harris: senator cotton, president zelensky said that the skies the the death of zone. he called for help. what was the reaction in the room and what is it been like outside of that u.s. congress meeting, that address by president zelensky? good morning, harris. president zelensky s address was very moving. he get repeated rounds of applause during the address. i agree with his call on president biden to lead the free world to help ukraine defend itself from vladimir putin s war of aggression. unfortunately, president biden has been on the back foot throughout this conflict and indeed in the run-up to the conflict. he has been trade in many cases by the congress and in many cases by president zelensky and the various ukrainians fighting against russia in taking steps that we should have taken long ago. president zelensky today repeated his urgent request for those polish mig aircraft. over antiaircraft and antimissile defense systems.
groundwork. they just need more help when it comes to the air campaign. i find it despicable, unacceptable, to deny the ukrainian people the ability to control their own skies. harris: is president biden leading or following when it comes to that issue? he has. he agreed on march 6th. we would green light a transfer of mig, polish mig, into ukraine. we were okay with that. when poland asked us to be part of the transfer, we pulled it like a cheap suit. i think that putin told biden if the beast on the migs and, it would be eight invasion. i think that the president folded like a cheap suit. harris: the leaders of
making for strategic ambiguity. but one of the things the united states has been very much willing to do are to provide lethal assistance to ukraine in a defensive capacity. and the united states make the very nuanced distinction between defensive weapons like javelins, like stingers and offensive weapons like, for instance, the united states has said we will not help facilitate the transfer of polish mig fighter jets to ukraine. this is an area, something zelenskyy wants, as you point out, something the ukrainians need, and this is an area where the u.s. has shown a willingness. it s very possible that this is one of these things nato allies can agree on and would be happy to do to help. yeah. ashley parker, thank you so much for your reporting from the washington post this morning. and joe, while all this talking is going on, it s just hard not to bear in mind the unbelievable resistance and the casualties, the russian casualties that the ukrainians are taking on moment