{"id":1853831,"date":"2023-02-20T10:20:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T15:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1853831"},"modified":"2023-02-20T10:20:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T15:20:23","slug":"biden-makes-surprise-visit-to-ukraine-promises-500-million-in-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-makes-surprise-visit-to-ukraine-promises-500-million-in-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Makes Surprise Visit to Ukraine, Promises $500 Million in Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-makes-surprise-visit-to-ukraine-promises-500-million-in-aid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1853831&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Max Hunder<\/p>\n<p>KYIV (Reuters)\u2014U.S. President Joe\u00a0Biden\u00a0promised new military aid for Ukraine worth $500 million during a surprise visit to Kyiv on Monday, almost a year to the day since Russia&#8217;s invasion.<\/p>\n<p>In a trip showing solidarity with Kyiv,\u00a0Biden\u00a0also said additional sanctions would be announced this week against the Russian elite and companies trying to evade sanctions to &#8220;back the Russian war machine&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The military aid package includes artillery ammunition, antiarmor systems, and air surveillance radars. &#8220;to help protect the Ukrainian people from aerial bombardments,&#8221; He stated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Freedom is priceless. It is worth fighting for as long as it takes. And that&#8217;s how long we&#8217;re going to be with you, Mr. President. As long as it takes,&#8221;\u00a0Biden\u00a0told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy after talks.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u00a0appeared to make no mention of fighter jets, which Ukraine has been seeking from Western allies to help it push back the Russian forces.<\/p>\n<p>Air raid sirens blared as\u00a0Biden, 80, walked with Zelenskiy through central Kyiv but there were no reports of Russian missile or air strikes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The cost that Ukraine has had to pay is extraordinarily high. Sacrifices have been far too great,&#8221;\u00a0Biden\u00a0told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>The trip can be described as follows: &#8220;historic&#8221;, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said both\u00a0Biden\u00a0and Zelenskiy were pleased with their talks and that the visit sent a message of resolve to Russia, which he called &#8220;the swamp&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This visit is the victory of the Ukrainian people and President Zelenskiy&#8230; It is a clear signal to the swamp &#8211; no one is afraid of you!&#8221; He stated.<\/p>\n<p>Visiting Kyiv for the first time since Russia&#8217;s invasion on Feb. 24, 2022,\u00a0Biden\u00a0said Washington would stand with Ukraine as long as it takes.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that he was going on the trip to fulfill his purpose. &#8220;reaffirm our unwavering and unflagging commitment to Ukraine&#8217;s democracy, sovereignty, and territorial integrity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>BIGGEST SUPPLIER OF MILITARY ASSISTANCE<\/p>\n<p>Washington is the most significant supplier of military aid to Ukraine in order to repel more-equipped Russian invaders. Kyiv is expecting a major Russian offensive to begin soon. Some military analysts believe that the offensive is already underway.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This visit of the U.S. president to Ukraine, the first for 15 years, is the most important visit in the entire history of Ukraine-U.S. relations,&#8221; Zelenskiy said.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskiy&#8217;s chief of staff posted photographs of\u00a0Biden\u00a0in sun glasses walking side-by-side with Zelenskiy, who was wearing his trademark military-style clothing.\u00a0Biden\u00a0wore a blue and yellow striped tie.<\/p>\n<p>In a speech,\u00a0Biden\u00a0commended Ukraine&#8217;s courage during the war, adding: &#8220;I knew<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KYIV (Reuters)\u2014U.S. President Joe\u00a0Biden\u00a0promised new military aid for Ukraine worth $500 million during a surprise visit to Kyiv on Monday, almost a year to the day since Russia&#8217;s invasion.<br \/>\nThe post Biden Makes Surprise Visit to Ukraine, Promises $500 Million in Aid appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1853834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[8352,7629,3620,12302,14728,6991,7241],"class_list":["post-1853831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-8352","tag-aid","tag-biden","tag-promises","tag-surprise","tag-ukraine","tag-visit"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1853831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1853834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1853831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1853831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1853831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}