President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the Ukrainian presidential palace on February 20, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Workplace through Getty Pictures)
- President Joe Biden stated he was “honored” to return to Kyiv on his shock go to Monday.
- “Kyiv has captured part of my coronary heart,” Biden stated in a tweet Monday. “I knew I might be again.”
- Biden had visited earlier than the conflict, however waited virtually a yr to make the dangerous journey on Monday
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President Joe Biden stated he was “honored” to return to the capital metropolis of Ukraine after his shock go to Monday.
“Kyiv has captured part of my coronary heart,” Biden said in a tweet Monday morning. “I knew I might be again.”
It was Biden’s first journey to Ukraine since Russia invaded in February 2022. He had visited earlier than as Vice President. In a photograph of a be aware connected to the tweet, Biden wrote that he was “honored to be welcomed once more in Kyiv to face in solidarity and friendship with the liberty loving individuals of Ukraine.”
The be aware then addressed Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy instantly. “Mr President,” Biden wrote, “please settle for my deepest respect in your braveness and management.”
It was revealed Monday morning that Biden had made a dangerous and shocking journey to the capital metropolis of Ukraine, Insider reported, although his aides felt the journey to Kyiv could be too harmful as lately as this month.
The New York Times reported the president arrived in Kyiv by prepare on a detour from an official go to to Poland. The journey was saved a secret over safety considerations, although the US tipped off Russia that Biden was coming.
Biden said in a statement the aim of the journey was to “reaffirm our unwavering and unflagging dedication to Ukraine’s democracy, sovereignty, and territorial integrity.” “At the moment, in Kyiv, I’m assembly with President Zelenskyy and his staff for an prolonged dialogue on our assist for Ukraine,” Biden stated.
He continued: “When Putin launched his invasion practically one yr in the past, he thought Ukraine was weak and the West was divided. He thought he may outlast us. However he was useless flawed.” Supporters of Russian President Vladimir Putin are reportedly livid concerning the journey, calling it a “humiliation for Moscow,” as a result of the White Home solely gave Russia “hours” discover of the go to, Insider previously reported.
