a. dime people here are well aware of. that president zelenskyy had infamous phone calls and meetings with president trump, that then became international scandals, that became an impeachment in the united states. people see this around the nuclear agreements around this policy of as an example of american full of policy changing on a. dime i don t think a american policy is gonna change as it relates to democracies around the world. but i think people do see that this state can be held up by american politics. they are aware. that president zelenskyy is reflective this when he says things like, i want world leaders to come here, not just with presents and cake, but with the actual pleasures of military aid and money. that s what we actually see. everyone expects this 40 billion dollar h package will eventually get through. it just seems to be politics. every day is. lidl every piece of material that they can get and help that they can get as vital because this war, people are losi
said, a good demonstration of bipartisan support for ukraine in the u.s.. this also comes at a very critical time for that by particle support. rand paul just this week held up that nominate 40 billion dollar aid bill to ukraine. he says he wants to change some of the language, to appoint somebody to monitor how that funding will be spent, and it looks like both parties are confident that this 40 billion will be passed soon as next week. but again it does put a little check in that bipartisan unity that is really been a hallmark for the u.s. support of ukraine ever since fighting began. this was just the latest visit, secret, of a surprise, by top level politicians. it really does show that the u.s. is almost fully, behind ukraine. it s oftentimes where we have votes like this, one there s always a disclaimer, despite despite the rainfall measure happening on many
and with three times the bandwidth, the gaming never has to end. slaying is our business. and business is good. unbeatable internet from xfinity. welcome back. made to do anything so you can do anything. a new today, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, ukraine s president welcoming the visit a in the back row of one of the rand paul stalling a 40 billion dollar h package to that country. it was a surprise visit, obviously with a lot of security. you got me, call and you have the likes of collins as well. and then the backdrop, the
elephant in the room, 40 billion dollars being held up when it comes to the ukrainians, because of rand paul refusing to vote in favor of this to get them the supplies they need. what do you know when it comes to this meeting? it s money certainly the president zelenskyy is counting. on money that has been pledged. so much military aid that is already basically spending on the eastern front of this conflict that seems unrelenting. three civilians cleared killed today in this visit happens as it continued fighting, including this in mariupol. that is the backdrop to this meeting. you have to expect that that 40 billion dollar package that is now been held up was a topic of discussion in those closed-door meetings. what we see publicly, which are these very well rehearsed videos by president zelenskyy s office, and then these are
mcconnell today. what is the latest on their visit as ukraine continues to push back on racist forces? yeah so this was a well-timed visit, rev. we have of course this 40 billion dollar aid package sitting in washington d.c.. rand paul has held up that aid packages bureaucracy for washington d.c.. certainly that s the way it was presented to president zelenskyy. you have this president by the four senators, these are the minority leaders in the u.s. senate. and again, what is different about this visit is as you sort of laid out, fierce fighting in the eastern part of the country, and i need at least on behalf of the ukrainian military for more military aid. president zelenskyy asking the foreign leaders, come potential military equipment, aid, and then that is what the topic of discussion was. as you said the fighting in the east continues to be fierce. at least three civilians killed there today. that sort of serves as a litany of days in a row where we ve had civilians killed.