members and witness the refugee crisis firsthand. the president then travels to warsaw. earlier this morning the president met with the president of the european commission and is talking about europe reducing its dependance on russian oil. josh, we just watched the president take off to where you are, en route to poland. and nato troops are move into eastern europe, and questions about russian oil and what to do about it, and how the united states can help, and ukrainian aid, all on the docket. reporter: yeah, the big question in brussels was weather europe was going to ban russian imports of energy as they try to deny president putin the financial lifeline he needs to
next? certainly next is a trip to poland here where a debt of gratitude will be expressed where there is surprise whether or not poland would be a reliable partner here in the crisis where the populous government there had mixed signals months ago, and they have stepped up, as administration officials put it to me and they have taken the bulk of the refugees that have fled ukraine. taking a step back here to assess the summit so far, certainly an important moment of diplomacy, and that matters, to be sure, and it also reveals the inherent limitations as to what the president and the west can do. we are talking about the deal this morning to help reduce europe s reliance on russia for energy and oil. this is relatively small and incremental. it s a step in the right direction but they have a long way to go. certainly the nato alliance pledging to stay with ukraine but still can t commit to what
oil. in less than an hour the president is expected to depart for poland, the country bearing the brunt of the refugee crisis sparked by putin s war in ukraine. the president added a stop before his visit to warsaw to the southeastern region, about 100 miles from where a russia missile struck a post earlier this month. the u.n. s counter offensive in kyiv have seen some success, a large landing strip was destroyed and forces have regained much of the capital s east side. the mayor of warsaw will be our guest this morning ahead of president biden s visit to his city, and we will speak to admiral james and richard haass.
control since february and has been used by moscow to bring in supplies closer to areas with fighting like mariupol. and then in and around the capital of kyiv, ukrainian forces took control of the east side of the city, and are fighting to regain control of the areas in the west. there s no ease of russian shelling as a blast destroyed a warehouse yesterday on the outskirts of the city. the building stored cooking equipment and it was not immediately clear why it was targeted. this as president biden departed brussels for poland just a few moments ago. his first stop is in the southeast region, about 100 miles from where russian missiles struck a ukrainian military post almost two weeks ago. he will meet with u.s. service