Even as air-raid sirens wailed, Biden met with Ukraine's leader to pledge continued U.S. support, both moral and material, for Kyiv against Russia.
War wounds and traumatic captivity, cherry liqueur and air-raid alerts: Weathering the year-old Russian invasion
Tangible indications of Biden’s presence came Monday morning in the center of a cold and sunny Kyiv, where several major streets were blocked off by police barricades and black-clad officers in bulletproof vests turned passersby away. As word spread of a possible high-level U.S. visit, people clustered near the barricades, asking one another: “Biden?”A year ago, President Biden braced for the worst as Russia amassed troops in preparation to invade Ukraine.
The hubbub in downtown Kyiv centered on landmark St. Michael’s monastery, dedicated to the archangel Michael. For months, the broad plaza in front of the golden-domed complex has contained a display ofand armored vehicles, a popular attraction in the wartime capital. The area surrounding the U.S. Embassy was blocked off as well.
Biden’s secrecy-shrouded trip comes after the heads of other NATO nations, including the leaders of Britain, France and Germany, have allto express their support of the effort to repel Russia’s invasion. But Biden’s visit is the strongest signal yet of Western solidarity with Ukraine, and comes as Zelensky girds his country for heavier fighting to come.
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