He did not come by air. Joe Biden arrived in Poland by train precisely at 8:30 p.m. at Przemysl station in the south-east of the country, after his surprise visit to Kiev where he confirmed Washington’s “unwavering” support for Ukraine.
This Tuesday, he is expected to speak in a solemn speech at the Warsaw Palace, while his Russian counterpart has also planned to speak. From this emblematic place in Polish history and three days before the first anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, Joe Biden will want to “send a message to (Vladimir) Putin as much as to the Russian people”, a doorman said on Friday. – White House spokesman, John Kirby.
“We can proudly say that our support for Ukraine remains unwavering and that (…) the international coalition supporting Ukraine is stronger than ever,” he said, repeating that the United States United would support Kiev “as long as it takes”.
An appointment with the countries of Eastern Europe
Upon his arrival in Warsaw on Tuesday, Joe Biden will meet Polish President Andrzej Duda, head of state of a country which plays a key role in the military support system piloted by the United States. The American president will also see, on Wednesday, the so-called “Nine from Bucharest” group, a group of Eastern European countries and Baltic countries that are members of NATO (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania , Poland, Romania, Slovakia).
The United States is by far Ukraine’s main supporter: the military, economic and humanitarian aid that it has provided or approved since the beginning of the conflict exceeds 100 billion dollars. Behind these dizzying figures, the Americans have evolved their military assistance towards heavier and more sophisticated equipment: first anti-tank missiles, then precision artillery batteries and now light armor, before heavy tanks later. .