KYIV, Ukraine — President Joe Biden paid an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Monday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a defiant display of Western solidarity with a country still fighting what he called “a brutal and unjust war” days before the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion.
The U.S. president got a taste of the terror that Ukrainians have lived with for close to a year when air raids sirens howled just as he and Zelenskyy wrapped up a visit to the gold-domed St. Michael’s Cathedral. Ukraine has also been pushing for battlefield systems that would allow its forces to strike Russian targets that have been moved back from frontline areas, out of the range of HIMARS missiles that have already been delivered. Zelenskyy said he and Biden spoke about “long-range weapons and the weapons that may still be supplied to Ukraine even though it wasn’t supplied before.” But he did not detail any new commitments.
Biden’s visit was a brazen rebuke to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who had hoped his military would swiftly overrun Kyiv within days. Biden, a Democrat, recalled speaking with Zelenskyy on the night of the invasion, saying, “That dark night one year ago, the world was literally at the time bracing for the fall of Kyiv. Perhaps even the end of Ukraine.”
“He’s counting on us not sticking together,” Biden said. “He thought he could outlast us. I don’t think he’s thinking that right now. God knows what he’s thinking, but I don’t think he’s thinking that. But he’s just been plain wrong. Plain wrong.” It was rare for a U.S. president to travel to a conflict zone where the U.S. or its allies did not have control over the airspace.
Since early morning on Monday many main streets and central blocks in Kyiv were cordoned off without any official explanation. Later people started sharing videos of long motorcades of cars driving along the streets where the access was restricted.
They informed Putin’s Russia of his visit ahead. It looks like US is asking Russia permission if Biden can visit Ukraine.
This is the wests war. I hope Russia puts the world in its place personally. Russia is constantly portrayed as the bad guys.
Wow. Got time to go to Kyiv but has no time to visit East Palestine Ohio.
Most Canadians disagree with official expl of this crisis. There are 3 guilty: 1 USA for inciting UKR, 2 UKR for going for it/atrocities agnst Rus ppl., 3 Rus for not acting much earlier 2014,5,6 to save its ppl. Now they will still do it. Even if WWIII breaks out. Watch;
Instead of visiting Kyiv, Biden should have sent combat troops to fight fascist russia or return nukes back to Ukraine.
Looking for WMDs , oh wait
Biden should be in Ohio not in the money laundering shithole of Ukraine
Money laundering operation
The Walking Corpse aka 10% Joe aka Joe Biden what a senile corrupt buffoon
Checking up on the Biden family investments and making sure he's getting 10% for the Big Guy
Why he can not to stay in there? Like secret western weapon A supersonic bold war head Make counterparts feel threatened
They aren’t going after Kyiv. They are going after donbass. Have you not been following?
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