cou allies and urging them to send more equipment into ukraine. for the time being haven t outlined what more equipment might be sent there, but that is something that is always on the table as they are further trying to assist the ukrainians in their fight against russia. now, russia has protested the u.s. sending more supplies into ukraine. recently sending a diplomatic note to the state department warning of unpredictable consequences if the u.s. continues with more aid, but so far the u.s. really has remained undeterred in providing this aid for ukraine. so we will see as the battles in the east are expected to intensify whether the u.s. might be sending more weaponry in. especially as there are concerns about that ammunition. arlette saenz, thank you for that reporting. and retire d brigadier general joins me. former secretary of state for
house is constantly evaluating what ukraine needs as they continue to fight this war against russia, and what you have seen this week over the course of this weekend, really. the first shipments have started to arrive of that new $800 million worth of they d president biden approved earlier in the week. this includes much more sophisticated and heavy-duty weaponry than the u.s. previously been supplying to ukraine. those things that you mention. like the howitzers, switch blade drones and radar systems capable of detecting incoming fire and pinpointing their origin. now, these, the white house and the biden administration have said they tailored this request specifically to what the ukrainians have asked for, but a u.s. official did say there were concerns about the inventory of ammunition that ukrainians have. one official said that those howitzer and that 40,000 artillery rounds heading to
historic event where someone like putin makes a different historical choice than his predecessors like hitler, that didn t end well. these are not fighting words. this is just me being human realizing that you can t achieve peace through what s happening in mariupol, and the nation of ukrainians, the ukrainian person today is going to carry the hate and the animosity towards the russian person for generations. i don t think anybody wins in that situation. i just wanted the fight to be over and for the peace to start so that me and my family can lead the way amongst others to rebuild this country. a sentiment shared by many. max, thank you so much for joining us and sharing your important work. appreciate it. and up next, as the u.s. sends aid to ukraine, there is
to mariupol s defenders. surrender by 1:00 p.m. sunday. ukrainians did not listen. our defenders continue to hold the defense, said an adviser to mariupol s mayor in response. city still has not fallen. there is still our military forces, our soldiers. so they will fight and as for now they still are in mariupol. reporter: a main pocket of resistance centered here as the steel plant. it s unclear how many fighters remain in the city. still difficult for cnn to gather verified information. a lack of internet service makes reliably contacting people in the city extremely hard. still, what is coming out of the city shows that it is now almost completely occupied by russian troops. dean show off their handy out rations to starving civilians, but the ukrainian parliament human rights commissioner says such handouts are mere
well, first of all it would be a victory for vladimir putin. more importantly, it would allow russia to connect russia down directly to the crimea over the land and over the sea. i think the bravery and hero imof the ukrainians demonstrates that the unintended consequence is, this is going to be a, remember the alamo moment for the ukrainian forces outside of mariupol. the bravery shown by these defenders in the long fight is simply going to inspire the ukrainians to fight the russians harder. so the russians may get mariupol, but they re going to pay in blood and treasure as i suspect in their next battle the ukrainians are going to be screaming, remember mariupol. president zelenskyy says the world needs to be ready for putin to use nuclear weapons, but many experts say this is going to likely look a lot