a hard bank left and a dive. and layers to did distract heat seeker missiles. a pair of ukrainian helicopters on an assault against russian forces close to bakmut. around the border, we should be careful. we should fly very low altitude to prevent our recognition. below trenches, and east ukrainian villages smashed by war. back from this sorti, this forward base is secret, as low profile as possible. the mi8 helicopters are refueled and rearmed. they expect to fly at least 3sortis a day. when you took off this morning, were you frightened? why ? well, because the russians want to kill you. we don t have any other choice than to fight the russians. if you re frightened, you should stay at home. that s not an option here. this soviet era helicopter is about 30-years-old. the threat against it is extreme and as a result of that, we re are gone to fly quite literally below the night of trees, climbing and dipping with every piece of woodland that we pass. built as
welcome back to our breaking news coverage. president biden is making a dangerous unannounced visit to kyiv in the middle of the war. good morning, everyone. i m poppy harlow in new york. kaitlan collins with special coverage anchoring from warsaw, poland. you re getting new reporting? yeah. we have just learned, poppy, that president biden has now left kyiv. of course, the question is whether is he going next? potentially it is here where i am in warsaw, poland. that was according to the last white house schedule where he was going to be making his first stop during this trip to europe. obviously, made that surprise unannounced shouted in secrecy visit to kyiv. the seventh visit eighth visit to ukraine but first since the invasion happened a year ago. of course, these trips are always sensitive for a president. but this one especially given he went into an active war zone. the reporters traveled with him had their phones taken from them before the plane took off. he only
that ukraine can be victorious. of course, you have to ask the question as i m sure david has as well, what does victory look like? victory is at least rolling the russians back to the status that existed on february 23rd, the day before the invasion of this past year. that would be considered, i think, at least a major change. it is not what president zelenskyy wants. he 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
as she told vladmir putin himself this week. did you adopt a child from mariapol yourself? yes, thanks to you. 15-years-old. now i know what it means to be a mother of a child from dunbas. it s difficult, but we definitely love each other. this is really just sickening. according to yale s nathaniel raymond, who you talked to, this is a program designed by russia for its own audience. can you just talk about why that would be? what is the benefit to them? that s right. it s all about propaganda really, anderson, when you look at it. this is about speaking to the russian people. now, of course for us from the outside, it s incredibly chilling, as you say. these are children, after all, who are being used as pawns and find themselves on the wrong side of the border. for the russian authorities, this is threefold, according to nathaniel raymond. this is about, first of all, turning those ukrainian children
soaked in blood, roaring guns sound every hour. trenches in the dunbas change several times a day in fierce combat and even hand fighting by the ukrainians and the dunbas stands. some of president zelenskyy s powerful and historical address to congress. this was the first trip outside ukraine since the start of the war at a time when his country fears a new russian offensive may be coming. back with us tonight to discuss, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, william taylor. he is also the united states institute of peace vice president for russia in europe. ambassador, i m so glad you re here after the historic remarks. what s your reaction to what president zelenskyy said? how big of a moment is this for the war? i think this is enormous moment for the war. i think as he said, we could be looking at a turning point next