people who are in distress here relative to these topics, it is huge. we do our best to take care of those folks in-house as well. and through our local partners it s so important. we are a year into this, as we said. do you worry about a lack of empathy from the outside world, that attention might be turned away? michael holmes, the generosity in sport we have seen so far from the international community here has been, frankly, humbling. i know there are competing catastrophes we are looking at. i want to acknowledge what the people of turkey and syria are going through right now as a result of their. but i will say that there has been a continuity of support relative to the ukraine crisis that he s moving and impressive. so, i hope that continues and the situation continues to unfold. matthew stearns, international medical corps. bank so much for the work that you and your colleagues are doing there in ukraine. it s valuable. thank you so much, michael. i m happ
promising to hold those accountable who brought war to ukraine. translator: a year ago on this day, from the same place around 7:00 in the morning, i addressed you with a brief statement, lasting only 67 seconds. we are strong. we are ready for anything. we will defeat everyone. this is how it began february 24th, 2022. the longest day of our lives. the most difficult day in our recent history. we woke up early, and haven t slept sense. ukraine will be getting more help from the u.s. national security adviser jake sullivan made the announcement. the united states announced a further $2 billion in security assistance to ukraine, all designed for a specific purpose, which is with our military looking hard at this set of problems, what can we do to give ukraine the tools that it needs to win. and we will keep working with
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