war in ukraine is draggingme on americans desire to get involved has waned. o only 32% of americans say the u.s. shouldd have a major role in the conflict. that ss down eight pointsfr frm just last month. despite that , biden didid his best john rambo impression this morning. today i m announcing anotherin eight million dollars to further augment ukraine s ability to fight in the eastuk donbas region. this package includes heavyre artillery weapons, dozens of howitzers and one hundred and forty four thousand rounds of ammunition to go with those howitzers. wetzer won t always be able to advertise everything we that our partners are doing to support ukraine s fight for freedom but to modernize teddy roosevelt s famous advice. sometimes we will ted speak sofv and carry a large javelin because we re sending a lotel oa thoses in as well. my god, i can t believeuf that biden just pufffs the chest out. it s important to notee a recenttis
well, port city after port city in southern ukraine is coming under fire. just west of russian forces along the black sea coast is the city of odesa. residents there fear they will soon be under attack. nick paton-walsh has more on how the city is preparing. and a warning, you may find some images in his report disturbing. reporter: where they once felt between their toes now they want between them and the russians. sand from a yacht club s beach through these human chains sent to barricade odesa s center. in times past this fun spot would have pleasured rich russians too. now even if you re aged 11 you know to keep them out. i expect, she says, we will
and patients as hostages in this building. so we do not have any access to them. and of course it s war crime. well, the ukrainians are fighting back farther west in kherson. planet lab says these satellite images show the airport where ukraine s military, it says, has destroyed at least three russian helicopters and a number of vehicles. now people in mykolaiv are desperate to escape as russian forces close in. the port city in southern ukraine is a critical route on russia s advance toward odesa. and now fears are growing that a ground assault on mykolaiv could come at any time. cnn s nick pate tan walsh has our report. reporter: this is the road down which russia s war of annihilation may lurch. and its emptiness speaks only of what is to come from
close in. the port city in southern ukraine is a critical route on russia s advance toward odesa. and now fears are growing that a ground assault on mykolaiv could come at any time. cnn s nick paton walsh has our story. reporter: this is the road down which russia s war of annihilation may lurch. and its emptiness speaks only of what is to come from russian-held kherson up here to the vital port of mykolaiv. they know what it is to be in russia s way. out of 18 homes, 10 are left in our village, she says. no electricity, gas, water, or heat. the only ones left are those who can t leave, another adds. they re young, edgy, thguns
neighboring countries. just this week for example i announced that the european union will allocate an extra 3.4 billion euros for this purpose, and more will come. this demonstrates our deep support for ukraine. we are listening to the european council president ursula von der leyen in brussels. and before that of course we heard from president joe biden as he concludes his stop in belgium. yesterday, three extraordinary summits, nato, g-7, european union, after this meeting he will soon head to poland to continue his trip here to show solidarity with allies and ukraine in the wake of russia s invasion. josh of bloomberg news is still with us, josh, give us a recap here, and what we ve heard from the president, how important, how meaningful is what he just announced about trying to help europe reduce their reliance on russian energy and gas and that funding of course really fuels moscow s war machine. yeah, absolutely, john.