consultation. so they are going to continue speaking to one another. as the u.s. continues to say we are in the very dangerous phase this week where the russians as the u.s. puts it would be ready for an invasion. should vladimir putin decide to do so. all right. sam, 24 hours after speaking with the president putin, biden also talked with ukraine leader, president zelensky. what more are you learning about that call? and why zelensky asked biden to visit his country when he knew that would not happen at this time. during that phone call we understand that president zelensky asked for more aide. and military aide the united states has been sending in. number of nato countries notably britain and also poland and others are sending lethal aid.
united states, we re the largest economy in the world, everyone wants to do business with us, but if we say that it puts the world on notice. it should limit the access to capital of russia. russia s economy is smaller than the size of texas economy, they have a very small economy. they depend on efforts of oil and natural gas. russia loses access to capital. senator, i want to play a clip from ukraine leader. get you to respond. we are told that you have several days then the war will start, i said okay then apply the sanctions today, yes, they say, we apply sanctions when the war will happen, i m saying, fine.
united states, we re the largest economy in the world, everyone wants to do business with us, but if we say that it puts the world on notice. it should limit the access to capital of russia. russia s economy is smaller than the size of texas economy, they have a very small economy. they depend on efforts of oil and natural gas. russia loses access to capital. senator, i want to play a clip from ukraine leader. get you to respond. we are told that you have several days then the war will start, i said okay then apply the sanctions today, yes, they say, we apply sanctions when the war will happen, i m
that the arsenal of democracy or the decisiveness of the cuban missile crisis. this is another epic time in history that america needs to show leadership and courage and stand with european allies brothers. pete: well said, paul. ukrainians are better shape with a it in their rank. thank you so much. appreciate your motivation. god bless. up next, new this morning ukraine s president zelenskyy vowing that russian troops will be destroyed wherever they go. lara trump on the impressive resilience on the ukraine leader.
volodymyr zelenskyy had a tough start as ukraine leader. he big test was yet to come, a test for president biden too. i think you will see is that russia will be held accountable. if it invades, it depends on what it does. if they do what they are capable of doing. in january and february. zelenskyy was being well, i m not worried thing. it is possible he truly done expect an invasion. ukraine an gathered here, they are marking a national day of unity. that situation, i was