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Give ukrainians it s a specific that they asked for. there s been fighting there for eight kreers. there s fighting there today. we know the russians believe the same thing because we re seeing them move artillery into the donbas as well. we want to give them every bit of advantage that we can. they ask for artillery support and we answered that with this recent draw down package that was just authorized on the 13th. that was wednesday of last week. it s 18, 40 rounds of artillery that will go with the howlisters. there may be additional security assistance that comes on top of what we just announced. ....
That the ukrainians asked for because of the fighting that will occur in the donbas. there s been fighting there eight years. there s fighting there today. the or the terrain lends itself to the use of long range fires as we call it. we know the russians also believe the same thing because we re seeing them move artillery units in to the donbas as well. so we want to give the ukrainians every bit of advantage that we can. they specifically asked for artillery support and we answered that with this recent draw down package that was just authorized on the 13th. that was wednesday of last week. it s 18 howitzers, 40,000 rounds of artillery that will go with the howitzer s. we ll continue to talk with them. it will a conversation. there may be additional security assistance that comes on on the ....
They ve added helicopter, artillery support, and there have been offensives near the donetsk area where the ukrainians we believe have taken back towns and villages from the russians. so there is active fighting going on right now. we know the administration has said no to a no-fly zone. but would the administration consider doing something similar to that in the waters around ukraine? like an embargo around ukraine? i think that the president has been very clear, pamela. there won t be u.s. troops fighting in ukraine and that would include the skies over ukraine. and i see no indication that there would be a ned for the united states to get involved in the maritime environment around ukraine. what we are trying to do is bolster the ukrainian coastal defense capabilities. not just us. other countries are helping with cruise missiles and defensive weapons. we have also in this latest package that the president just authorized last week, included some unmanned surface vehicles that c ....
They specifically asked for fire support and that and specifically asked for artillery support. specifically, asked for helicopters which seems to be one short step away from providing some sort of fighter jet cover as well. when would you expect to see maybe fighter planes, these migs which poland offered earlier being sent to ukraine? well, i think as very soon, in light of the kind of atrocities that are being committed against the civilian population. the ukrainian armed forces need need this equipment to defend their own country. the war is going on in ukraine, not in russia. and so, there shouldn t be any hesitation. but even even the equally important, if not more important, is to do something to cut off the flow of money to russia. and that means an embargo on oil ....
My last assignment before serving in congress, i served in kyiv, i lived there, and it doesn t take long to really ascertain the fighting spirit and the immense amount of passion and love they have for ukraine and for their independence and you re seeing that now and you re going to continue to see it. you re seeing it from president zelenskyy, you re seeing it from the 3 million people in kyiv who are arming themselves to fight a goliath type of opponent in vladimir putin and they re going to continue to do so. as marcy said marcy, it s an honor to serve with her in a bipartisan manner, her love for ukraine is immense, as is mine. there s a lot more we can be doing. we got to get russia cakicked o of s.w.i.f.t. and nato needs to step up with more artillery support for ukraine. i m hearing from my colleagues in the ukrainian ratta, they re begging us to do more. they appreciate what we ve done ....