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WATCH: Biden Makes Surprise Trip To Ukraine After Failing To Visit Americans In East Palestine

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President Biden just took the dramatic step of traveling into Ukraine to visit the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, in Kiev. This comes less than a week after denying aid to Americans in East Palestine, Ohio.

Here’s the video of Biden and his surprise visit to the war zone:

 

The Associated Press, reporting on what the two discussed during the visit and how the White House worked with the Russian Federation to “ensure deconfliction”, said:

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Biden spent more than five hours in the Ukrainian capital, meeting Zelenskyy at Mariinsky Palace, honoring the country’s fallen soldiers and meeting with U.S. embassy staff in the war-torn country. In his remarks with Zelenskyy, Biden recalled the fears nearly a year ago that Russia’s invasion forces might quickly take city. “One year later, Kyiv stands,” Biden said, jamming his finger for emphasis on his podium decorated with the U.S. and Ukrainian flags. “And Ukraine stands. Democracy stands. The Americans stand with you, and the world stands with you.”

[…]In Kyiv, Biden announced an additional half-billion dollars in U.S. assistance — on top of the more than $50 billion already provided — including shells for howitzers, anti-tank missiles, air surveillance radars and other aid but no new advanced weaponry.

[…]Though Western surface-to-air missile systems have bolstered Ukraine’s defensives, the visit marked the rare occasion when a U.S. president has traveled to a conflict zone where the U.S. or its allies did not have control over the airspace. The White House would not go into specifics but said that “basic communication with the Russians occurred to ensure deconfliction” shortly before Biden’s visit in an effort to avoid any miscalculation that could bring the two nuclear-armed nations into direct conflict.

President Biden released a statement on the visit from the White House Briefing Room, saying:

As the world prepares to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, I am in Kyiv today to meet with President Zelenskyy and reaffirm our unwavering and unflagging commitment to Ukraine’s democracy, sovereignty, and territorial integrity.

When Putin launched his invasion nearly one year ago, he thought Ukraine was weak and the West was divided. He thought he could outlast us. But he was dead wrong.

Today, in Kyiv, I am meeting with President Zelenskyy and his team for an extended discussion on our support for Ukraine. I will announce another delivery of critical equipment, including artillery ammunition, anti-armor systems, and air surveillance radars to help protect the Ukrainian people from aerial bombardments. And I will share that later this week, we will announce additional sanctions against elites and companies that are trying to evade or backfill Russia’s war machine. Over the last year, the United States has built a coalition of nations from the Atlantic to the Pacific to help defend Ukraine with unprecedented military, economic, and humanitarian support – and that support will endure.

I also look forward to traveling on to Poland to meet President Duda and the leaders of our Eastern Flank Allies, as well as deliver remarks on how the United States will continue to rally the world to support the people of Ukraine and the core values of human rights and dignity in the UN Charter that unite us worldwide.

Biden also tweeted out that statement in a Twitter thread:

Despite Biden’s attempts to make the visit look heroic and like he was saving the Ukrainians by visiting, people on Twitter were unimpressed, saying things like:

“Trump didn’t have to go to Ukraine, because trump was getting us out of wars, now he’s gone and it’s business as usual.”

https://twitter.com/alphahunter577/status/1627631103531012097

So basically a giant middle finger for those in East Palestine while he brings another suitcase of money to Ukraine…

It’s really a shame that Joe Biden had the time to aimlessly wander around Ukraine but couldn’t find the time to come visit the people here in East Palestine.

Featured image credit: screenshot from embedded video



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