russians, a lot of them are very willing to do that . that s why the russians as well have been taking so many casualties. meantime, there s never really been anything like the amount of aid the u.s. is bestowing on ukraine right now. it s unprecedented weapons plus an eight hundred million dollars. president biden hopes that it s going to demonstrate america s commitment to the freedom of ukraine. as the president said today, america stands with the forces of freedom in ukraine. what s at stake here are the principles of freedom, the right to determine to determine one s own future, a right that ukrainians have shown the world they will fight to preserve. welcome senior research fellow at the center for national defense of the heritage foundation, retired lieutenant colonel dakota wood. colonel, thank you so much for being with us and thank you for your service, sir. are we doing enough? well, i think we should all applaud the provision of
solidarity with ukrainian president vladimir zelenskyy. president biden, meantime, will announce an additional eight hundred million dollars in security assistance to ukraine wednesday. he heads to europe next week to join 30 other world leaders for an emergency nato meeting. hello, everyone. i m chris gallagher in los angeles. as you continue our live coverage of the war in eastern europe, it is 10:00 p.m. here on the west coast, seven o clock wednesday morning in the capital city of kyiv. the battle for ukraine s independence now on day 20 . russian forces have fired nearly 1000 missiles since launching their invasion while the number of refugees fleeing their homeland now tops three million. president zelenskyy hopes images such as these will move americans and american lawmakers to provide more aid for his besieged nation when he addresses congress directly just a few hours from now and the heartbreak of this war hits very close to home to members of our fox news family
just look today they announced the transfer of eight hundred million dollars of weapons to ukraine. welcome should have been done a month ago or two months ago and it s still just a fraction of what congress proposed last week. look, the ukrainian people and army have proven that they are capable of fighting the russians. we need to encourage them to do so and we need to provide the weapons that they need to fight the russians. now, you don t think you don t think we re giving the ukrainians at this point and the rest of the world falko ,if you think that you think given the fact that russia is closing in on ukraine at this moment, you heard the air raid sirens outside all of that we re not building people up to false hope at this point. i m worried about that given the fact that still so many people are in those cities. i m worried, laura . i really don t. one of the reasons we re hearing air raid sirens across ukraine is that the russian army has failed in its first plan to encircle
congress and the american people urgently begging for more help. his speech invoking both 9/11 and pearl harbor have brought lawmakers to tears and their feet. and president biden responded with more military equipment and an additional eight hundred million dollars in assistance, though he stopped short of granting what he truly wants most, which is a no fly zone. but after three weeks of war , biden finally did deliver something else his strongest condemnation yet of vladimir putin calling his russian counterpart a war crime. hello, everyone. i m chris gallagher in los angeles. as we continue our live coverage of the war in eastern europe, it is 10:00 p.m. here on the west coast, 7:00 thursday morning in the capital city of kyiv. the battle for ukraine s independence now on day twenty one and this day, like so many others in the past three weeks, brings more horrific images of war homes destroyed, refugees on the run and civilians shot
see coming in . so it s a has to be a very secretive operation and getting it in quickly enough, obviously very difficult in these circumstances. let s this is an act of war zone. this is a country that s at war here that the united states and nato are trying to supply. it s not as easy as snapping your fingers and getting in there on top of trying not to provoke too strong of reaction from the russians here . jonathan, thank you . yeah, yeah. you have a job. sorry. good. carry on , sir. i know you got some interesting stuff coming up on drones as well. sorry about that . but yeah, see both sides, jonathan, in the war in ukraine are making heavy use of drones. the ukrainians have been especially effective with drones preventing the larger russian air force from controlling the skies over ukraine. president biden announced wednesday an additional eight hundred million dollars in military hardware will include an unspecified number of us made drones joining now we know he s the retired s