those are poland on his western border. i believe we should support our nato allies like poland in providing those fighter planes and facilitating the ability to fight the russians in the air. reporter: now one of the things that many lawmakers were struck by with this call is when zelenskyy told them it may be the last time they see him alive. so certainly a stark message from the ukrainian message to the american lawmakers this weekend, guys. an urgent plea and a blunt assessment from president zelenskyy. kevin liptak, thank you so much. cnn s natasha bertrand joins us live from brussels. natasha war, of course, is quite literally on moldova s doorstep. that ire on the western border of ukraine. we know they formally applied to
zelenskyy and others to get an up-to-the-minute assessment of their needs. as we work on the assessment, we re seeing what we and allies and partners can deliver. we re looking actively now at the question of airplanes that poland may provide to ukraine and looking at how we might be able to backfill should poland decide to produce those to supply those planes. reporter: so as kevin had mentioned earlier, these planes are on the top of zelenskyy s wish list. of course, as the russian onslaught inside ukraine becoming more of a target, impacting civilians over the coming days. kaitlan and boris. big question on the timeline when that might happen. obviously ukraine would like to see it sooner rather than later. natasha, thank you so much for joining us. now for some analysis, we have the former deputy chief of mission in ukraine, john