now to russia s war in ukraine. earlier today president zelenskyy meeting with germany s president, as well as its chancellor who promised support in ukraine for as long as it is necessary. just yesterday germany announced a $3 billion aid package for ukraine. sam kiley joining us now from southeastern ukraine and melissa bell joining us from paris where president zelenskyy is about to meet with president macron. why is it so important for zelenskyy in this moment to be going to meet with crucial european counterparts?
that may speak more to the possibility of a counteroffensive. interestingly, president zelenskyy meeting today with the dutch and belgian prime minister in the hague, speaking about president putin s war criminal designation at the international criminal court, jokingly saying i think you probably want to see the other vladimir here. of course we all want to see different vladimir here in the hague. the one who deserves to be sentenced for these criminal actions right here in the capital of the international law. and i m sure we will see that happen when we win.
and we will win. but there was a very serious message from president zelenskyy in the netherlands, thanking allies and partners for support, asking for more weapons, thanking them for tanks, asking for more armored vehicles and asking again for fighter aircraft which interestingly the dutch prime minister did not rule out as a possibility. john? nic robertson for us in eastern ukraine, stay safe. those air raid warnings that nic is getting is a part of life there and it reflects the reality on the ground. joining us now is retired general wesley clark. general, you know, it s no coincidence that nic is hearing those air raid warnings now. overnight, officials in kyiv say they received the most russian bombings and attacks since the beginning of this year. kherson, 23 people have died in the last few days. in odesa, there were drone attacks overnight. one of them apparently had this message written on it that said
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 the president of the united states. obviously the vice president was at the munich security conference with a very tough message against russia and being a pillar of support, leading the way, leading the other allies to continue the military, continue the economic, continue the humanitarian support for ukraine. this is a big deal. we ve heard comments from german officials supporting it. this comes at a moment where there is a need for unity. there is strong unit in the alliance at the moment, bu
secretary to president zelenskyy. you know, words can t even describe the way you must be feeling. president zelenskyy is there to witness the horror, and to tell the world about it, and this comes after, you know, so called peace talks on friday in ankara, a ukrainian proposal and talks of a putin, zelenskyy meeting. how could there be a putin zelenskyy meeting after this, or under what terms would there have to be, complete withdrawal? andrea, thank you. sorry, i interrupted you. general prosecutor said there were 410 bodies taken from bucha yesterday. these are lives of civilians, and they will be war crimes of putin and russia in ukraine. and the situation is even worse