machine, is the quote we are hearing. and he will announce the delivery of critical equipment, including artillery, ammunition, air surveillance radars to help protect ukrainian people. so lots of lines coming through. along with this presence on the ground, lots of delivery. just bear with me while we bring you this still photograph, the first image we have of president biden in ukraine greeting president zelensky. the flags of the usa and ukraine fluttering behind them. a very, very symbolic image. and just to remind you that this visit byjoe biden, by the us president comes almost exactly a year to the day since russia invaded ukraine. let s
solidarity. president zelensky arrived in washington on his first visit outside ukraine since the russian invasion. on that visit he repeated his call, call we have heard frequently at that point, for more help from allies, especially in relation to the delivery of tanks and other heavy artillery that president zelensky says is crucial to ukraine s continued defence of itself and its defence of russia. after the security security conference in germany, a few days after that we saw the us and other allies confirm that they would be sending tanks and other equipment to ukraine foran sending tanks and other equipment to ukraine for an expected spring offensive. that came after the uk had already said it would be sending tanks to ukraine. do stay with us because we are going to be bringing you all the developments on this breaking, very significant, very
memorial, they have also been seen close to kyiv s independence square where anti government protests in 2014 saw the last moscow leaning president toppled from power. it was those events which triggered russia s campaign of aggression. which led to the invasion of last year. you are right, many thought kyiv were thought within days. fall within days. moscow planned to walk into the capital, topple president zelensky and likely install a puppet regime. here we are, coming up to a year on from that point when president zelensky remains in power and russia has been forced to change his objective is to occupy more and more territory in the east and south. nevertheless, this is far from the east and south. nevertheless, this is farfrom over and russia is continuing to take territory. it is
think back that year. perhaps even the end of ukraine. you know, one year later kyiv stands and ukraine stands and democracy stands. america stands and democracy stands. america stands with you and the world stands with you. kyiv has captured a part of my heart, i must say. i have come here six times as vice president, once as president, and in 2009 as vice president when i first came here, then back in 2014 i came three times in the aftermath of the revolution of dignity, and i again came in 2015 to address about the work of building a strong democracy. and i came in 2017just before i