Air Raid Sirens Activated as Joe Biden and Zelenskiy Walk Through Kyiv Street in Ukraine

Joe Biden has made a surprise visit to Kyiv before his planned trip to Poland, with days to go before the first anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Rumours were swirling in the lead-up to the US president’s Europe trip that he might meet Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, either in Warsaw or at Poland’s border with Ukraine.

His visit to Ukraine’s capital, almost a year since it was almost surrounded by Russian troops in the early days of the war, sends a strong signal of US support for Ukraine to Moscow and the international community, not least due to security concerns.