ukrainians to wonder if they're the ones being sanctioned in all of this, if they're the ones paying the highest price, at least the you ukrainians that i have been speaking to. now it is expected to be a key topic of conversation today between ukrainian president, and german chancellor schultz expected in kooefb for that meeting and germany has come under scathing criticism in ukraine for its refusal to provide lethal aid to ukraine as well as its refusal to outright cancel the nord stream 2 pipeline project, labelled a geo plim weapon here in kyiv, seen as giving outside influence to the kremlin. all of that expected to be the topic of a press conference here in kyiv later today, jonathan. >> u.s. officials certainly signalled that a visit from president biden, particularly any time soon, not on the table. and the timetable seems to be perhaps accelerated. the u.s. officials for a long time thought that putin wouldn't