ukraine was still under attack, its most powerful ally was there, in an active war zone, to show its leader support. president biden told the people running ukraine s war that this is where he wanted to be, in the days leading up to the first anniversary of russia s attempt to extinguish ukraine s independence. president zelensky knows ukraine s future depends on america, and joe biden. translation: we can and must make this year 2023, the year of victory - and i want to emphasise that the unprovoked and criminal russian war against ukraine, the whole of europe and the democratic world must end with a clearing of all ukrainian land from russian occupation, and firm guarantees of long term security for our country and the whole of europe, and the whole world. putin s war conquest is failing.