beforehand. a lot of journalists were shut in their hotels, windows closed and snipers up on roofs. it had to be somebody very important. with biden heading to poland many thought this would president biden. there was a lot of excitement just to see the two leaders walk out math monastery behind me on a sunny day about 35 days. air raid sirens actually went off while biden was inside that monastery so certainly the risk is real. lisa: what kind of news coverage in ukraine? iptiond media or is it pretty controlled? i think it s an independent media but it is a country at war. there is certainly a lot of patriotism, not a lot of criticism. last months some apension paid to corruption. some attention to rooting out corruption of western aid. people trying to steal and publicizing that. this is negative press as well as opposed to russia where it is out and out mind control.
of the world ask them to support ukraine. this comes at a critical time of course as well. russia is now trying to launch an offensive in the east. they have been pummeling the ukraineen army with you artillery. new concerns expressed by the secretary of state. that china could ler enter the fray at least by supplying lethal aid to russia and that would certainly escalate things further a year ago, russian leaders were crowing about how they were going to take kyiv in three days a year later zelenskyy and biden walking the streets of kyiv. guys? brian: very few people have a sense of russia than you. you lived there for a while. can you give a sense of how the russian people view 24 conflict? are they really that clueless that they really think they are denazifying ukraine? do they buy that?
and meeting with president zelenskyy in the capital city of kyiv. biden and zelenskyy both delivering remarks and president biden hinted upcoming announcement of an additional $500 million worth of military aid for the war torn country. listen. that announcement includes artillery ammunition for i had s and howitzers. radar system protect ukrainian people from aerial bombardments. brian: president biden was supposed to travel to poland to remark the one year invasion of ukraine. more health concerns for the community of east palestine because we are covering this story simultaneously. steve: that s right. there you have got the images there as the clean up continues weeks after the toxic train derailment. lawmakers say residents have a right to be scoin skeptical and
throwing people into the meat grinder, yes. they lost 200,000 men. in world war ii the russians sack i have advised 25 million. the russians 143. can you do the math. that is prohibitive, so the conflict is going to go on forever. and as long as it goes on, putin achieves his goal. his definition of victory is very dinner from ours preventing us many victory. ukraine has been disseminated. its industrial base is destroyed. its agricultural base is destroyed. it s ceasing to exist as a viable country we are providing the entire domestic product. they entirely depending on us. and right now the pentagon is