Alongside president zelenskyy in kyiv. he said that he believes that on the part of the african leaders and the global community that this war needs to end sooner rather than later but believes that it can only be ended through diplomatic means, through negotiation. of course this isn t the first time we have seen efforts or calls for russia and ukraine to come to the negotiating table. we have seen efforts by the likes of turkey and by china and throughout this president zelenskyy has been pretty clear on where he stands when it comes to the potential for negotiation. his line of course remains that russia needs to withdraw all of its troops across ukraine s territory. take a listen. today as i said many times making it very clear that to allow any negotiations now is to freeze the war. to freeze everything.
They receive psychological and physical treatment. just a few hours ago, the president of colombia arrived here and went inside the hospital to meet with the children and bring perhaps the hug and the closeness of the entire nation. this is a story that really has grasped this nation s imagination for the last 40 days. well, it s extraordinary. those 40 days, i m sure, felt like 40 years for them. we re happy to hear about their survival. thank you so much. canadian prime minister justin trudeau making an unannounced visit to ukraine this morning. trudeau met with ukrainian president zelenskyy in kyiv, where he was greeted with a hug. at a press conference later, trudeau announced canada will join the multinational effort to train ukrainian pilots.
A new military aid package to ukraine. senior correspondent greg palkot has the latest from kyiv, hi, greg. yes, jacqui, support from abroad and strong words at home. and president zelenskyy in kyiv the much-anticipated counter offensive is on. it s happening along a front line and ukraine trying to claw back losses, and break through russian defenses south of here to split enemy ground. in action now, american bradley fighting vehicles and the tanks, russia is continuing the barrage of the country, but most of the missiles and drones landed to the south and west, and including the coastal city odesa, three were killed and more were injured. it s in the south where emergency workers are still coping with that massive flooding from the dam blast earlier this week.
Factors, for example, is he taking any kind of responsibility here? absolutely not. he gets no credit for that. and was he the ringleader of this obstruction? sure. i mean, he brought in other people. he tried to entice his lawyers into being part of it. he enticed nauta into being part of it. if you look at all the various factors and it s in the various sentencing guidelines that interpret how these statutes are applied, he could very well wind up with the full ten years. nick ackerman, appreciate your insight. thank you. still ahead, canadian prime minister justin trudeau meets the ukraine s president volodymyr zelenskyy during an unannounced visit to kyiv as a ukrainian offensive is under way south of dazaporizhzhia. to develop their tastiest bread yet.
Lemire, msnbc political analyst and politico s white house bureau chief. let me first do some background here. there was a group of house republicans who after biden left ukraine met with president zelenskyy in kyiv, and they promised continuing support, but back at home, speaker mccarthy has vowed there are no blank checks for ukraine. talk about the challenges the president faces back here at home when he arrives to keep that support going. president biden wheels up from warsaw just a short time ago. it was a pretty triumphant visit to eastern europe, of course the surprise trip to kyiv and that show of solidarity with president zelenskyy, and then yesterday the full-throated defense of the alliances and the vow to stand up to putin, whatever it takes, for how long it takes, that he delivered in poland, and a few more meetings today before heading back to washington. you were right, there s still a lot of hard work ahead. they did secure the administration, a lot of new funding f