And on that note, i wish you all a very good night. From all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. Ill see you at the end of tomorrow. Welcome to war in ukraine one year later. A morning joe special. This time last year, europe and the world were on edge. Vladimir putin ordered his army across the Ukrainian Border with plans to take the capital city of kyiv in a matter of days. It was the start of the largest ground war in europe since world war ii. Since then, putins isolated his country. He has seen his harmony humiliated and sacrificed countless lives. All in a war of choice. What the russian president did not anticipate was the bravery and resiliency of the ukrainian people. He also gravely miscalculated the commitment of western allies, who quickly rallied behind ukraine from, and still vowing to give aid until russia is defeated. President joe bidens trip earlier this week to keefe, walking inside a war zone as Air Raid Sirens blar
welcome to war in ukraine: one year later. a morning joe special. this time last year, europe and the world were on edge. vladimir putin ordered his army across the ukrainian border with plans to take the capital city of kyiv in a matter of days. it was the start of the largest ground war in europe since world war ii. since then, putin s isolated his country. he has seen his harmony humiliated and sacrificed countless lives. all in a war of choice. what the russian president did not anticipate was the bravery and resiliency of the ukrainian people. he also gravely miscalculated the commitment of western allies, who quickly rallied behind ukraine from, and still vowing to give aid until russia is defeated. president joe biden s trip earlier this week to keefe, walking inside a war zone as air raid sirens blared, hammered home americas unwavering support, despite a small faction of republican lawmakers who actually want to cut aid for ukraine. ahead this hour, what s at stake o
and on that note, i wish you all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. welcome to war in ukraine: one year later. a morning joe special. this time last year, europe and the world were on edge. vladimir putin ordered his army across the ukrainian border with plans to take the capital city of kyiv in a matter of days. it was the start of the largest ground war in europe since world war ii. since then, putin s isolated his country. he has seen his harmony humiliated and sacrificed countless lives. all in a war of choice. what the russian president did not anticipate was the bravery and resiliency of the ukrainian people. he also gravely miscalculated the commitment of western allies, who quickly rallied behind ukraine from, and still vowing to give aid until russia is defeated. president joe biden s trip earlier this week to keefe, walking inside a war zone as
we ll also look at the crisis in sri lanka. the president has confirmed he will step down after protesters stormed his palace. and we ll look at twitter s share price, which has fallen welcome to college green in front of parliament, where the process of selecting a new leader of the conservative party and new prime minister is under way. if i m occasionally glancing this way and that, sir graham brady, the committee chair, will be speaking in the next few minutes. he will outline the rules of the tory party leadership contest. bear in mind since thursday, effectively that contest began. we still don t know precisely how that will work. what we do know is what the stages of the contest will be. first, each candidate will need to find a number of conservative mps to back them. in previous contests, it was eight. this time, it could be as high as 20. then the 358 conservative mps will vote for their favourite candidates in a series of elimination rounds. let s speak to our poli