US President Joe Biden conceded this Thursday the possibility of visiting Poland on a trip to coincide with the anniversary of the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at the end of the month.
Speaking to reporters at the White House, Biden explained that he has not yet decided whether he will travel to Poland or, if he does, when exactly he will, but he left the hypothesis open.
In March last year, a month after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Biden visited the Polish cities of Rzeszów and Warsaw, where he met Ukrainian refugees and delivered a harsh speech against Russian President Vladimir Putin.
After Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 last year, Washington and its allies imposed heavy sanctions to isolate Russia’s largest banks and oligarchs close to Putin from the financial system, among other measures against the energy sector.
The United States is also the country that has given Ukraine the largest financial and military support, in successive aid packages that have already exceeded €27 billion.
The military offensive launched by Russia in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 has so far led to the flight of more than 14 million people – 6.5 million internally displaced persons and more than eight million to European countries – according to the most recent data from the UN. which classifies this refugee crisis as the worst in Europe since World War II (1939-1945).
At the moment, at least 17.7 million Ukrainians need humanitarian aid and 9.3 million need food aid and shelter.
The Russian invasion – justified by the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, with the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russian security – was condemned by the international community at large, which responded by sending arms to Ukraine and to impose on Russia political and economic sanctions.
The UN presented 7,155 civilian deaths and 11,662 wounded as confirmed since the start of the war, underlining that these numbers are far below the real ones.
Source: DN
