biding commitment to be al lice not of darkness, but of light. not of oppression, but liberation. not of captivity, but of freedom. may god bless you all, may god protect our troops. may god bless the heroes ukraine and all those who defend freedom around the world. thank you, poland. thank you, thank you, thank you for what you re doing. god bless you all. reporter: president biden wrapping up his speech here in poland a few days shy of the anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine offering his assessment of where it stands one year in, really summing it up in wo two words. kyiv stands. the secret trip to ukraine, he went and spent hours on the ground with president zelenskyy in the heart of ukraine in kyiv saying that a year ago, that was not what everyone believed would happen. the idea that kyiv could fall as russian tanks were rolling into ukraine saying that kyiv did not roll over. instead, they remain strong. the president also saying that a year ago putin thought
ground with president zelenskyy in the heart of ukraine in kyiv saying that a year ago, that was not what everyone believed would happen. the idea that kyiv could fall as russian tanks were rolling into ukraine saying that kyiv did not roll over. instead, they remain strong. the president also saying that a year ago putin thought autocrats would be stronger. instead, they have grown weaker. as he was speaking in the same place he was just a year ago, shortly after putin had invaded ukraine, i want to bring in christiane amanpour. what did you think of the president s speech? it was so strong. it was so robust. now we see him surrounded by that very generation of kids, the future that he was talking about, waving the ukrainian flags. he was dedicating his speech to freedom, over and over again. for future generations.
ahead. the united states with their allies and partners will have ukraine s back as it deneefds called out the russian leader by name more than ten times, declaring he underestimated the free world. hought autocrats like himself were tough and leaders of democracy were soft. autocrats only understand one word no. no, no. no, you will not take my country. no, you will not take my freedom. no, you wyill future. reporter: just hours earlier in hisnnual russian people, putin accused america and its allies of conspiring against his country, insisting western elites make no secret of their goal of inflicting a strategic defeat to russia, saying they intend to transform a local conflict into