conference in germany. this is an important moment, a critical moment in the fight in ukraine. western allies are meeting and have been there to hammer out the latest plan to support ukraine now and support ukraine going forward. a key point of contention right now is germany s refusal so far to supply ukraine with tanks that it said are necessary to win against russia. tanks are not part of the latest aid package that was just announced by the pentagon. a very big package, though. $2.5 billion for ukraine. that does, however, include striker armored vehicles for the very first time. we re going to stand by and going to this press conference any moment. oren liebermann is standing by at the pentagon. what are we expecting to hear. reporter: one of the things that we could hear from lloyd austin is a thank you for everything that countries have provided. the u.s. on the front foot here with a just announced yesterday $2.5 billion package. the second largest the u.s. has ev
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assistance package signifying our continued commitment to ukraine. this pack oth combined with our previous one includes combined maneuver capabilities with supporting artillery. equivalent to at least two combined arms maneuver brigades or six meck infantry battalions and ten infantry battalions an four artillery battalions with a lot of other equipment. this package, this u.s. package, along with the allied donations that are indicated today, signify our collective resolve and our commitment to ukraine to protect their population from the russian attacks and to provide the armor necessary to go on the offensive. to liberate russian occupied ukraine. additionally, this week in germany, we began battalion and brigade training that i had an opportunity to visit at the training center here in graphen veer in support of ukrainian
bough talons with tens of thousands of rounds, and why this is a game changer is because this is the beginning of the united states shifting into the kind of equipment they are providing to ukraine. in the past eight weeks or so the u.s. has been providing ukraine the kind of equipment and material they need to defend against the russian invasion, to be able to try and push them back or stop them where they are going. with this influx of this artillery battalions in addition to the ones being sent by other countries that we are not necessarily hearing about, and this is supplying ukraine with the kind of equipment they need to beat russia, and not just to hold them off but to be able to defend against them and ultimately potentially defeat them. i think this is a time when we are going to look back and say this is in the u.s. strategy, really, or the u.s. goal shifted from a beat russia to a defend,
on the drones, the phoenix ghost drones, what can you say about their role? broadly speaking, are they intelligence oriented or attack oriented? and when did you begin developing that asset? the second question is on the artillery, the howitzers, in laymen s terms, what is the significance of five battalions of artillery that you re helping the ukrainians develop? five additional battalions will add to their compliment of their own artillery battalions. it s added firepower. we re not putting u.s. troops in with these systems. they have to provide the artillerymen, of course. it s 5 five more battalions which is quite a number. hundreds of additional troops to field these systems. they re additional systems.
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