This week Ukrainian President Velodimir Zelensky is making the rounds at the 75th annual NATO summit in Washington.

He is telling everyone he can that Ukraine needs more weapons to defend itself from Russia.

How much longer can Putin last?

The answer to this question is right here in Washington.

Your leadership, your actions, your choice, the choice to act now.

The West has been sending weapons to Ukraine since the start of the war, with mixed results.

Some weapons were outdated and ineffective. Others proved extremely potent at least

until the Russians developed countermeasures like drones. Initially

Ukraine largely came up with its own solution, buying cheap Chinese drones available

on the internet.

They proved successful until Russia responded with electronic warfare, which allows them to jam signals and make these drones useless.

These kinds of moves and counter moves always happen in wars, which become testing grounds

for all sorts of technology. This has been especially true in Ukraine

where both sides have advanced weapons. Many U.S. weapons companies have gone to Ukraine in hopes

of showing what their systems can do as they

focus on new technology like artificial intelligence. It's a drone that fires out of a

tube into the air and then unfolds itself, extends its wings, extends its tail,

unfolds the propeller, and it kind of transforms itself into a small airplane.

We have versions of it that can care up to a 30-pound warhead. So you've got a lot of punch in this thing.

That's Palmer Lucky, the founder of a US defense tech company called Andorall. The company says it sells autonomous weapons to around 10 countries worldwide,

and it's been helping arm Ukraine since the early days of the war.

Consider this, Ukraine needs more weapons and better weapons to stand up to Russia.

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