systems, 9000 anti-armor systems which he said, i quote, our and 7000 small arms, including grenade launchers, and 20 million rounds of ammunition, mortars for small arms, and drones as well. biden did not specify what kind of drones. nbc news reports that the biden administration will provide ukraine with you as made drones cold switchblade switch blades. that brings the total of new u.s. security aid to a billion dollars. just this week. and that s in addition to a long list of aircraft, weapons and military equipment previously sent to ukraine, including but not limited to over 600 stinger anti aircraft systems, approximately 2600 javelin anti armor systems, five mi-17 helicopters, for counter more to our radar
iii has begun. and the need for nations not directly involved in the fighting to be mindful that this does not escalate. but you cannot blame the ukrainian president for asking for every tool he can to defend his country. president biden has been under quite a bit of pressure to do more from zelenskyy, from members of both political parties and from the media. but maybe in all the coverage, you have missed what president biden has already done, including what he announced today. because it is our nature as the media too often simplify everything. we reduced everything about u.s. involvement in ukraine these days to no-fly zone or nothing. now, there is an argument to be had about a no-fly zone. and i m going to have it later in the show with a former bush administration official. but let s talk first about what is actually being done to help ukraine right now, which is pretty huge. and dare i say, unprecedented. just today, president biden announced that the u.s. will send the ukraine