ukraine stands and democracy stands. a vital message delivered by president joe biden today. made more significant when he delivered the words from kyiv itself. he walks side-by-side with president zelenskyy and the ukrainian capital. it s a moment filled with symbolism with an american president ineffectively a war zone with daily bombardment from russia s forces. two presidents who visit war zones like iraq or afghanistan. president biden delivered a message not just to president zelenskyy and the ukrainian people but to western allies as well as the russians. the message is that america the financial a military backer of ukraine is in it for the long haul. for you and all ukrainians, your mind the world every single day with the meaning of the word courage is. all sectors of your economy and all walks of life and it is astounding. astounding. it is priceless and worth fighting for for as long as it takes and that is how long we will be with you mr. president, for as long
miss my conversation with comedian, sam joe. welcome to the show. i m mehdi hassan. three months ago, russia launched its war on ukraine and we all thought it might be over in a few days. u.s. intel predicted kyiv would fall quickly to russian paratroopers. that didn t happen, thankfully. not only have the ukrainians defend themselves over the last few months, with the help of the western world, but they ve gone on the offensive. ukrainian troops, this, week two we took land around the area of kharkiv, ruining russian plans for a blitzkrieg offensive. in fact, ukraine s defense ministry put out a video russian border, pushing russian invaders back on to their own turf. nbc news has not confirmed where or when that video was shot. according to the u k depends ministry, russia sacked two generals. one of who was responsible for kharkiv. meanwhile, the pipeline of the remains open, and more european nations are seeking to join the alliance itself. most recently, finl
modern history that a u.s. president has entered a war zone where there is no active american military presence. in the face of uneven approval ratings back at home, president biden putting on a powerful display of force in kyiv to reiterate the united states unwavering commitment to helping ukraine fend off brutal russian aggression in this war that turns one year old later this week. this morning the two presidents walked through kyiv undeterred by the sound of air sirens which the new york times described this way. this is a quote. a dramatic moment that underscored the investment the united states has made in ukraine s independence. the two leaders made a moving visit to the wall of remembrance which displays portraits of the thousands of ukrainians soldiers who have died since russia s annexation of crimea in 2014. president biden also announced an additional 500 million aid package for ukraine. it includes military equipment like anti-tank javelin missiles.
. what do you think almost one year to the day from the beginning of the war when an american president is visiting kyiv ? i think the resolve of the ukrainian people was deeply underestimated by vladimir putin . when you look at ukrainian history, one should not underestimate their abilities. they went through harder times than anyone in eastern and central europe at the hands of stalin. the woman on the balcony who i hugged in poland, she went back and i met up with her the other day. i met her family and her parents and her sisters and we spent several hours together. as i left, my producer said to her, god be with you. her response was, may your skies be peaceful. inc. about that. may your skies be peaceful. we are standing in a city where an
ukraine. think about what the u.s. officials know putting air assets into ukrainian airspace would be a line that the president has been reluctant to cross. even as we see now the president touching down in warsaw. the first be live pictures we ll be seeing of him in the last 24 hours. that that was something that was a risk as the white house said that president biden was willing to make in the case because he just knows how important this would be. claire, i want to ask you to pick up on mike s reporting as well as heilemann s point, that the president has some wind at his back. i m not sure that it was all preplanned, but it has certainly all been well executed. his back and forth with the nuttiest of the nutty republicans at the state of the union. pulling off this trip and these images of defenders of democracy from two very different generations, walking shoulder to shoulder in kyiv. what do you make of this moment in the biden presidency?