Suspending his participation in the nuclear weapons treaty with the u.s., which they were breaking the agreement anyway. ainsley: they will probably resume testing their nukes if we do, they say. putin s work at 4:00 a.m. eastern time this morning. peter doocy is live for us in poland with the very latest. peter? speak of the very latest is that the polish leader president biden is meeting with right now, about a ten minute walk away from the spot, once more u.s. troops here in poland in a more permanent way. the fear among the polish government is that russia could take over ukraine and then come and try to take over poland next, and that is a fear that grows as u.s. officials we are talking to contend with the very real possibility that the chinese could soon start helping russia in their war effort. we had the secretary say today, or yesterday, talking about a possible deterrent that the chinese in the future could
Forced into russia, and put up for adoption by these monsters in russia, and that s what the president is going to say. i need allies to step up. i m going to give f-16s. i m going to give them the atacms and i need people to fulfill their obligation here. after the election comes in, he s going to start losing some support if there aren t big gains of the ukrainians. ainsley: peter said they ve seen the population increased tremendously in poland because so many children and families and moms with their babies went over to poland and ended up living with the polish people. we ve given them $113 billion in aid, including ml and javelins, and timer systems, antitank missiles, air surveillance radar, not to mention the tanks. steve: sure. for a lot of americans, if this becomes a thing where the president says, i m going to set a whole bunch of americans to poland, it s one thing when you write a check. it s been a big check,
That russia suspends its participation in the new start treaty. a few minutes ago, the secretary of state, tony blinken, says that russia pulling out of new start is a new problem for the west. the announcement is deeply unfortunate and irresponsible. we will be watching carefully to see what russia actually does. we will of course make sure that in any of that we are postured appropriately for the security of our own country and that of our allies. a big question today. if putin and xi team up in ukraine, will president biden do? how will the u.s. respond? maybe there is some kind of a public warning and these remarks we are expecting in a few hours. we know they will be watching very closely in both beijing and moscow. back to you. steve: they will indeed. let s back up to the beginning of your report. you said the president of
First of all, it was fantastic to see the president here as a manifestation of the support of the american people for what we are trying to do to defeat the russians. it was really an opportunity for ukrainians to express also their enormous gratitude to the american people for being shoulder to shoulder with us throughout the year. brian: vladimir putin spoke, too, about two hours ago. some of what he said, that ukraine started the war along with your allies, and he said that russia s utter existence is in the balance and therefore he ll do whatever it takes to be successful. the rumor is he is mounting 200000-500000 men forced to invade. what you think about this? they are planning something, brian. they are planning a major counteroffensive. it has always gone left. the defense secretary of the u.k. estimated the other day the 97% of the russian army is already in ukraine, and they have to double down and do
A year later, i would argue nato is stronger than it s ever been. as i told president zelenskyy when we spoke in kyiv yesterday, i can proudly say that our support for ukraine remains unwavering. and as i told our russian counterpart, i said, you are seeking the finned e nato-izatif finland. if we keep our head and we are focused, i think we are in a better position then we have ever been. and i want to thank you, president, for how poland has supported ukraine. it s been extraordinary, what you have done. truly extra night. last year when i was here watching people come across the border, and the feeling of those