counterattack. and all the time drones will shape the way this war changes. what you heard in the explos stop any time we were there. the ukrainians say they believe what is actually going on there is that a lot of people that russia mobilized late last year are now arriving at the front lines. the russians are beefing up their presence there and going on the counterattack and while this might not yet be the start of that spring offensive, they believe it could be a prelude to it. thank you very much, fred. now, putin s former speech writer. thank you so much for your time. we re hearing about these heavy losses for the russian army. you know putin well.
drones. they can manufacture drone munitions in 20 minutes. drone operator is one of the most dangerous jobs, the boss says. as soon as they locate a drone operator, they use all kinds of weaponry, artillery, mrls, tanks. we have a high rate of casualties among drone pilots. in the forest, uslan s mission is now over, but he sees a long battle ahead in a contest of wits and brute force. mostly last month our but last two weeks maybe we stop and russians making counterattack. reporter: all the time drones will shape the way this war changes. there was a lot of heavy fighting going on around us as we were there with that front line drone unit. that s something we ve seen increasingly and heard about
if you remember almost eight months ago when the war started, the real request was for javelin missiles. they needed to get the armored vehicles stopped. will s. then it was about stingers. more short-range air defense. as putin decided in the spring that he would focus on the donbas. it is a lot like kansas. small villages and towns. we knew it would be long range fires, the ability to hit on the ground. so we provided dozens and dozens of howitzers as well as literally tens of thousands pieces of ammunition for them as well as the vaned rocket systems that are highly visible. that s what that means. they have almost 20 of those on the ground. so we ll keep evolving as the war changes. and you will see as president zelenskyy said today, a stronger need for air defense. so we ll have that conversation with him.
pieces of ammunition for them as well as the vaned rocket systems that are highly visible. that s what that means. they have almost 20 of those on the ground. so we ll keep evolving as the war changes. and you will see as president zelenskyy said today, a stronger need for air defense. so we ll have that conversation with him. we ll keep changing the capability that s we provide to make sure we re meeting those needs. look, they are in the fight of their lives literally. some of the video footage that you showed demonstrates the degree to which mr. putin was going after targets with no regard for innocent civilian life. we know it is severe there. and we ll make sure the capabilities will help them defend their territory. there s been a bunch of reporting recently. i feel like our capacity as
missiles and rockets that have been instrumental in the counter-offensive in the last couple of weeks. but the war always changes. one thing i ve learned about war in all my time in iraq and afghanistan, fighting overseas is that one day is never the same as the next. war changes. it evolves. and you have to stay nimble. you to stay flexible. you to understand what s going on in the battlefield around you and how that s changing. you to not just fight the day the fight of the day. you have to be anticipating what s going to happen two, three weeks or several months ahead. it is time for us, in my view, to provide those longer range missiles. i think that will help put ukraine in a position to win. and i do not believe there would be any additional escalatory that what is already done. in both the wars in iraq and afghanistan. let s move on, congressman. in this rare face-to-face meeting that s been going on today between russian vladimir