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#LIVE πŸ”΄πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ US President #JoeBiden praises the Ukrainian people for their effort and courage since Russia's full-scale invasion of their country almost one year ago.

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ "Unchecked aggression is a threat to all of us," says Biden ‡️
#LIVE πŸ”΄πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ "We know there will be difficult days, weeks and years ahead," says #JoeBiden in Kyiv.

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ "Russia's aim was to wipe #Ukraine off the map. But Putin's war conquest is failing" ‡️
#LIVE πŸ”΄πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ "Putin thought that #Ukraine was weak, and the West was divided. He was plain wrong. One year later, the evidence is right here in this room," says #JoeBiden in Kyiv ‡️
πŸ”΄ The joint press conference between #JoeBiden and #VolodymyrZelensky has ended.

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ Let's now turn to some analysis of it and Biden's Kyiv visit in general.

What is the symbolism of the visit? @JamesAndreF24 breaks it down ‡️
πŸ”΄πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ US President Joe Biden said Washington would provide #Ukraine with a new military aid package worth $500 million during the joint press conference with #VolodymyrZelensky.

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ What might the package contain? @ofarry has this run-down ‡️
πŸ”΄πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Biden's visit "caught everybody by surprise" as it came earlier than expected amid much speculation ahead of the war's anniversary and his Poland visit, says @SmithInAmerica.

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ However, due to Biden's public support for Ukraine, the visit was in other ways anticipated ‡️

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Feb 21
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Biden speaks alongside the Polish President Andrzej Duda.

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πŸ”΄ Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech now, nearly one year after Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ Ahead of the anniversary of the full-scale invasion of #Ukraine by #Russia on February 24, we are preparing even more special coverage and analyses of the #war.

πŸ”Ž Follow this thread, so you don't miss anything out from FRANCE 24's #Ukraine1YearOn πŸ‘‡
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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ”΄πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ US President Joe Biden is on an unannounced visit to Kyiv today, where he is meeting with Ukrainian President #VolodymyrZelensky.

Follow along #live here ‡️ twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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Watch his speech here ‡️
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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ "The results of this visit will surely be seen on the battlefield in liberating our territories" ‡️
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