Commander. new images show an eight-mile long convoy moving out toward the donbas. it includes command and control elements, a support battalion, enablers, rotary wing aviation and other infantry support. now in charge of the ukraine war, this general. officials say 11 people, including a child killed in more than 60 attacks this weekend. the mayor of the besieged city of mariupol says more than 10,000 people have died in that city alone. a meeting of the security council focusing on the impact of the war on women and
Successfully pass through taliban perimeter into hkia gate? that is very specific question, i ll have to come back to you on the record, i exactly back to you. thank you. when did the last afghan civilian pass through the gate? same thing, hours before, i will come back with exact time. how many individuals successfully passed through the taliban perimeter in 72 hours preceding the departure of the final flight? probably in the low hundreds, i ll come back with exact number. thank you. i understand on august 19th ground commanders authorized use of helicopters to rescue 169 americans from the barron hotel after the initial plan to proceed on foot became too dangerous. what time were rotary wing aviation assets no longer operation at hkia? first of all, barron hotel is 200 meters off the hkia
B-52s and mq-9s. we have a significant amount of rotary wing aviation on the ground including attack and lift helicopters. in addition, we are working with our allies and partners that you our british infantry rifle companies along with british special forces on the ground working with us. there is also turkish security force and other international special operations forces. this force is capable of extracting a significant amount of people on u.s. air force aircraft. right now we re averaging about 20 sorties of c-17s every 24 hours. we have the capability of significantly increasing that through-put. as the secretary said, we ve already evacuated approximately 5,000 people and we intend to increase it. in addition to the military air flow, there is a variety of commercial and charter flights taking out evacuees on behalf of various other countries and