0ur correspondent jess parker is in kyiv. jess, what more do we know about this visit? ., ., ., ., ., this visit? yeah, good morning from a very mystic this visit? yeah, good morning from a very mystic ef- this visit? yeah, good morning from a very mystic ef. as this visit? yeah, good morning from a very mystic ef. as you this visit? yeah, good morning from a very mystic ef. as you are - this visit? yeah, good morning from a very mystic ef. as you are saying, | a very mystic ef. as you are saying, james cleverly, the foreign secretary, visiting kyiv. announcing further pots of money, relatively small pots compared to what we have seen before but including 3 million that will be used to help repair some of ukraine s battered infrastructure. we saw another wave of attacks on critical infrastructure on wednesday. but i think it is not so much about a financial message but more political. it comes right after rishi sunak, the uk prime minister, visited kyiv over the weekend. the br
we ll wait and see. freddie, to his credit, boris johnson led the way in many respects on the west s support for ukraine since russia s invasion. oftentimes ahead of the u.s., for instance, sending missiles, anti-ship missiles before the u.s. did, more forward leaning, visiting kyiv a couple of times. wolf blitzer sat down moments ago with the ukrainian president who expressed his public support for johnson in the past and i want to play what zelenskyy said and get your thoughts. have a listen. translator: he resigned not because he was in ukraine. but johnson was doing for ukraine, he was a true friend of ukraine. b he supported ukraine. and the united kingdom is on the
mitch mcconnell visiting kyiv with a group of republican senators to show president zelenskyy their support. of course, that support might be in more than words, only, since the gop colleague run joel is actually bucking swift passage of a 40 billion dollar u.s. aid package for ukraine. earlier, i spoke with a really given of its who played a prominent role in the vessel east of trump s first impeachment trial. our new book is titled, lessons from the edge, in a more. he joins me now, the former u.s. and bassett you. cain thank you for making time for us. let s begin with this new development, philonise who then seemingly on the verge of applying to membership the nato as a result of russia s invasion of ukraine. president biden spoke with the leaders of both of those countries are earlier. he will take on the significance of this possible membership.
is demonstrated great commitment, staying in kyiv, even when it was the most dangerous. and, with this communication skills, he s only reflected the will of the ukrainian people, and their military, and he was united, them but has inspired the man s why the world. we, the united states in the west, are providing assistance, security assistance another kind of assistance that frankly would ve been inconceivable in the beginning of february. and it is because of, i think, the skills and the success that the ukrainians are demonstrating on the battlefield, but it is also because zelenskyy s leadership, whose ability to communicate to countries all over the world, and really tailor the message for why this is in so each of these countries.