revealing interview, and confesses to being, quote, a terrible liar. and the latest on jimmy carter. i ll speak to one of his top white house advisers who helped engineer his rise from governor to president. let s go outfront. good evening. i m pamela brown in for erin burnett tonight. welcome to a special edition of outfront. and tonight, ready for anything, ukraine s military preparing for provocative acts by rucha to mark the one-year anniversary of its invasion. the warning as president biden made an unprecedented surprise visit to kyiv to meet with president zelenskyy, sending a painful reminder to putin of how his invasion plans have failed. the visit also stinging russian troops already dealing with major morale issues. a telegram account managed by russian military bloggers noting biden has done something putin has not, saying, quote, almost a year after the beginning of the special military operation, we are waiting in the russian city of kyiv for the preside
not staking together. he thought he could outlast us. i don t think he s thinking that right now. reporter: while zelenskyy called the moment the most important in the history of the u.s.-ukraine relationship. translator: this is the visit in this most difficult period for ukraine when ukraine is fighting for our own liberty. today our negotiations were very fruitful. they were very important and crucial. reporter: negotiations about continued military aid. today president biden announcing an almost half billion dollar aid package including ammunition, howitzers and air defense, but big-ticket items like longer range missiles and fighter jets still up for discussion. tran tran this conversation brings us closer to victory. reporter: this surprise, unprecedented visit on the eve of a bloody anniversary. extreme secrecy shrouding biden s journey. no word but there were signs, deserted streets and heavy police presence suggesting a prominent arrival. president biden left
Unprecedented visit on the eve of a bloody anniversary. extreme secrecy shrouding biden s journey. no word, but there were signs, deserted streets and a heavy police presence suggesting a prominent arrival. president biden quietly left washington for poland just after 4:00 a.m. under the cover of darkness, and after a long train ride across western ukraine, arrived to warm smiles and laughter from ukraine s first couple. his feelings left in a hand-written message about solidarity and friendship, which was echoed on the streets of kyiv. translator: it is support for us and a message for the russians that this issue must be resolved and ukraine must win. we hope that his visit will speed up the events. reporter: and, pamela, the white house says that they warned the kremlin that biden would be here in ukraine several hours before he arrived, part of what they call the deconfliction process. now, national security adviser
But she had enough. she took mucinex instasoothe sore throat lozenges. show your sore throat who s boss. mucinex instasoothe. works in seconds, lasts for hours. happening now, in the war zone, president biden wraps up an unpress cedented and dangero visit to ukraine as he and president zelenskyy walked the streets of the capital. the ukrainian ambassador to the united states is standing by live to discuss the importance of this trip nearly a full year after russia a brutal invasion.
Biden took aim at russian president vladimir putin saying his conquest of ukraine has failed. cnn s alex marquardt is in kyiv with more on this historic, unannounced and in many ways unprecedented trip that zelenskyy says brought ukraine, quote, closer to victory. reporter: as if on qucue, th air raid sirens cutting through the crisp, cool morning. together briefly visiting st. michael s church before emerging to lay a pair of wreaths and ukrainian and american flags in front of a war of portraits of soldiers that died. putin thought ukraine was weak and the west was divided. as you know, mr. president, i said to you, he s counting on us