come out and respond? we have not seen exact statement out of the white house or state or any sort of reaction to what we have learned so far. yeah, you know, sandra, if i was going to respond to what i said, this is one of those we told you so. this just shows what kind of actor you see in putin who is going to take revenge on his enemies, he s very brutal about it. this was not a shoot down inadvertent. apparently going from moscow to st. petersburg over russian territory, shot down by a russian missile battery. that s not accidental. that was deliberately done and sending a very, very clear signal by putin and we would respond by saying it shows you what kind of individual putin is, we need to be cautious about trying to even talk to this guy, but the way he is. and i would just say this doesn t surprise me. this is what i would have expected from putin. john: lieutenant general keith kellogg, thanks for joining us. thanks for your thoughts on this. appreciate it. trey yingst ha
of the most advanced and powerful systems we ve seen russia use in its war in ukraine. and crucially, we ve seen it used for the first time during this war. well, now, we ve learned that what russia was targeting when it fired this missile, and it turned out according to two u.s. officials that russia was targeting the patriot missile itself to try to take out one of the most potent and long-range air defense capabilities that ukraine has, and this just weeks after it arrived in country. when the u.s. first announced they were sending in patriots back in december, it was the kremlin s spokesperson dmitry peskov saying that russia would target them and we have seen them carry out the promise but it was a failed attempt, and the patriot missiles were able to detect it, long range radar, showing the potency and detecting the missile and multiple missiles from the patriot system were fired, according to the two officials, to intercept the incoming missile, to protect the patriot system, an
of what president zelenskyy says is a coming offensive, but one that his troops are not quite yet ready to prosecute. but clearly, those extra armaments coming in from germany will be a significant addition if not to this offensive directly then to reinforcements as the offensive gets under way. amara? sam kiley, thank you. u.s. officials tell cnn russia tried to destroy a u.s.-made patriot air defense system in ukraine with the hypersonic missile. the attack failed. and ukrainians instead intercepted the missile using the patriot system. cnn s oren liebermann has details for us. reporter: it was only last week that we learned that the first known successful use of the patriot missile battery by ukraine to intercept the incoming russian missile, in this case, it was a killjoy missile which ukraine first claimed, it was then confirmed by the pentagon. the missile is a hypersonic missile, essentially an air launched ballistic missile, one
missile, the remains of it, on display and have opened up the international community to inspect the remains. so there doesn t seem to be any doubt from the ukrainian perspective they shot down this missile. the new information now is that this was a missile targeting the factory itself and will be a deep concern for the ukrainians. there s been an intelligence breach or the russians have a method by which they can identify these patriot batteries. that will be a deep concern for the ukrainian side. important point. sam kylie, thank you very much. let s discuss what s going on. joining us now, the nato deputy secretary general. thank you very much, mr. secretary general, for joining us. former romanian ambassador to the united states. what s your reaction to russia trying to destroy these patriot air defense missile battery that the yukrainians received from te united states? it s clear the support all
significant contributions of their own to ukraine s integrity. each fully committed to making ukraine remain strong and independent and able to defend itself. i want to thank every member of that coalition for continuing to step up. uk recently announced that it is donating challenger 2 tanks to ukraine. france is contributing amx 10s, armored fighting vehicles. in addition to the leopard tanks, germany, like the united states germany is sending a patriot missile battery. the netherlands is donating a patriot missile and launchers. france, canada, uk, slovakia, norway and others have donated critical air defense systems to help secure ukrainian skies and save the lives of innocent civilians who are literally the target of russia s aggression. poland is sending armored vehicles.