4 hours agoAM ERIKA, U.S.A.: Trained by Varshava... the fantastic scenario of organising the secret visit of Biden to Ukraine
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)This is America: The following text, reported by the New York Times and the translation Periscope, tells the entire secret arrangement of the United States of the surprise visit of the American president to Kiev, Ukraine. Read just this: The White House announced an activity of President Biden to imply that President [...]
The US President Joe Biden's secret visit to Ukraine was made by train from Poland, reports New York Times.
The visit has been kept secret until it occurred publicly, the cause of security issues, writes NYTimes, translates Periscopi.
Biden reportedly left Washington unannounced after having dinner with his wife at a restaurant in Washington on Saturday evening.
The White House on Saturday has announced a presidential activity in Washington, hinting that the president is still in Washington to continue in the summer for Warsaw, which, in fact, he was nearly halfway around the world”, writes New York Times, translates Periscopi.
This first trip to Ukraine, since Russia has begun its conquest almost a year ago.
The photos distributed in social media showed Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, hosting his American counterpart in the centre of the capital, Kiev.
Although warning sirens were first heard, they did not report an attack.
Zelensky said Beden's visit “is an extremely important sign of support for all Ukrainian”.
Biden said he is in Kiev to confirm the US's steadfast commitment “to democracy, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine”.
When [Russian president, Vladimir] Putin began the invasion nearly a year ago, he thought Ukraine is weak and that the West is divided. He thought he could defeat us, but he was wrong”, Biden said.
He added that the US is preparing a new shipment of “critical equipment” to Ukraine, which, as he said, would include artillery and air surveillance radar ammunition.
The United States is one of the largest relief providers for the Ukrainian Army. Since the beginning of the Russian occupation on February 24th of last year, Washington has sent protection and logistics equipment worth tens of billions of dollars.
Beden and Zelensky met for the last time in December, when the Ukrainian president remained for official visit to Washington.
At the time, Biden assured his counterpart that US support for Ukraine “will continue as long as there is a need for”.
