today, i can announce that the uk will send a further £100 million worth of high grade military equipment to ukraine s armed forces, including more starstreak anti aircraft missiles, which fly at three times the speed of sound, another 800 anti tank missiles and precision munitions capable of lingering in the sky until directed to their target. supplies are coming in from all over the world. the czech republic has sent a fleet of russian made battle tanks. the ukrainians know the t 72 well and can use it with no extra training. russian military wreckage litters the roads where they ve been and gone. ukraine s armed forces have fought tenaciously and with great skill, but most believe sterner tests lie ahead. will all the new equipment arrive in time, and will it be enough? and could the west do more on the economic front? the german chancellor facing difficult questions
difficulties keeping their forces that are arrayed against the russians that are height here. so what kind of equipment do the ukrainians need to make sure they hold on to these two critical cities? so there are several types of equipment, don, they could use. there are of course pieces of equipment they already use. these include the biraktar tb-2 drones which have been very effective at actually going after tank columns and also providing reconnaissance information to the ukrainians. more standard stuff, t-72 tanks, that allows them to actually fight force on force with the russians. so we could potentially see tank battles. maybe not as big as the ones in world war ii, but you they would still be pretty big and they would still be tank on tank-type combat situations. the other thing of course are drones like the switchblade. this is an animation of the switchblade s-600. we showed you this yesterday. and it was also being used as a very carefully calibrated piece of equipment th
targets very, very quickly and very accurately. then there s german equipment. this is a punserfaus which goes after tanks. they use this now. if they get more of them they can be even more effective against the russian tanks. and that is the kind of thing that would make a difference along of course with the u.s.-made javelin missile. colonel, the secretary of state, anthony blinken, said today that for every russian tank in ukraine the u.s. and its partners has given or will soon provide ten anti-tank systems. hoas that been to ukraine s success so far? here s the answer. these are the kinds of things that have become really important for thr effort. the damaged equipment that you see here, the t-72 tanks, the armored personnel carriers that have been blown up, that has been as the result of equipment like the javelin, like the punserfaust. these are the types of things that can actually make a difference. it s not the same equipment that the russians have, but it is
going on for eight years in the southeast in donbas, in ukraine since 2014. do you get the sense now, dan, that both sides are getting ready for what would be considered trench warfare in 2022? so first of all to general milley s comments. he is right because commensurate with the biden s administration strategy of sanctions, employing resources and sending military equipment to ukraine. under that current strategy if ukraine continues to fight the war will last for many years. is that what we really want? do we want russia to pummel ukraine? how many for cities do we want to look like bucha and how many hospitals can russia be per misted to bomb indiscriminately. our policy has to change. we have to give ukraine the t-72 tanks they need. some of the czech republic but they need more javelins and anti-ship weapons. there is a lot that president
understand that, but it is the tool they use the most every single day. that will continue to flow in. now, as for larger systems we are working with allies and partners, literally every day, to see if they can provide some of these long-range air defense systems we know the ukrainians know how to use and are using very effectively because we don t have them in our stocks. we are talking with other allies and partners about other larger systems. some countries talked about potential providing tanks, t-72 tanks that the ukrainians know how to use. we re certainly going to be encouraging of that as well. and let s just stop for one minute, jonathan. i know you have a question for the admiral. we talk about what has happened in kyiv. we have talked about the extraordinary bravery that the ukrainians have shown. let s also be really blunt here. a lot of criticism focused towards this president, focused towards this administration, focused towards nato for not doing enough.