During the visit of US President Joe Biden to Kyiv on February 20, 2023, an air raid alert was issued. At that moment, Joe Biden, together with Vladimir Zelensky, took part in the ceremony of honoring the fallen Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred, and he was informed of the cause of the alarm.
This Channel 24 was told by Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak. According to him, despite Russia's warning that the US president would be in Kiev, they still decided to show their essence and raised rocket carriers into the sky.
The concept of a closed the sky is relevant again
At the beginning of a full-scale invasion, when Russia unexpectedly began to terrorize Ukraine with missile attacks, the Ukrainian leadership asked NATO to close the sky over Ukraine to make missile attacks impossible.
Then Ukraine refused, explaining this as a threat of escalation, but a year after a full-scale Ukraine will be able to close its skies by itself if it receives Western planes.
Today, the concept of a closed sky is generally accepted, everyone agrees that it is necessary. Within the framework of this concept, Ukraine needs really a closed sky, and not part of a closed sky, due to air defense systems,” Podolyak said.
He added that Ukraine needs fighter aircraft with an interception system in order to to actively work with hypersonic and ballistic missiles that attack Ukrainian cities.
Mikhail Podolyak is convinced that the air raid signal influenced Biden: watch the video
“It seems to me that the President of the United States clearly understood why this was important when he heard this siren and was informed that these were hypersonic aircraft,” Mikhail Podolyak said.
Biden showed courage
Mikhail Podolyak noted that Joe Biden showed his courage by deciding to come to Kiev. According to the adviser to the head of the President's Office, the air raid during Biden's visit is a demonstration of the mental state of some people in Russia.He said that the alarm was caused by the launch of Kinzhal hypersonic missiles into the sky of Belarus. According to Podolyak, the guests remembered this gesture well.
Joe Biden arrived in Kiev: the main thing
- February 20, 2023, the President of the United States Joe Biden unexpectedly visited Kiev. His visit was arranged in secret, but Russia was warned.
- During the visit, Biden announced another package of military aid to Ukraine. It will include ammunition for HIMARS and artillery, as well as additional systems that will help protect Ukraine from bombing.
- The US President said in Kyiv that Putin's war of conquest is losing.
