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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 p ....
visit poland, wasn t it? that was due to be in the next couple of days. this is all ahead of the anniversary of the war on ukraine. let s get to nic, he joins us here at the desk. i mean, obviously, this was out of the blue because of the massive security concerns. traveling overseas, it s not the first time that the president has done this, traveling without full disclosure what s happening. very tightly held information. very important for ukraine that the u.s. president should go there. remembering it wasn t so long that president zelenskyy himself visited the white house. that was when the white house committed to tanks which was a big moment because it allowed and paved the way for other nations to commit their tanks to ukraine. so, looking for what was said, what was discussed, what was announced but the symbolism, of course, is there, president biden visiting ukraine just a couple days ahead of the anniversary, the first anniversary, of russia s invasion of ukr ....
warsaw, poland, where the president will be shortly. here s what we know. a very significant moment in the world stage. president biden met with ukrainian president zelenskyy during this unannounced trip. it comes just days before the one year mark of russia s brutal invasion of ukraine. this moment is highly significant. biden sending a strong message of support to ukrainians as air raid sirens were sounding across the town, indicating the risk on this trip. both leaders spoke about the weight of this historic moment. president biden, it is so important for us and all we are proud of it. thank you very much for coming, mr. president. it s good to be back in kyiv. i was telling the president, staff members on the flight from washington and poland and asked me how many times i ve been to kyiv. i had to stop and think. this is my eighth trip. much has changed. much of it bad. but also, we have stepped up in a way that few people ever have in their own defense. and i h ....
good monday morning to you i m jim sciutto. a significant day in ukraine and europe as the u.s. president joe biden makes a surprise visit to the war-torn capital of kyiv as air raid sirens sounded around him. [ air raid sirens ] walking side by side there in the capital with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy, president biden with this visit sending a strong message to ukraine and to russia, it is his first trip to the country since russia invaded ukraine nearly a year ago. cnn has learned the president made the final decision only on friday to make the unannounced visit, this after multiple invitations from zelenskyy. this morning, the ukrainian president says that biden s visit leaves ukraine, quote, closer to victory. calling it the most important visit to his country in the history of u.s./ukraine relations. during a news conference, president biden announced a fresh swath of sanctions against russia as well as pledging another half billion dollars in military ....
k kyiv to show support for ukraine without a large military presence. without that military presence, of course, it is different from other presidential visits to afghanistan or iraq for instance, and the air raid sirens as biden is walking side by side with volodymyr zelenskyy and it is the first trip to the country since the russian invasion. he made the decision friday to make this visit to ukraine, and the president had invited him prior, and he was informed hours ahead of the arrival there which tended to deconflict to make sure that russia would not fire on kyiv while he was there. in a news conference this morning, there was a new round of sanctions including another $500 million assistance and more weapons, and biden s trip gets them closer to victory. freedom is priceless. it is worth fighting for, for as long as it takes, and that is how long we will be with you, mr. president, for as long as it takes. for as long as it takes. kaitlan collins is in warsaw ....