it was honestly it brought you to tears to see how grateful these ukrainians who have had to flee their homeland and these pols who wanted to pull together for them both sides looking at the u.s. military setting up beds, setting up tents, setting up everything they needed so quickly you couldn t believe it. it was overnight, practically. they had it down. and now just legendary units of the u.s. military, and they re permanent now, you have a permanent u.s. military presence there and, mark, mika s brother who s over there, mark said it was extraordinary walking through the same streets that hitler had invaded and the same cities that hitler had crushed. that my father fled. and thestalin came through a
concerns. we re marshalling ours, as well, to preserve our national security interest. we re working with allies to help them backfire the needs ukrainians have. we know it ll be a tough spring. both sides are going to come out slugging, and we have to mange the ukrainians to punch above their weight. the pols are helping. poland sent migs over there. i have to ask you a question i asked hillary clinton when we were in abu dhabi. she didn t have the answer, but i m sure you will. why does it take two years to get abrams tanks over to ukraine? yeah. to help the ukrainians push back against russian aggression. and how can we speed that up? okay, two things here. f-16s and tanks, very, very different systems. the president has been clear
including countries like poland on the eastern flank, don t come under increased threat from russia. we re deeply appreciative of that. we make each of our own decisions based on what ukrainians need in the moment and as we see that battle evolving. that s what countries around the world are doing. what the pols announced today was a sovereign decision. the $32 billion with in assistance has been a sovereign decision on the part of the united states. we re providing our ukrainian partners with what they need for the battle they re facing right now, primarily in the east and for the coming counteroffensive that will likely start in the coming weeks as the ground starts to thaw, including in eastern ukraine. that s artillery, armored vehicles, ammunition, air defense systems. there are positions on the east where russian soldiers and ukrainian soldiers are basically at throwing distance. we re providing them with what
addressed to the whole world. he sends signal defense of the free world, nato, every inch of the territory as the president said today. so to ask the pols, this american signal, this allied signal, not within nato but first of all a signal sent by the greatest super power in the world, a signal sent by our friend and ally today is so significant. so the united states and all allies stood united. the president today said that vladimir putin did not think that you would all remain united, you remain so strong and kyiv, ukraine, would still remain free. what more needs to be done? all the weapon systems that you ve been sending what more needs to be done to ensure what you say is ukraine s victory in this war? translator: the difference of potentials between ukraine and russia is huge and obvious. everybody actually expected that it would take 72 hours at the most, the defense of ukraine. after 72 hours ukraine would