and affirm western values rather than rebut russian president vladimir putin s speech which we heard this morning. that s right. dueling speeches. in that speech the russian president blamed the u.s. for the escalation of the war in ukraine. of course it was russia that invaded ukraine a year ago this week. putin also announced that russia would officially suspend its participation in the new start nuclear weapons treaty. we should note the state department said last month russia was already not in compliance with that treaty. the question now is what happens next. this morning the polish president andrzej duda rolled out the red carpet for president biden. they sat down for a closed day meeting one day after biden s secret visit to kyiv. i would argue nato is stronger than it s ever been. as i told president zelenskyy when we spoke in kyiv yesterday, i can proudly say that our support for ukraine remains unwavering. we begin in warsaw where president biden will speak i
unwavering. we begin in warsaw where president biden will speak in the coming hours. kaitlan collins joins us with more. the white house deliberately saying this is not a response to putin s speech so what do we expect the president s message to be? reporter: they said it s not going to be some kind of direct rebuttal, they don t want to view it as dueling speeches, they didn t frame it that way but it will be challenging what putin said in his speech, what he s been saying for months ever since he started this invasion of ukraine. i think it will also not only be a challenge to what putin has been talking about but also an appeal to other western allies and european allies to continue supporting ukraine throughout this and really framing it in the broader picture of what it means not just for ukraine, not just for russia, not just for poland but really the global world order and what that looks like and maintaining that world order as you heard president duda referencing as he was