Kyiv, Ukraine: President Joe Biden swept unannounced into Ukraine on Monday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a defiant display of Western solidarity with a country still fighting what he called “a brutal and unjust war” days be­fore the first anniversary of Rus­sia’s invasion.

“One year later, Kyiv stands,” Biden declared after meeting Zelen­skyy at Mariinsky Palace. Jabbing his finger for emphasis on his po­dium, against a backdrop of three flags from each country, he contin­ued: “And Ukraine stands. Democ­racy stands. The Americans stand with you, and the world stands with you.”

Biden spent more than five hours in the Ukrainian capital, consulting with Zelenskyy on next steps, hon­oring the country’s fallen soldiers and seeing U.S. embassy staff in the besieged country. Altogether he was on Ukrainian territory for about 23 hours, traveling by train from and back to Poland.

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Source: AP