to strengthen defense. neil: are you worried what is happening in this country, general, where the new republican congress, not all are keen to continue pouring money in to ukraine. we have even heard as much from potential president candidate florida governor ron desantis who is likened at really to a territory battle. he s tried to dial that back a little bit. does that kind of talk concern you? well, in the they re different views. i m confident that the united states will remain committed to providing support to ukraine. because we have to remember that this is not only about ukraine but it s also about our own security. if president putin wins in ukraine, that will says a message to president xi and china. china is watching closely what s going on in ukraine. that will impact their
escalation. but there are no risk-free options, and the biggest risk of all is if president putin wins. reporter: diplomacy for a while drowning out the fighting, the shelling, and the sirens as europe said it would be giving cautious consideration to china s 12-point proposal for a peaceful resolution, a resolution that s in line of moscow s yoeuphemisms, nowhere mentions war. and yet in ukraine it was the price of war that was being paid again. another day, another funeral, another grieving family, and a message too that this must end. translator: i m confident that we ll have this victory. i hope that this will happen this year. reporter: melissa bell, cnn, kyiv. u.s. president joe biden is dismissing a chinese proposal to end the war, saying it only
significant sanctions against russia so far. allies followed suit. sweden pledging tanks, poland has already delivered. some worry our support to ukraine risks triggering escalation. but there are no risk-free options. and the biggest risk of all is if president putin wins. reporter: diplomacy drowning out the fighting. the shelling and the silence as europe said it would be giving cautious consideration to china s 12-point proposal for a peaceful resolution, a resolution that in line with moscow s euphemisms, nowhere mentions war. and yet in creanukraine, it was price of war that was being paid again. another day, another funeral, another grieving family and a
rules. he wanted to break the will of the ukrainian people and he wanted to break our unity. president putin failed. ukraine stands and nato and the eu stand with ukraine. yet putin has not given up his goals. he wants a different europe where russia can dictate what neighbors do. he is not prepared for peace. he is prepared for more war. so we must give ukraine what they need to prevail. some worry our support to ukraine risks triggering escalation. but there are no risk-free options. and the biggest risk of all is if president putin wins. because the message to him and other leaders would be that they can use force to get what they