annexation of crimea. and today as we approach the one-year anniversary of russia s further invasion, it s even more important that we continue to stand together. and i think this is proof of this, how strongly we feel. that s why i wanted to meet all of you in person here today, as nato s eastern flank you re the front lines of our collective defense and you know better than anyone what s at stake in this conflict. not just for ukraine, but for the freedom of democracies throughout europe and around the world. you know, when president zelenskyy and i spoke when i was in kyiv two days ago, the leaders around this table have repeatedly stepped up to reaffirm our shared commitment to all these values. we provide critical security assistance to ukraine and critical support to literally millions of refugees. we ve helped ensure ukrainians
and this comes as the wall street journal reports that chinese president xi jinping can meet with putin in moscow soon. fred pleitgen, he s in moscow with more. fred, what does this say about china s potential role supporting russia in ukraine? well, i think it certainly shows how important china is to russia, just to have china meet with china s top diplomat and underscore how important those relations are and also say that xi jinping will come to moscow to meet with vladimir putin and those two leaders have had very, very close relations over the years that have only grown tighter, really as the u.s. has been putting more pressure on russia also because of russia s campaign there in ukraine, but i think this once again underscores just how important especially for the russians the relations with china are and at the same time you have a lot of issues between china and the united states.
in the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty which is a treaty that limits both the united states and russia s strategic nuclear weapons. that announcement was significant because it bodes poorly for the future of arms control and that new s.t.a.r.t. agreement is in effect until 2026 and at that time both the united states and russia would need to find a replacement treaty, but the fact that putin has now suspended russia s participation suggests that we are coming to the end of this era and that is not in the interest of the united states nor in russia s. or the world s, you can argue. goodness, frightening prospect. so much more of a significant move and not just a symbolic one. andrea kendall-taylor, thank you so much. still to come, another high-stakes tech case goes before the supreme court today, and it could significantly re-shape online speech and content moderation. plus former president trump
you know, jim, it s interesting you speak about the russian president, top chinese officials and what may happen in that alliance. the reality of that alliance which has grown closer despite china s willingness to go all in on russia has underscored, and the president has been focused on throughout the course of the last several days and none more so to close out this trip and then this meeting with the leaders of the bucharest nine and the nine countries that border russia and have made very clear and how unsettled and concerned they are over the course of the last year and this group which basically created because of russia s aggression toward ukraine that led to the annexation of crimea in 2014 and the president s message to nato allies was explicit. take a listen. we will defend literally every inch of nato. every inch of nato, and this is an important moment. i look forward to the discussion and the next steps we can take
together and to keep our alliance strong and to further deter aggression. what is literally at stake is not just ukraine. it s fred om. . guys, that last point has been one the president has tried to hammer home over the course of the last three days while certainly ukraine and its war with russia has been the central focal point over the course of the last 12 months. the president views this through a much broader construction, one that should drive western democracies to rally together over the course of the last year and what you alluded to is expected to be a difficult series of months ash head and o that will require assistance for the alliances up to this point. phil mattingly live in warsaw, poland. thank you so much. russian president vladimir put thain russia-china relations are reaching new milestones during a meeting with chinese diplomat wang yi in the kremlin