How Ukraine's drones have transformed the fight against Russia
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🗓️ 26 September 2024
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| 0:00.0 | On a crucial visit to Washington today, Ukrainian President Valodemir Zelenski met with President |
| 0:05.6 | Biden in the Oval Office and then Vice President Kamala Harris for in-person requests for more military |
| 0:11.9 | and economic aid as part of what he calls a victory plan. |
| 0:16.0 | President Biden announced $8 billion in military aid to Ukraine, much of which is for already |
| 0:21.7 | authorized weapons. |
| 0:23.0 | But certain key features of the new aid include another Patriot missile defense battery, |
| 0:28.0 | precision guided glide bombs with a range of 81 miles, |
| 0:32.0 | more F-16 pilot training, and American investment to help Ukraine's |
| 0:36.0 | defense industry. |
| 0:37.6 | What did not come out of today's meeting, U.S. permission to fire American weapons deep inside Russia. |
| 0:44.0 | Today we have a new strong support package, as you said, and we have common view on the things that need to be done. |
| 0:52.0 | We have to keep pressure on Russia to stop the war |
| 0:56.0 | and to make truly lasting and just peace. |
| 1:00.0 | There are some in my country who would instead force Ukraine to give up large parts of its sovereign |
| 1:07.1 | territory, who would demand that Ukraine accept neutrality and would require Ukraine to forgo security |
| 1:17.6 | relationships with other nations. These proposals are the same of those of Putin. |
| 1:26.0 | Zolinsky will meet with former President Trump tomorrow. |
| 1:30.0 | But far from the political grappling here, there's a battle for air superiority that's crucial |
| 1:35.1 | along the front lines in eastern Ukraine. |
| 1:37.9 | Russian glide bombs launched from aircraft lay waste Ukrainian positions and to the towns nearby. |
| 1:44.0 | And a harrowing game of cat and mouse is being played with Kamikaze drones. |
| 1:48.4 | Up close, personal and terrifying. |
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