the world was literally at the time bracing for the fall of kyiv. one year later kyiv stands. and ukraine stands. democracy stands. the americans stand with you and the world stands with you. president biden announcing an extra half billion in aid while on the ground at the start of this week. let s walk you through what the u.s. has provided up until this point. here we go. this is what we provided up to this point. over the last year the u.s. has sent nearly 30 billion in aid to ukraine. to put that in perspective wal-mart s revenue in 2022 was $573 billion. including the aid 100 million in artillery rounds and 6,000 missiles and rockets and drones, over 2500 of them. and plus, there is what the u.s.
declared dead. and the medical breakthrough that could help stroke victims regain control of parts of their body. president biden has arrived in poland after an extraordinary visit, to an active war zone on monday. joe biden s unannounced and surprise trip to kyiv was short on time, but long on symbolism, ahead of the first anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine. he said america would stand with ukraine for as long as it takes and pledged another $500 million of military aid. speaking while air raid sirens were going off, president biden added that vladimir putin s war of conquest was failing. our international editor, jeremy bowen has this report. (air-raid siren wails) the air raid alarm, as the two presidents arrived at st michael s church, where ukraine commemorates its war dead, felt too well
that is a big reason why president zelenskyy wants urgently to convincejoe biden to help ukraine win, notjust hold steady in a long war of attrition. the wall commemorates the dead of the earlierfighting with russia, that started in 2014. each flag represents a life lost in the last 12 months. the kremlin believes it will win a trial of endurance. ukraine doesn t want to wait to find out. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. well for more insight on this, let s now speak tojeffrey stacey, a us national security advisor, and also a former state department official in the obama administration. the conference that took place on monday in kyiv with resident zelenskyy and president biden, president zelenskyy said biden s visit would bring ukraine closer to victory. just how significant do you think resident biden s visit was?
where ukraine commemorates its war dead, felt too well timed to be a coincidence. with unprecedented security in kyiv, the americans had warned the kremlin that joe biden was coming. he had just arrived from a long trainjourney and a point was being made. ukraine was still under attack, its most powerful ally was there, in an active war zone, to show its leader support. president biden told the people running ukraine s war that this is where he wanted to be in the days leading up to the first anniversary of russia s attempt to extinguish ukraine s independence. president zelensky knows ukraine s future depends on america and joe biden. translation: we can and must make this year, 2023,