university. ecuador had long been spared the epidemic of violence carried out by drug cartels. but as the country has become a key shipment point for illegal drugs heading to europe and the u.s., local gangs partnered with cartels have battled each other and the government for control. in 2023, presidential candidate was assassinated after naming individuals he said were involved in the drug trade. ask then the hitmen arrested for his killing were murdered in prison as well. his running mate on tuesday called on the country to unite to defeat the gangs. translator: thts moment that ecuador stands and leaves behind political terrorism. reporter: the country s president declared several of the gangs terrorist organizations in order the armed forces to neutralize the
at the base 12 miles from the polish border in western ukraine, this is an air launched cruise missile strike from long range bombers. the shops in the black sea have been quiet. the base that was targeted was not a trans shipment point for u.s. weapons according to a senior u.s. defense official. yesterday s missile strike will motivate them to accelerate shipments of weapons to the ukrainians. congress passed a $13. 6 billion aid package thursday and the president signed off on a $200 million weapons package this weekend. we re going to continue to get as much security assistance to the ukrainians as fast as we can. we believe that we will continue to flow substantial amounts of military assistance and weapons to the front lines. of course, these convoys are
atack northwest of lviv, i want to brick in jack jacobs, msnbc analyst and medal of honor recipient. you have been to this very base during the past u.s. training exercises there. with that said, walk us through the significance in your mind of this attack today. well, it was a concentration of forces, and that s one of the things that attracted the russian missiles. it s significant from the standpoint of being a focus of training ukrainian soldiers to defend themselves. we have been doing it for a long time. also a shipment point for important military assistance, particularly anti-tank weapons and surface-to-air weapons when the ukrainians desperately need to carry on their defense. but it should be noted that we re not exactly certain exactly which warheads were used here, but the kinds of weapons that the russians have at their disposal and which they may have
there were no u.s. military forces there, they left with the florida national guard back in mid february. this was an air launched cruise missile strike from long range bombers from within russian air space, not from russian warships in the black sea and not from ukrainian air space. those ships in the black sea have been largely quiet, we are told. the base that was targeted was also not a trans shipment point for nato weapons, according to a defense official. the white house says yesterday s missile strike will motivate them to accelerate shipments of weapons to the ukrainians. congress passed a $13.6 billion aid package to ukraine last thursday and the president signed off on a $200 million weapons package this weekend. here is jake sullivan yesterday. we believe we will be able to flow substantial amounts of military assistance and weapons
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