democracy stands. the president of the united states on an unprecedented and dangerous trip into ukraine as russia s invasion nears one year of barberism and bloodshed. this conversation brings us closer to victory. president biden s visit to kyiv, a rebuke of vladimir p putin. how far will the u.s. and allies go to defend a no, ma amsy on the brink? and what will puten do next? russia s aim was to wipe ukraine off the map. putin s war of conquest is failing. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, and this is a special edition of the situation room. president biden is back in ukraine tonight, preparing for a momentous day tomorrow when he and vladimir putin will be delivering dueling addresses nearly 800 miles apart. president biden traveled under a cloak of secrecy to the capitol this morning, a city russia thought it could capture at the start of the invasion, but kyiv still stands one year into this war. w
closer to victory. president biden s visit to kyiv, a defiant review of vladimir putin, as the world asks, when will this war and? how far will the u.s. and allies go to defend democracy on the brink, and what will putin do next in his unprovoked attack on a sovereign state? russia s aim was to wipe ukraine off the map. putin s war is failing. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i am wolf blitzer. and this is a special edition of the situation room. president biden is back in poland tonight, after a day that will go down in history, preparing for another momentous day tomorrow, when he and vladimir putin will be delivering dueling addresses, nearly 800 miles apart. president biden traveled under a cloak of secrecy to the capital of ukraine earlier this morning, the city that russia thought it would be able to capture right at the start of this invasion. but kyiv still stands almost one year into this war. what a dramatic
nature. we heard him elude to the fact that potentially some kind of agreement or some kind of movement was happening with the white house that he said issues are being resolved, and those that were stuck have been sped up. we don t know specifically what he was talking about there, but as mentioned, these more heavier weaponry are exactly what they have been looking for, what they have been asking for. in the short term, the most desperately needed thing in ukraine momentarily is ammunition. according to cnn s own reporting, ukrainians have been burning through ammunition, particularly in the east of the country at such a rate that u.s. and nato have not been able to produce it fast enough to replenish it. so we did see today a guarantee of a lot of ammunition coming this way. that would be greatly received. but now the next question becomes how can they push to
this frontier with minimal gains, sometimes measures in yards per day. now, the focus in recent weeks has been discussion of a russian offensive, a spring offensive. you heard a lot of advertisements of this particularly from the russian side. but the u.s. military side of this, i have spoken about the u.s. assessment of russian capabilities is that is more aspirational and realistic because though russia amassed a large number of forces here, they don t have the quality of forces, the training, and they don t have the equipment to gain serious ground, perhaps for several months. at the same time, ukraine believes they have an opportunity now to push in this direction and perhaps even usually cross this border with those weapons we have been discussing, the striker vehicles, the bradley fighting vehicles and the tanks from germans and other nato allies to not just defend this frontier but take back territory already
times since the war began. and our own christiane amanpour is look at to meet the polish president. president duda. on what he s pushing president biden to do. a lot going on we ll have a full full special report coming up tomorrow night 9 pm eastern. 12 are viewers, thanks very much for watching. i m wolf blitzer, in the situation room. cnn tonight with alison camerota starts right now. good evening everyone. welcome to special holiday dish on cnn tonight on this presidents day. one man who seems to want that job, governor ron desantis, taking his war on woke show on the road today. he s going to blue states and offering police officers money to move to florida. one person who really does not like what desantis is selling, donald trump. and, congressman george santos