UPDATED. Air raid sirens blare across the Ukrainian capital as US President Joe Biden visits Kyiv, although there were no reports of Russian missile or air strikes.
KYIV, Ukraine – US President Joe Biden made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday, February 20, in a show of support ahead of the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion, promising President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Washington would stand with Ukraine as long as it takes.
The White House said Biden would announce more sanctions on Russia and military support for Ukraine including artillery ammunition, anti-armor systems and air surveillance radars. Russia has secured only scant gains so far in assaults in frozen trenches up and down the eastern front in recent weeks. Kyiv and the West see it as a push to give Putin victories to tout a year after he launched Europe’s biggest war since World War Two.
Russia is trying to secure full control of two eastern provinces that form Ukraine’s Donbas mining and industrial region. It has launched assaults at locations running from Kreminna in the north down to Vuhledar in the south, securing most of its recent gains around the mining city of Bakhmut.
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