Biden in Ukraine: How the president's surprise visit was kept a secret

Biden made a surprise visit to Ukraine almost one year since Russia's invasion

On February 20, 2023, President Joe Biden traveled to Kyiv, Ukraine. The trip was a surprise with few people knowing of the visit.

Biden Declares ‘Kyiv Stands’ in Surprise Visit to Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Joe Biden swept unannounced into Ukraine on Monday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a defiant display of Western solidarity with a country still fighting what he called “a brutal and unjust war” days before the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion.

Biden declares ‘Kyiv stands’ in surprise visit to Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine — President Joe Biden swept unannounced into Ukraine on Monday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a defiant display of Western solidarity with a country still fighting what he called “a brutal and unjust war” days before the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion.

How to sneak a president from DC to Kyiv without anyone noticing?

Biden's surprise 23-hour visit to Ukraine on Monday was the first time in modern history that a U.S. leader visited a warzone outside the aegis of the US military — a feat the White House said carried some risk even though Moscow was given a heads-up.

Biden makes surprise Ukraine visit, pledging more US aid as war’s anniversary nears

KYIV, Ukraine — President Joe Biden secretly slipped into Kyiv on Monday for a historic visit to show U.S. solidarity with war-torn Ukraine, pledging an additional half-billion dollars in military aid and declaring Russian leader Vladimir Putin to be “dead…

Sneaking a president from DC to Kyiv without anyone noticing

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Joe Biden’s motorcade slipped out of the White House around 3:30 a.m. Sunday. No big, flashy Air Force One for this trip — the president vanished into the darkness on an Air Force C-32, a modified Boeing 757 normally used for domestic trips to smaller airports. The next time he turned up — 20 hours later — it was in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine. Biden’s surprise 23-hour visit to Ukraine on Monday was the first time in mo…