disaster. cnn s frederik pleitgen is joining me live from ramstein air base. what do we know about the new aid package? reporter: the secretary of defense made those remarks just a couple minutes ago here and you re right, it certainly comes at a really decisive time as the war is dragging on in ukraine. on the one hand the fighting around the zaporizhzhia power plant, but then also you have the ukrainians making gains in south of the country and also in the northeast of the country as well. the secretary of defense says the u.s. wants to make absolutely clear that they remain strong in their commitments to ukraine and are going to give the ukrainians what they need to succeed. he was saying that the package from the presidential drawdown is $675 million and he listed some of the main items on that new drawdown. here is what he said. the latest package includes more gimmlecs, howitzers, artillery munitions, missiles, humvees, armored ambulances, anti-tank systems, small a
artillery munitions, missiles, humvees, armored ambulances, anti-tank systems, small arms and more. reporter: just to translate, he means gemlr sflt which stands for guided multiple rocket launching systems which of course have been so successful for the ukrainians. the himars systems are the ones that we keep talking about here on air. of course the u.s. also has different multiple rocket launching systems on offer as well. the big question now for the u.s. is are the allies also going to remain as committed and as strong as the u.s. says it is willing to stay. there do seems to be there does seem to be some fatigue on the part of some allies, but certainly the message that the u.s. wants to send not just to ukraine, they are also sitting there are the secretary of defense, but also to the russians, that is the allies remain strong and committed and will give ukrainians what they