difference? well, straight from president zelenskyy s chief of staff i asked him about the new aid package and said we re very grateful for it. there is a real sense that the u.s. aid and western nato aid has been moving at a much slower pace than they ll need in the eastern donbas fight. the fight is much difference than the failed attempt to take kyiv. they ve been fighting there for eight years. russia is familiar with the terrain. it is open and the supply lines on to russia s border, right three donbas is much quicker. there is a concern among the ukrainian officials that they need these weapons faster because even though you have 72 howitzers on the way you have to tow them and you have to get them to the eastern front by thousands of miles. no easy task. the pentagon saying they don t have a way to track the weapons once they land.
spartans, staying and saying we will never surrender. sandra, if mariupol does fall, the significance there is obviously russia will get that long sought-after land bridge between russia and the crimean peninsula and free up 10 to 12 additional groups to move up into the eastern donbas fight. meanwhile, one final note, the u.n. now reporting more than 5 million civilians have fled ukraine since the war began 56 days ago. sandra: griff jenkins, thank you for your reporting there. trace: and dr. rebecca grant, national security and military analyst and fox news contributor. dr. grant, always great to see you. i want to put these on the screen if i can. what politico says is russia s four primary objectives, capture all the donbas, build a land bridge from the donbas to crimea via mariupol, control kherson