U.S. President Joseph Biden made a surprise visit to Kiev on February 20, where he met with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky. Despite the historical significance of this visit, this is not the end of Biden's trip to Europe.
Important news should also be expected from Joe Biden's speech in Poland, which will take place tomorrow, February 21. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (in 2014-2019) Pavel Klimkin stated this on the airChannel 24.
The purpose and results of Biden's visit
In Kyiv, the US president announced a new aid package for Ukraine worth nearly $500 million. Unfortunately, it did not contain new weapons packages, but mainly shells to those already received by Ukraine.
However, the Ukrainian diplomat believes that it is not worth comparing the numbers of aid packages. Like, this is not a game of arithmetic, but the main surprises are yet to come.
In my opinion, Biden's visit is symbolic, because it is also an ideally chosen time – on the eve of the anniversary of the invasion. Tomorrow Putin will speak with his message. That is, everything came together, – emphasizes Pavel Klimkin.
According to him, Joe Biden's visit was aimed at showing his leadership as the President of the United States. It also means that the United States remains our key ally and partner.
“The talks, of course, talked about a further strategy. I think they also talked about new types of weapons, but also about what is critical for us what you need is ammunition, artillery and many other things,” explains the ex-head of the Foreign Ministry.
In his opinion, the arrival of the US president also means that there will be no restrictions on the supply of new types of weapons or the expansion of “old” ones.
Pavel Klimkin on Joe Biden's historic visit: see video
The interlocutor also recalled that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken officially called Russia's actions “crimes against humanity.” That is, the Russian authorities recognized them as criminals.
Now Biden is coming to Kyiv. Biden will be making a speech tomorrow. I think this speech will be historic. Just as Ronald Reagan once said: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall,” Pavel Klimkin said.
So history is changing right now. And then we should wait for the next military aid packages, because this is a whole strategy, not individual steps.
Joe Biden's visit to Ukraine.
- < li> Joe Biden's visit to Ukraine on February 20 caused hysteria in Moscow. Especially painful for the Kremlin was the fact that the US president visited Kiev on the eve of the “grand” speech of the dictator.
- Advisor to the head of the Office of the President Mikhail Podolyak said that Russia had been warned through diplomatic channels about the official visit of US President Joe Biden to Kiev, as well as about the possible consequences for it in case of any provocations.
- Against the background of the visit of the US President to Ukraine, Russian propagandists began to invent new nonsense. To create the appearance of their own importance, the mouthpieces of the Kremlin said that it was Russia that allowed Biden to come to Ukraine.
