the disaster for president xi is to follow putin, and frankly, a democratic pro western leader emerging in russia. and so, again, no major breakthroughs, lots of pomp and circumstance, but both leaders were showing that they are in control. they re not going anywhere, and xi is showing he will defy the west. so whatever happens in ukraine, you know, there s going to be this growing rivalry between a more powerful china and the u.s. and many many displays of friendship. we re watching it here as you speak. let s talk a little bit about the relationship right now between beijing and washington. kirby yesterday also at the podium suggested, look, we want to have talks again with china, even suggesting that president biden and president xi would
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bret: russia claims to have captured a ukrainian village north of bakhmut which is part of the donbas reasonable. air and missile strikes reported in other parts of ukraine. ukraine s defense minister says is he optimistic more western military aid could be on the way. this comes as president biden says the u.s. will not be providing f-16 fighter jets. bret: tonight we are pleased to welcome former prime minister of the u.k. boris johnson to special report, just returned from his most recent trip to ukraine where he had in-depth discussions with president zelenskyy. mr. prime minister, thanks for the time. a pleasure, bret. and good to be on your show. bret: you know, you were the first western leader to go into ukraine and meet with president zelenskyy in kyiv. as you look at the map now and what has transpired since that time, what do you see and what could you hear from president zelenskyy? so, i was back in ukraine just a couple of weeks ago and,