this invasion to isolate russia. we have taken actions in the security council of the united nations and to help the people in ukraine, and france just decided to introduce a new resolution in the security council for the humanitarian access. the time, again, when we talk to the russian leadership was useful because it has shown that we were ready to discuss substantially and while we were discussing we were preparing the sanctions. if we had adopted the sanctions so quickly it is because also because we were preparing them and cultivating them between the u.s. and the europeans. mr. ambassador, president macron and the rest of europe did everything they could in speaking with vladimir putin, to give him an off ramp to avoid this disastrous war, not only for the ukrainians but also ultimately for europe. i m wondering, will president macron continue his discussions
with his ground war against the ukrainians. these are all things that we predicted. we predicted before that he would be isolated, and yet he made the move anyway. uh-huh. which i only bring up all of those who predicted this was going to happen just to say the man did what was not in his best interests, not in the best interests of his country, and it was deeply troubling then, more troubling now that he seems to talk about nuclear weapons every two or three days when things don t break the way he wants them to break. give us some insight. you re right, he is isolated. he also is what i would describe as a serial underestimator. he was of the united states at the beginning of this crisis, clearly was of germany and europe, clearly was of ukraine. he holds all of these entities, shall we say, in contempt. he is now doing what he is doing
incursion into ukraine that we were no longer going to have that association. i m sure it doesn t do much to them, but it is a symbol that the people of maryland are united with people of america and the world, standing up against russia and standing with the people of ukraine. it may not hurt russia, but it helps and is a message to ukrainians who may be living in maryland, europeans who may be living in maryland. you spent some time with them. yesterday morning i went to a ukrainian catholic church in the city of baltimore. it was an incredible experience to let them know that all the people of our state were standing strong with them and to tell them how proud we were of the ukrainian people and president zelenskyy, and the bravery that they re showing and that we were standing in solidarity with them. and it was moving. i was hugging people, there was a lot of tears and handshakes and thanks and people are concerned about their loved ones who are in ukraine, and i think it did
zelenskyy address the european parol m, he may have raised the bar at a key time. he rose to the occasion. he was conversational and emotional. he spoke from the heart. he rallied and spoke to multiple audiences. rallying ukrainians. making demands of the european parliament. he was sending a message to vladimir putin. and i think that president bide listen need to do all those things tonight in a state of the union address that has been transformed i think in the space of a week or two. this is not the laundry list of legislative priorities that presidents often give at state of the union addresses. this is going to be a different kind of speech entirely. it gives an opportunity for him i think to frame this in a very big way. i wonder how you think he s going to do that. here is what i would advise him to do if i were asked, which i wasn t. that as suzen said, president zpel inski provided president biden with the thing that the lacking from state of union, a frame. why am i ta
outside of the city. the second line of attack pushing toward kharkiv, and briefly russian forces did manage to penetrate a part of the city. they were also repelled. then the third line of attack is in the south pushing up from crimea. but there have been numerous logistical challenges. this invasion has not gone according to putin s plan apparently, and there are reports and videos of russian troops running out of fuel, breaking down by the side of the road, being taunted by ukrainians. so far the ukrainians feel that they are entering these peace talks in which they are asking for a cease-fire with a very strong hand. so, richard, you know better than anybody else that it is hard to make clear pronouncements about how a war is going while in the fog of war. what can you tell us, what can you tell us about the information you have received from officials, from military