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the total of american aid to ukraine is $5.6 billion since russia invaded. latest package includes howitzers, tactical vehicles and coastal defense systems. ukraine s defense minister is telling cnn this round of support will help the country take back russian occupied territory. joining any now to discuss this is retired lieutenant general mark hertling, the former commanding general of the u.s. army in europe and seventh army. thank you for joining me this morning. pleasure, alex. good to be with you. i want to ask you about this new round of aid for jane. the ukrainians are saying that this is a step in the right direction, chairman milley noted there are ten advanced long range rocket systems going to ukraine. the ukrainians have asked for 300 in this new u.s. package. there are 18 howitzers going to ukraine. ukraine has asked for a thousand of them, so there is a big gap between what ukraine is asking

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