Reporter's notebook: Zelenskyy's surprise visit to Washington

"Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan reflects on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's whirlwind trip to the U.S. last week and the resilience of the people of Ukraine amid the hardships of war.

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"Face the Nation" is America's premier Sunday morning public affairs program. The broadcast is one of the longest-running news programs in the history of television, having debuted November 7, 1954, on CBS. Every Sunday, "Face the Nation" moderator and CBS News senior foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan welcomes leaders, newsmakers, and experts to a lively round table discussion of current events and the latest news.

[rcreative]

Zelenskyy reminds me a bit of Ronald Reagan -- an actor who was out of his depth in the business of running a government from day to day, but who was a genius at communication, with both actions and words. His visit to Washington was a masterstroke, similar to when Reagan visited West Germany and called on Gorbachev to "tear down this wall."

[daniellouis]

It's very sad how they gave so much money to Ukrainian but Haiti is right here American backyard doesn't get any help from America.

[tommanley]

Kick Back Pay Day!...Merry Christmas DC!

[codybluetarp]

It is inspiring to see Pres. Z with Pres. Biden and Spkr of the Hse, Pelosi. They all, in their own way share the characteristic: "Servant of the People."

[gm]

Ukraine can count on continued support from The USA 😃republicans know resistance is futile or they will pay the price at the ballot box. 6 more years of Joe Biden is going to be a piece of cake🍰

[joshuapaul]

The sooner Ukraine signs unconditional surrender the better. The war is lost by Ukraine anyway. Half of Ukraine has a blackout. Ukraine already lost most trained and motivated soldiers along with almost all hardware it had before the war . Its army is a shadow of its former self at the beginning of the war. It accounts for catastrophic increase in military casualties along with inadequate erratic Zelenskyy and his nutty tactic of constantly throwing poorly trained (most don't have any training whatsoever; lucky ones have 5-week training at best. So poor fellows are just half-baked cannon fodder) Ukrainian reserves into a meat grinder and holding on to disadvantageous positions until it's too late. Zelensky banned marking of soldiers’ graves with Ukrainian flags (many bodies are deliberately left where they perished without a burial, it helps Zelenskyy not to pay even a meagre compensation to the families of the "missed in action" ). Endless forests of flags at cemeteries across Ukraine proved to be too scary and demoralizing for those still desperately trying to escape forced conscription and bribe their way out of Zelenskyy dictatorship. Mass summary executions for attempted surrender or unauthorized retreat just cause further demoralization and despair. Bakhmut is just the last instance of this insane tactic. Hitler's Germany also refused to admit defeat until Hitler killed himself. Then Keitel signed unconditional surrender.