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joe biden landed in eastern poland after refueling in germany, getting on a 12 hour train ride and coming to kyiv. showing up here early monday morning, ukraine time, very late night on sunday in the u. s.. he met here in the square just next to me with the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyy, they walked out together as they walked out as if on cue. air raid sirens went off. the president did not flinch, and we now have information that those air raid sirens were triggered by the taking off of a mig jet, from belarus. russian bases into belarus, a jet taking off from baylor is carrying a hypersonic missile can have that missile in kyiv in 20 minutes. they didn't know at the time with the threat was, but the president continues to walk through kyiv on that historic visit. this was not expected, we all thought that the planned trip was to go to poland, where the president did ultimately go on tuesday morning after getting back on the train in kyiv, taking a ten-hour ride back to the polish border and then on to warsaw. he delivered a speech in front of a crowd that was estimated
that's the traditional plane that you think of as air force one, air force one is not a particular aircraft, it's a designation given to any plane carrying in the united states of america. that's not the plan that joe biden flew over for his surprise visit to ukraine. that's a smaller aircraft that they took over there as to avoid detection. this plane has now brought the familiar 7:47 back, and now you will see him deplaning shortly. this is the conclusion of a remarkable trip, a history making trip in which president joe biden landed in eastern poland after refueling in germany, getting on a 12 hour train ride and coming to kyiv. showing up here early monday morning, ukraine time, very late night on sunday in the u.s.. he met here in the square just next to me with the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyy, they walked out together as they walked out as if on cue.
it is said that only the un can save tens of thousands of people stuck in mariupol. for more on this, i've been speaking to our news reporter, azadeh moshiri. the latest is that ukraine is saying they are working on a humanitarian corridor for saturday, ukraine time, to get more residents out of mariupol where the situation is extremely dangerous. now, the problem is, these humanitarian corridors have been attempted, and many times have failed. it is simply so difficult for these aid agencies to get to mariupol, past these russian checkpoints, past the russians. a lot of the time, mariupol residents are fleeing on their own without any help, taking that risk because the situation is simply so desperate. what the deputy prime minister told the bbc is that it is now urgent for the un to take action themselves, for them to get involved with these humanitarian corridors, and was quite biting in her criticism. iryna vereshchuk said
stuck in the besieged city of mariupol. i'm joined by our news reporter azadeh moshiri. the un under increasing pressure to act. let's talk about the evacuation process of mariupol at the moment — is it happening? is it going to save more lives?— more lives? the latest is that ukraine says _ more lives? the latest is that ukraine says they _ more lives? the latest is that ukraine says they are - more lives? the latest is that| ukraine says they are working on a humanitarian corridor, from early times saturday, ukraine time, to get more residents out of mariupol weather situation is extremely dangerous. now, the problem is, these humanitarian corridors have been attempted many times and have failed, it is simply so difficult for these aid agencies to get to mariupol, passed these russian checkpoints, pastor sharon, that a lot of the time mariupol residents are fleeing on their own without any help, taking that risk because the situation is simply so desperate. what the deputy prime minister told the deputy prime minister told the bbc is that it is now urgent for the un to take action themselves, for them to
forward. >> all right, dan de luce, live for us in washington. this morning, dan, thank you as always. greatly appreciated. all right, we turn back to keep her moment were early thursday morning residents woke up to the sounds of explosion. artillery strikes as russian and ukrainian militaries clashed thousands lead the country for safety we. and, the sirens, which have sounded sporadically through the early morning late again just a short time ago, a 20 2 am. ukraine time. a local mp in kyiv reports that bomber jets are becoming, excuse, me are coming down from belarus. with our correspondent for the financial times joins us now. she is live from kyiv.
destruction. >> and the danger tonight is not just to the citizens of ukraine and russia, a major warning from the top department of homeland security intelligence official this evening. >> the situation, the escalated tensions between russia and ukraine have the potential to exacerbate the threat environment here at home, particularly as it relates to the use by russia of disinformation campaigns and active measure techniques. >> matthew chance begins our coverage tonight. he is in kyiv, about 300 miles east of where i am tonight, and matthew, i know that you have been speaking with officials in the ukrainian government tonight. how are they responding to biden's speech, you know, which we should note was obviously late in the evening here, ukraine time. >> well, i think what officials have been telling me or they have been telling me, even
attack. >> reporter: the official said a wave of so-called denial of services attacks struck around 4 p.m. ukraine time. among the reported victims are banks and government web sites. colleagues in ukraine have confirmed the web site of the minister of foreign affairs, parliament -- cabinet of foreign affairs and the parliament all are down. and attacks last month took down banks and government web sites and researchers said they contained so-called wiper malware, which can destroy data and systems. they feel this is part of a plan to paralyze systems.