to ukraine. well, the nature of the fight in ukraine is changing. the russian forces previously were widely dispersed. they could be picked off by ukrainians and ambushed, as many of them were. now the russians are concentrating their forces in the east. a lot of the fighting is at long range, using long-range artillery. so it is changing the nature of what we provide in terms of weapons. we re giving them long-range weapons like how itzers. and we want to make sure that we provide them with the intelligence that they need, both to defend themselves against russian artillery attacks, but also to make their own attacks on russian forces more successful. so as the war changes, the nature of our support changes, but through it all, we want to do everything possible to help ukraine succeed. in terms of those needs, you of course met with president zelenskyy in kyiv and said that he brought up needs you had not
the other. they re providing ukraine with the weapons. it s a terrible thing to say. the longer ukraine fights the more ukrainian lives will be lost. the world has to keep providing weapons, better, stronger weapons. different type of weapons as the nature of the war changes. what was necessary a few weeks ago, now things are different. now we re in a long range artillery war. at the same time they have to act on other frochnts. they have to put pressure on putin to stop the fighting and keep putting pressure on the
been adjusting what we provide to the ukrainians needs as this war changes. and we will continue to do that. that brings me tony next que question, the new package that cnn is hearing about. when do you think the new package will be announced? we ll obviously wait for the announcement. i think that is most important is we are listening to the ukrainians as this war changes. russia as you know is now planning to mass its forces from the east, and come in heavy that way, which changes what they need, they need our heavy a arti artillery, long range rocket systems, they need anti-ship missiles of the kind they were able to use on the russian ship in the black sea, the moskva. their flagship just a couple of days ago. and that s what we and our allies are assembling and continuing to get into ukraine as these ukrainians fight so bravely for their freedom, but also for the principle of freedom and sovereignty for all of us. should we expect those items, that kind of long range
weapons to ukrainian fighters. and as the war changes, as the war shifts to the east to become a much more difficult kind of war, the need for different kinds of weapons comes up. and that s part of what nato was discussing. the ukrainians, you know, will need longer-range artillery, for instance, that s computer guided and they will need more armed drones. these are serious weapons. and then, also some of what s worked so well, like the anti-tank javelins, stocks are running low. so, it s not like people don t want to give them to ukraine. but they have to start making more of them, and then there are other kind of really important issues. like so far, western countries have not given ukraine surface-to-surface missiles. and they have not given them air-to-surface missiles. and and those would be a
they are showing that they will go after power. i will be surprised if they don t turn the power off, the power being generated from the city, if you will the nuclear power plant. in typically the russians do appear to be changing tactics and shifting to an all-out war, if you will. there is more bombing of civilian areas as mr. putin said this morning in his phone call, things will get worse unless the ukrainian surrender. trace: and that ties right back into the heart of your expertise, matthew. there is the fact that vladimir putin has mentioned a couple of times that nuclear weapons are in the picture here. you worry about things like poles flag operations, right come a mistake, a move of desperation. if any one of those things happens in the war changes,