the secret planning for president biden s very dangerous travel to kyiv and the direct messaging he s sending to vladimir putin as the russian leader is expected to unleash a major new military offensive in the weeks ahead. key white house official john kirby joins us this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, and this is a situation room special report. president biden is in poland this hour after personally delivering a strong message of support to the people of war-torn ukraine. his high-stakes, high-risk trip coming at a pivotal moment in the fight against russia s unprovoked invasion. cnn s chief white house correspondent phil mattingly is traveling with the president. good morning, mr. president. reporter: for president biden, a dramatic moment months in the making. one year later, kyiv stands, and ukraine stands. democracy stands. reporter: to mark the resilience of a nation and u.s. support after mor
been liberated, it is being shelled every single day. there is a ruth many campaign by the russians to try to target every piece of critical infrastructure that they can so that the power doesn t work well, so that there are rolling blackouts, so there is a lack of heat, so that there is not enough pressure to pump running water into people s homes. so it has been a very bleak time indeed and there are really concerns that ukraine has low stamina at this stage, that people are exhausted, that they have also lost a huge number of troops. russia obviously at an even greater rate, but ukraine too is suffering from many soldiers who are being killed in action. so it is a very difficult time, and they are looking at the horizon ahead, and they are hoping that they are going to continue to get the support they need to carry them through what could be a very ugly spring. indeed it could be. all right, guys. thanks very, very much.