national security adviser Jake Sullivan and said administrator Samantha power. And joining us again from the front lines of the war is yegor, a territorial defense soldier in the Ukrainian military. Yegor, I know you have a question you want to ask Jake Sullivan. What would you like to know? >> Yes, I have one specific question for Mr. Sullivan. Is your government planning or considering launching the production of ammunition especially for Ukraine? I mean 155 colored shell, 120 caliber mines and, of course, himars missiles. Do you consider this plan and if your answer positive would you please tell me when are you going to realize this? Thank you. >> Well, first, yegor, I just want to say as you stand out on the front lines tonight you’re defending the freedom of your country but as president Biden said in Warsaw two nights ago you’re defending freedom everywhere so I want to say thank you for your bravery, your courage and for the men and women who are fighting with you. We are grateful for all that you do, the sacrifices that you are making and we can’t even begin to imagine the difficulties and the trials that you’ve gone through. What we can do is everything in our power to get you the equipment and the ammunition that you need, and you mentioned 155 millimeter artillery shells, 120 millimeter tank shells and other systems like the himars missiles that you also just discussed. One of the things that we are working hard at at president Biden’s direction is to increase the production of all of these types of ammunition. Here in the United States, but also in nato countries, so that the total supply of each of these different forms of ammunition grows month by month and we can continue to move to the front lines this ammunition and the quantities that is necessary for you to be able to mount a successful defense and take back territory that has been occupied by Russia. This is not something we can do at the snap of a finger but it’s something that we are putting immense effort and resources into, and secretary of defense Lloyd Austin every month gathers 50 countries together in Europe in order to take stock of our progress and every two weeks president Biden authorizes a new package of ammunition to send to Ukraine and we are trying to ramp up the numbers of that as rapidly as we possibly can, because we recognize that it is so central to your success in the fight. So, we will continue to do all that we can do on this very
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