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Visit poland, wasnt it? that was due to be in the next couple of days. this is all ahead of the anniversary of the war on ukraine. lets get to nic, he joins us here at the desk. i mean, obviously, this was out of the blue because of the massive security concerns. >> traveling overseas, its not the first time that the president has done this, traveling without full disclosure whats happening. very tightly held information. very important for ukraine that the u.s. president should go there. rememb...

Ambulance vehicle for -- with blood supplies available for the president. you would have everything available to sustain the presidents life and fend off an immediate attack. so, although we know that there are no u.s. forces committed to the fight in ukraine, we can be assured that there were specials fors there, u.s. forces in very close proximity to the president. >> weve seen these visits, but this is obviously on a whole different level with the president arriving. >> absolutely, and as nic...

Needed for the next phase of the war which is more, if the ukrainians can pull it off, more a chicago and awe style that sends a clear message to the kremlin. >> nic, phil -- kaitlan collins, well see you in the morning. joining me is congressman mike quigley from illinois, the co-chair of the ukraine caucus. you went this summer and met with president zelenskyy. did the white house reach out to you and others who had been there to help plan the trip, or were you as surprised as everyone else?...

Security. remarkable images of president biden and president zelenskyy meeting. it is something the white house said he wanted to do for some time. only now did they decide it was a manageable risk where he could make this visit. >> nic, clearly there are different audiences that the white house was directing this trip to be seen by him. u.s. european partners almost definitely one of them. how is this trip being seen by them? >> reporter: this is being seen real positively, a real commitment by...

But with the west and nato in particular the u.s. they say in part to make their own battlefield look less humiliating. but this is about an existential struggle for russia. you had with macron the past few days. wang yi, the top visit this week will be critical, and last week, all to show their strength that they still have alliance. that theyre still able to continue in this fight. >> and, nic, you mentioned just a moment ago ammunition which has been one of the main conversations along with f...

Very, very strong message of support for ukraine, by doing this. >> and, nic, do stay with us, cnns alex marquardt is in kyiv, following developments. alex, the president has arrived? >> reporter: he has, obviously, a historic and surprising visit. this came, really out of the blue. we did expect him, obviously, to be visiting poland this week to, again, show support and assure the ukrainians that american support will continue. and now, he is demonstrating that by coming not just to ukraine, bu...

Details here which are obviously critically important on the battlefield and for the ukrainian people who continue to suffer through this winter. the broad message, symbol here, is just as important when you talk to white house officials, the message they wanted to send about the fact that no one is going anywhere. the durability of the u.s. support. and the president stepping back, referencing that phone call he got the night the invasion began. however theyve come in the course of a year when ...

And unapologetic about the u.s. position. the u.s. through an official at least is saying that secretary blinken did still leave the door open for a discussion between president biden and chinese leader xi, but at this point no time table as to even if this would occur. >> interesting. and then on the topic of ukraine, china is talking about some form of peace plan, but then as we heard earlier from nic, the u.s. is considering ramping up assistance to russia. >> reporter: right. and u.s. says i...

Vond lee about what she sees chinas relationship with russia at the moment. as she said, china assigned a memorandum of agreement with russia for full support. she said everyone is looking to see if that support includes military support. she has the same view that europe cannot be economically dependent on an aggressive china, that security comes ahead of the economy. so i think that was a message that resonated in the room here. people very keen to see exactly what china does, does it give mil...