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US President Joe Biden met today in Warsaw with Ukrainian Foreign Minister

Dimitro Kuleba

and Defense

Minister Oleksi Reznikov.

It was the first meeting that Biden had personally with representatives of the kyiv government since the beginning of the Russian invasion, a month ago.

Nothing has transpired until the moment of that meeting, which was also joined by the heads of Defense and Foreign Affairs of the United States,

Lloyd Austin and Antony Blinken

, respectively, but its format reveals its importance.

According to US media,

the Ukrainian side would have asked Biden to explore other forms of support for his fight

against Russian troops and more weapons.

Ukraine needs 500 Javelin and 500 Stinger anti-tank missiles per day.

The Government of Kiev, moreover,

has not renounced the creation of an air exclusion zone

, nor has Poland, the host country and spearhead in Europe against Russia, delivered fighter-bombers to Ukraine or sent a mission of NATO peace.

Biden and European allies have rejected each and every one of those proposals

, but, according to Poland, they are still on the table.

Shortly before noon, the press had access to the beginning of the meeting, in which Biden was sitting on one side of a long table with Blinken, Austin and other of his advisers;

in front of Kuleba, Reznikov and other Ukrainian officials.

Journalists were able to listen as Kuleba told Biden that since the war began,

he has learned to "sleep in any circumstance"

, which allowed him to rest during the train to Warsaw.

Biden replied that he can also sleep on the trains, thanks to the fact that when he was a senator, he took them daily to move from the US capital to the state where he lived, Delaware.

Kuleba assured in a tweet that the meeting with this large US delegation will allow

"searching for practical solutions in the political and defense spheres

, to strengthen Ukraine's ability to fight against Russian aggression."

The meeting between the US and Ukrainian delegations lasted more than an hour and a half, and

Biden was present for about 40 minutes

, according to the White House.

The meeting was also attended by the Ukrainian ambassador to Poland,

Andrii Deshchytsia

;

and the American charge d'affaires in Ukraine,

Kristina Kvien

.

The meeting took place at the hotel where Biden is staying in Warsaw, and after which, the president met with his Polish counterpart,

Andrzej Duda

, at the presidential palace to discuss "a response to the humanitarian and human rights crisis that has created unjustified war".

The highlight of this second day in Poland will take place late in the afternoon, when

Biden will deliver a speech at the Royal Castle in Warsaw

in which he will speak about the crisis that Ukraine is facing after the invasion.

Minister Reznikov stated on his official Twitter account that both he and his colleague Kuleba will be present at the speech at the Royal Palace in Warsaw



"The President will deliver remarks on the united efforts of the free world to support the people of Ukraine, hold Russia accountable for his brutal war and

defending a future rooted in democratic principles,

" the White House said in a statement.



After this act, Biden will meet with the mayor of Warsaw,

Rafal Trzaskowski

, where you will see first-hand the Ukrainian refugee registry, a registry that already exceeds two million names.

Biden arrived in Poland yesterday from Brussels for

a two-day visit that began in the border city of Rzeszow

, a gateway for hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing Ukraine and where the US 82nd Airborne Division is stationed.

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