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U.S. President Joe Biden visited Kiev on February 20. A visit of such a level is an important sign both for the aggressor country and for Ukraine's allies.
This Channel 24 was told by an Americanist political scientist, an analyst at the public organization “Internews -Ukraine” Vladislav Faraponov. According to him, it is symbolic that Biden's visit to Ukraine took place a few days before the anniversary of the Russian invasion.
Thus, the United States demonstrated that support for Ukraine will continue. Faraponov noted that during the year of full-scale war, powerful bilateral cooperation between Washington and Kiev was established, and all issues were resolved in working order.
“This means that everything is going well both in military and economic terms It is important that cooperation with the United States takes place between state institutions of the proper level.The dialogue is institutional, and this is most valued in Washington“, the political scientist noted.
Signal to strengthen support for Ukraine
It is very important that Biden's trip to Kyiv was not connected with the fact that problems arose that needed to be urgently addressed at a high level. On the contrary, the visit of the US President to Ukraine showed that everything is going well in cooperation between Kiev and Washington.
Moreover, the United States wants to motivate other countries to even more help Ukraine.
There was a need to send a signal to other countries to step up their support for Ukraine. The United States has shown how much they are doing,” said Faraponov.
The Internews-Ukraine analyst recalled that Washington has provided a large amount of assistance to Ukraine over the past year. In particular, we are talking about:
- $13 billion direct budgetary support;
- almost$39 billion in military assistance. Faraponov noted that this amount covers only what has already been provided to Ukraine. And Kiev will get a lot more in the near future.
Vladislav Faraponov spoke about the symbolism of Biden's visit to Kiev: watch the video
A slap in the face for Putin
Faraponov stressed that Joe Biden's visit is a strategic one. It is symbolic that the meeting with Vladimir Zelensky took place in Kyiv, and not, for example, in Poland.
Biden's visit to Kyiv is definitely a slap in the face for Vladimir Putin. The US presidential administration loves high-level symbolism,” the political scientist noted.
He recalled that Joe Biden signed the law on Lend-Lease for Ukraine on May 9, 2022, at the time when Moscow was gathering for its festive parade .
What Biden and Zelensky could talk about
Much of what Biden and Zelensky talked about remained behind closed doors. The Internews-Ukraine analyst suggested that the leaders of the 2 countries could discuss issues important for Ukraine:
- longer-range missiles;
- return of Crimea;
- strengthening of Ukrainian air defense;
- further sanctions against Russia;
- approval of a special tribunal for Russia.
Faraponov added that the US recently provided additional funds to document Russian crimes in Ukraine.
How the air raid will affect Biden
The political scientist noted that it was also symbolic that an air raid alert was announced during Biden's visit to Ukraine.
This is such a memory that will be with the US president for a long time. In my opinion, he is quite an emotional person and remembers such things,” Faraponov said.
He added that, probably, this memory will influence the US president in the future during his further decisions to support Ukraine.< /p>
Joe Biden's visit to Ukraine in brief
- The US President announced during his visit to Kiev that the States plan to announce additional aid on February 20 Ukraine in the amount of $2.5 billion.
- Against the background of the US President's visit to Ukraine, Russian propagandists began to get hysterical. The mouthpieces of the Kremlin said that it was Russia that allowed Biden to come to Ukraine.
- Joe Biden pointed out the main mistake of Vladimir Putin. The Russian dictator, when he launched the invasion almost a year ago, believed that Ukraine was weak and the West divided, the US president said. However, Putin was deeply mistaken.
