britain is with ukraine even before president zelenskyi returns from london. the united kingdom will announce new personal sanctions against putin's entourage, we are primarily talking about those who helped putin get rich and finance the war in ukraine. iryna taraniuk , a bbc correspondent, worked today at downing street and with me live on the air maria zolkina from the london school of economic and political sciences rysy lutsevich royal institute of international relations we review and analyze this unexpected visit by zelensky together we look, as i said , behind the scenes as much as we can well, speaking of what is happening behind the scenes , i i understand, maria, that you were probably in the same situation as journalists and most of the expert observers found out about zelensky's visit not long before the plane landed at the london airport. but in year i sometimes chaos there, then you probably knew more about the royal institute of international relations. did you even have the feeling that london was preparing to receive a visit from such a perso

charles de gaulle and zelenskyi were also invited to speak there several times.s interrupted by applause several times and was interrupted by laughter in response to his joke . years ago and thanked in advance for the fact that ukraine will receive, as he hopes, british fighter jets , that is, in general, the level of this visit was very high, it reflected the position that great britain takes in relation to ukraine and the position of support for britain was one of the first countries that began supplying weapons to ukraine even before the start of the full-scale invasion of russia, then britain also led other countries in the issue of sanctions and in the issue of increasing military support very recently. as we know, britain became the first the country of the big seven that announced the provision of challenger tanks, so then germany followed with leopards, so did all the others, but britain was the first on this , and the premiere of the picture emphasized that in general, we can say that the reception that zelensky was given here in great britain illustrate

that changes the calculations for zelenskyy.means he can afford to keep taking the fight to russia. but it changes the calculation for russia as well. putin has been hoping throughout this that he will eventually reach a point -- that we will eventually reach a point that western capitals are not willing to provide support for ukraine. what these commitments continue to show him is that point will not come until such time as russia has lost this war. mohammed: let me ask you about a point you were making. you were talking about the logistics of this, supply lines. there are a lot of analysts who believe russia is on the verge of launching a new large-scale offensive in ukraine perhaps in the next few weeks. but one of the complicating factors here is the fact that when the ground begins to thaw, mud is going to be an obstacle. so are russian troops actually in a position to advance at this stage? samuel: it is very hard to know. we don't exactly know what they are planning, obviously. i myself h am not a military analyst. i thin

earlier, zelenskyy asked u.k. for fighter jets. the ukrainian president addressed the british parliament in person and told them freedom will win, russia will lose. zelenskyy met with king charles iii and thanked them for support for ukrainian refugees. he also addressed parliament, speaking in westminster, the oldest part of the house of parliament, a place last seen in september for the lighting in state of queen elizabeth. after talks with the u.k. prime minister, it emerged british would be training ukrainian pilots on nato standard fighter jets. this is being interpreted as a sign that those jets may well follow and be supplied to ukraine at some future point. rishi sunak cryptically saying nothing is off the table. as we say, zelenskyy is now in paris on his way to the alize -- alize palace. this meeting, as we said, includes the german chancellor, olaf scholz, who has already agreed to supply the highest standard of battle tanks, the leopard to ukraine. let's go to berlin for some reaction. our correspondent joins us live. a

this morning at dawn, president zelenskyi, president zelenskyi and president macron are walking towards of a french fighter jet in lithuania. and we prepared these shots . i hope that we will still have the opportunity to show them, but if not, then i will just tell you . he flew from london to paris and then he went to brussels on the same flight with the french leader. and when he arrived in brussels, welcome home , welcome to the european union, tweeted the president of the european council, charles mishael welcoming the president of ukraine to the michelin, a photo of the meeting between the presidents of ukraine and france, was also published by the head of the european commission, ursula von der lyagin, in her tweet . she well, then the ukrainian leader appeared at the meeting of the european parliament, where he was met by standing and shouts of "bravo" of the european parliament, robert metzola assured zelenskyi, that the eu will help and support ukraine as much as necessary, emphasized that the future of ukraine in europe is a settled issue and will do everything to help its al

brent: zelenskyy was asking for fighter jets. mission in brussels was the same. >> very much the same. he was demanding european partners step up and provide the fighter jets. he says that is what ukraine sees -- needs. in the last month the european partners and aligned tanks to go to ukraine, a german block on re-exporting german-made tanks. that took a long time for the german government for the release and allow the tanks to go i think frankly the appetite to send fighter jets i need the bigger capitals that matter which is paris and berlin, i don't think they were too keen to start sending fighter jets after they agreed the tanks. the british government agreed they would start training fighter pilots. so now, zelenskyy knows he is going to get the planes. it's just words there haven't been any promises made but with all of these issues, with all of these weapons deliveries, the demands were made and slowly over time the ukrainian government managed to turn the no's into yeses. >> it was almost like a lovefest today. beyond w

so volodymyr zelenskyy yesterday started a big european tour, a big one. we see, but zelenskyi's visit to europe continues today, the president of ukraine spoke in the european parliament, he expressed his gratitude to the current leaders of european countries who provide unprecedented support to ukraine. well , of course, zelenskyi talked about the fact that the current lower europe is finally freed from the destructive dependence on russian fossil fuels, europe is being cleansed of corruption influence of russian oligarchic business europe defends itself against filtering by agents of the russian special services, let's hear what zelensky said today in the european parliament was considered impossible by the previous wave of leaders europe is finally freed from the destructive dependence on russian fossil fuels europe is being cleansed of the corrupting influence of russian oligarchic business europe is protecting itself from the infiltration of agents of the russian special services who even considered europe as a place to hunt opponents of the russian dictatorship for the first tim

so president zelenskyy, you deeply honor me here in kyiv with you today. with your military, your intelligence folks, your diplomatic teams, community leaders who have stepped up and helped their country in their hour of stounding who stood up. everybody. everybody. women, young children trying to do something, just trying to do something. pulling people out of apartments being shelled. lot rally i think it's war crimes. astounding. the whole world. the whole world sees it and looks at it. it's the largest land war in europe in three-quarters of a century, and you're succeeding against all and every expectation except your own. we have every confidence that you're going to continue to prevail. you know, from the moment i first received the intelligence report in the fall about a year ago, we were focused on determining how do we rally the rest of the world, how do i help you with the promise you asked me to make to rally the world. well, how do you succeed? how do you ever get a world to respond? to a prosperous economy, confident democracy, secure and ind

you can see president zelenskyy, along with ilena zelenskyy. this is president biden moments ago in kyiv, a historic visit just days before the one-year anniversary of the russian invasion into ukraine taking us all by surprise as peter doocy was saying no indication this was happening, a big surprise, historic in nature in sending a very unambiguous message to vladamir putin, who is ramping up this new offensive here. we see president biden walking, let's listen for a second. >> can we get a handshake? >> sure. >> griff: you can see the handshake taking place, the photo op here, remarkable it was one year ago when many, including western nato allies were offering that man in the green on your screen there a ride out of this war zone thinking that ukraine would capitulate in days. he said, i don't need a ride, what i need are bullets and one year later, seeing president of the united states on the ground offering support, handshakes. want to come back to you. getting tape on there. pick up where you were, steve, in describing the situation and

the war bakhmuti's morning began with battles on the northern flank, in the meantime, president zelenskyi is in brussels, where he already spoke before the european parliament, we know that yesterday he visited london and paris, where he had meetings with the heads of states other than great britain, france and germany, in the meantime the russian army continues to lose manpower and equipment in ukraine as of the morning of february 9, russia has already lost 135,000 10 people in ukraine in the last day alone, the armed forces of ukraine destroyed 910 orks initially during the great war, the russians have already lost 3,255 tanks, 6,468 armored fighting vehicles, 2,2244 artillery systems, 463 multiple-launch rocket systems , 232 anti-aircraft defense systems , 295 aircraft, 285 helicopters, 5,121 vehicles, 18 boats, 796 cruise missiles, 1,967 drones, and 211 units of special equipment. conducts negotiations with the leaders of european countries and with e deputies of the european parliament ukraine is waiting for planes and tanks poland calls russia a terrorist country about this and we

the applause accompanying zelenskyi on this european tour should be converted into concrete results. tanks rockets, aviation, well, kyiv hopes for that, and in the last two days there have been a lot of positive signals, hints of hopes, but so far, a firm promise to supply ukraine with modern combat aircraft with specific numbers and specific dates has not been made, at least publicly, why so? we will talk about it all. today in the program well, what is the impression of zelensky's speech to the european deputies, we are talking about it just now, the member of the european parliament from lithuania, petro saushtravych, is joining our broadcast, petro, hello, how are you? personal impression of the address of the ukrainian president . i think that this was a historic speech by president zelensky. on the occasion of the anniversary of the russian aggression . uh, withstand the onslaught of aggression, because zelensky correctly said that this is a challenge to the whole west, because it is not only aggression against ukraine - it is aggression against all values, and that i would i w

for president zelenskyy is in the united kingdom. he'll be addressing parliament this afternoon in what turned out to be a momentous politico. all week, we'll be exploring britain's commitment to the ukraine calls why president zelenskyy is visiting britain ahead of the eu . and we'll be ahead of the eu. and we'll be exploring cabinet reshuffle too. all that to come after the headunes. all that to come after the headlines . tom thank. good headlines. tom thank. good morning. this is the latest from the president . ukraine morning. this is the latest from the president. ukraine is arriving in the today in a surprise . it's his first visit surprise. it's his first visit to the country since start of russia's invasion . volodymyr russia's invasion. volodymyr zelenskyy will meet prime minister rishi sunak as well as make an address to parliament. he'll also visit ukrainian troops training in britain. it sounds the prime announces a stepping up of aid to the country, including to train ukrainian pilots. mr. sunak says the president's visi

well, speaking before the british parliament , zelenskyy asked for fighter jets for ukraine. let's listen to what he said. of the ukrainian pilot he is one of our most successful aces , one of our kings and the inscription on the helmet and this is what we have freedom, give us wings to protect it , did you hear zelensky in london, are you ready great britain will be the first to break the taboo on the supply of western aircraft to ukraine, now we will talk about it, i will only add and remind you that great britain announced new sanctions against moscow on the day of volodymyr zelenskyi's visit to london , and six companies that supply russia with military equipment and drones have come under restrictions among them , rostyakh of the defense package, logistics and the russian developer of zala aero drones were also included in the list of sanctions. manager mykola yegorov, owners of the propaganda media regnum, serhii rudno and svitlana crooked, who is called a close acquaintance of putin and the mother of his illegitimate daughter. well, returning to zelensky's visit to lon

taking this photo opportunity alongside elena zelenskyy and president zelenskyy as well. we now know he was joined by some of his top advisers, including the u.s. national security adviser, the president's national security adviser, jake sullivan, who has been one of the most familiar faces that you have seen throughout the course of this crisis and throughout the course of the president's term, as he has focused on this key foreign policy issue for much of his time in office. even in advance of the invasion, releasing declassified intelligence, worried that russia was preparing to go into ukraine. president biden and zelenskyy delivering some remarks inside where the president went second and saying, among other things, it is critical there not be any doubt, none whatsoever about united states' support. i want to go to nbc's josh lederman, my colleague, who is on the ground in warsaw, poland, where we thought we would first see president biden. that's where he was scheduled to be arriving on tuesday in advance of the historic remarks he was going to be delivering ahead o

zelenskyi and he also stated that ukraine received four leopard tanks from poland .stand that this is only the beginning because poland promised 14 tanks and then there was a statement that ukraine would receive another 60 tanks from poland . if i am not mistaken, this is polish a combat tank, that is, it is probably such a brass, it is so symbolic, precisely on the anniversary of the invasion, uh, i wanted to ask you about the tanks, more or less clearly, about the fighter jets, because today volodymyr zelensky was asked about them at the press conference, as well as the same polish prime minister which i brought the tanks, but i said that poland is ready, within the framework of a broad coalition, to establish training for ukrainian pilots and is ready in principle to consider the option of providing ukraine with aviation. the broadest coalition and to fighter jets and in particular to victory because we have just had a very long discussion with oleksiy danilov , yes, he says that if i understood him correctly , there is no consensus regarding a quick victory in th

and you've heard president zelenskyy say that in the past.hat it would send such a strong and important signal across the world to have the u.s. leader visit here. and today, this morning, we saw that playing out. there was very tight security. we're up here on this balcony. were not allowed to come out on the balcony. we were visited by soldiers on several occasions throughout the morning. warnings that you there would be snipers on the roof that we needed to stand back away from the windows. actually asking to us close the curtains at some point because this is a big deal. and there had been a lot of speculation that it might happen. but a lot of concern as to how you navigate the security around that. and now as i mentioned, just however long ago it was now, 20 minutes a we actually watched this momentum occasion play out in realtime, max. >> clarissa ward in kyiv, thank you. >>> let's go now to our kaitlan collins in warsaw, poland, where president biden was expected to be visiting. kaitlan, talk to us about the biden team that he is offe

zelenskyy westminster.r. right. he's yeah. yeah i think this is i mean look as prime minister, rishi sunak will have no shortage of opportunities to. speak for the nation , to the speak for the nation, to the nafion speak for the nation, to the nation about this. so it a rare opportunity relatively for the leader of the opposition to get his his ability to be statesman like across. and that is important given that the current polling suggests that he could very well be a prime minister in quite a short space of time. so i don't think that anybody should begrudge him should necessarily begrudge him that, the format of that, you know, the format of prime questions that, you know, the format of prime agree questions that, you know, the format of prime agree when estions that, you know, the format of prime agree when esti(debating doesn't agree when the debating chamber echo chamber, chamber becomes an echo chamber, it really work. you it doesn't really work. you know, that's not really what it's i thought it wa

that's the message from volodymyr zelenskyy . the volodymyr zelenskyy. ukrainian president came to the uk today and delivered a hallmark speech , westminster hallmark speech, westminster hallmark speech, westminster hall to members of both houses of his address, of parliament. his address, zelenskyy praised pm's past and present . both boris and rishi, present. both boris and rishi, their assistance in the war effort . he their assistance in the war effort. he said that global uk leadership was needed, declaring britain extended its helping hand when the world had not yet come to understand to how see that we got in there first. i don't we're absolutely right to don't we're absolutely right to do that. ladies and gentlemen. but i am asking you today at what point do we maybe draw the line? you want to draw the line? do you want to draw the line? do you want to draw the line? what's the alternative? i suppose we just let putin win. can same time, when can we? at the same time, when we start talking about training of fight nato's of troops to fight nato's

president zelenskyy arrived with the prime minisr.the prime minister, a promise to train pilots, but no mention of planes. >> mr. speaker, i'm delighted that president zelenskyy is here in the united kingdom. it is a testament to the friendship between our two countries and i'm proud that we are expanding the training of ukrainian forces to include jet pilots and marines. >> this house is honored today to be addressed by president zelenskyy. from the outset of the war, he has symbolized the heroism, the resolve, and the bravery of his people. repoer: the pope, nelson mandela, and charles de gaulle are among those who have spoken here in this hall. this is what support, in broad terms, looks and sounds like here. the president wanted to say thank you for the u.k.'s help from the moment the war escalated last february. >> all of you, you all show your great character backed in, strong, british character. you didn't compromise ukraine, and hence, you didn't compromise your ideals, and thus, you didn't compromise the spirit of this great

we're going to take you live to president zelenskyy at . number president zelenskyy at. number 10. entering number 10 to hold a talks today as the prime minister focuses on stepping up military aid in the war torn country. and we'll bring you more on that as we get it. there is going to be a audience with king charles today. he holds the audience with zelenskyy we'll bnng audience with zelenskyy we'll bring you that as we get it on tv online and the ap plus radio it it is 1133. the suspect assailant gb news. we've just seen assailant ski go up the red carpet into ten downing street to have a walk, lunch, 11 £67 with rishi sunak . how with rishi sunak. how significant is that today ? well, significant is that today? well, it's a great distraction, really today, i have to say, you know, he's got a dominic raab and he's got a lead and it's an all these business thing going on about. i just find it extraordinary. i used to find it amazing in the middle of the last war churchill could fly to canada back. could fly to canada and back. i mean i've flown out of airport in in kyiv a few tim

we heard president zelenskyy say 2023 will be the year of our victory.n leaders who are talking about bracing for this war to drag on potentially for years. do you have any frustration that those leaders seem to doubt the ability of ukraine to make good on what zelenskyy is promising, to wrap this up in 2023? >> you know, i remember some leaders, experts so called, were saying just a year ago that ukraine will not withstand more than three, okay, let's say five days, seven days, two weeks, now we have 366 days of war, not only ukraine withstand it, we manage to withstand that but managed to fight back and almost 50% of ukrainian territory which was captured has already been released. we will win this this year definitely. our aim, our will the president is saying is to be happy, victorious 2023. in order to get this, we need the support. we need the support in terms of weapons, first of all. ukraine can start a counter offensive only with having enough supply of artillery with enough ammunition. we have the will and courage of ukrainian forces. we have t

zelenskyy there is no alternative to speed.laf scholz, caution must take priority over hasty decisions. the issue of the urgency of what happens. zaleski's message is give me more weapons -- zelenskyy's message is give me more weapons including fighter jets. he says i will be back in munich, next year this war will be over if you provide me with what i need. allied westerns -- western allies, on the other hand, are geared for multiyear war. we have to watch out for the issue of speed and urgency, dominating the debates. nicole: talk about countries worlds apart. there are nations that don't see russia as the aggressor, china for example. how do you think the speakers will convince the states that this war involves everyone? >> it is going to be very interesting to see china stop -- top diplomat, he will be speaking tomorrow. everyone is going to be watching for the kind of messaging coming from him about this war. the chinese narrative, of course, russia was almost forced into this war by nato's expansion and it has a lot of sy

zelenskyy's home turf standing by you, that's significant.ings. you look at, for example, the tanks that all the allies have pledged. you have 31 tanks from the united states, the abrams tanks, germans and canadians as well and brits bringing challengers in. that is symptom at ukatic of wh going on here. the tanks can make a big difference on the battlefield. we want the ukrainians to engage in a war of maneuver. right now there is a bit of, you know, some people call it a stalemate. basically, the forces are stalled, especially in the east. and if they can break out of that, it is kind of like what happened in world war i where the united states came in. the tanks were invented and that really increased mobility on the very static front on the western front in that war. and this same kind of philosophy is what, you know, the military party of this is going to be like. and, you know, seeing the pictures coming out of kyiv, not only that underlines the military dimension of this, but it also underlines the geopolitical part of this which is ve

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speaker, this house is honored to be addressed by president zelenskyy. he has symbolized the symbolism, resolve and bravery of his people. the prime minister join this house together in 2015. we have lived through important moments in our domestic and international politics. but none of those experiences compares to the pain and suffering of the people of ukraine. does the prime minister agree with me is it vital that we all continue to stand together in full support of ukraine? >> i first join with the honorable member and thoughts and prayers to the people of turkey and syria those affected by the earthquake and the house will be reassured to know that we are touch with the authorities in providing all assistance that is required of us including 77 search and rescue responders and i spoke to the president last night. and i thank the gentleman for his comments on ukraine and we came together to stand by ukraine when the moment mattered and we will stand with them united as one parliament and one united kingdom. >> every time putin has been apieced he ha

us we as for freedom, those the words that volodymyr zelenskyy told us in westminster hall yesterday . but just how far can yesterday. but just how far can the uk and our international go.7 we'll the uk and our international go? we'll explore that question as well as the cabin reshuffle. want to restructuring? is there enormous oversight in of those departments? stick around to find out after the headlines . find out after the headlines. good morning. it's 931. i'm rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom around 70 members of uk international search and rescue has arrived . turkey. the team of has arrived. turkey. the team of volunteers includes firefighters and medics. nearly 16,000 people are now known to have died after monday's devastating in the south of the country and northern syria. the emergency committees coordinate said a rapid response by 14 uk charities , including the british charities, including the british red cross and oxfam. the government says it will match any donations made by the public blood of maslansky is joining an eu summit in brussels today to lobby leaders to pr

president biden and president zelenskyy then stood together. they embraced. president biden then got into the extremely large motorcade and left. the whole thing happened in the space of ten minutes. five minutes inside the church, five minutes outside the church. air raid sirens began wailing just before they exited the church. so it was somewhat of a tense moment. you can imagine the level of planning that went into it, as you just alluded to. but the feeling on the ground, i can't stress to you enough. i've been talking to lots of different people from different walks of life, and they say over and over again, this was amazing. this was a wow moment for peo people. it caused a little chaos in the city. traffic was completely cut off, particularly in these central areas, but there's gratitude for the support, and also, i think, a much-needed boost of morale to see the president come here. and that really delivers a message, not just that we support you, but that you've got this, you can do this, and we will be with you in it until the end. >> jim, let me br

president zelenskyy. what is the message to europe. thank you for your support that mirrors the messaging he gave to the uk addressing westminster hall and recurring theme is thank you let's keep ukraine on everyone's minds. we need to keep that support and further military assistance as well here he is continuing on his tour around europe as we said in the uk yesterday and in paris in the evening and now in brussels. he is expected to be addressing the european parliament shortly as well. >> you did flag, joumanna, that yesterday the phrase that kept coming up over and over in the uk was thank you clearly that is the central message he is trying to convey if we take this conversation a step further, what will it mean if europe and the uk agree to supply ukraine with more military assistance. specifically fighter jets. what does that mean for russia sylvia said russia is preparing for another offensioffensive. russia warned if the uk moves ahead with the fighter jets, they would could that ramifications and that could trigger a bigger

president zelenskyy and his team, who viewed it before the festival, like that.hief of staff tweeted it was a great film. tom broke, bbc news, berlin. david: two weeks after earthquakes flattened much of the region and killed more than 44,000 people, southern turkey has been hit by another earthquake. the countries disaster and emergency agency said a 6.3 magnitude tremor struck close to a city, followed by three aftershocks, the strongest of which was 5.8. two powerful earthquakes struck the same area on february 6. anna foster is in the southern turkish city. >> this was felt not just across southern turkey, it was felt into lebanon and across syria. it is something the people's reaction to is quite visceral now after the first two earthquakes a fortnight ago. wendy ground starts to shake, and it does significantly. people get up and move outside. in a hotel lobby, you watch the chandeliers swinging. people saw what happed here two weeks ago and they move immediately outside very quickly. there is a real nervousness. you can tell by the way the ground is shakin

it is not what president zelenskyy wants.wants to eliminate the russians from crimea and the east and the dunbas region and wants to neighboring sure they don't pose a threat again to kyiv or any other city in ukraine. those are, i think, the major things. but that at least would be a major step forward and it would give the ukrainians a chance to achieve some degree of, if you will, breathing space. >> thank you both very much. david sanger and colonel leighton, we appreciate it. we'll stay on top, of course, of the president's unannounced surprise visit to ukraine. we're also following other big stories including former president jimmy carter now in hospice care. we'll get the latest. >> plus, people who live in east palestine skeptical that their water is safe to drink. that their air is safe to breathe. we'll talk to a woman who lives there is and is very concerned. thats coming up. hi, susan. honey. yeah. i respect that. but that cough looks pretty bad. try this ritussin honey. the real honey you love, plushe powerful co

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. we'll also get new insight into the secret planning for president biden's very dangerous travel to kyiv and the direct messaging he's sending to vladimir putin as the russian leader is expected to unleash a major new military offensive in the weeks ahead. key white house official john kirby joins us this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, and this is a "situation room" special report. >>> president biden is in poland this hour after personally delivering a strong message of support to the people of war-torn ukraine. his high-stakes, high-risk trip coming at a pivotal moment in the fight against russia's unprovoked invasion. cnn's chief white house correspondent phil mattingly is traveling with the president. >> good morning, mr. president

for president zelenskyy, he had a real balancing act.ake sure he was getting his country ready, but he also don't want to panic people. he needed to keep his economy going. he had that balancing act for the months leading up to the russian aggression. >> expand out about how this has been a grand strategic failure, just of historic proportions. >> as i, said you have a ukrainian that's unified and a nato that is more united than it's ever been. the defense budgets are going up in order to protect against possible russian aggression. we are on the verge of bringing into new members. that was an thought of before. filaments within. the baltic cities -- >> the nato lake. it really is unbelievable. >> this has done exactly what putin wanted to avoid, which is to move nato closer to russia. but not to attack russia, that's never been part of nato 's plants, and it won't be. it is to make sure that their countries of nato feel protected, feel safe, because they see a russia that's acting with increasing aggression. it goes further than that, j

why did they say what kind of audience was zelenskyi in paris? well, really .well, france again, france has always had its special place, its special role in nato and the european union, and that's why macron , let's remember, macron was the first european leader who met with zelensky even before zelensky won the presidential election, and it's interesting what's going on here eh, as they say in galicia, who is playing whom here , in this case, i have the feeling that zelensky is quite skillfully playing on these ambitions of macron and pushing macron to certain steps that lead macron to the point of transferring him from the mode of calling putin to the mode of and who else it will do for ukraine and here the sun simply had no choice. well, there in brussels they were still nervous about why zelensky started his visit from london. but again, as ukrainians, i understood that in fact the unique role of london is that london often spoke to leaders and brought out ukraine to a new level of help from the west. therefore, everything is very logical. tell me, let's r

volodymyr zelenskyi arrived in paris.yuriy fedorenko, deputy of the kyiv city council, company commander of the 112th territorial defense brigade p congratulations to yuriy glory to ukraine glory to the heroes eh , we understand a little about the situation in your operational direction that the russians are significantly increasing the number of shelling attacks on luhansk oblast , they say this and in the regional military administration , the general staff notes that they are heavily concentrated in the kliminnaya area, perhaps with the aim of advancing towards the estuary, how does it look with your eyes now, i am asking for a brief overview of the blocks. first, there are certain changes. i am the commander of a company under the 92nd mechanized brigade of rotor unmanned complexes as of yesterday . as for the situation on the front line, the actual offensive of the enemy on our position continues constantly if we talk about the most priority and important directions for the enemy. used all available forces, means of

zelenskyy was a popular actor.on in ukraine's government. the ukrainian people had lodged two revolutions in the space of a decade, trying to get themselves a political system that worked. one that wasn't beset by corruption. the election of this young charismatic, populist leader felt like a real opportunity for some ukrainians. putin, though, saw his own opportunity. he saw zelenskyy as weak, inexperienced, as being in over his head. the perfect scenario to further squeeze ukraine, which has been increasingly leaning towards europe in the west. and away from russia. in this moment, what ukraine really needed was its biggest and strongest partner, the united states, to step up and say that ukraine and its new president had the full backing, respect, and support of the united states. something that had near universal support in the u.s. congress. instead, what ukraine got was a lying, scheming, double crossing u.s. president who was preparing to defy u.s. interests and policy in favor of personal political gain. wh

yeah, zelenskyy what he wants? yeah, thatis zelenskyy what he wants?h, that is a perfectly legitimate question. and you look at the us which is saying, no, actually we're going give you the we're not going to give you the fighter because to. fighter jets because we have to. we've got the military if we've got the military stock if and needed, obviously, and when it's needed, obviously, god it's needed. god forbid, it's never needed. but whole point of a but that's the whole point of a military that you have got military is that you have got those stocks and if those military stocks and if we're all away to we're giving them all away to ukraine, it does leave the uk's position slightly vulnerable, not economic not least from an economic standpoint well. where standpoint as well. where there's in terms there's issues here in terms of cost and the wider cost of living and the wider economy in the uk domestically. so questions to be so lots of questions to be asked. i burst johnson may make good ukraine is his territory. what do you think it would have bee

after president zelenskyi’s speech, the national anthem of ukraine was played as well .ery noticeable that today, after the speech of president zelenskyi, the national anthem of ukraine was played immediately before the national anthem of the european union . of the union and ukrainian flags were at the presidium of the european union. i think that after today's meeting , the fact that ukraine will be a member of the european union no longer exists, but there is still much to come struggle, because immediately after this successful resignation of president zelensky, passions flared up around the posts of the head of the president's office, andrii yarmak, who first wrote an article about the fact that the case with the transfer of f16 fighter jets to ukraine has already been resolved, then yours was corrected, which apparently i am now free quoting this i say, judging by everything, everything will be okay, but the situation is still in the process. well, let's hope that it will be the same as with the tanks. when we were told that the tanks would come later, well, then g

german chancellor olafsholz announced an agreement with the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi that zahidna the weapon will not be used for attacks on the territory of the russian federation. this was reported by bilt publication in an interview with a german politician who noted that there is a consensus on this issue. is usually traded at a discount to crude oil , such as fuel oil, will be $45 per barrel, and premium diesel and gasoline, which are traded at a premium of $100, were also announced in the eu council that they will review the mechanisms in march limit the price of crude oil and will review it every two months, i will remind you from december 5. last year, the eu set a price ceiling for russian crude oil exported by sea at $60 per barrel. this is part of the eighth package of sanctions for russia's aggression in ukraine. on saturday, the united states shot down an alleged chinese spy balloon near the coast of carolina, the american media released a video showing the military shooting a balloon over the atlantic ocean. at the same time, cnn reported that this opera

maybe in the question of the journalist and maybe in the answer of volodymyr zelenskyi.lly , we are watching now and then we will discuss , please. the fifth channel in the center at the end, mr. president. on april 4, they were turned off the digital airwaves along with espresso and live broadcasts, and at the moment we do not have the opportunity to fully speak, just like our colleagues, there are hundreds of media people, but my question is that a year ago in january, when the usa and nato warned of a full-scale invasion by the russians, you called of ukrainians to keep a cool head and keep a cool head not to succumb to provocations do you regret your appeal that there will be no attack and do you see personal responsibility for the fact that the citizens were not properly notified about real threats. do you see a problem in those around you, who might have downplayed the threat, and what punishment do you think the ex-head of the sbu and your childhood friend ivan bakanov should face ? is he really currently in ukraine? sbu, thank you for your report. it is very nice

tell me how you met zelenskyi and whether you can call his european tour successful.o you know whether a successful tour is successful or not? it is quite difficult to evaluate because it has not yet been completed. you understand that we can learn about many decisions later , well, actually, volodymyr zelenskyi himself he confirmed this, but now about everything in order, in principle, partly about the european parliament. you already said then how do you know. he went to the ukrainian president for a summit of eu leaders, with whom he usually communicated online but today he was present here in person, there was a queue to shake his hand accordingly. well, you know, due to the reception here of volodymyr zelenskyi , many usual traditions looked different , the agenda and the protocol were also changed. well , for example, i will bring a group photo like this it was the case that the leaders did not come out together. first, the leaders of the eu countries and the european institute appeared on the runway. and only then zelenskyi entered the podium, where ukrainian b

zelenskyy. signal to send at the right time. graham even went so far as to say the u.s. ought to start training ukrainian pilots now on f16s because he believes the u.s. will send them soon off. the f16s was not on the list of weaponry that the u.s. is handing over that biden gave zelenskyy today, but training ukrainian pilots the smart thing to do right now? >>. >> i think so. especially on equipment that they're more familiar with like mig 29 aircraft which are russian-built or old soviet built aircraft which ukrainians are familiar with. and they can get those aircraft from poland and other sources. but eventually having more modern aircraft like the f16 could be very beneficial to them. but that will take months if not years to train their pilots to do that. and the u.s. has sent more military equipment than any other nation in the world to ukraine. i think it's now close to $113 billion. ukrainians are very grateful for that, but they also believe they need more to win this fight against ru

president biden with zelenskyy going around parts of the city and, of course, standing next to zelenskyy making those statements. it was quite a morning. ashley, it was great to be with you. >> ashley: so great jug especially on day like this when you have been to ukraine. obviously our coverage with "fox & friends" is going to continue right now. have a good monday. ♪ >> brian: all right. here we go almost to a year to the day when it began, guess what? we begin with this. president biden making a surprise visit to kyiv this morning. meeting with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy right now. >> lisa: biden and zelenskyy both giving remarks a year of the deadly invasion. >> steve: i know it's 1:00 there in kyiv and poland as well. this was a big surprise, right? >> a huge surprise. president biden wasn't scheduled to fly out of washington, d.c. until the 6:00 p.m. tonight. instead, they very quietly gathered a press pool and left yesterday about 4:15. the president appeared in kyiv, not on his original itinerary. we were told he was just coming to poland to commemorate the one year

speaking alongside president zelenskyy, mr. said russia's more in ukraine is failing and that vladimir putin was wrong to think that russia could outlast ukraine and its allies. president biden: putin thought ukraine was weak and the we was divided. as you know, mr. president, as i said the beginning, he is counting on us not sticking together. he was counting on the inability to keep nato united. he is counting on us to not bring in others on the side of ukraine. he thought he could outlast us. but he has just been plain wrong. one year later, the evidence is right here in this room. we stand here together. maryam: president biden took nearly a 10-hour train ride from the border of poland -- here he is arriving in kyiv, greeted by president zelenskyy and his wife. mr. biden's trip was unannounced and brief. this was the moment they stepped out onto the streets of kyiv. an air raid siren sounded. the presiden also visited a memorial to soldiers that died in the nine years since russia annexed crimea. mr. zelenskyy says the demo

well, actually, everything is in principle, as you said, on the way to brussels, volodymyr zelenskyi has a stop in one more european capital - this is paris and the french and german the media reports that the ukrainian leader and german chancellor schultz will be received by the french president at the elysée palace. neither this nor his further visit to belgium. there are still no official confirmations , however, there are unofficial ones. now , more than enough about brussels . part of the ukrainian delegation has already arrived in the capital of the eu. who exactly i can't voice it, but we managed to talk today and the representatives of the ukrainian president's team explained why zelensky will come here personally, do you remember that since the beginning of the great war no the leaders of the eu could not do without it, but the president appealed to his colleagues online, in principle, the main priority coincides with what was previously voiced by the head of the state that was attacked when he accordingly named the conditions of his trip to brussels, this is a weapon. well,

no one under whom the chair wobbles . the main news today is the unannounced visit of volodymyr zelenskyi to great britain the ukrainian president landed in london in the morning and right on the runway he personally the prime minister met the decision and, by the way, showed special respect, and there was a lot of respect for the british parliament. correspondent svitlana charnetska the first point of president zelenskyi's program this legendary address downing street 10 in the office of the british prime minister is already waiting for him pleasant news of training ukrainian soldiers at local bases will be expanded to include marines and fighter pilots. the prime minister of britain usually meets distinguished guests at the door, but this time he made a notable exception and personally waited for volodymyr zelenskyi on the runway of the airport, so the leaders could start negotiations while still in the car on the way to the center, a crowd of journalists was already waiting for them on old street. this is not the first speech of president zelensky to the british parliament on the 13th

this is president zelenskyi appointing the head of the office, this is president zelenskyi appointingoreign affairs of the affairs of the minister of defense, this is president zelenskyi, he is the commander-in-chief, therefore it is very important that president zelenskyi adequately perceived the information and the events that are taking place and drew the appropriate conclusions , because now the issue is not the power of the opposition, but now the issue is the preservation of statehood and the continuation of our struggle, and that no less. i understand that some personnel decisions will be made this week at the plenary session. what can we expect from this week in the parliament? well , if it's about personnel, then we it looks like you are talking about klymenko and the kid, eh, there will be many questions , in particular, about klymenko, but eh, well, if you can see that there is mono support for most of these issues, then it is likely that they will be expected, so on the key issues , which will be eh, in particular, eh reduction and there will be no customs duty and vat on