This is CBS Eye on the World.

Here's John Batchelor.

Reuters headline from Europe,

not a trade war, a real war.

Ukraine's military chief says new Russian offensive has begun.

Alexander Sriski said in an interview within these last hours

and a new offensive underway in the northeast of the country.

Large increase in assaults already.

I welcome Bradley Bowman of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy.

He is here. Help me, here help me understand why Ukraine needs everything right away. And at the same time, what is to be done about the

defense industrial base. That's what we're addressing. Brad is the senior director of the Center on Military

and Political Power at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy, and we're joined by senior

research fellow Ryan Broaps. Gentlemen, congratulations for the report. It's always timely.

Right now, Ukraine says, despite the talk of negotiation or climbing down from

full war, Russia has launched a new offensive. Brad, you've taken up this chart of what the

defense industrial base looks like, how we got into the fix of not having enough adequate

to fight the war immediately not having enough adequate to fight

the war immediately and what is to be done. Why did you take on this project? It's an enormous

amount of work. Good evening to you, Brad. Good evening to you, John. It's a real pleasure and

honor to join you again. Yeah, roughly two years ago, Ryan and I were surveying the situation in Washington, D.C.

And we grew increasingly concerned that some individuals who were inclined to abandon Ukraine as it confronted the worst invasion in Europe since World War II might try to blame weapons delivery delays to Taiwan on Ukraine as an argument kind of as of a

backdoor way to say that we should stop providing the people of Ukraine the means to defend

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