else but we just by ourselves left alone against russia, we simply cannot manage. bill: president zelenskyy on his conversation with president biden as his country faces the russian onslaught. they talked for 30 minutes in their last conversation president addressing the escalating war last night in his first state of the union address. for reaction on that message senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is with us in studio. thank you for your time. how did you take the message on putin and ukraine last night? was it the right message? for the most part i do think the president was giving himself a little more credit than we ought to give the ukrainians. i think the demonstration of incredible bravery, they are stunningly impressive president is the reason the rest of the world is rallying to the cause. vladimir putin s invasion has done more to unify nato than
when you open the sanction with the energy sector is not on the sanctions and that s what gives putin his main income is oil and gas. so we should go out and say publicly that we don t want people to pay extra 30 or 50 cents for a gallon of gas because that s why ukrainians have to die. ukrainian children have to die. let s be honest everybody is telling us we re switching off swift for seven banks out of 350. you call this sanctions? is that a strong response? we need a total ban and sanctions on every bank that works with the russian bank. in this case there would be cut off from the financial system. we need sanctions on every sector including energy. you shouldn t be buying. the e.u. shouldn t be buying energy or oil or buying gas from putin because that is how he finances his army. bill: you make a strong case here and we may get interrupted.
to develop a resistance movement within ukraine, and let s face it, that is what is going to happen even if the russians take over more towns, what is going to happen is that ukrainians are not going to accept russian rule. and i don t see i don t see the russians end game here. i think it is only trouble for the russians, for them to think that somehow they are going to be able to bring ukraine under their thumb. it isn t going to happen. and the european union apparently is moving forward with authorizing the purchase the funding of purchasing of weapons for the first time to help ukraine. your thoughts on that. that is a big step. i think that is a very important step. i think that it is very important now for the united states, for our european allies, to continue to provide strong military aid to the ukrainians
and from what i m reading, the son of someone who survived nazi conditions in world war ii. he is a survivor s son. his personal story is amazing but these places are not being protected. they certainly don t seem like that is their goal if that s what putin is really about. what we ve seen over the last day or so the russian army has been taking out television towers and municipal buildings. anything they can apparently to sew a little chaos into the mix. initially they were taking out things like air strips and air defenses, anything the ukrainians could use to strike back at them and also when you see the withering artillery fire. it seems they moved in pair treerps unopposed. soften the battlefield trying to break the will of the people which is why zelenskyy
we want to stay in touch with you. your father is in the defense forces now and you are ready to enlist and you are waiting because so many ukrainians signed up they are getting everyone trained. please stay safe. bill: we mentioned this at the top. now day seven. the end of one week, right? many people have remarked about the resistance on behalf of the ukrainian people. however, this is still a slow and steady and deliberate march on behalf of the russian army. they are taking land by the day. it may not be as significant as putin wanted, but they are making gains today in ukraine. dana: they are. one of the things we had last night was the state of the union address. the headline from the wall street journal editorial board. biden misses the moment in his state of the union address saying he had supportive words for ukraine against russia but offered no domestic defense policy reset. in particular talking about the energy piece and what else can be done or what should we do as