tonight. ac 360 starts now. not since the cold war has the conflict since the russia and west has been to sharply drawn in dueling speeches three days before the anniversary of russian s invasion of ukraine, and a day after the president of surprise visit to kyiv. kiev one year ago the war was bracing for the fall of kiev, i just come from a visit to kiev and i can report kiev stands strong. kiev stands proud. it stands tall. and most importantly it stands free. speaking today in warsaw, the capitol, the president pledged unflagging support from nato which joined in 199 and commitment to ukraine one year into this war, putin no longer doubts the strength of our coalition. but he still doubts our conviction. he doubts our staying power. he doubts our continued support for ukraine. he doubts nato can remain unified, our support for ukraine will not waiver, nato will not be divided and we will not to tire. the president accused russia of creating crimes against human
visit to kyiv, and i can report that kyiv stands strong! kyiv stands proud! it stands tall, and most important, it sends free. speaking today in warsaw, the capital of a former soviet bloc countries, the president pledged unflagging merrick in support for nato, which poland joint in 1999 and it was firm commitment to ukraine. one year into this war, putin no longer doubts the strength of our coalition. but he still doubts our conviction. he doubts our staying power. he doubts our continued support for ukraine. he doubts whether nato can remain unified. but there should be no doubt. our support for ukraine will not waver. nato will not be divided, and we will not tire. the president also accused russia of committing crimes against humanity in ukraine. vladimir putin, for his part, gave this as his rationale for the war. turning during his annual address to the russian people. [interpreter] the elite of the west do not conceal their ambitions. which is to strategically
biden s trip to ukraine and also what he heard from him here today in warsaw. the very thought present travel to kiev that he was there, it sends and incredibly powerful signal that political and strategic signal it is a demonstration of strength of the united states indeed. it is like saying that the american leader who as a matter of fact is the leader of the free world is able to travel even when war is raging to a place where there is a punily danger he s not afraid because the united states is strong enough to protect him. and then he added that it also is a huge demonstration that biden, the president of the united states was able to make this speech here in poland, and what he said was it was really interesting he drew a line from president reagan alongside the polish pope, of course, john paul the 2nd way back in the 80 s as being responsible for
american support for nato, is that what they wanted to hear? they absolutely did and you are right, the munich security conference, i spoke to a lot of these leaders and today, the president of poland basically, as some said, part of the balance of power is shifting to the eastern europe, because they have been absolutely rock solid in trying to get everyone pretty much in the west. but to understand putin s desires, which he called, president due to called, imperialist. and so, he was really, really pleased when i asked him about how he read president biden s trip to ukraine, and also what he heard from him here today in warsaw. [interpreter] so, the very thing that traveled to kyiv, he was there. it sends an incredibly powerful signal. political and strategic signal. it s a demonstration of strength of the united states, indeed.