we ll hear more from our reporter quentin somerville, but first he is currently in a herd from the institute of the study of war. the arrival of tanks to the front line of ukraine is undoubtedly going to be a crucial part of the ukrainian military to launch counter operations in the coming months. however, it is important to remember that tanks, just like any other western provided system, is not necessarily a golden bullet and not necessarily the answer to all of ukraine s needs. so, the use of tanks to conduct effective mechanised manoeuvre warfare is incredibly important, but so is the continued support of the west, in terms of artillery supply and the supply of long range precision weapons such as the himars systems. on that point, i think the kind of so far the level of cohesion western support as surprise a lot of people, not least president putin, i m sure, but it can t last forever at this level. what happens if military
in the coming months. ukrainian military. however, it is important to remember that tanks, just like any other western provided system, is not necessarily a golden bullet and not necessarily the answer to all of ukraine s needs. so, the use of tanks to conduct effective mechanised manoeuvre warfare is incredibly important, but so is the continued support of the west, in terms of artillery supply and the supply of long range precision weapons such as the himars systems. on that point, i think the kind of so far the level of cohesion western support has surprised a lot of people, not least president putin i am sure, but it can t last forever at this level, what happens if military support dries up, if for example, the republicans get in in the elections in the states and they dial down how much they are sending, can ukraine still fight this war?
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deeper into eastern ukraine toward other cities in donbas. wolf, we also heard from the white house earlier today. they said they will be rolling out another ukrainian military aid package that will include more ammunition for himars systems and artillery systems. that will be very welcome news at the front lines here, wolf. certainly will be. alex marquardt in the war zone in eastern ukraine. thank you very much. stay safe over there, please. now let s go to the extraordinary face-to-face meeting today between the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken and the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. the first since the conflict in ukraine began more than a year ago. our senior international correspondent fred pleitgen is joining us from moscow right now. fred, secretary blinken initiated this meeting. how was it received? reporter: yeah, first of all, you re absolutely right. it was an extraordinary meeting, wolf. and i was in touch with the russian side, with a spokesman for ru