defected. he talked about a phased approach to supplying defensive weapons. this parsing and all of the fine distinctions between defensive and offensive weapons is beside the point. russia invaded ukraine. ukraine is defending its territory. by definition, every weapon ukraine has is a defensive weapon. we shouldn t be drawing fine distinctions, we should be supplying them with more weapons, more kinds of weapons so they can win the war and get russian troops off of their soil. sandra: the lines of communication with russia, obviously you have seen and heard that top russian military leaders have repeatedly declined calls from the u.s., prompting fears of sleep walking into war. john kirby, the pentagon spokesperson responded, listen. we think that communication with the russians is important, particularly now, in fact, now more than ever to be able to communicate with our russian
threatened to do. number one, it said it didn t want any if military aid coming into this country from the outside. number two, it said it would be hitting any mercenaries, as they call them; that is, foreign folks coming in and helping out the ukrainian military. we were as close as we could to the base today, and it was a scene of people in shock really. early morning, eight missiles hit their mark at this training center ask leaving, as you say, 35 dead, 134 uninjuredded. it s a training center that s very close to the home of a lot of american military. just last month the florida national guard was there, and we believe u.s. special forces, they are there for training purposes to train up ukrainians. they were evacuated, thankfully, and according to john kirby, the pentagon spokesperson, there were no u.s. military casualties. but we can t be sure about the
kyiv s north. which is part of russia s ostensible strategic shift away from kyiv, to focus on ukraine s east. this was the response from the u.s. secretary of state, today. there is what russia says and there is what russia does. we are focused on the latter. what russia s doing, is the continued brutalization of ukraine. and its people. i had not seen anything that suggests that this is moving forward in an effective way, because russia has not seen signs of real seriousness. similarly, the pentagon spokesperson today says there is no indication on the ground that russia is undertaking a genuine withdrawal with forces around kyiv. has there been some movement by some russian units away from kyiv in the last day or so? yes. we think so. small numbers. but we believe this is a repositioning, not a real withdrawal. and that we all should be prepared to watch for a major offensive against other
negotiations with the aim to win the time to regroup, to refresh, to take more ammunitions to their troops. it seems to be more likely. but certainly, in any case, even if there is one chance from 100 that it is a real negotiation, we want peace, we want to stop this awful war in our territory, we want to stop the killing of our women and children. so we will try to use any chance possible. but i am not very optimistic about this peace negotiation. it is strange, when they are having a peace negotiation, and at the same time they continue bombing, shelling, and even increasing during the last day s attacks. let s talk about something that john kirby, the pentagon spokesperson said earlier today in the united states.
ammunitions to their troops. it seems to be more likely. but certainly, in any case, even if there is one chance from 100 that it is a real negotiation, we want peace, we want to stop this awful war in our territory, we want to stop the killing of our women and children. so we will try to use any chance possible. but i am not very optimistic about this peace negotiation. it is strange, when they are having a peace negotiation, and at the same time they continue bombing, shelling, and even increasing during the last days attacks. let s talk about something that john kirby, the pentagon spokesperson said earlier today in the united states. let s