we ve had some response from senior government officials describing vladimir putin as confused and irrelevant, and for them it underlines their belief that russia needs to be repelled completely and crucially for ukraine punished for what it s done. but i think the reason there is less fear coming out of kyiv certainly is because vladimir putin has already escalated, in the words of so many people you speak to, how much worse can it get? as we ve heard following his visit to ukraine yesterday, president biden will deliver a speech in poland this afternoon, in which he ll respond to mr putin s claims. mr biden is expected to describe the war in ukraine as a struggle between democracy and autocracy. well, many people in poland see the war being foughtjust across the border from them as a real threat to their own security as our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford reports.
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to say to his people that everything, this is the new normal. thank you. as we ve heard, following his visit to ukraine yesterday, president biden will deliver a speech in poland this afternoon, in which he ll respond to mr putin s claims. mr biden is expected to describe the war in ukraine as a struggle between democracy and autocracy. well, many people in poland see the war being foughtjust across the border from them as a real threat to their own security as our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford reports. racing across eastern poland towards nato s latest line of defence. these are german troops, sent to stop the war in ukraine from spilling across the border. we were given access to their camp to see these patriot air defence systems now planted on polish farmland.
has anti-missile missile, which means this should have been able to defend itself. reporter: by sea and on land, ukrainian forces are preparing for russia s offensive in the east. saying they booby-trapped this bridge, incinerating russian vehicles bound for the eastern city of izyum and scorching the surrounding land. having failed to take kyiv, russia is expected to unleash an even deeper fury on the east. today striking this factory in kramatorsk. the city, a main industrial center and entry point to eastern ukraine. its train station was hit just last week. 57 people were killed, mainly women and children trying to escape the fight. and after announcing a new $800 million military aid package for ukraine yesterday, president biden was pressed today on his administration s travel plans. will you send senior officials to ukraine? well, we re making that decision now. thank you. who would you send? are you ready to go? are you? yeah. reporter: now, the loss of
china. we ve got to stop and we ve got to wake up. maria: this is so extraordinary. ambassador, please come back. we will continue following this and hope to check in with you soon. thank you so much. ambassador nikki haley joining us this morning. thanks, maria. maria: when we come back, president zelenskyy s call for help. florida senator rick scott is here who was on the call with the president of you ukraine yesterday, and we ll talk about the upcoming november elections. back in a moment.