number one, the growing professionalism of the ukrainian general staff to maintain operational security so that we know more about what the russians are doing than we know what the ukrainians are doing. secondly, the provision of weapons like long range precision fires have given the ukrainians the ability to destroy russian command and control and russian logistics. and then finally, russian forces themselves. they re exhausted. their logistics are exhausted, and they just could not resist effectively at the point of attack. retired lieutenant general ben hodges, former commanding general for the united states army europe. thank you. i was really hoping we would be able to get you tonight. i know you had to stay up until 0 dark 30. i appreciate it. my privilege. thank you, rachel. we ll be right back. stay with us. us but there are ways you can repair it. i m excited about pronamel repair because it penetrates deep into the tooth
here led by president zelenskyy. you ve commanded u.s. troops throughout europe, lieutenant general. talk to me about what $3 billion in aid in addition to the billions of dollars they have gotten so far throughout the last six months, what it will do for the fight against russia. i m proud of what the administration continues to do to show support for ukraine, but because this is about more than just ukraine, this is about tyranny versus freedom. and so why it s so important that the united states continues to rally support from all of our allies as well. the kind of things that are included in this package are important in the near term, air and missile defense, ammunition for long-range precision fires. and also, and this is important, the administration is doing things that will help ukraine in the long term, because even though i expect ukraine will push russia back to the 23 february line by the end of this
for you to follow, easy for you to brock, in terms of all the jargon and everything. but can you explain to our audience, why it is that the ukrainian government, president zelenskyy, are so interested in this one u.s. weapons system, that they have just started to obtain? and that does have a connection to your home state of michigan. yeah, i mean, i think it s basically gives them the ability for precision fires, in a way that they just didn t have before. you know, you talked about the range, 50 miles. i think what s been interesting is that the russians have backed up that range, right? those 50 miles, it s pushed them back in a way that i think has been different. and it just brings the menu capability that s long-range, more precise, and then, those himars can move, as you said, it s scoot and shoot, or scoot and shoot. and they can just get out of where they were, and they are very accurate, and so, it s just bringing a new capability to them. they haven t had that before, and
easy for you to grab in terms of all the jargon and everything, but can you explain to our audience why it is that the ukranian government, president zelenskyy, are so interested in this one u.s. weapons system that they have just started to obtain and that does have a connection to your home state of michigan. yeah. i think it basically gives them the ability for precision fires in a way that they just didn t have before. you know, you talked about the range 50 miles. i think what s been interesting that the russians have backed up that range, right? those 50 miles. it s pushed them back in a way that i think has been different, and it just brings them a new capability that s longer range and more precise and then the heim aerds can move. as you said, it is a shoot and scott or scoot and shoot and they can get out of where they are and they are very accurate and it s just bringing a new capability to them that they haven t had before and they are used to go good effect.