WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden by all accounts was having a quiet weekend at the White House, joining his wife Jill Biden for dinner at a restaurant on a rare outing in Washington on Saturday (Feb 18). But behind the scenes, officials at the White House and other agencies were planning intensively for Bid
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden by all accounts was having a quiet weekend at the White House, joining his wife Jill Biden for dinner at a restaurant on a rare outing in Washington on Saturday .
After months of planning, Biden on Friday decided to go ahead with the trip, according to the White House. The president flew overnight to the United States' Ramstein Air Base in Germany. The plane was refueled and he flew on to Rzeszow in southeastern Poland. After a one-hour drive, he arrived in Przemysl, a city along the Poland-Ukraine border.
The train came to a stop at the Kyiv-Pasazhyrsky station in the Ukrainian capital at roughly 8am local time on Monday. The area around the platform had been cleared and the US ambassador to Ukraine, Bridget Brink, awaited Biden and his staff.US President Joe Biden delivers a statement as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy listens to him at Mariinsky Palace during an unannounced visit, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb 20, 2023.
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