U.S. President Joe Biden is confident that what is happening in Ukraine will change the 21st century, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said following a meeting with him in Warsaw, APA reports citing Interfax.
"President Biden said two things. First, what is happening in Ukraine will change the 21st century. He has an absolutely clear understanding of this. What we have always been talking about since 2014 is that this is not a war of Russia against Ukraine. This is a war of tyranny against the free world. Today, President Biden said just that: what is happening in Ukraine will change the history of the 21st century, and we will work together to ensure that this change is for our benefit – for the benefit of Ukraine, for the benefit of the democratic world", Kuleba said in a video message on Facebook on Saturday.
Kuleba said that Biden joined his talks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and talks between Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. According to him, he and Biden had a long, broad conversation.
U.S. President Joe Biden is confident that what is happening in Ukraine will change the 21st century, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said following a meeting with him in Warsaw.
"President Biden said two things. First, what is happening in Ukraine will change the 21st century. He has an absolutely clear understanding of this. What we have always been talking about since 2014 is that this is not a war of Russia against Ukraine. This is a war of tyranny against the free world. Today, President Biden said just that: what is happening in Ukraine will change the history of the 21st century, and we will work together to ensure that this change is for our benefit – for the benefit of Ukraine, for the benefit of the democratic world" , Kuleba said in a video message on Facebook on Saturday.
Kuleba said that Biden joined his talks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and talks between Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. According to him, he and Biden had a long, broad conversation.
"He joined us for two reasons, to continue his dialogue with President Zelensky, and also because he wanted to express his respect and admiration for all Ukrainians who are resisting the Russian forces in our person – me and Oleksiy Reznikov," the minister said.
Kuleba said that they spoke in great detail about Mariupol.
"I want you, everyone who is currently defending Mariupol, to know that we, Ukraine, together with our partners, are doing everything possible to help you. And President Biden has the same admiration for every Ukrainian, who contributes to victory over Russia," the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said.
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US President Biden is huddling with senior Ukrainian officials in Warsaw on the final day of his trip to Europe, APA reports citing CNN.
At a hotel in the Polish capital, Biden dropped by a meeting between Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov and their American counterparts, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
During a short photo-op, the group made small talk about the arduous journey the ministers took from Ukraine to Poland, which included a train ride followed by three hours in a car.
"It’s like flying from Kyiv to Washington with a connecting flight in Istanbul," Kuleba said.
"The good thing is that since the beginning of the war I’ve learned how to sleep under any conditions. So I slept on the train, I slept in the car," he went on.
Biden latched onto the idea the ministers had traveled by train, and relayed that he, too, had experience of rail travel.
"You’re looking at a fellow who’s traveled over a million, 200,000 miles on a train. Literally," Biden said.
"So you learned how to sleep," one of the ministers replied.
"I learned how to sleep," Biden said. "I even learned how to become friends with a conductor so they kept the people away. You didn’t have to worry about that."
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US President Joe Biden will attend a meeting Saturday with Ukrainian officials as he completes his visit to Poland, APA reports citing CNN.
The White House said Biden would drop by a meeting between his Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and their Ukrainian counterparts, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov.
It comes as Ukraine laments the outcomes of this week's NATO summit, which rebuffed calls from the country's leader to impose a no-fly zone.
“We expected more bravery. We expected some bold decisions,” Andriy Yermak, the chief of staff to President Volodymyr Zelensky, told the Atlantic Council in a live video interview Friday.
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