months of russian s brutal war in ukraine. the cost of this war difficult to measure. there are the military costs, the billions of dollars spent, the military, the lives lost, the refugees forced from their homes, the disruption to daily lives for ukrainians living in the shadow of putin s war, not to mention the spike in food and energy costs, and these costs all continue to mount. this week, the u.s. pledged nearly $3 billion in additional security aid to ukraine. this comes as putin decreed in the size of the military as well. after half a year of war, what would it bring to bring this conflict to a close? i want to speak to john kirby now. admiral kirby, thank you for taking the time to be with us this morning. let s begin with the state of the war a half a year in. the u.s. has given its biggest military package so far, and you increasingly hear from ukrainians about not defending ground or defending territory, but we re seeing them attack from behind lines and even tal
there are the military costs, the billions of dollars spent, the cities destroyed and the territories seized. the military, the lives lost, the refugees forced from their homes, the disruption to daily lives for ukrainians living in the shadow of putin s war, not to mention the spike in food and and energy costs beyond the theater of war, and these costs all continue to mount. this week, the u.s. pledged nearly $3 billion in additional security aid to ukraine. this comes as putin decreed in the size of the military as well. after half a year of war, what would it bring to bring this conflict to a close? i want to speak to john kirby now. admiral kirby, thank you for taking the time to be with us this morning. great to be with you, jim. first let s begin with the state of the war a half year in. the u.s. has given its biggest military package so far, and you increasingly hear from ukrainians not just about defending ground or defending territory, but we re seeing them atta
back up to, let s just say, many, many months, which would be an enormous improvement. okay. as you know, iran has many other ways of exerting aggression on its partners around the world. we ve seen details about a plot to assassinate john boltage in just recent weeks and months. what is your answer about those who say this will give billions of dollars of sanction relief to a state sponsor of terrorism? first of all, that was the same argument that was used in 2015, and the fundamental issue is does one or does one not of course, president obama decided to move forward reach an agreement on the understanding that they would have additional resources. now, in the meantime, the so-called maximum pressure campaign that president trump
a restore ration of the agreement and full implementation of course by iran would put that back up to let s just say many, many months, which would be an enormous improvement. okay. as you know, iran has many other ways of exerting aggression on its partners around the world. we ve seen details about a plot to assassinate john boltage in just recent months. what is your answer about those who say this will give billions of dollars of sanction relief to a state terrorist? first of all, that was the same argument that was used in 2015, and the fundamental issue is does one or does one not of course, president to bam that ma decided to move forward reach an agreement on the understanding that they would have additional resource sns now, in the meantime, the