the big goals here because it s such a critical waterway the u.s. was looking for. as we learn now got international backing for how critical of a threat this was, backing this action tonight by the u.s. and the u.k. general, you ve talked about how obviously there are threats to destroy battleships and burn u.s. bases, expressed that as bit of hyperbole and we ve seen them launch missiles at ships repelled by u.s. defense. have we seen their full capability in terms of what they know and barak is speaking of, that they have the capability that they and perhaps hezbollah have as nonstate actors? yeah, they have some tremendous capabilities, so we ve seen those. what we re not going to see is what i would describe as any form of that s a terrorist organization. we re not going to see any operational art at play here. we re not going to see some synchronized type of operations.
Tammy Palacios is a Senior Analyst leading the Priority Sustainable Counterterrorism initiative at the New Lines Institute. Palacios previously served as Program Head for the Nonstate Actors program at New Lines, where she worked in the field of violent and non-violent non-state actors.
troops there since 2014. so the concern is that there will be additional aid that they will have from ukrainians on the ground there, that are separatists that are more closely aligned with russia, and so that is why you hear zelenskyy say don t think russians are anywhere near capitulating at this point. there is more pressure on them to have a decisive victory given all of the troubles that they have had so far. seems it would be easier for russians to resupply than ukrainians in this region. we have seen how effective the anti-tank, antiaircraft missiles have been, but now this is going to be just a different kind of fighting out in the open. they need more, right? they need more weapons is what we continue to hear from ukrainian leadership and even the $800 million in additional weaponry that the u.s. has allocated them, listen, that s probably going to last a week or so. the u.s. is aware of that and already this morning you re hearing white house officials say we already are
civilized world. we should note and remind people that there has been steady fighting in donetsk, other parts of eastern ukraine, going back to 2014. that war there never stopped. it is just amping up. what role are pro russian separatists, other nonstate actors, playing in that fight in donetsk? translator: we have seen a lot of influence from the pro russian separatists in these regions, especially after the occupation of a part of donetsk, the region in 2014. and under the leadership of the so-called donetsk people s republic and the russian federation, there has been a certain attempt to influence the population. they have placed transmissions stations and tv channels all along the contact line, transmitting russian propaganda, and we have been fighting