compels us also is the moral outrage that all civilized nations feel when we look at what is happening to innocent men, women, children, grandmothers, grandfathers. who are fleeing everything they ve known. reporter: now this issue of refugees is ever present here in wa warsaw. the bus station next to the hotel where the vice president is staying is a receiving center, so it s really kind of put this into perspective for the vice president here in poland, kate? full focus. kevin, good to see you, thank you very much. russian troops attacking hospitals, doctors and nurses trying to treat the most vulnerable in the midst of a bloody deadly war. i ll talk to the head of doctors without borders next. throughout history i ve observed markets shaped by the intentional
presence. mr. president, 25 years ago, when i spoke university here in warsaw, after having led the effort for poland to join nato, i used the phrase, and my ambassador reminded me of this, i said, i started off by saying, for your freedom and for ours. for your freedom and for ours. do you understand, i mean it now. you know, mr. president, we have most important thing that binds us together are our values. freedom. freedom of the press. making sure that people are that government is transparent, making sure people have the right to vote, et cetera.
wolf, we re so grateful that you re there. to cover that first hand in warsaw. thank you so much. wolf will be with you throughout the rest of the day. also. i want to tell you about the cnn exclusive. an inside look at a russian military leaders, quote, outburst, while meeting with military officials last week. according to the readout of the meeting obtained by cnn, u.s. officials describe what they view as a revealing moment from this russian general. cnn s barbara starr has more. reporter: with russia s war in ukraine stalled and the u.s. saying morale is a problem for russian forces, cnn has learned a rare meeting in moscow between u.s. and russian military officials which according to a u.s. readout of the meeting contained a, quote, revealing moment from russian major general evgeni ilyin. as the meeting ends, the readout
our colleagues are in warsaw, poland, where president biden is now meeting with polish president duda. wolf, it s so good to have you there and get your perspective on this. talk to us what we saw a couple moments ago, and how pivotal the meeting is in determining what the u.s. next steps junior. yes, really a pivotal moment in this war in ukraine. good morning, christi and boris. we re watching this unfold right now. the president of the united states is preparing to speak to the very, very high stakes of russia s brutal war against ukraine. moments ago, you re right, the president arrived from the meeting with the polish president, president duda, to discuss the escalating refugee crisis and the response of the united states and its nato allies. later today, president biden will deliver what the white house is calling a major address on ukraine, on the war, what the conflict means for the world. what it means for the refugees. he ll be meeting, by the way,
with ukrainian refugees and american humanitarian workers in the course of this morning as well. it s all so, so critically important. at the same time, ukrainian forces say they re going on the counterattack around the capital of kyiv. and u.s. officials say russian troops are in a defensive priegts now, at least in some territories in ukrainian forces appear to have retain territory to the east of the capital of kyiv. let s get all of of the late breaking developments here in wa warsaw, with chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins happen with us all day and throughout all of the coverage. they re at the presidential palace right now, the president of the united states and president of poland. they re about to start what is called a restricted bilateral meeting. in just moments we ll see president duda and president