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Speaker pelosi, saying that she hopes the house will pass the package as soon as possible. for more, we're joined by michael mcfaul from the u.s. ambassador to russia, during the obama administration. he's an msnbc national security, and international affairs analyst. ambassador, this week, you tweeted that the amount of the aid package, 33 billion dollars, is actually, more than half of russia's 2021 military budget. if approved, how could this change the war for ukraine? >> those are big numbers. remember, we are not the only government in the world giving military assistance to ukraine. the...

President volodymyr zelensky. the visit president volodymyr zelensky. tue: visit happened president volodymyr zelensky. tte: visit happened yesterday. we were only told about it after she left the country for security reasons. firstly, this visit shows the ongoing support of the united states. tim was mentioning in his report, $33 billion. this signals that the united states is in for the long haul. it shows the level of support that they have. there is another important element to this, thatis another important element to this, that is that it shows high profile visitors are not afraid to com...

Let me first thank our speaker for her tremendous leadership and courage in bringing this delegation together. on behalf of the american people. as you all have heard we stand with ukrainian people until freedom is one, until the war --one on state foreign operations, we want to make sure that we send a signal to the ukrainian people, that our u.s. tax dollars are going to ensure that democracy prevails and that you can prevails, the people of ukraine. in that context, we now, as you heard, are looking at moving forward, with regard to the 33 billion dollar request, which the president has put...

Her visit, though. was shrouded in secrecy. she visited the capitol yesterday. we did not hear about it from ukrainians as well as u.s., until today. she is also been pushing for congress to pass that 33 billion dollars in aid that has been requested by president biden, really seen as critical to ukraine as the war continues to wage, not only in the south but also especially in the eastern portion of the country. >> aaron my friend, good to see you again. thank you for your reporting this morning. nbc's erin maclachlan, live from kyiv, ukraine,, on the side of that missile attack yesterday. th...

>> we are visiting you to say thank you for your fight for freedom, that your fight is a fight for everyone. and so our commitment is to be there for you until the fight is done. >> reporter: so that is speaker pelosi continuing with the same showing of public support you heard recently from president biden. remember, it was a few days ago that biden requested $33 billion in additional aid from congress. that funding would go toward a mixture of humanitarian aid and the kind of heavy weaponry that ukraine has been asking for a long time that it says it desperately needs in its continued fight ...