has been turning on the gas already, been accelerating security assistance. it s probably just a reflection of the pressure that he s under with as we saw, bomb attacks on odesa. people being killed. the extraordinary, extraordinary siege of mariupol with 100,000 civilians trapped and the russians fully intent on starving them out. this is the kind of pressure that president zelenskyy is under. but i do think that the u.s. is providing the kind of support now that will make a fundamental difference. before we go, tell us with russia s new focus on the east and the south, new focus not just attention, but military assets. how does that war go now? because of course you have the u.s. and nato trying to back up the ukrainians for a new kind of battle in the east. armor on armor. artillery on artillery battle. how does that play out in your view? right. we can t forget just how poorly
author, nick stone. right now, especially anna simon with richard engel. a brand-new report from the front lines on the war with ukraine. vladimir putin sent russians in ukrainians for one people. relatives, bound by blood. with a shared history. a common culture. and one united soul. putin said he was liberating ukraine. but they didn t want liberating. for ukrainians, it was only one choice. freedom or death.
primary request to the u.s. is simple. weapons, weapons and more weapons. i spoke with the adviser to the ukrainian interior minister early about what ukraine says it needs most. you re in where ukrainians stood up for their freedom, their independence years ago. do you think ukraine can do that again successfully? stand up against russia? yes. ukrainians have stood up twice to the pro russian regime, but now we have a much bigger challenge and we need your help. we need the help of the united states. particularly with weapons. we need even more weapons to expand this offensive. the u.s. and nato are sending
[speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] in just six weeks, putin s war forced more than 11 million ukrainians from their homes and tore families apart. andriy anna, the battle hardened mother and soldier, stayed in ukraine to fight. that meant saying goodbye to
artillery from the battlefield is a requirement. president zelenskyy needs mobile defense. go ahead. sorry to interrupt. there are two different views of the battlefield now in terms of both that aid. ukrainian capabilities and also whether russia has solved some of the problems they had in the north. you speak to some folks who said ukrainians have the advantage in the east. able to push the russians back. others including the u.k. prim minister who fears the russians can grind ukrainian military forces down. where do you stand? so what the ukrainians have demonstrated is that their troops have the will, they have the capacity to adapt and they are infinitely better at emotional warfare than the russians have proven to be. they have interior lines. we are rapidly moving mobility