little bit of the president who might have joined us at the top of the hour. in the early days, one year ago, the mood around the world was that kyiv might fall in days the president standing in war saw today. the day after he was in kyiv say ing vladimir putin, no. one year ago the world was bracing for the fall of kyiv. i just come from a visit to kyiv, and i can report kyiv stands strong. kyiv stands strong and tall. and stands free. i want to spend most of our time on the challenges ahead. but the pictures today, this speech, the words and the images in war saw, the day after the president went to kyiv, the white house says this is not about rebutting vladimir putin. this was about rebutting vladimir putin.
one year ago the world was bracing for the fall of kyiv. well i just have come from a visit to kyiv, and i can report kyiv stands strong. kyiv stands proud. it stands tall. and most important, it stands free. reporter: the president hailing the nato alliance that s only grown stronger in the face of russia s aggression. there should be no doubt, our support for ukraine will not was also blunt, preparing allies an americaor ag ve to look at the year ahead, there will continue to be hard and very bitter days. victories and tragedies, but ukraine s steeled for the fight
important sinking of a warships and germany s most fearsome warship, the bismarck, was sunk by the british in 1941. in a crucial turning point in the battle for control of the north atlantic. russians ministry of defence confirm the sinking today in a statement saying, that a fire on the ship was quote caused by the detonation of ammunition. ukraine says it hit the warship with two neptune missiles today the pentagon said it could not confirm exactly what s not that ship. that was named after russia s capital city. a senior defense official told nbc news that all of the russian ships in the black sea have now moved further offshore from where they were operating. after british prime minister, boris johnson s visit to kyiv last weekend. president biden said, he s thinking about it. well you sensing your