themselves further away from the coast. that certainly seems to be an indication that they felt some sort of threat to them as well. they moved away from the coast. we don t assess that they left the black sea. the russians still have roughly between 15 and 22 or so ships in the black sea. it changes from day to day. they are black sea nations. they have ports in the black sea. they still have many ships at sea in the black sea and the sea of lasov. martha: these are ships that are firing missiles into odesa. yes, ma am. martha: let s talk about this new york times report. president biden said the united states is already a major provider of defensive armorments to ukraine, would add 800 million in security aid. does the pentagon still see our commitment as defensive aid? no. what we re describing is weapons and systems that are helping ukraine defend itself because it is on the defense since they
way through the water. so clearly something significant happened on this cruiser. it s a cruiser. they only have three in the russian fleet. so the loss of this ship will impact their naval operations. it s difficult to say at this point that it will cease all of their maritime activities or will prevent them from reinforcing their forces ashore from the sea like they ve been doing the last few weeks. martha: you look at this. this is the lead of the black sea fleet. you say they have three of these guided missile ships. is this a mini midway? i read four or five russian ships left the black sea with it. they re gone from there right now that sounds like a very devastating blow to me. they didn t leave the black sea. in the wake of this incident, other ships, about a half a dozen or so russian surface combatants in the vicinity of this cruiser also moved