U. S. , setbacks on the battlefield, the end game of the war, and much more. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and Around The World. Im pamela brown. Wolf will join us shortly, and youre in the situation room. Russias war against ukraine is weighing heavily tonight on the United Nations and the annual meeting of the General Assembly. President biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy making separate forceful appeals to global leaders, warning of dire consequences for all nations if Vladimir Putins aggression is allowed to stand. Wolf will join us with his oneonone interview with president zelenskyy in just a moment, hang on for that. Lets bring in cnns senior White House Correspondent Kayla Tausche at the u. N. And Frederick Pleitgen in ukraine. Kayla, first to you. President zelenskyy pleaded for the world to act to defeat putin and russia . Reporter pam, it was an impassioned speech from president zelenskyy in person, in english, for the First Time Since the invasi
mined fields. but now, they re through the first line of defense. ukrainian s.e.a.l.s helped clear the path. it s been weeks of sustained, brutal fighting. a drone, get down, warns this soldier. they ve had near misses. and taken direct hits. i ve stepped on a mine, this soldier screams. his crew rushes to wrap a turn kitt around him. but the drive back to safer ground is just as perilous. keep your eyes on me, my friend, says another soldier, urging him to look at the beautiful evening sky. but for all these men, the battle is worth it, for moments like these. the long awaited liberation for
a lot of reporting about extensive mining operations that russia has conducted. yeah, we lost a lot of time. and by we i mean both ukraine and its partners. we lost a lot of time preparing counteroffensives and making decisions on deliveries of weapons. and delivering these weapons necessary for the counteroffensive. because a lot of russia to physically reinforce its defense lines, mined fields, i am not complaining here, i am just stating that reality, because in the end it is us and our partners who are facing this, who are fighting against this new reality. but you have to understand that in the beginning of the counter offensive, when our forces moved to days minefield, there were days when ukrainian soldiers would crawl 200 meters per day, crawl, just physically de-mining the path for their comrades following them, in the great corridors for tanks and other types of vehicles to