officials say russia fired 1,100 missiles into ukraine and russia is relying on long range missiles. over the weekend, russia said they fired a hypersonic missile. the pentagon says they wouldn t be surprised if this is the route that russian would go. and weapon shipments have continued into ukraine. they have to get the missiles and body armor and bullets of getting the package out there apartment the president signed $800 million to aid ukraine. the russians continue to attack the shipments saying that would be another reason to provoke and escalation. we also learned that defense secretary lloyd austin will go back to europe. he was there last week. he had to go to nato
their, quote, military special operation is going as planned. russia s defense ministry released this video of helicopter gun ships attacking a ukrainian airfield. still, vladimir putin clearly feels the need to rally his nation making a rare appearance at a massive rally at moscow s main stadium where a strange technical glitch cut off his speech, but not before he praised russian troops. translator: the best proof is the way our boys are fighting in this operation, shoulder to shoulder, supporting each other and if need be, protecting each other like brothers. shielding one another with their bodies on the battlefield. we haven t had this unity for a long time. reporter: but the russians appear to be so angry at u.s. and allied weapon shipments to ukraine, they vowed to target any deliveries entering ukrainian territory. and they re hitting strategic targets as well, firing several
at a massive rally at moscow s main stadium where a strange technical glitch cut off his speech but not before he praised russian troops. translator: the best proof is the way our boys are fighting in this operation, shoulder to shoulder supporting each other and if need be, protecting each other like brothers, shielding one another with their bodies on the battle field. we haven t had this unity for a long time. reporter: but the russians appear to be so angry at u.s. and allied weapon shipments to ukraine they vowed to target any deliveries entering ukrainian territory and they re hitting strategic targets, as well. firing several cruise missiles at an airplane repair plant at lviv and a russian cruise missile dropped after being shot down by ukrainian air defenses. former world heavy weight boxings champ and brother of kyiv s mayor pleading for more help. this is genocide of the
the ukrainians and it came to a dispute who would do the delivering, and what you see here is a latest of a long series of shipments of weapons from the biden administration to ukraine and you re hearing russia and putin talk about it is provocation on the part of the west and the weapon shipments would be a fair target for russian troops so obviously there s a risk for americans and europeans as they seek to arm ukrainians to defend themselves and being drawn in to this conflict. are white house officials are drawing up response to the event russian uses nuclear chemical in ukraine. they re very concern that there are chemical biological weapons being created in ukraine as a threat to them seen as a way of signaling what they may do. we see it all the time from
they want the u.s. and nato system to provide replacements. the secretary of defense says no final decisions have been made but the talks are ongoing. the white house says the latest aid package is 16edding anti-tank missiles and drones that are more portable, easy to carry and lightweight and 20 rounds of ammunition. marco rubio says they will need more help. it s important to understand that we have to do this. the white house has been a step behind on this. more importantly, this is an evolving conflicts. the russian tactics are changing. russia is threatening to target the same weapon shipments going into ukraine. we ve been asking defense officials how they re getting the weapons in. but officials don t want to comment not to compromise what s