see whether president zelenskyy understands that there is a limit to what the united states can do because we don t want we cannot be moved into this war directly militarily, that there s something there s some limit to what we can do in terms of the support we re giving, and that ultimately we want to find a way for ukraine to succeed without necessarily leading to an escalation to the use of nuclear weapons on russia. this is kind of the conversation that we are having on shows, and that conversation is now taking place between the two presidents in the oval. you know, the picture, clarissa we just had of the two presidents there, president biden dressed in coat and tie, and president zelenskyy there dressed like a military leader. the way we ve seen him over the last 300 days of this war, we mentioned he was in eastern ukraine yesterday, and brought that merit to the president. what does it mean to the
thank the american people and to thank president biden and congress for helping ukraine. thank you so much for the invitation. i really wanted to come here, and express to the president, and i couldn t because the situation was difficult. now that i m calm and we controlled the situation because of your support, and first of all, because of your support, and i really i understand that we have very important topics and we will discuss them. everything, so many challenges in ukraine, in europe, in the world, and from energy to the situation on the battlefield, but first of all, i really, all my appreciations from my heart, from the heart of ukrainians, all of ukrainians. well, just ahead of his arrival, the biden administration announced an additional $1.8 billion package
minsk with lukashenko, and today you have zelenskyy making this bold journey, visiting president biden at the white house, and really it s a moment that does feel historic, victor. colonel layton, as we ve reported here and the president said this. patriot missiles will be provided to ukraine. is this about the attacks on the infrastructure as we go into the winter or is this about something broader than that? it s broader than that, victor and it s about the infrastructure attacks, but it also shows that the ukrainians are going to be getting a capability that is far more extensive than we thought. we re flying at higher alt altitudes, and also cruise missiles. those are two of the major components that what we call a defense system, and that s what we re building, what the u.s.
since the war has started. they, of course, talked a lot on the phone, and on vtc, video conferencing equipment, but this is different, and they really want to take the measure of each other in some sense. the degree to which president biden is committed to continuing support and the extent of that support that he personally through congress and the american people will deliver to zelenskyy, and the president will want to know what are, in some ways, zelenskyy s goals here. what is what are we trying to do, and can we make sure that we are aligned in not only today, and yesterday which we have so far, but also tomorrow. cl clearly zelenskyy wants to do whatever he can to liberate his own territory. not only the territory that has been taken since the war started on february 24th, but in the eight years prior to that when russia first invaded ukraine, and president biden will want to
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