Ukrainian people. we re going to work to help them with their economy. we ve invested nearly $1 billion in total so far, between the defensive weapons we ve supplied, the economic and humanitarian assistance we ve given, and we re going to continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with ukraine, no matter who becomes the next prime minister. and i don t think, to be honest, john, i don t think the ukrainian people are in any doubt about that. they ve had visits from british prime ministers, presidents zelenskyy has spoken to british prime ministers on the phone. the foreign secretary speaks to his ukrainian counterpart, and so on. we re very strong on that. we ve always been strong supporters in nato, the g-7, and the u.n. for ukraine and we ll carry on doing that. all of this has happened so far over the last 45 days, we almost forget every small episode that happen along the way. pyatt was critical of british prime minister liz truss s economic policy.
Strategic goals. they have made some tactical advancements, but frankly they had been minor, and not many miles of territory gained. we are also seeing now is president zelenskyy, suggested as many of us thought he would, is to open a 2nd front. that 2nd front is more than likely going to occur in the kherson that s a critical of last. it s not just the city of her son, it is the entire province of kherson. about the size of the state of maryland. the capital city of correction, about 300,000 population on a normal day, but that area bumps up against crime media and also maintains the road network to the north, east and west. presidents zelenskyy, if he
Assault, the u.s. and other western allies are ramping up efforts to try and support the ukrainian military, for the first time ever the u.s. is sending heavy artillery to ukraine, 40,000 artillery rounds which at the current price would be a week s worth of artillery for the ukrainian military. if you have never seen a before it is a big modern cannon. the u.s. also says they are about to start training ukrainians on how to use these new which is important. and addition to the artillery, the u.s. is sending 11 new helicopters, 300 drones that are called switchblade drones. 208 apcs, armored personnel carriers. ten artillery radars. these latest shipments from the u.s. are a real escalation in terms of whether u.s. is sending. this is a qualitatively new weapon shipments from the united states. but ukraine says they still need more. in an interview a few days ago with an apple bomb and from the atlantic magazine at his presidential compound in kyiv, residents zelenskyy told the
Ukrainian military, for the first time ever the u.s. is sending heavy artillery to ukraine, 40,000 artillery rounds which at the current price would be a week s worth of artillery for the ukrainian military. if you have never seen a before it is a big modern cannon. the u.s. also says they are about to start training ukrainians on how to use these new which is important. and addition to the artillery, the u.s. is sending 11 new helicopters, 300 drones that are called switchblade drones. 208 pcs, armored personnel carriers. ten artillery radars. these latest shipments from the u.s. are a real escalation in terms of whether u.s. is sending. this is a qualitatively new weapon shipments from the united states. but ukraine says they still need more. in an interview a few days ago with an apple bomb and from the atlantic magazine at his presidential compound in kyiv, residents zelenskyy told