US told Russia of Biden's surprise trip
to Ukraine just before he arrived: Officials
Posted By: NorthernDog, 2/20/2023 8:08:30 PM
Following President Joe Biden's surprise visit to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Monday, senior members of his administration detailed the security discussions that led up to the decision to go on the trip and the content of the meetings Biden had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the course of his roughly five hours in the city. (Snip) "We did notify the Russians that President Biden would be traveling to Kyiv. We did so some hours before his departure for deconfliction purposes," Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser to the president, told reporters on Monday morning in a press
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Article says 'secret trip' was disclosed to Ruskies before he even left - not just before he arrived. Did they land under sniper fire, like Hillary?