security concerns and the secrecy in which this trip was carried out, this was a complete surprise to everybody. we literally only learned about it when we saw biden in person walking across saint michael s square right behind me, at that church. the first reaction from ukrainians here and across the country was surprise. and then thanks. thanks for reiterating the u.s. support for ukraine over the past year. and in the future. thanks for coming at this moment. thanks for reminding the world that ukraine is still fighting this fight, but victor and bianna, they really see this as a means to an end. what they really want is the military aid that ukraine says they need, believes they need, to fight russia. here s little bit of what we heard in the streets today. take a listen. translator: it s for the
it s so imperative that we serve our support to the ukrainians this summer so we can end this war and give them the opportunity and the capability they need to drive the russians all the way out. otherwise, we ll be talking about this for years to come. steve hall, despite losing hundreds of thousands of troops, logistically, strategically, i m struck by something i heard from a military expert who i tend to agree with, vladimir putin is at his most vulnerable not now but when the war is over, that having been said why would he have any initiative now to try to push for an end? you know, i don t think that he s going to try to push for an end, because he can t at this point. as we were just discussing, the military failures keep coming hard and fast for russia. that s not good for putin. he has to be wondering, at what
best, what would i tell the american president, give us more weapons. translator: there will be burying my son-in-law tomorrow. they ll bring in a coffin. another man told me that this is all about victory and getting the weapons that they need for that victory today. the american president promising another $500 million in aid. the administration believes that ukraine needs in this immediate fight. victor and bianna. continued message from the ukrainians, thank you, more please. alex marquardt for us in kyiv, thank you. we re live in moscow, the u.s. said it informed russia of president biden s trip before he departed, what has the reaction been? reporter: yeah, that certainly was a big issue here
isolation. i hear this from european diplomats up until the last few days, there s a generally assessment going on among european allies, the idea of the old china relationship, it s simply no longer possible, we entered into a new phase and they are vigilant, and it s not the same as it was a year or two ago. if china does join russia s effort by sending lethal aid to russia, that would undermine fundamentally china might have with maintaining a relationship with the european allies. president biden said today when he was with president zelenskyy, the u.s. will support ukraine for as long as it takes. over the last eight months, support has dropped 12 points, opposition is up 10%. if this trend continues, the
n news. one thing they keep talking about, they believe, they say this shows that the u.s. is very much party to this conflict as they put it, they have been trying to frame this not as a war between russia and ukraine but a war between russia and the west, something that vladimir putin has been talking about and other commentators have been talking about as well, since things have been going badly for them on the battle fooel, we re fighting not only ukraine but all these western countries. we believe we re going to hear more of that tomorrow, tomorrow big speech by vladimir putin. they do believe that this is going to be landmark, a very important speech, federal assembly, both houses of parliament and give some indication as to how russia