on the table. the mig 29 jets that were supposed to be transferred to ukrainian air forces, logistically and politically not possible anymore but this is what president biden set at the beginning of the meeting with president duda. he mentioned democracy, rule of law, freedom of media is so important to the west but he also said there is a need for coordination, more information between the allied forces. if you are translating this to the situation, if you want to do something for the ukrainians please talk to nato allies
and the awful european history that it summons up. let me ask you about the politics in europe. joe biden said something very interesting in his meeting with president duda, and he said the ability of the united states to do its job around the world relies upon the stability of europe. what we ve seen in europe over the last decade or so is you know, a backsliding of democracy in some places in europe. here in poland, in hungary where i was, it almost seems like what has happened in ukraine has reminded europe and european democracies about what s important at this point. the ideological discussions seem to have fallen aside at least for a moment with most of these countries because they understand an eternal threat has to be dealt with. i think you are making a vital point here. we know president putin is trying to rewind the
i don t get to do more. and this is a workhorse. so but i m now going to turn it back. thank you, mr. president. president duda, if you d like to say a few words and as president biden was just discussing a staggering 3.7 million ukrainians have fled the war since russia s invasion. and it could be 4 million and likely will be 4 million in just days. the countries on ukraine s border, like poland, are accepting the refugees. they are facing unprecedented challenges. these refugees housing, clothing, helping and feeding the millions who are escaping the violence. one organization rising to help meet that challenge is world central kitchen which has already served more than a million meals to refugees inside and outside ukraine. joining me now is chef and restaurateur mark murphy. he s in poland. he s been cooking meals for refugees as part of world
happening we believe in the coming minutes. as soon as that begins, we will cross life to it and bring it to you. our correspondent mark lowen is in warsaw. interesting, isn t it, that these two presidents in the past have not really seen eye to eye. they come from very different political backgrounds, and yet here they are brought together by this crisis. yeah, i think that is really an interesting part of the story at the moment. but the biden administration was not on particularly good terms with the government of president duda until the war happened. president duda was a donald trump man, and with the rise in right wing populism here, with poland s drift towards liberalism as many see it, that was heavily criticised by the biden administration. back in
including of course world renowned chef jose andres. moments ago, an emotional president biden hugging several refugees with one mother telling him that her husband and son are still in ukraine fighting but she was saying to him that ukrainian mothers would strangle putin with their bear hands. the president responding to the strength of their human spirit. each one of those children said something to the effect, say a prayer for my dad or my grandfather, or my brother who s back there fighting, and i remember what it s like to have someone in a war zone, and every morning you get up and you wonder, you just wonder, and pray you don t get that phone call, and they re an amazing group of people. the president also met with poland s president duda here, just another few blocks away from the president s palace,