ukraine has been essentially begging the united states to try and send them these advanced weaponry systems, to try and beat back russia s violent march into their country. but there s a reason that the united states did not send them on day one of this war. multiple rocket launchers are substantially more advanced than any of the weaponry ukraine currently has and unlike the stingers and the javelin, the names we have grown accustomed to, the u.s. has already sent those, the rocket launchers, these mrls, they have long ranges, which could give ukraine the ability not only to deter russian aggression inside of ukraine but give the ability to strike inside of russia. now, if ukraine were to use american weaponry, to fire rockets across its border into russia, it would be a series escalation with international ramifications. well, late last night, ukrainian
southeastern land, the east was invaded and when crimea gdp, ukrainian gdp dropped 14% and that was the damage, overall damage into the south and further, you know, the estimated range was from 70 to $200 billion which was approximately one year gdp of ukraine currently. all right, i m michael holmes in laviv ukraine, will be back for more next hour. for now, back to linda kinkade at cnn center for other top stories. thank you, my friend, good to have you there my friend. argentina devastated by on going fires. some 15,000 hectares affected,
. our sports lead now. what the world is witnessing in ukraine currently, russia ignoring all international standards and norms is not new for vladimir putin. and in fact, it is not just in the geopolitical world. he s been doing it in the sports world for years. in 2008, he invaded the soviet republic of georgia just as the summer olympics started in beijing. it was a move shunned by the world but mostly overshadowed by ukraine. this time, he amassed troops while the olympics were underway and once again he used sports as a cover to hide this ugly and deadly reality. it is a strategy in many ways known as sports washing.
to believe this is the groundwork for the beginning of talks. they re killing people in ukraine currently. the other thing to note is that as of today the u.s. is still buying russian oil. you ve talked about this a lot. but we are as a country. and as of today, just moments ago at the white house, they said that they will sit down at the table with russian negotiators to help deal with the iran nuclear deal that they re trying to resurrect. and that is interesting too, because as this sanction game is happening and they re trying to affect putin s actions, on the other hand they re asking him for help on the iran nuclear deal, and we re buying his oil. neil: you know, bret, earlier on fox business we were talking to a russian business interest leader who is perplexed a little bit about the way we re told that nato is in sync and they mean what they mean and the g7 countries mean what they mean to get tough on russia, particularly vladimir putin, but, for example, on pushing it