Joe Biden and his historic visit to Kiev

He arrived around 8am and met with Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelensky and walked around downtown Kiev while promising continued US support for Ukraine.

He has also met the First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a joint address in Kiev with US President Joe Biden has said that “The democratic world” should win this historic fight”.

“is the most important visit to the entire history of US-Ukrainian relations,” said Zelensky, adding that “underlines the results we have already reached”.

“Today our negotiations were very productive”, Zelensky said.

He added that the results of this visit will surely be seen and will reflect on the battlefield.

The US's decision to give Abrams tanks to Ukraine in early January has already contributed to strengthening Ukraine's defence”, Zelensky says, adding that he and Biden also talked about long-range weapons.

I know there will be a very important support package for Ukraine... “, the Ukrainian president added, the BBC reports.

“Ukrainian is grateful for you, Mr. President”, he told Biden.

During Beden's visit to Kiev, sirens of air strikes were heard, the BBC writes.

Biden's secret trip to Ukraine has been made by train from Poland's border, reports the New York Times.

The visit to Kiev remained a secret due to security concerns. Reports also say Biden left Washington without warning as he and his wife Jill had a rare dinner at a restaurant Saturday evening.

Officials had denied that the head of the American state would visit Ukraine during his planned trip to Eastern Europe.

The New York Times writes: “actually, the White House on Sunday evening published a public schedule for Monday, where the president still appeared in Washington and left for Warsaw/Tax1> in the evening.