going on behind the scene. russia is respond to go this news. the russian ambassador to germany says berlin s move brings the conflict, quote, to a new level, as creme len spokesperson peskov says russia will destroy ukraine s tanks. natasha, is the u.s. s view this is a game change r? in a way. they re not going to hit the ground immediately, it could take as many as three, four months for the ukrainians to even be trained on them, but what we are told is that this could potentially be game changing in terms of breaking through russia s defensive lines in ukraine.
patriot is probably a pretty long tail in excess of about six months. so it s going to be a while before the capability is fully realized. i didn t even appreciate how long the training was going to be. that s an important factor in this. steve, today, looking at the fight and what ukraine could be getting, kremlin spokesperson peskov said these challenger to these tanks, i think it s about a dozen or so the u.k. has promised to send. the way he s described it is that they will burn like the rest. he said these more advanced military equipment that s being sent over t way he describes it, it will not change the situation on the ground. it s only going the drag this out. not surprising he would say that, but do you have a sense and i know it s kind of a big question mark throughout this of if the russian people believe it. you know, i think there s enough people in russia who are still getting their news and information primarily from the
zelenskyy posted on social media that he had come back with good results. he referenced financial support included in the new aid package and said there were other agreements made but didn t go into great detail. he thanked president biden along with both chambers of congress and both political parties before reiterating the belief that ukraine will be victorious. meanwhile in a call with reporters yesterday, the kremlin spokesperson peskov expressed disappointment that had no calls for peace with russia. they can say it with a straight face, which is so remarkable about the russians, they can say it with a straight face when obviously any attempts at a peace deal would be met with contempt. as we move towards the end of this new year, and move towards a new house of representatives,
ukraine captured by pro-russian forces russian tv broadcast interviews wit two americans captured in ukraine. alex drueke and andy huynh where are they and who s holding them and what s next? they are soldiers of fortune, an they were involved in illegal activities on the territory of ukraine. they were involved in firing and shelling our military personnel. they were endangering their life they should be held responsible for those crimes that they have committed. reporter: in an exclusive intervie i asked the kremlin spokesperson peskov about the two british nationals and the moroccan captured by separatists rebels in ukraine now sentenced to death can you guarantee that these americans will not face the same fate no, i can t guarantee anything it depends on the investigation. reporter: we asked about another american being held in russia, wnba star brittney griner who was
when putin s spokesperson peskov was pushed on this issue and when one of the separatist leaders was pressed on thus issue they obfuscated the issue and said we can t answer that. that s a complex issue. and that ambiguity is precisely what feeds in to this profound sense of anxiety. that sense of not knowing exactly what s coming next but knowing very clearly that putin has laid the groundwork for many different possible permutations. what people are waiting to see and what ukraine s leaders are waiting to see now is what president biden is going to announce in this speech because there s a sense of real urgency that the u.s. stand in unity with nato allies and take a strong stance with ukraine. and by all naccounts, that s wht we can expect the u.s. to do. but definitely a marked shift on