the focus that the ukrainian military forces on the ground will have to face here in the coming weeks. all right, ed lavandera on the ground in odesa, thank you so much. and now let s bring in a former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, william taylor, also vice president at the u.s. institute of peace. hi, ambassador. great to have you back on the show. i want to ask you about what the president s national security adviser, jake sullivan, said earlier today. downplaying the significance of labeling russian atrocities genocide. republican congresswoman liz cheney was quick to push back. let s listen to all of this. i wasn t satisfied with what i heard. it is crucially important the united states be clear 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
streamline that process to get those materiels, those weaponry and all of the kind of support that they were hoping for much, much faster. this is what representative cheney was reacting to this morning, specifically the administration, national security adviser jake sullivan, and his statements about where the united states is in its aid to ukraine. i wasn t satisfied with what i heard. i think that 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. i think this clearly is genocide. and as you know, that is very significant. she is referring specifically to that attack on the at the train station, ukrainians, more than 50 civilians who were
long haul here to fight putin s aggression, to defend the integrity and sovereignty of ukraine. but also afterwards, after that war when ukraine will have won that war, to reconstruct ukraine and rebuild this country. prime minister trudeau, you ve seen the horrific images coming out of bucha and other ukrainian towns. you know on friday a russian missile strike on that railway station in eastern ukraine killed dozens of civilians who were just trying to escape, trying to get to where i am in lviv. president zelenskyy says russia is committing genocide here in ukraine. do you agree? the images are horrific. the stories we re hearing, we have been hearing from ukraine canadians, but through social media as well of what s going on. it is clear putin is systemically targeting civilians, whether it s hospitals, train stations or
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 more, be it sanctions on russia. i m very grateful that we have so many partners, canada, for example, strongly supporting us with the sanctions against russia to really dry out putin s war chest. we have to deliver arms, weapons so the ukrainian people can defend themselves. it s really urgent right now. a lot has been done but more has to be done. as i said, we have to support the refugees in ukraine, but also very important we have to financially support ukraine. yesterday i could deliver 1 billion euros directly for the ukrainian government, but more, of course, has to come there, too. whatever is necessary is being done, an