US President Joe Biden visits the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv

Kyiv, Feb 20: Right ahead of the Russia-Ukraine war anniversary, US President Joe Biden is on a visit to Kyiv, Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko confirmed on Monday, February 20. According to reports, Biden's itinerary had suggested he would be visiting Poland, but he landed in the Ukraine capital.

 

 

 

Heavy US security and air force presence was reported by the Spectator Index near Ukraine's border as a major motorcade carrying the US president drive through the Ukrainian capital.

 

 

 

The visit from Joe Biden comes after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the US in December of 2022. During his short visit to the US, Zelensky addressed the US Congress and pleaded for extended support against Russia's aggression. Another group of US senators previously had met the Ukrainian President and other officials in Kyiv in January of 2023. US senators Lindsey Graham, Richard Blumenthal, and Sheldon Whitehouse met Zelensky in the presidential palace and received a briefing on the country's security situation, according to the Ukrainian president’s office.

 

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After reports of escalation by Russia on Ukraine for months, Moscow on February 24, 2022, openly declared advancement in the Ukranian territory.