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the washington post, the headline, biden and koopman delivered dueling speeches -- biden and putin delivered dueling speeches in poland. wall street journal, one of the headlines, global tensions echo the cold war. here is more from president biden yesterday. [video clip] >> one year into this war putin no longer doubts the strength of our coalition, but he still doubts our conviction, he doubts our staying power, he doubts our continued support of ukraine. he doubts whether nato can remain unified. there should be no doubt our support for ukraine will not waiver. nato will not be divided and we will not tire. [applause] president putin's craven lust for land and power will fail and

the ukrainian people's love for their country will prevail. democracies of the world will stand guard over freedom today, tomorrow, and forever. that is what is at stake. freedom. that is the message i carried to kyiv yesterday to the people of ukraine. host: that was president biden yesterday in poland. we will show you more from his address and also from russian president's vladimir putin state of the state address yesterday but we also want to hear from you asking you what the u.s. role should be in the ongoing conflict coming up on the one-year anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine. the associated press recently showing a comparison of where american stand today on various aspects of support when it comes to imposing economic sanctions on russia. the vast majority continue to support and favor that.

63% as of january compared to 71% in may of last year. when it comes to accepting ukrainian refugees, 55% of americans said they favor doing that. when it comes to providing weapons, 48% of americans favor doing that. that comparison 60% in may 2022. when it comes to sending u.s. funding directly to ukraine, 37% of americans favor doing that. 38% say they oppose. inmate 44% of americans favor sending u.s. funding to ukraine. that is some of the polling on this when it comes to those funding numbers. well over $50 billion at this point in aid and various forms sent to ukraine, including humanitarian aid, financial aid, security assistance. we will get into all of that

this morning as we hear from you in the first hour of "washington journal." what should the u.s. role be when it comes to the ongoing russia ukraine conflict. mark, good morning. caller: i do not think we have any role to play over there. i will tell you why. ukraine, despite what we have been told and despite what the media is constantly telling us. ukraine is not a democracy. ukraine is about the most corrupt country in the world. most americans cannot find it on a map. you remember a few years back democrats did not want to spent $2 billion on a border wall for the united states. we have sent them over 100 -- over $100 billion to defend someone else's border. that shows you where the priorities are of the biden administration. president zelenskyy is basically

demanding -- for the last year we have been supplying them with money, we have been supplying them with arms. we have dug ourselves into this whole where if we pull out and ukraine falls we will get the blame for it. we are stuck here because we started this support. host: that is marked in hampstead, maryland. the number is a little over $50 billion at this point, including well over 25 billion dollars in military and security assistance. $10 billion in humanitarian assistance. $15 billion in other financial assistance, and the president proposing another $500 million when he made his surprise visit to kyiv earlier this week. richard in new york. independent. caller: i do not think most americans realize who started this war. the united states cia started

this war in 2014 when during the week of the moscow olympics when russia would be concerned with other things, including the security of the olympics, we took ukraine during that week. it was a coup d'etat in kyiv that forced the democratically elected president to flee for his life. it was under the guise of a protest but it was not a protest, it was an arm cia army. listen to me. we took 100% of ukraine? how did russia respond. they took crimea back. we took 100% of ukraine. we said russia started the war when they took back ukraine. when they took back crimea. why did they take back crimea? that is where the russian navy was. they are not about to give up the entire russian navy because of our coup in 2014. we started the war.

it has been raging for nine years. let me say one thing. we blew up the nord stream pipeline. it has been exposed by seymour hersh. it is an act of war. we blew up that pipeline. it belonged to russia and germany. we started this war. host: that is richard in new york. this is john in florida. line for democrats. caller: i have to agree with my fellow americans. our role in this war, we should not be involved at all. i would like to focus on the reasons why we are going over there. you see the president talking about freedom. we have heard this argument since vietnam. they try to scare the american public. in the vietnam war they were saying the domino theory. then fast forward to the iraq war, where george bush was

saying if we do not fight them over there then we will be fighting them over here. then fast forward to today, ukraine, we are stopping them -- biden just said this involves freedom and we are preventing people's freedoms from around the world. this is total nonsense. we had no role in this war at all. we need to quit spending american taxpayer money for this. we have no reason to be there at all and that is all i have to say. host: that is john in florida. this is wd in virginia, independent, good morning. caller: thanks for taking my call. he will do nothing but start world war iii.

he has already picked a fight and he will keep going until we get world war iii because he is a dictator. he is a nazi. biden is nothing but a goerbels. host: here is more yesterday from the state of the nation address from vladimir putin blaming the west for starting the war. vladimir putin addressing the nation yesterday. [video clip] >> i am addressing you at a very difficult time. dramatic changes in the world. great historic changes that will determine the future of our country and our people. every single one of us has a huge responsibility. a year ago, to defend our historical land, to provide security and safety of our

country come in to get rid of the danger from the neo-nazi regime that established itself after the coup d'etat in 2014, we took the decision to start the special military operation step-by-step. we are going to solve the problems we are facing starting in the donbass. it is right -- its right to live in its own country and speak the same language. they fought but did not surrender in conditions of blockade. they hoped that they believe russia will come and help them. host: vladimir putin yesterday. at the end of that speech announcing a move on a long-standing nuclear treaty.

suspending russia's participation in the new start treaty, this is the last surviving arms control agreement between the two largest nuclear armed powers. the decades long era of formal arms control may be dying. we will target more about the start treaty, the history, and what that means with the executive director of the arms control association coming up at about 9:20 a.m. eastern time. back to your phone calls asking you as we approach the one-year anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine watch should the u.s. role be? this is tony in texas. good morning. caller: good morning. do not take my words. just take the facts. trump trusted putin. tucker should work for putin.

putin is the real nazi. he invaded many countries. on record. in europe. just like hitler's did in world war ii. host: this is terry in north carolina. republican. go ahead. caller: good morning. if you're a democrat that voted for joe biden, remember he is the one that called for regime change in russia. i would like to hear from democrats and know how well did it work in afghanistan? iraq? libya? syria? joe biden started this war. if joe biden were to look in the mirror today the reflection would be dick cheney. host: that is terry in north carolina. this is today's washington post.

"what a year of war has revealed about three different leaders." those leaders, loaded near zelinski, joe biden, and vladimir putin. he writes who could have imagined that a ukrainian comic actor could prove to be the first truly heroic reader -- heroic leader of the 21st century. who would bet that vladimir putin would grossly miss read intelligence and history and ransom his country in what amounted to a fairytale about the oneness of russia and ukraine. he writes that who would've bet that the 80-year-old u.s. president would turn out to be the most undervalued american leader in modern times. president biden's visit monday to kyiv was a defining moment in his presidency. even conservative commentators who make a living trashing him had to be stirred by seeing him standing in saint michael square while air raid sirens blared.

this is fred in seattle, democrat, you are next. caller: good morning. during the talk about the insurrection when maga cultists were showing video of the riders and insurrectionists attacking the police -- when people call about the war, you should show video of the russian atrocities. people laying dead in the streets and so forth. thank you. host: david, new york city, republican. you are next. caller: first of all, russia is the aggressor. they are attacking a sovereign nation. as a traditional conservative i feel we should support sovereign nations. ukraine has no designs on

russia. russia is trying to deny them their sovereignty and ukrainians are defending themselves and should stand with them. host: did you say traditional conservative, is that how you describe yourself? what does that mean? caller: more of the line of ronald reagan. not quite william buckley. but more along those lines. host: who does a traditional conservative support right now as we look ahead to the next presidential election? caller: right now not trump. i'm not sure whether there is somebody who is running yet that i will support. i am more interested in somebody who tells the truth and is willing to fight for the right things rather than fight for

their own aggrandize meant. host: that is david in new york city. in the hoosier state this is nick, independent. good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to say i am a veteran, i was drafted in 1966. i am calling because i wanted to say i am proud of president biden going over there and standing up against these communists and vladimir putin. it is refreshing. the last guy we had in office, trump, he just cowered when he was in helsinki. you could tell he was controlled by putin. it was obvious. i am happy -- i hope the people

over there can keep their country without expanding the war. that is all i had to say. thank you. host: here is more from president biden yesterday in warsaw responding to vladimir putin's charges the west was to blame for this conflict. [video clip] >> the united states and the nations of europe do not seek to control or destroy russia. the west is not plotting to attack russia as putin said today. millions of russian citizens, all they want is peace with their neighbors, they are not the enemy. this war was never a necessity. it is a tragedy. president putin chose this war. every date the war continues is his choice. he could end the war with a word. it is simple.

if russia stopped invading ukraine it would end the war. if ukraine stopped defending itself against rus

that was kevin in ohio as we focus on the role but the u.s. should play on the ongoing russian conflict. from the wall street journal, xi jinping is preparing to visit vladimir putin in the coming months.

aging said it wants to play a more active role in the conflict. people familiar with the plan say the meeting with vitamin pugin would be part of a push for peace talks. that it will request nuclear weapons not be used in the conflict. the public stance, the wall street journal notes is part of an ongoing effort by china. russian officials reacted with skepticism to the peace plan. on saturday, the u.n. secretary general called it vague when it comes to this piece effort. kelly in texas a republican good morning. >> good morning and thank you for taking my call. 30 years ago, when i guess when ukraine and i could be wrong on this but