It was only when the first images of Biden in the capital city popped up on Ukrainian social media that the secret visit became global news.
President Biden made a surprise trip to Kyiv, Ukraine on Monday ahead of the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of the country. Biden spoke alongside Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.’s motorcade slipped out of the White House around 3:30 a.m. Sunday. No big, flashy Air Force One for this trip -– the president vanished into the darkness on an Air Force C-32, a modified Boeing 757 normally used for domestic trips to smaller airports.
The president had been itching since last year to join the parade of other Western officials who have visited Kyiv to pledge support standing shoulder to shoulder with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the capital.provided an obvious opening to tack on a stop in Kyiv. A small group of senior officials at the White House and across U.S. national security agencies set about working in secret for months to make it happen, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Monday.
Meanwhile, in Kyiv, many main streets and central blocks were cordoned off without explanation. People started sharing videos of long motorcades of cars speeding along streets where access was restricted — the first clues that Biden had arrived. The U.S. military does not have a presence in Ukraine other than a small detachment of Marines guarding the embassy in Kyiv, making Biden’s visit more complicated than visits by prior U.S. leaders to war zones.
President Joe Biden with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi walk past the wall of St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery on February 20, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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