to say that russia is now significantly weaker militarily. he hasjust, like, repeated the joke which is popular in ukraine for six months regarding the second strongest army but not in the world, but in ukraine. when we look now at what terrible shape the russian army is in by now, it is absolutely different army compared to 14 months ago. russia has destroyed, like, the most precious equipment, like, the most modern equipment in the first months. the best officers of the russian army have been killed within the first months. russia has not managed to, like, conscript new, skilled soldiers. theyjust grabbed whoever they can. they try to, like, use these private military companies, which were even worse in the quality of soldiers. like, theyjust conscripted inmates who were mostly ill, who were mostly absolutely incapable for the military service, and theyjust sent them as meat waves into attacks, like it was in bakhmut, where the russians have lost several dozens of thousan
The House of Representatives has passed a $95 billion war bill that gives aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan (mostly Ukraine), with the help of Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson. Now, as the bill heads to the Senate, Sen. Mike Lee tells Glenn that “this is an insult to the American people.”
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the new Ukraine aid package did not come too late, although he admitted that the delay had left consequences.
ming in for humatarian aid as on top of the defense money this really is signaling that strengthen i think part of that is what s vital to israel, vital to the prime minister to say that he isn t the one that s broken. this unshakeable bond with the united states all right, praise for the us from both israel and from ukraine. fred pleitgen and kyiv nic robertson, jerusalem. thank you both very much joining us now is aaron davidai miller. he is a former state department middle east negotiator and a critical voice and understand ending what is going on. and israel and the palestinian territories and beyond aaron, thank you so much for joining us. i want to start what in practical terms, does this mean for ukraine? for israel, for humanitarian endeavors in gaza and elsewhere? now that these billions have been approved by the house, are expected to in the senate the next week well, i mean, i think it cuts to the core. alex, and thanks for having
republicans here s what i think that for the sake of the institution and having some semblance of order and organization yes, democrats will step up and help mike johnson and doug. how do you think this is going to land with voters? we see president trump on foreign present, trump on the campaign trail today voters in both camps feel very strongly about aid for ukraine and& for israel, foreign policy generally not a determining factor in the presidential race, but how do you think this? huge series of aid packages is going to impact presidential politics? what we ve seen is that this is not just about what s happening in the house republican conference. david cameron came to washington, boris johnson, and come to washington. both urging support for ukraine, having been to poland at the polish economic forum twice in the past two years, it s a very palpable real thing in poland? and i think that s one of the things that republicans learned. that doesn t mean that it s a voting iss