november, biden was talking about poland s drift towards totalitarianism. but then came russia s invasion of ukraine, and that has really bonded these two countries. and to have president biden here in warsaw, he was in eastern poland yesterday, but really standing shoulder to shoulder with president duda, a very visible manifestation of how poland s perception in the world has changed in the past month. remember, this is a country that until the ukraine war was seen as particularly anti migrant, quite right wing, and now it is a country that is taken in more than 2.2 ukrainians fleeing the war and has been widely praised right around the world for the hospitality that it has given. and that sense of gratitude is certainly a message that president biden has been passing on to his polish counterpart, and really, if vladimir putin was hoping to exploit divisions and differences between the western nations with this
of course, you hear the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskiy often say that he wants more, he wants a no-fly zone, which obviously the u.s. is not willing to provide, he wants old russian-made jets that some eastern european countries still have. that hasn t happened either. but by and large, the ukrainians certainly say with the amount of javelins that they ve gotten, stinger missile they ve gotten, they believe that they ve gotten a lot of help from the united states. officials that i ve been speaking to say they are very thankful to the united states. so therefore of course they re very interested to hear what the president will say to the crowd at that very historic location there in the polish capital, wolf. yeah. the royal castle, indeed. they re getting ready for the president of the united states. you see some of the invited guests there. you see some of the people who have organized this event. it will be a significant speech indeed. kaitlan collins is with me. we re watc
made an impact on the people gathered there when was he said to the polish president and the political leadership there, we stand with you, and then recalling the fall of the soviet empire at the end of the cold war. russia has strangled democracy and sought to do so elsewhere. he s making that point, calling out vladimir putin for what he has done over these last 30 some days with this unprovoked war in ukraine. he actually was quite specific in his attacking of vladimir putin. he said that putin s awe action s are obscene, lying with the claims of denazifing ukraine, a country whose president is jewish and whose father s family was wiped out during the holocaust. he reminded the ukrainians that the $1.3 billion that the united states has donated in both military and humanitarian support since the beginning of that war. it was a very powerful speech as
to major cities in ukraine. but not mariupol because russian forces are blocking relief supplies, but will not cease their efforts to get humanitarian relief wherever it is need for ukraine and for the people who have made it out of ukraine. notwithstanding the brutality of vladimir putin, let there be no doubt that this war has already been a strategic failure for russia already. having lost children myself, i know that s no solace to the people who have lost family. but he, putin, thought ukrainians would roll over and not fight. not much of a student of history. instead, russian forces have met their match with brave and stiff
forces are blocking relief supplies. and they will not, we will not cease to provide humanitarian relief. let there be no doubt that this war is already strategic failure for russia already. i know that as no solace to people who have lost family but he, putin, thought ukrainians would roll not fight. i m not much of a student of history. russian forces have met their match with brave and stiff ukrainian resistance. and their