While the US president's four-day trip to Poland and Ukraine was wholly successful in the face of Russian aggression, Vladimir Putin shows no indication he is scaling down his Ukraine invasion.
And there are fears President Putin plans an anniversary surprise to mark the year since he invaded Ukraine in an unprovoked attack 12 months ago this Friday.
If Russia is planning a protracted conflict, the US president and his allies must be ready to maintain their solidarity. Apart from the absence of Kremlin sympathiser Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at their meeting, there was no sign of disunity. He sent his president instead. The week started with the president's stunning surprise visit to Kyiv which sent a clear message to allies about his commitment to Ukraine, but he said the trip was about more than that. It was about freedom and democracy everywhere he said, and that is what is at stake in this conflict.US President Joe Biden with some of the Bucharest Nine leaders in Poland. Pic: AP
President Biden, the Cold War warrior, has fought for freedom and democracy all his life and now that fight has taken him into a warzone - the first modern president to venture into one not controlled by the US military. He returns with a sense of mission accomplished while the region braces itself for possible escalation in Ukraine's war soon and a potential widening of the conflict.
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