition of boring.