yeah, that s right. good morning, boris. one of the key things here is that they are finally, finally looking at this as a war that you would have to go after the place where these missiles, these russian missiles and rockets, original nature from. and that is what has been missing really the whole aid equation that we ve had up until this point. so the one thing that you are looking at in terms of the actual weaponry, you are looking at these ground launched small diameter bombs that are a part of that effort. they could be used as the himars system and they are the ones that have a range of up to around 95 miles. that can then really impact on russian forces as they are launching missiles into places like kherson, kramatorsk, all these areas. and so potentially if ukrainian gets them and gets them in time
on the ground as soon as they get them, there is no need to train on an entirely new system. doubles the range of that himars system but still half the range of what the ukrainians are looking to get. but ukraine it get a small booth boost on that topic from the polish prime minister who says that his country will go along with whatever nato allies city. but if he were deciding unilaterally, ukraine would get those kind of weapons. this is significant because remember, just a month ago, nobody was willing to send tanks until poland decided that it would send tanks and very quickly everyone followed suit. and we keep seeing this bolder approach from the eastern flank understandably poland and the baltics that are right on russia s doorsteps. so we can understand why they would be more kueen. scott, thank you. the northeast u.s. will soon be feeling the coldest temperatures in decades as dangerous windchills, some as
guarantees that your weapons will not be involved in attacks on russian territory. so what the u.s. is offering instead seems like a compromise. there are these bombs that have wings that come out and can be used with the himars system that the u.s. has already provided to ukraine. this doubles the range of the himars system but still just half of what the ukrainians are looking for because the package does not include long range missiles, it does not include fighter jets either. so the ukrainians did get a boost on the fighter jet argument yesterday from the polish prime minister who said that if he were deciding on behalf of nato, that the ukrainians would get those jets. and this is significant because just last not the pols were the first country to say that they would provide tanks and very quickly 11 other countries
but yet the defense minister tried to make his case for getting these kind of weapons to in a meeting with the european commission, trying to head off concerns about them being used to strike russian territories saying that if we had the opportunity to strike at a range of 200 miles, the russian army would be forced to lose. ukraine is ready to provide any guarantees that your weapons will not be involved in attacks on russian territory. as we know there have been explosions on russia itself. but the ukrainians have not officially taken responsibility for any of those. so this package includes a heck of a lot. one is the missiles that are called ground launch small diameter bombs, they have wings and little engines that allow them to fly 90 miles. and they also work with the himars system that the ukrainians already have which means that they are ready to get
no before, before eventually hearing yes. the himars system, most recently tanks, they were all no before they were a yes. in some cases they have come around remarkably quickly. it was just three weeks ago that not a single country would commit to sending tanks to ukraine. now there are 12 of them committed to sending at least 120 tanks in the first shipment, potentially even more to come. part of the hesitation on the part of the west is that they don t want to send anything that may inadvertently escalate the conflict. they are also asking for long range missiles. that would allow them to strike deep inside of russian-held territory. russia itself. and the ukrainians say that these are defensive, but the british prime minister s office pointed out perhaps one of the more practical reasons and that is that fighter jets are extremely complicated and would take months and months of