ac 360 starts now. good evening. president biden is in poland tonight after making a surprise and history-making journey to kyiv on this president s day. after months of secret planning and elaborate preparation, the united states met with ukraine s president just four days short of a year since russian forces invaded. and with reminders of the continuing threat surrounding the two leaders. [ siren ] many american presidents have made dramatic trips before, nixon to china, kennedy, reagan to is the berlin wall, and presidents have visited u.s. troops in war zones, but never like this. this was the first trip ever by an american president would into a war zone without the protection of u.s. troops on the ground or american warplanes patrolling the space overhead. american air assets were active on ukraine s border and moscow was told about it in advance. as for the president s own message, here is some of what he had to say. it was one year ago in week that we spoke on t
preparations the president of the united states met with ukraine s president just four days short of year that russian forces invaded. with reminders that continuing threats quite literally sounding all around, the two leaders. many american presidents have made dramatic trips before, nixon to china, reagan to the berlin wall and president xi visited u.s. troops in war zones but never like this. this was the first trip ever by an american president into a worn zone without the protection of u.s. troops on the ground or american warplanes controlling the airspace overhead. american air assets were active on ukraine s border and moscow was told about it in advance. as for the presidents own message, here is some of what he had to say we know, it was one year ago this week. that we spoke on the telephone with the president. it was very late at night in washington, very early in the morning here in kyiv. russian planes were in the air and tanks were rolling across your border.
them. they have not set up the logistic supply and training aspects of this, even though they are fighting brave. and don t let me detract at all from the great fight that the ukrainian soldiers are doing. but we re trying they re wanting us they re wanting to see a desert storm. and you re not going get that if you re just incorporating things by throwing them into the stew and hoping they get it right. it s a lot tougher than that. and i think that s why the president is holding back on some of these things. general hertling, appreciate it. jonathan as well. how americans view this war and our series in it. and later, former president jimmy carter. his decision to end treatment and enter hospice at home and his condition. his remarkable life as the longest living ex-president.
but, what many people don t understand is that it is part of the american way of war. it is not the ukrainian way of war. so when you drop something like an f-16, you are not considering what are the j techs, the tactical controllers on the ground, are they trying to incorporate them in close air support? other jammers in the sky, are the refuelling the sky, are there intelligence factors that can feed things to those planes that have targets? are there the maintainers and the trainers and all of those things that go into that and truthfully anderson, my sources on the ground are telling me ukraine has been challenged with some of the equipment that we have given them. they have not set up the logistics of supplying and training aspects of this even though they are fighting brave. don t let me detract of it all from the great fights of ukrainian soldiers are doing. but, they are wanting us to have a desert storm.
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