Howitzer pieces, and that is what the americans are promising, as are the americans are promising, as are the nato allies. we have heard of three multiple launch rocket system is promised by the germans, 18 howitzer artillery pieces promised by the americans, and all of that they hope to get as quickly as they can to the east. the problem the ukrainians have is that promises are not the same as delivering this equipment to the front lines and at the moment, they are really struggling there because they cannot match the russian guns. they are simply outgunned. in terms of the quantity of artillery both sides are bringing to the fight. so they will be hoping these premises really materialise quickly and that this equipment can get into the east of the country where it is desperately needed as fast as possible. find needed as fast as possible. and clearl , needed as fast as possible. and clearly. that needed as fast as possible. and clearly, that fighting is focused on the east of the
Be persuaded by president volodymyr zelensky of the wisdom of that candidacy being approved, well, that will be a big step for the ukrainians. will be a big step for the ukrainians. ~ . , , ukrainians. we have ust been lookin: ukrainians. we have ust been looking at t ukrainians. we have ust been looking at some ukrainians. we have ust been looking at some of ukrainians. we havejust been looking at some of those - ukrainians. we havejust been looking at some of those live | looking at some of those live pictures of irpin and as you would expect, quite a media scrum and security presence around those leaders as they arrive in the city, given everything of course that is going on. while we continue to look at those pictures, let s talk about this extra $1 billion in military support, as we said, the largest single military aid package since russia invaded. of course designed to send that message that the rest of the world, particularly clearly here in this case the united states
Like we said it would, this particular fight is heavily reliant on what we call long range fires, artillery. you re seeing that the russians are shelling well in advance of their troop movements, but they re not able to, they have not been able to sufficiently weaken the ukrainian defenses with that shelling. the ukrainians are able to fight right back. are you getting the weapons that the ukrainians need to then quickly enough there? i know you prided yourself on the howitzers that have already arrived on the scene. there are more than half of the 90 howitzers that we promised ukraine are actually in ukraine. i would also note that more than 50 ukrainian artillery men, who were properly trained outside ukraine, over the last week, are now back in ukraine as well to help their colleagues learn on these howitzers. i can t tell you where each of these howitzer pieces are or whether they re actually engaged in the fight, but they re in ukraine and they ll be ready for them to use. w