biding commitment to be al lice not of darkness, but of light. not of oppression, but liberation. not of captivity, but of freedom. may god bless you all, may god protect our troops. may god bless the heroes ukraine and all those who defend freedom around the world. thank you, poland. thank you, thank you, thank you for what you re doing. god bless you all. reporter: president biden wrapping up his speech here in poland a few days shy of the anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine offering his assessment of where it stands one year in, really summing it up in wo two words. kyiv stands. the secret trip to ukraine, he went and spent hours on the ground with president zelenskyy in the heart of ukraine in kyiv saying that a year ago, that was not what everyone believed would happen. the idea that kyiv could fall as russian tanks were rolling into ukraine saying that kyiv did not roll over. instead, they remain strong. the president also saying that a year ago putin thought
i want to add one quick thing. you might have noticed that the president from moldova was there. she regards her country probably as the next target on putin s list. to that point, president biden said this is about k ukraine. but he also talked about autocrats around the world. he said it s much bigger than this. autocrats are tough. leaders were soft. and then he met the iron will of america and those that accept that. the democracy of the world have grown stronger, not weaker. but the autocrats of the world have grown weaker, not stronger. to the latter point, china s foreign minister is in moscow right now. there s talk that president k i may go to moscow to see