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ukraine stands and democracy stands. a vital message delivered by president joe biden today. made more significant when he delivered the words from kyiv itself. he walks side-by-side with president zelenskyy and the ukrainian capital. its a moment filled with symbolism with an american president ineffectively a war zone with daily bombardment from russias forces. two presidents who visit war zones like iraq or afghanistan. president biden delivered a message not just to president zelen...

miss my conversation with comedian, sam joe. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to the show. im mehdi hassan. three months ago, russia launched its war on ukraine and we all thought it might be over in a few days. u.s. intel predicted kyiv would fall quickly to russian paratroopers. that didnt happen, thankfully. not only have the ukrainians defend themselves over the last few months, with the help of the western world, but theyve gone on the offensive. ukrainian troops, this, week two we took lan...

. what do you think almost one year to the day from the beginning of the war when an american president is visiting kyiv ? >> i think the resolve of the ukrainian people was deeply underestimated by vladimir putin . when you look at ukrainian history, one should not underestimate their abilities. they went through harder times than anyone in eastern and central europe at the hands of stalin. the woman on the balcony who i hugged in poland, she went back and i met up with her the other day. i met...

Hosted countless hours from the region for months at the start of the war at the front lines to the powerful live shots at the train stations covering the refugee crisis at the border. and we have the former advisor to president zelenskyy who is in a better weather situation also in kyiv . was this a surprise to see the american president in kyiv ? >> it was a very big surprise but we knew here in kyiv because the preparations in place that we started to learn about last night were preparations ...

Ukraine stands and democracy stands. a vital message delivered by president joe biden today. made more significant when he delivered the words from kyiv itself. he walks side-by-side with president zelenskyy and the ukrainian capital. its a moment filled with symbolism with an american president ineffectively a war zone with daily bombardment from russias forces. two presidents who visit war zones like iraq or afghanistan. president biden delivered a message not just to president zelenskyy and t...

For there to be some kind of reconciling factor in which the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. and my work is an attempt to try to figure out if the sum of the parts is here and the whole is up here, you know, what is that other thing, whats happening there. and its in the gestures that take place today in kyiv. its in the gestures of that ten-hour train ride. its in the gestures of saying you know what, im going to go home and be with my family and die with dignity. these are the oppo...

Works for months and nobody actually knew about it. we had heard rumors from people around here who are in the know. ukrainians who said they thought it would be happening but everything seems like speculation if you dont know. kyiv is a busy and active city . it is quiet tonight because this area of town had been cleared out earlier. now it is snowing and people are clearing out and going home . this is exactly where president biden was with president zelenskyy on this crisp and cold day. he ca...

Air raid siren could go off and they go off several times per day. it could go off again and people will have to seek shelter. we have been living with that and including where richard is in the east, you will hear explosions and power go out in the city while you talk to him. for the first time in a long time there are power outages because the russian missiles hit infrastructure. this is hard and it is winter. in every single case they are saying to me, we are going back or we have come back. ...

People in the world -- me and other ukrainians, lets put it this way. we knew we would not give up and be here in a years time. we knew it would be difficult and we would survive it. the world did not believe us. if you had asked anyone a year ago who is more likely to visit kyiv soon, would be biden or putin? it was president biden standing here today and that is a testament to the ukrainian people and a testimony to the man you are shaking hands with today. >> on the point about fighting this ...

. it was an electoral resolution when president zelenskyy was elected. there was a strong crowd of ukrainians who wanted him to lead the country and thats what we have. he is a representation of the ukrainian spirit and pretty much any ukrainian you speak to on the streets of kyiv or anywhere else . >> you are my most favorite person to talk to in that region of the country. igor, you are my most favorite person to talk to you about just about anything. music or war. a deep thanks and we will co...