NEW: President Biden will travel to Poland at the end of the month, the White House announced on Friday, just about a year after Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the president would be visiting Poland from Feb. 20 to Feb. 22."He will meet with President Duda of Poland to discuss our bilateral cooperation as well as our collective efforts to support Ukraine and bolster NATO's deterrence," Jean-Pierre said.
She added that the president would deliver remarks ahead of the one-year mark of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, about the work the U.S. has done to rally the world to support the people of Ukraine as they fight for their democracy. Mr. Biden will also take the opportunity to emphasize that"we will continue to stand with the people of Ukraine for as long as it takes.
"All that's to say, we do expect again that as the weather improves, that fighting will probably get more vicious," Kirby said.
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