nobody would ve thought that ukraine could have withstood the russian military for almost 80 these now. and i think vladimir zelenskyy gets a huge part of the credit. he has demonstrated courage, he 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,
fear of rust of russian attacks. the humanitarian crash. more heartbreaking stories come through this train station. this is where you come for the latest on the war in ukraine. how quickly can we train the ukrainian forces to use the howitzers? stay with msnbc. as a fighting in the city of mariupol remains dire, and russian forces continue to pound the last remaining ukrainian strongholds on the country s eastern front, we saw a show of solidarity overnight from ukraine s western allies. as speaker nancy pelosi let a small delegation of lawmakers to the capital of kyiv, to meet with volodymyr zelenskyy. she personally thanked him for his country s efforts, and his fight in the name of democracy. pelosi is now the highest ranking u.s. official to visit ukraine since the start of the unprovoked russian invasion that began on february 24th.
just days after two missiles struck the heart of the capital, as the un secretary general was a visiting kyiv. this is the aftermath of those missile strikes. one of the missile struck this factory, which was believed to be the intended targets. the other missiles struck this apartment building, killing one and injuring ten. the body of a journalist was found inside the apartment. on the morning after this missile struck. the mayor of kyiv was saying that these strikes, in his view, amount to the middle finger from russia, to not only the west but also to the united nations. others are saying that this kind of missile strike is also russia s attempt at a warning to other leaders, who might want to visit the capital, who might want to visit president zelenskyy. but clearly that warning did not go heeded by the house speaker pelosi.
her visit, though. was shrouded in secrecy. she visited the capitol yesterday. we did not hear about it from ukrainians as well as u.s., until today. she is also been pushing for congress to pass that 33 billion dollars in aid that has been requested by president biden, really seen as critical to ukraine as the war continues to wage, not only in the south but also especially in the eastern portion of the country. aaron my friend, good to see you again. thank you for your reporting this morning. nbc s erin maclachlan, live from kyiv, ukraine,, on the side of that missile attack yesterday. the u.s. has used oil sanctions to cripple russia, but inside ukraine they are facing an oil crisis all of their own. details. ahead you are watching. guilty d you are watching guilty f cheese and the mirror from your van is halfway down the street well, you can say that wait, what?