between having president zelenskyy address congress virtually, which he has done in the past, and having him be there in person tonight? there s an energy in the room that transcends the moment. it s fascinating. i was with president zelenskyy in kyiv in july, and in the meeting with him, and his advisers about that war effort. it s as close to, again, that parallel with the second world war, my generation, being with churchill, during the blitz, that charisma, that leadership, it s hard to miss. it s hard to avoid in your heart that you know, when we deal with these things, it is not just our mind knowing, it is the smart thing to do for our country and our world and it is the right thing to do. i stood on a mass grave in bucha, and i was reminded that what we always learned about the second world war, and the genocide that took place there, is we promise never again. and tonight is a moment when we
he replied in a kind of a hollywood one-liner, i need ammunition, not a ride. so this was his whole thing, he was staying in ukraine, he was always going to remain there, and it says something about the state of play here on the battlefield, that now, there s been so much success over the past couple of months, ever since summer, beating back the russian lines, that now, he s able to go and to give, you know, basically show gratitude, and that gratitude was shown from the ordinary ukrainian people, as you said, was very genuine, i see that and the streets here in kyiv. he was able to come to washington, show that gratitude, and then ask for more. because here, in ukraine, the battle really is at an impasse. there hasn t been any real movements on the front lines for the past several weeks. that fighting in bakhmut is furiously raging. but none of the front lines are moving. it is static right now. and that s why they re looking for a game-changer and they re also worried, the ukrainian
the massive sprawling front line that goes the entire length of the country from north to south, but also, making another play for the capital, kyiv, where i am now. and that could be a disaster, especially if they go from belarus or use other new more dangerous weapons that they haven t yet deployed on the battlefield. so that is what is in zelenskyy s mind here. and in the ukrainian public, i got to tell you, that gratitude he showed, from ordinary ukrainians, that s something that we see, and i ve spoken to people today, people on the street, one man wearing fatigues, it looked like the clothes shall the casual clothes that we saw president zelenskyy there at the white house, he was saying, he was almost moved to tears, describing how grateful he was to the united states, and just how much affection he has for this country, and that s because the united states has given more money than any other country, and more weapons and support than any other country, by orders of magnitude.
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capitol russia has been able to take. it s part of the illegally annexed regions. you cannot expect the kremlin would back down easily. i know it s difficult for us to get a picture, there s tough reporting restrictions on the ukrainian side. very few have gotten access to the front lines. it s very hard to see what s happening if you can t see it ourselves. our colleagues who have been there say there s a sense so both sides are fortifying their position for a battle. don t expect anything to change overnight. this is an important city and a very difficult fight for ukraine. and also where you are, it s becoming difficult, isn t it, to operate increasingly. i read about half the households were out of power at one point. yes, max. you really feel the city here and all across ukraine just bracing for a very cold, dark winter ahead. there s been scheduled power outages taking place for hours at a time here in kyiv and also