switchblades, 300 of them also called kamikaze killer drones that could target russian soldiers and armored vehicles. and for the first time, howitzers which fire artillery at long range targets. ukraine is being sent 18 with 40,000 rounds of ammunition. the list goes on and includes coastal sea drones to defend against the ships in the black sea. 200 armored personnel carriers, counter artillery readers and help from nuclear attacks and thousands more javelin an stinger missiles to use against russian tanks and aircraft. countless russian armors vehicles have been destroyed by weapons provided by nato countries. ukrainian forces have been able to repel russian advances. i think what they re offering is fair. you give us weapons and we sacrifice our lives and the war is contained in ukraine.
reporter: but ukraine said it needs more. we are grateful for what we ve already been given. we need helicopters, planes, powerful weapons, howitzers. we need a lot. reporter: a point of contention with u.s. is over fighter jets. ukraine wants them while the bo biden administration is worried that russia will take that as too much of a provocation. moscow has warned it would target weapons heading into ukraine and this week sent a protest letter to washington over the growing weaponry being sent. but the state department said friday, that nothing will dissuade the u.s. from continuing its support. now president volodymyr zelenskyy has expressed his frustration about the question of weapons and in an interview when western leaders asked him when he needs and he said he needs to calm himself because he s already told those western leaders what he needs to fight russia. he said it is like groundhog day. he compared timhimself to bill