Really across most metrics we re seeing failures in logistics, bad orders being issued down. it s been a surprise. dara, good morning. we expect now, we re getting news into us, when president biden speaks in about 30 minutes he will announce a new aide package of about $800 million to be sent to ukraine on top of the $800 million authorized last week. do you expect this package to look different based on russia s new strategy, a new kind of fighting perhaps in the east? what do you think ukraine needs from the united states right now? based on what the russians are setting up, which is going to be heavy artillery, a lot of dumb bombs, unguided munitions, things are really going to come to a head on the battlefield. i saw the announcement we re moving forward with providing them with artillery shells, howitzers, i believe some helicopters involved in that package as well, and president zelenskyy has said this is very appropriate for where they are right now and that the needs are
Least 20 additional fighter jets in operation after receiving recent shipments of spare parts making repairs possible. at the same time, u.s. troops have begun training ukrainian soldiers on how to use howitzer artillery and rounds that have arrived in europe. the training is taking place outside of ukraine and will last about a week. the how wiltzers are part of an $800 million military aid package approved by the biden administration last week. of course we ll be hearing from the president in about 30 minutes. joining us now, former senior analyst for the department of defense focusing on russia s military capabilities and strategies, now a senior policy researcher at the rand corporation, dara masako. it s good to have you with us. thank you so much. i m curious, the decisions every step of the way in this