president may have to work harder to convince the americans of the investment as he s running for re-election in 2020, he was running against these forever wars. this could become a domestic a greater domestic challenge for this president. i think it s true. we are seeing clearly softening of america s overwhelming support for this war and for america s ability to play a meaningful role. but i think it s important also to point out, victor, as we have seen, there s still substantial support in the united states for seeing this through, for doing what the united states can to protect democracy. i think part of the whole goal of this visit was to remind people what we are talking about. you know, kyiv is a city, a beautiful european city in so many ways that americans have had a long standing relationship with the idea of turning our backs on it now is harder to
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best, what would i tell the american president, give us more weapons. translator: there will be burying my son-in-law tomorrow. they ll bring in a coffin. another man told me that this is all about victory and getting the weapons that they need for that victory today. the american president promising another $500 million in aid. the administration believes that ukraine needs in this immediate fight. victor and bianna. continued message from the ukrainians, thank you, more please. alex marquardt for us in kyiv, thank you. we re live in moscow, the u.s. said it informed russia of president biden s trip before he departed, what has the reaction been? reporter: yeah, that certainly was a big issue here
isolation. i hear this from european diplomats up until the last few days, there s a generally assessment going on among european allies, the idea of the old china relationship, it s simply no longer possible, we entered into a new phase and they are vigilant, and it s not the same as it was a year or two ago. if china does join russia s effort by sending lethal aid to russia, that would undermine fundamentally china might have with maintaining a relationship with the european allies. president biden said today when he was with president zelenskyy, the u.s. will support ukraine for as long as it takes. over the last eight months, support has dropped 12 points, opposition is up 10%. if this trend continues, the
the symbolism was very int intentional. 361 days after rush sa s invasion, there s a tangible element probably most critical of all, that was nearly half billion dollars in new security assistance and economic aid that the president announced while he was in kyiv, that assistance tracks with past u.s. defense assistance whether it s javelins, vehicles, radar systems as well, so nothing new, nothing dramatically different in terms of the weapons system given up to this point. it was still a discussion. president zelenskyy underscoring that was something he brought up in the meeting with president biden, something he ll continue to push for. the president biden making clear the u.s. will be there no matter what the decisions are. take a listen. the ukrainian people have stepped up in a way that few