uplifting. we heard a lot of rumors of potential second russian invasion of threats of new bombings, but seeing president zelenskyy and president biden walking the streets of kyiv under the active air raid alarm, it was uplifting. it s a message to putin, we are here and you re in the range of your missiles and you know you won t do anything about it because we re much stronger. it struck me listening to a ukrainian speaking to our alex marquardt saying i m in a good mood hearing you say this was so uplifting spiritually, uplifting. it s been such a rough year for ukrainians, as we near that one-year mark. just help us better understand what it means to you to feel that, to feel uplifted after so many harsh months. it s very difficult. it s harder to find a ukrainian that has not lost some friends including myself in the war.
surfaces in london hello and welcome to the programme. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and 1am in kyiv where an american president has made an extraordinary visit, to an active war zone. joe biden s trip to kyiv was short on time, but long on symbolism, ahead of the first anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine. he said america would stand with ukraine for as long as it takes and pledged another $500 million of military aid. speaking while air raid sirens were going off, president biden added that vladimir putin s war of conquest was failing. our first report tonight comes from our international editor, jeremy bowen. the air raid alarm as the two presidents arrived at st michael s church where ukraine commemorates the war dead felt more than a coincidence. with unprecedented security, in kyiv, the americans had warned the kremlin that joe biden was coming. he had just arrived from a long train journey and a point was being made.
of conquest was failing. our first report tonight comes from our international editor, jeremy bowen, on a historic day, in this year long war. the air raid alarm as the two presidents arrived at st michael s church where ukraine commemorates the war dead felt more than a coincidence. with unprecedented security, in kyiv, the americans had warned the kremlin thatjoe biden was coming. he had just arrived from a long train journey he had just arrived from a long trainjourney and a point he had just arrived from a long train journey and a point was being made. ukraine was still under attack, its most powerful ally was there, in an active war zone, to show its leader support. president biden told the people running ukraine s war that this is where he wanted to be, in the days leading up to the first anniversary of russia s attempt to extinguish ukraine s
joining us alongside our panel is maria avdeeva, a security and disinformation expert who was among hundreds of people seeking shelter in the kyiv metro today, and retired colonel vice general brendan kearney who was chief of staff of the us marines in europe. you the us marines in europe. are all very welcome. m me you are all very welcome. maria, let me start with you because the photographs you sent us today, many of them reminiscent to people here of them reminiscent to people here of what it must have been like in the blitz in london, shows people sheltering under ground, a lot of them on their mobile phones trying desperately to get information, presumably from loved ones who are in other shelters. what is it like when you are down there? well, the first thing to when you are down there? well, the first thing to understand when you are down there? well, the first thing to understand as - when you are down there? well, the first thing to understand as at - when you are down th
thank you. another major provocation for north korea which launched a new barrage of missiles overnight. the country fired more than 20 missiles. a new record for a single day. the south korean military said one landed so close to the coast for the first time that it set off an air raid alarm with that tv announcement urging residents not to go outside. warplanes fired missiles along the sea border. north korea has conducted 23 weapons test so far this year. they have demanded the u.s. and south korea stop their joint military exercises. ahead, more targets, new details about what else the man charged with that violent attack