ukrainians go back this way and they could potentially encircle russian forces if any are remaining right here. they can do the same in the north eastern part. this little area of russian troops is very vulnerable to a ukrainian counter attack. the mayor of a suburb to the nort northwest of kyiv says ukrainian forces have taken back 80% of the city. just a few weeks ago we saw images of civilians fleeing irpin over a destroyed bridge. what does it take to retake irpin if that s happened? so, don, there s a lot that goes into something like this but basically it boils down to guns, ammunition and the will to fight. ukrainians have definitely shown they have the will to fight. they have access to guns, the ammunition that they need. and what they also developed were the tactics that were required to go house to house and take the russians and their
retake irpin. we understand that there will be more attacks on our city. we will defend it courageously. irpin is ukraine. now, we are also learning tonight the u.s. navy is sending six jets to germany with electronic jamming capabilities. officials though say they will be used by nato and they will not be flying over ukraine. bret? bret: jeff paul in lviv. jeff, thank you. president biden s top diplomat is now trying to smooth over any perceived differences with israel over a possible new iran nuclear deal. israel is already highly critical of that deal correspondent gillian turner has details from the state department. just a few years ago this gathering would have been impossible to imagine. secretary of state antony blinken today conveyed a meeting with four arab nations plus israel to bolster a mideast alliance. uae, bahrain all normalized i