The American President was the last of major Western heads of state to visit President Zelensky IN the Ukraine…
The word was Biden was going to Poland on the eve of the anniversary of the Russian/Ukraine conflict…
Most of us who follow this kinda stuff began to think ‘how’ would a American President visit a war torn country…
Helicopters?
Military Transport planes?
How?
Turns out that Biden did what ALL the other world officals have done….
A train ride (Remember….Joe Biden IS partial train rides)…
(US officals gave the Russians a ‘head’s up ‘ on visit * to make sure there was no actual surprise mistake Russian action)
Biden flew to Poland unannouced in a smaller B-757 Air Force One…The aircraft did NOT use the Presidential offical call sign…It did the trip as ‘SAM 060’ the Special Missions aircraft’s numbers…(Anyone doubt the controlers handling the aircraft were briefed ?)
With a never seen VERY small footprint for a American President traveling…..
(No many armored car motorcades…No direct over head air cover….No helicopters…No Air Force One…Biden traveled in the city in what looked like embassy SUV )
Every other modern day American President HAS made a trip into war zones in Afghnistan and Iraq….
This IS a special payback to the Ukraine President who made the trip to the American White House…
And of course a political plus for Biden who announced more money from the US for the Ukraine….
Biden was on the ground for about 5 hours…..
(He has been in the city 7 time’s before)
Reporters talking after Biden left had snow falling…
The Ukraine does NOT have commerical airfield’s operating near Kyiv…
Mark Mamilll made the announcemnet that President Biden had left and said…
‘May the Force Be with you’… to Ukrainan’s over social media…..
Biden was spotted with the Ukrainian leader outside St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery shortly before noon local time, his appearance capping hours of speculation during an intense security lockdown that had blocked car traffic and even pedestrians from parts of central Kyiv.
Following talks with Zelensky and a visit to the U.S. Embassy, Biden departed Kyiv several hours later, according to a reporter traveling with him. Biden’s visit, however brief, represented one of the most remarkable presidential trips in modern history, sending him into a country at war and a city under regular bombardment without the heavy U.S. military presence that provided a protective shield during previous stops in Iraq or Afghanistan….
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Under Biden’s leadership, the United States and its NATO allies have gradually expanded the array of weaponry they have pledged to include heavy tanks, but Ukrainian leaders continue to press for more sophisticated weapons as the combatants prepare for renewed offensives this spring.
Biden said his visit was intended to reaffirm American backing for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, which Russia has violated since 2014, when Putin annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and launched support for a separatist campaign in the eastern Donbas region…
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The White House has attempted to cast the deepening conflict as a high-stakes battle that will determine not only Ukraine’s fate, but also that of democracies and the rule of law everywhere, arguing that if Putin is permitted to seize parts of another nation by force, it will give a green light to other autocrats.
“When Putin launched his invasion nearly one year ago, he thought Ukraine was weak and the West was divided. He thought he could outlast us,” Biden said in a statement issued by the White House after his arrival. “But he was dead wrong.”
Video later showed the president, wearing a dark suit and, in an apparent nod to the Ukrainian flag, a blue-and yellow striped tie, seated with Zelensky, who wore his trademark military-style attire.
The visit represented a major boost for Zelensky, whose domestic support has soared in line with national unity and anti-Russian fury since Putin’s invasion….
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The regular way American President’s travel…..Link...
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Biden’s visit played on Russian TV also…..
*which means Biden COULD have flown in if he wanted to….
image…Credit…Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times
Greene Wants Biden Impeached Over Ukraine Trip
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) was enraged by President Biden’s “incredibly insulting” trip to Ukraine and later called for his impeachment.
A little hard to impeach, even less convict, the President for doing what 90% of members of both parties in each chamber want him to do: support Ukraine.
Ur being kind……
Impossible and especially from a nut job