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The Situation Room: Rep. Gregory Meeks, (D-NY), Is Interviewed About Russia Assault On Ukraine

Interview

Date: March 10, 2023
Issues: Foreign Aid Foreign Affairs

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Well, first, it says that he does not care about the war crimes that he continues to commit. He doesn't care about because these are targets or civilian targets of infrastructure that will make it almost impossible for folks to live. And so, it's reprehensible, and he is continuing this assault.

But you know, I also understand that President Zelenskyy and some of the Ukrainian officials have decided to stay because this particular piece of territory is really -- is not that significant should they take it. But they've not been able to even circle the Ukrainian, and the Ukrainians are still fighting there.

And I think that this is going to hurt what Putin is doing in the long run, because we know that they were going to try another massive assault in some other areas come spring. But they're losing a lot of men right now. They're losing a lot of ammunition right now. So we'll see. But it just shows to me that clearly it's criminal and war crimes that Putin continues to utilize in Ukraine with.

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Well, I know this conversation taking place because these hypersonic missiles that they're utilizing, the systems that we were talking about and looking at and having is not -- they don't work to be hypersonic. But I know our military and our intelligence agencies are working with Ukrainians now to make sure they have something that will help deter and knock down these hypersonic missiles. So it's being worked on as we speak. I've been informed that those conversations are taking place. I know that we're also going to have further dialogue and conversation with our European allies so that we can make sure that we continually work together to give the Ukrainians what they need so that they can knock the missiles down as they have the ammunition that they need so that they can either, you know, fight back and destroy more of the equipment and tanks of the Russians.

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