where we ve seen american patriot missiles intercept drones and missiles with amazing success but ukraine still doesn t have the ability to fly f-16s. they need every bit of juice that nato continued can continue to give them, even if there are some nato leaders out there who don t have shared values. right. it s interesting you talk about these leaders, meloni, for example, what biden is dealing with a very difficult diplomatic conundrum, i m thinking. i think him trying to galvanize the eu and nato around ukraine, trying to herd cats, essentially. that s the best analogy. these are people who are very diverse viewpoints. you have 1989 germany occupied by russia,
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she s no fool. she s very able. she knows that it s not in her interests to alienate nato and eu. they depend on funds. and so she has been a big partner, and biden and others are relieved to hear that she is speaking, saying what they want to hear. at home, totally different story. pursuing intolerant homophobic, anti-immigrant, authoritarian policies, now going after the public broadcaster, installing the puppet is the head of it. so this is the problem. and to what extent you could make a pragmatic valuation and say well, we are going to be taking this alliance as long as this war lasts, and then we ll see, which i imagine is what many leaders are doing. there needs to be a we ll see, terrell, because as you said, ukraine is making some progress but they still don t have control of those guys. you and i have been in ukraine
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in the rostov region of russia, near the ukrainian border. these appear to be acts of an escalating ukrainian counteroffensive. that along with putin s failing attempts to maintain russia s power and influence in africa show the kremlin is in desperate need of help. a newly-released u.s. intelligence report reveals where putin might be getting it from. according to the report, china is providing crucial support for russia s war effort in ukraine by dramatically expanding its purchase of russian oil, gas, and other energy exports, and that beijing is using its financial system to allow russia, quote, to conduct transactions unfettered of western introduction, and quote. the report also says china has become increasingly important buttress for russia and its war effort, probably supplying moscow with key technology in dual use equipment that is used in ukraine, and quote. and as of march beijing had shipped more than $15 million