President Joseph R. Biden by all accounts was having a quiet weekend at the White House, joining his wife Jill Biden for dinner at a restaurant on a rare outing in Washington on Saturday.
US President Joseph R. Biden and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky visit Saint Michael’s cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine Feb. 20, 2023. — REUTERS
But behind the scenes, officials at the White House and other agencies were planning intensively for Mr. Biden to make an unannounced trip to Kyiv to show solidarity with Ukraine days before the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion. White House officials said Mr. Biden was taken to Joint Base Andrews outside of Washington and departed at 4:15 a.m. on Sunday aboard an Air Force jet, accompanied by a handful of aides. A scaled-back news media presence went along with him: just one reporter and a photographer instead of his usual media pool.
Mr. Biden then boarded a train and traveled 10 hours to Kyiv. By then it was Sunday night, and Mr. Biden’s train traveled in the dark with a heavy security presence on board.
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