to fly out of washington, d.c. until the 6:00 p.m. tonight. instead, they very quietly gathered a press pool and left yesterday about 4:15. the president appeared in kyiv, not on his original itinerary. we were told he was just coming to poland to commemorate the one year anniversary of the russian invasion instead he droons into an active war zone. the new york times is reporting that he took an hour s long train ride from poland into the ukrainian capital that is besieged by the russians right now and while there he announced an extra half a billion dollars in new u.s. security assistance. listen. that announcement includes artillery ammunition for himars and howitzers, nor javelins, raiders, they will protect the people from aerial bombardments. he rattled off a lot of different kinds of assistance. it is all equipment that the u.s. has given ukraine so far. ukrainians van v. been asking for f-16s that s not on the list of things the president gave as half a billion do
steve: fox news alert. if you are just waking up. president biden made a surprise visit to ukraine today and met with president zelenskyy there in kyiv earlier today. both leaders talked about continuing a united front saying that russia has not succeeded in its mission to break ukraine. putin s war of conquest is failing. russia s military has lost half its territory it once occupied. young, talented russians are freeing by the tens of thousands, not wanting to come back to russia. steve: our president s visit comes just four days before the one year mark of russia s invasion of ukraine. steve: more top of the hour. brian? brian: it is presi presidenty so let s talk about this a new fox nation special delving into