For one, Russia was given a heads-up of the president's visit to avoid any miscalculation that could bring the two nuclear-armed nations into direct conflict.
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President Joe Biden, right, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talk during an unannounced visit in Kyiv, Ukraine.Sullivan said the trip “required a security, operational, and logistical effort from professionals across the U.S. government to take what was an inherently risky undertaking and make it a manageable risk.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks on as U.S. President Joe Biden signs a guest book at the Mariinsky Palace during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine.Biden traveled with a far smaller than usual retinue: Sullivan, deputy chief of staff Jen O’Malley Dillon and the director of Oval Office operations, Annie Tomasini. They were joined by his Secret Service detail, the military aide carrying the so-called “nuclear football,” a small medical team and the official White House photographer.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and U.S. President Joe Biden shake hands during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine.While Biden was in Kyiv, U.S. surveillance planes, including E-3 Sentry airborne radar and an electronic RC-135W Rivet Joint aircraft, were keeping watch over Kyiv from Polish airspace.The sealing off of Kyiv roads that are usually humming with traffic brought an eerie calm to the center of the capital.
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