yesterday. u.s. and western aid, john, to ukraine continues to arrive, continues to get to them, including in the last day or so, according to a senior u.s. defense official. john: coming to the touch screen i have a map up of russia and strategic nuclear and tactical nuclear locations. according to some organizations, russia has about 4500 nuclear warheads of which 1,600 are put on ballistic missiles. one of the other threats putin has made is the idea maybe this would be closer to the european sphere, the tactical nuclear weapons that could be deployed in the battlefield. how concerned are u.s. military officials about the fact that russia could suddenly say if putin felt like his back was really up against a wall or into a corner that he pulls the trigger maybe on some of these tactical moves? it s significant. they have the tactical nukes and
putin s spokesperson says was the trigger for putin putting his nuclear forces on high alert. liz truss came out before the u.k. parliament and gave a response to putin, saying putin is confounded by our collective response, why he s resorting to more and more extreme rhetoric. she goes on to say putin must lose. we are doing everything we can to stop him and to restore ukraine s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and also warning people in the u.k. and elsewhere,s they have to undergo some economic hardship as a result of sanctions. we are hearing a lot of people who are taking on that same mantra that churchill took on, you know, we will fight them on the beaches, fight them in the fields, we will never surrender and it s led by zelensky and who would have ever thought a comedian and actor elected at the age of 42 there in ukraine would turn out to be a churchillian figure to lead his country and brave resistance against a russian military.
this is a different putin. he seems erratic, there is an ever-deepening delusional rendering of history so he s descending into something i have not personally seen before. gillian: the concern is not just from bush officials, take a look at the ambassador for russia, when dictators rule for decades, they come away from reality and overreach. this is what happened to putin. lawmakers on capitol hill are calling him delusional. to hear him put the nuclear forces on high alert, i m really starting to question the competency, mental fitness. gillian: perception among foreign leaders, his heavy has deteriorated very rapidly very recently. the president of finland has kept up a regular dialogue with putin for years, but after a
though we are running out of food. local charity funds promised to bring some, we are waiting for bread, essential, and juice for children. bread and juice for children. that s what the civilians here in the ukrainian capital need. others need weapons as they prepare to fight the russians. there was a phone call between french president and the russian president and french indicated that putin is looking for demands that are not realistic. like the sandra: the mothers are trying to continue the food coming to the children as they continue to hunker counsel. as far as getting weapons into the hands of the ukrainian fighters in kyiv, what is being done to do that to get those
reporters on the ground seeing it up close and personal, the ukrainians have been effective at using the weapons and systems, and resisting and pushing back russian forces. i want to remind again that this is you know, this is a dynamic situation, it s war, and war can be unpredictable and i don t think that anybody, including perhaps especially ukrainians, are sniffing at john: go ahead. sandra: it s ok. john kirby, listening live from the pentagon. john, obviously the big update came from jen griffin s question, day five, what did we learn about the military, but then make no mistake, putin has significant comeback power and said putin is the one escalating this, john. john: no question he has