expecting to see what happens next in the senate. but clearly a win for the white house, which has been asking for this aid for months. >> yeah, it top intelligence and military officials to your point, they have been essentially begging lawmakers to get ukraine this aid, which is so desperately needed for solvers, great to have you in studio. thanks very much. >> now to ukraine where the months-long delay in passing, this american aid is being blamed for some recent ukrainian losses and russian gains on the battlefield. >> following the vote, ukraine's president zelenskyy posted a thank you message to the us for it support we find our senior international correspondent, fred pleitgen in kyiv right now, fred great to have you there. we've got this. thank you. from president's zelenskyy. it must be a huge feeling of relief where you are yeah, it absolutely is. and you could feel that really reverberate around the city, around kyiv and really around the other the entire country. and also alex, you mentioned there that thank you. tweet essentially by volodymyr zelenskyy, the president of that country at came out only a