the strongest possible response to russia s aggression following her visit to kyiv and talks with president zelenskyy. this hour we ll discuss the war with the acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine as american diplomats are now back on the ground inside ukraine. our krornts standing by in ukraine, in russia and neighboring moldova as well as in washington. we welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, a top ukrainian commander says about 200 civilians remain trapped inside that mariupol steel plan under bombardment by russian forces. they are so desperate to join the first wave of evacuees who did make it out live, hoping to arrive in the city of zaporizhzhia. nic peyton walsh is on the scene
. staying with the world lead, the u.s. has opened what it calls a welcome center near poland s border with ukraine to help americans crossing that border to get away from a possible russian invasion. as american citizens arrive in poland, so are service members with heavy equipment and trucks. nic peyton walsh is there as the american military makes its presence known. reporter: they don t want to you see this but it is hard to hide. u.s. troops landing near border. c-17, cargo planes, dozens in the past days. media haven t been given official access but they re pretty hard to miss.
close the sky. president biden not expected to answer that request from president zelenskyy for a no-fly zone, but we do know he will be bringing a total of $2 billion to the association. air missile systems already on their way to ukraine from the u.s. and its nato allies. we re tracking it all from washington and ukraine. that s where we begin, with our cnn team in southern ukraine, editor nic peyton walsh. nic, a critical moment for the people of ukraine. zelenskyy has become a very public national hero there, but international one. what do ukrainians say to you about the level of u.s. support now?
what he talks about, we would have to shoot them down in the skies and that s where it becomes difficult. we heard zelenskyy say if that is too much, please give us air missile systems, additional ones, because we know many have already arrived there but also the possibility of further jets. nic peyton walsh, thank you so much. let s go to the hill where the president addressed congress. manu raju is here. manu, i wonder what happens now. universal bipartisan support for the president, that standing ovation. do we see legislation on sanctions or additional military support to follow? reporter: it remains to be seen, jim. there is a support for taking some actions that have already been underway on capitol hill, whether it s to impose that oil
so cnn decided to take a closer look at a couple key foreign policy issues of the trump administration, nato and isis. reporter: i m nic peyton walsh. despite a torturous bloody battle, those losses are said to have about 70% of territory down from a third@their height. the issue is this isn t really necessarily trump s doing, a struggle to find people who say he s majorly changed the pace on nature. this is obama s pentagon plan simply playing out. reporter: imer m erin mcglon