show the ukrainian people america s unwavering support. you can hear them there, those are the air raid sirens as the two presidents walked the capitol streets. they laid a wreath outside st. michael s monastery to honor fallen ukrainian soldiers. the one-year anniversary of russia s invasion is just days away. wearing tie with the colors of ukraine s flag, president biden pledged more aid and promised the u.s. will never abandon its allies. one year later, kyiv stands. and ukraine stands. democracy stands. the americas stand with you, and the world stands with you. it s worth fighting for for as long as it takes and that s how long we ll be with you, mr. president, for as long as it takes. cnn chief white house correspondent phil mattingly joins us from warsaw, poland, and alex marquardt is in kyiv. we have heard the president say time and time again the united states will be at ukraine s side for as long as it takes. it does make a huge difference to say that from was
wants. yeah, that would be a tipping point for the ukraine military to get those long-range weapons, it would allow ukraine to target well into russia and into some areas that they can t reach right now with the himars and other utility rounds. i don t think you re going to see them get that in the coming months. i think that is very escalatory. i believe that we continue to pour these western weapons in, but we still have to be careful on how they are managed and used. we still don t have the tanks there, for example. we have committed over 350 tanks there, and the reports are there are only about 50 that will show up in april. so it s a stalemate. they re doing incredible work, but the bottom line is i think that becomes very escalatory. so let me ask you, if this half billion dollars of lethal aid, as more artillery, more javelins, more howitzers, is more of the same enough to get the upper hand, to get some
they re replenished, they re going to move them up probably in this direction. so the ukrainians have to make sure that they block the russians at every turn right here in order to keep this area from becoming a russian-controlled area. the ukrainian forces have been getting replenished with fresh supplies and cutting edge drones. how much of an edge does this give ukraine since russia s been facing issues resupplying their own forces from their stockpiles? that s that s right, don. these are really critical because they ve got a radar associated with them that allows the ukrainians will allow the ukrainians to actually track what fires are coming at them. in other words, when they re being shot at you wil, they ll to pinpoint where those utility rounds are coming are from and be able to take out those rounds with the radar coupled with these weapons systems. that s one part. of course with the drones, this is the s-600, and there are