to the most basic of principles. would we stand up for the sovereignty of nations? would we stand up for the right of people to live free from naked aggression? would we stand up for democracy? one year later, we know the answers. yes, we would stand up for sovereignty. we did. yes, we would stand up for the right of people who were facing aggression. we did. and yesterday i had the honor to stand with president zelenskyy in kyiv and declared that we would continue to stand up for these same things no matter what. when president putin ordered the tanks to roll in ukraine, he thought we would roll over. he was wrong. this ukrainian people are too brave. america, you are a coalition of
and you give us the weapon, and this what they are saying, you give us the weapons to fight, and you don t put the boots on the ground, and we will fight it, but it is not just about us, but it is about everyone around the world, and citizens who believe that democracy and territorial integrity is the path to follow. so we are here, one year later after president putin has tried to put an end to that, and let s not mistake putin s goals. s it is not about nato, but it is about anything that strengthens any of his neighbors approach to the west and to values that are not being upheld inside of russia, itself. yeah, he is claiming it is like security purposes, but we can see the clear reason. clarissa, you are on the ground in kyiv, and you are there watching as president biden was there sending the significant message yesterday by making the trip to ukraine, and obviously, this is something that russian state media has said that putin is not going to be watching biden s speech, and he
but extraordinarily, as well, has been the response of the ukrainian people and the world. one year after the bombs began to fall, russian tanks rolled into ukraine. ukraine is still independent and free. from kherson to kyiv, the land has been reclaimed. the blue and yellow flag of ukraine proudly waves again. president zelenskyy still leads a the world has already voted multiple times, including the united nations general assembly, to con russia s aggression and support a just peace. each time that vote has been
us that he is trying to mobilize and gear up the russian population for a war that could take very, very long. he says that russia s economy has proved to be resilient and they will continue to be remain resilient as this goes on despite the sanctions levied on the russians, and he said that this is key as well that if nato, if the u.s. gives ukraine those longer range weapons that russia would then have to push the ukrainians further back, and that is obviously going to mean a further escalation of some of the events that the russians have already started and that we know that appear to be under way, kate. fred, thank you for being there, and we will return to you also later in the hour. over to ukraine right now where the people and their leaders will be paying very close attention to of course what biden is about to say. clarissa ward is standing by in kyiv. what are you hearing from the people there? well, i think that the people here are still feeling pretty buoyant after yest
unaidable. as the president was coming into kyiv, it became clear they were headed into a split screen moment, and not simultaneous by near simultaneous with the two visions. you have heard the one from president putin which is that the west started the war, that the united states continues to be a major aggressor, and that he is suspending his participation in the last remaining nuclear treaty, because he could no longer trust the west not to pass on what inspectors learned to the ukrainians as they attacked bases, russian bases just over the border, bases that are used for nuclear bombers. so, what you are seeing is basically the shatter of sort of the last areas in which the united states and russia were at