Last month, Rolling Stone reported on the intense fighting around the small city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. Gp8CtXLxno- Anna Purtova February 20, 2023 We are united in our goal of preserving Ukraine, its western and democratic growth path. It is a symbol that Ukraine is not alone. President Biden is already in Kyiv! This is a moment that will go down in history. “All they’ve done is add more poorly-trained, poorly-led conscripts to the meat grinder in a broad front approach that is much easier for the Ukrainians to defend than if there was in fact a real offensive where the Russians focused on one of two specific parts of Ukraine’s defense.” Army Europe, tells Rolling Stone via email. Ben Hodges, who formerly served as head of U.S. “Russia’s much advertised offensive is more of a no-offensive,” retired Lt. The Russians have tried several counter-offenses, called up conscripts, and changed battlefield leadership over and over again. Combat videos of off-the-shelf drones dropping bombs on Russian soldiers and tanks littered social media. Artillery batteries, and even some repurposed Soviet tanks. Breaks Down His Killer White House Correspondents’ Dinner SetĪs Europe descended into bloodshed violence, the news broke that Zelensky told the White House mere days after Russia invaded: “I need ammunition, not a ride.” The war machine kicked in as Western countries sent multi-million dollar aid packages of bullets and bombs to Ukraine.
Western governments offered to help Zelensky escape. Outsider observers feared that Kyiv could fall to the Russians in a matter of days. Then President Vladimir Putin launched his so-called “special military operation,” allegedly to cleanse the “Nazis” from his neighbor’s ranks. At the time, many in Ukraine and at home viewed the warnings as hype - or war-mongering. intelligence warned last year that the 150,000 Russian troops amassed on Ukraine’s border were set to invade. Kyiv was seen as a key Kremlin objective when U.S. Ultimately, Biden selected Kyiv, a city that stands as a symbolic gesture of Ukraine’s resolve after Russian forces tried and failed to capture the capital city early in the war last year. The senior White House official says the concerns stemmed from the “unpredictability of the environment and the reduced security footprint required to support the movement of the president.” 5HYcoEL47Y- President Biden February 20, 2023 The Secret Service did not respond to Rolling Stone’s requests for comment, and the Defense Department referred questions to the White House. Given the obvious fact that Ukraine is an active battlefield, both the Secret Service and the Defense Department had security objections to some of the plans presented. Another sought to hold the meeting in Lviv, a Western Ukrainian city that has been hit by Russian airstrikes several times since the war began but remains relatively safe when compared to the heavy fighting on the Eastern front. One idea called for a meeting between Biden and Zelensky at an undisclosed location at the Polish-Ukrainian border. The official was not authorized to speak on the record. But he was dead wrong,” Biden said in a statement.īiden was presented with an array of plans for this Ukraine trip, says the senior White House official with direct knowledge of the matter.
“When Putin launched his invasion nearly one year ago, he thought Ukraine was weak and the West was divided. On Monday, however, Biden strolled the streets of downtown Kyiv, with Zelensky at his side, and announced additional weapons deliveries. government have made the trip to the war-torn country while the president himself had not - until now. Over the past year, First Lady Jill Biden, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and others in the U.S. Politically, this trip “needed to happen,” a senior White House official tells Rolling Stone. 6TlaTSh6wL- Clash Report February 20, 2023ĭespite claims from the White House for Biden having “no plans” to cross into Ukraine during his trip to Poland, plans to cross the Polish-Ukraine border began more than a month ago, after Biden told staffers he wanted a public display to show solidarity between the United States and embattled Ukraine as it enters its second year of war.
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