counterpart railed against the west, and the russian president once again accused the west of escalating the conflict. he also announced russia is now suspending its participation in the start nuclear arms reduction treaty. phil mattingly is in warsaw for us. phil, tell us what the u.s. reaction was specifically to the news from vladimir putin that he was going to suspend his participation in the new start treaty? it was a split screen, not one that was planned. that state of the nation address framed everything the president detailed in his lengthy remarks in warsaw. when it comes to what president putin said about the new start treaty, u.s. officials were quick to respond that it would be irresponsible and compliance wise, russia has not been fully comp compliant over the last few years, and so there s gray area here, middle ground, but it underscores what is the dissolving of the u.s. and russia relationship, and the result of russia s invasion of ukraine, it s a central
solidarity group and allies behind the ukrainians, and these are the countries that control two-thirds of the global gdp that only they return to the 1991 borders will signify a victory and road to peace. this is a well known and publicized peace formula presented by the ukrainian president a few months ago, which is now supported in the majority by the world leaders. finally, let me ask you as we are hearing reports that the u.s. intelligence has picked up china is contemplating providing russia with weapons, and what is your position as they are contemplating providing weapons to russia? my message would be to
range weapons as well. do you believe the ukrainians have what they need? i m talking in quantity, quality, style, to win, not just to hold off losing or to put up a good fight in what will be a surge in the spring, but to win this war with russia? not at this point. they don t have the quantity to be sure. they are getting higher and higher quality capabilities, but they need more. i believe that they will ultimately they will get the f-16s and long-range missiles they are looking for. the notion that the russians can fire from long distances whether in the black sea or even from russian territory and then have that as a sanctuary, and that s fundamentally unfair where they are shooting and on their heels defending and you can t fire?
i believe over this period of time, i think the ukrainians are going to have an opportunity to be trained on the f-16s and other type of equipment that will require that kind of advanced training, and they should. all right. we have not heard that announcement from the pentagon yet. we will see if it comes. secretary cohen, always good to have you. thank you. in kyiv a day after meeting with president biden, volodymyr zelenskyy shook hands with the delegation of house of representatives, including mike mccall that chairs of foreign affairs committee. he said their visit is more important evidence that the united states supports ukraine. joining me now, the deputy mayor for lviv in western ukraine. thank you for joining us. first, your reaction to the words we heard from president biden today in poland saying the united states would not tire in
well received. h he s saying it with a lot of credibility in the eyes of ukraine. it s the first time a u.s. president has visited a war zone where there were not u.s. troops on the ground and he spent 24 hours in ukraine crossing the country by train before heading back out to poland. there was a lot in the speech that resinated yesterday and today with ukrainians. perhaps most importantly, that ukraine will prevail in the end, that ukraine must prevail. we heard from the troops and they say they are fighting for the country s very existence, and they cast this battle as a david and goliath fight but that they have the edge because we are fighting for their country s existence. the only thing president biden could have done more was to make more of a material offer. he did that yesterday in kyiv with a $500 million military aid