internally displaced people in ukraine who urgently need help. i m very grateful that the pledging event today was also organized for them because they need support through the ukrainian authorities. i m very glad 1.8 billion euros will go to ukraine refugees in ukraine. this is very important for the ukrainian authorities, too. and president von der leyen, you made a point of visiti buch this week to see firsthand the atrocities there. you also met with president zelenskyy in ukraine. he told you what the europeans are doing is, quote, not enough. what did you say to him, and did what you saw in bucha drive home the need for europe to do more, to do everything in its power to help ukraine? yes. president zelenskyy was very grateful for what has happened already, what we have done already, but he s right, this war is going on, we have to do
of the house services committee. congresswoman, thanks for joining us. you just heard my conversation with national security adviser jake sullivan. were you satisfied with what you heard? what might you be doing differently? thanks for having me. no, i wasn t satisfied with what i heard. i think it s crucially important that the united states be clear that we are absolutely committed to zelenskyy s victory. we should not be talking about, as jake sullivan did just now, improving zelenskyy s position at the negotiating table. this is about defeating russian forces in ukraine. it s about much more than ukraine. we ve got to be moving much faster, much more quickly, recognizing that the ukrainians now, given what they ve been able to do and how long they ve been able to fight and what they ve been able to inflict upon the russian forces, they need advanced weaponry. we need to be thinking about providing them with tanks, with artillery, with armored vehicles. we need to be doing much mo
in 2016. this move is part of a change in strategy as russians refocus attention on eastern ukraine. you can see here images of an eight-mile-long military convoy positioned to the east of kharkiv. it s difficult to process the prospect of even more brutality after the massacre in bucha, the attack friday on the train station which killed at least 50 people trying to leave the region, including children. yesterday ukraine president zelenskyy met with boris prime minister boris johnson who made a surprise visit to kyiv. zelenskyy is calling on the u.s. to do more to drive back putin, especially given the scale of the anticipated battle in the east. the prime minister pledged more equipment including antitank weapons and missiles, star streak anti aircraft missiles and other aids such as body armor, helmets and night vision goggles. joining us to discuss, president biden s national security
plan in place to house and care for all these people for how ever long might be necessary? yes, absolutely. it is amazing to see the open hearts and the open doors of the european people mainly in the front line countries like poland, hungry, czechoslovakia, romania, gull gary yeah to name a few. they are very willing to take these refugees in, more than 4 million. this pledging event today was so important, but, ofr course, there are funds from the european union, structural funds, $17 billion, that are there to accommodate these more than 4 million refugees. yesterday i was in kyiv. i saw president zelenskyy and i promised to him that we re going to take good care of the refugees until they can return safely home. that is very important, to rebuild their country. but there is also 6.5 million
torture of civilians. what can be done to stop vladimir putin s forces. joining me is republican congresswoman liz cheney, member of the house armed services committee. congresswoman, thanks for joining us. you just heard my conversation with national security adviser jake sullivan. were you satisfied with what you heard? what might you be doing differently? thanks for having me. no, i wasn t satisfied with what i heard. i think it s crucially important that the united states be clear that we are absolutely committed to zelenskyy s victory. we should not be talking about, as jake sullivan did just now, improving zelenskyy s position at the negotiating table. this is about defeating russian forces in ukraine. it s about much more than ukraine. we ve got to be moving much faster, much more quickly, recognizing that the ukrainians now, given what they ve been able to do and how long they ve been able to fight and what they ve been able to inflict upon the russian forces, they need advan