time for tonight s last word. there is a significant agreement on this important so much larger than just ukraine. it s about freedom and democracy president biden gets tonight s last word from kyiv. the 11th hour with stephanie
ruhle starts now. r with stephanie ruhle starts now tonight, president biden s surprise visit to ukraine, meeting with president zelenskyy while announcing more military aid. what this historic trip means for the future of the war. meanwhile, some far-right republicans criticize the presidents trip to ukraine. what we are hearing from a small but loud minority. then, ron desantis visits new york city to talk policing and crime. is this the unofficial start to a presidential run? as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. greetings, i m simone alexander s townsend, in for stephanie ruhle. president biden makes a historic top secret trip to ukraine, as russia s war there nears the one year mark. the presidents trip included a ten hour train ride from the polish border into kyiv. now, this is biden s first visit to ukraine since the war
you were organizing the transportation of the president of the united states from poland, from the polish border into kyiv. how were you thinking about it? how were you thinking about that level of risk? it was quite a long operation, and many people were involved from our side and from the u.s. side, and from the government s side. but finally, we get this job done. i reached out to the president in poland, and finally, that was one of the most complicated and most important special operations, special missions for railways. alexander, thank you for joining us. thanks for the work that you have put into not just this visit by the u.s. president but in keeping ukrainians moving and ukrainian goods moving. thank you.