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one year later. almost exactly a year ago missile attacks against the capital of ukraine, kyiv. to most this was a surprise attack and invasion. the ukrainians didn t see it coming, nor did the europeans. the one consistent voice cautioning that an invasion was likely, the u.s. intelligence community. another surprise for the world, the intense resolve about entertainer turned president volodymyr zelenskyy, unlike others in his position he didn t flee but only left the country a handful of times to plea for guns and ammunition. and for the last year he s faced off from across the border with vladimir putin who has ruled russia for more than two de decades. the key player who is not a participant in the war, the united states of america. it is the country that has organized the sanctions against russia, it is the country that has been the single biggest provider of military and nonmilitary assistance and tonight on this special program, you ll hear from two top officials ....
the another surprise for the world the intense resolve of that entertainer turned president, volodymyr zelenskyy. unlike others in his position, he did not indeed, he s only left the country a handful of times to plea for guns and ammunition. and for the last year, he has faced off from across the border with vladimir putin, who has ruled russia for more than two decades. a key player who is not a participant in the war, the united states of america. it is a country that has organized the sanctions against russia. it is the country that has been the single biggest provider of military and non-military assistance, and tonight, on this special program, you will hear from two top officials on america s national security team. first, the biden administration s key player on countering russia s war in ukraine, the national security adviser jake sullivan, who is with president biden in kyiv this week. also, usaid administrator samantha power, the official responsible for ....
As we head into the spring, what ukraine really needs is armor. infantry fighting vehicles and, yes, tanks. now, and we re providing those. the president was advised by his military abrams tanks, the american tank doesn t make sense for this fight. what they really need it where leopard tanks, german tanks, that a bunch of countries in europe no. but the germans said we will not provide our tanks unless you, the united states, provide your tax. and president biden said if me providing abrams tanks, even if it s not the most sensible military move will help unlock german tanks to get to the front lines, and also will sustain alliance unity, i will do it. i tell that particular story as it relates to f-16s. because these decisions are not just people sitting around and saying thumbs up thumbs down. a wide variety of factors go into the decision to provide a particular system, to train up the ukrainians on it, and then to get into the fight. ....
In their tracks so they couldn t roll over kyiv and anti-air systems like stinger missiles to shoot down the helicopters that were bringing in paratroopers to try to take over the city from the air. in the second phase of the war, ukraine really needed artillery in the east to stop the more traditional advances of the russian military. as we head into the spring, what ukraine really needs is armor. infantry fighting vehicles and, yes, tanks and we re providing those. the president was advised by his military abrams tanks, the american tank doesn t make sense for this fight. what they really needed were leopard tanks, german tanks that a bunch of countries in europe own but the germans said we won t provide our tanks unless you, the united states provide your tanks and president biden said, if me providing aobamas tanks even if it s not the most sensible military move will help unlock germany tanks to get to the front lines and also will ....