that they were staying there because they had nowhere else to go. some of them seem to be not quite mentally stable, and also it s worth worth pointing out that the russians have been trying for seven months, focusing their military might to take this. relatively small town , which had a population of 70,000, and still, they haven t been able to do it so it would be somewhat absurd. the idea that the ukrainians were unprepared for this onslaught now here in kiev, jens is stoltenberg, the secretary general of nato made the first visit by it, or at least open official visit by a senior nato official, and he said that when the nato summit takes place in lithuania this summer in july that ukraine s membership in that organization would be a high priority. this is something that for the russians has been a
either. it s better to actually get full information, take time, make sure that it s accurate. that it s reliable. that they know what they re talking about, rather than do conjecture or guesswork. that actually isn t helpful for anybody. it s good to hear you say that the current assessment is that they are benign objects. that s newsworthy. congressman, before you go, i know that you were going to brussels in a few days. we just heard from the secretary general of nato. he said that they are concerned that the war in ukraine is consuming an enormous amount of ammunition and depleting allies stockpiles. is it depleting the u.s. stockpile of ammunition, baused on what you know? we certainly are using stuff from our own stockpile. we ve been actually providing stuff to ukraine, using what s called presidential drawdown authority. that means we re taking stuff that already exists, and we re shipping it directly to ukraine. and the reason why we re doing that is because they need it
there is a lot of moving parts and all seems to be moving in the direction of the ukrainians possibly in the not too distant future getting the german made leopard tanks. they had submitted a request to the germans to deliver the german made but polish owns tanks to the kraukrainians and y did get the request. right now it seems as though other countries and germany seems to be moving in the same direction, but they want to make sure that everybody is comfortable with that move. now the german defense minister came out and said, yes, they wanted to decide as quickly as possible. another person said that the secretary general of nato, jen stoltenberg, he also believed all of this is in a final stage and a decision could happen quickly. now the germans want to make this happen. but they want all of this to be broader and closer cooperation, especially also involving the