provide these things. so in many cases, it takes longer for the stuff, because in some cases it actually has to be built. and then sent over to ukraine. so rather than pulling it from military stockpiles, this could take a little bit longer. this usai announcement includes additional ammunition, 150,000 more rounds of 155 millimeter artillery ammo. they re coming up with 400,000 artillery rounds that the biden administration has provided to date. also counterartillery radar, which is critical because the russians are pounding the ukrainian military and ukrainian people with artillery right now. these radars allow the ukraine military to hone in on where the russian artillery is firing from and take out the actual artillery firing mechanisms or systems that will stop the russians from actually firing on the ukrainians.
private industry. the differences, rather than taking out of the u.s. military stockpiles, they are taking it and buying it directly from the defense industry to send it forward as quickly as possible. another thing that we learned here is that in some cases, this equipment is being forwarded to the ukrainian military literally in a matter of days. sometimes as quickly as 4 to 6 days. literally from the united states forwarded into the ukrainian military s hands. courtney, thank you very much for starting us off tonight. i really appreciate it. thanks. the united states is waging an intelligence war against russia. our next guest, tim weiner says it is the most amazing display of intelligence as an instrument of state power that i have seen or that i have heard of since the cuban missile crisis. joining us now is tim weiner. the author of the folly and the glory, america, russia, and
and so, what about the numbers? there is a serious gap between what ukraine is asking for, and what s the united states even has on hand in javelins, for example. that is right. we saw the first indications that the u. s. government is really taking any effort that they can to get this equipment forward to the ukrainians with an announcement late last week where they said they were actually going to start buying some equipment directly from private industry. the differences, rather than taking out of the u. s. military stockpiles, they are taking it and buying it directly from the defense industry to send it forward as quickly as possible. another thing that we learned here is that in some cases, this equipment is being forwarded to the ukrainian military literally in a matter of days. sometimes as quickly as 4 to 6 days. literally from the united states forwarded into the ukrainian military s hands. courtney, thank you very much for starting us off
u.s. officials tell fox the announcement is expected to company state department as early as monday ordering some families of u.s. diplomats at the u.s. embassy to begin a vacuum in the country it could begin as soon monday. now, over the weekend in geneva secretary of state tony blinked and met with his russian counterparts. this is not negotiations but a candid exchange of concerns and ideas. i made clear to the administer they are certain issues and fundamental principles that the united states and our partners and allies are committed to defend. the state department says no official order has been given yet for families to take part in addition to the weapons shipped into greg mentioned arrive less than kyiv. u.s. officials tell fox, javelin antitank admission of our nato allies and u.s. military stockpiles will begin arriving early next week as well. the defense minister saying has portable stingray antiaircraft two-part u.s. javelins have been shipped to the ukraine in the pa
in addition to the weapon shipment that arrived last night that greg mentioned, u.s. officials tell fox javelin antitank missiles from the baltic states and u.s. military stockpiles will begin arriving in ukraine early next week as well for the defense minister said he is sending a portable stinger antiaircraft missiles to u.s. supplied javelins have been shipped to the crate and the pastor and the trump administration. back in early december president biden rolled out deploying any u.s. troops ukraine pre-present obama s former assistant secretary of defense for sector and shown you might remove from the book said in a recent washington post op-ed that present by his decision to rule out ground troops was a green light for putin. not russian forces in belarus, officials here are concerned ukraine s capitol city is now in the crosshairs but here at the white house president biden refused to answer questions about russia before leaving for camp david or he is huddling his national sec