-Galla S Kiran Kumar,Bureau Chief Telagana (Andhra Pradesh)
Moscow was informed about the secret trip, which was kept secret all along. US officials have notified it. Because..?
Winter is slowly blowing away the snow in Ukraine. It has been almost a year since the Russian attack. Russian attacks, slowed by snowfall, are picking up again. At this time, US President Joe Biden surprised everyone by appearing in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. A visit by the President of the United States to a raging war zone is a highly risky undertaking. In fact, the trip was months of planning by America’s most senior officials.
Moscow already knows..
White House kept Joe Biden’s visit to Ukraine top secret. Because they do not have control over the airspace in his path. Due to this, as the date of Joe Biden’s travel nears according to the secret planning, senior officials have been denying the planning of the trip to Ukraine. Even in the White House, very few people know about his visit. President Joe Biden waved the green flag for the trip to Kiev last Friday evening. White House staff notified Moscow of their plans. These measures were taken so that no unexpected incidents took place while Biden was there. US National Security Adviser Jack Sullivan refused to comment on Moscow’s response. Joe Biden went on a weekly date with his wife Jill at 7 pm on Saturday. But, he was not seen by the outside world for 36 hours after that.
Leaving the President’s Air Force One aside..
No notice was given to reporters that the president would not be in Washington on Sunday. The White House schedule was also prepared that evening. In it, Joe Biden will leave for Poland at 7.00 pm. National security spokesman John Kerby said that day that he ruled out the possibility of Biden visiting Ukraine. In fact, Biden had already left Joint Base Andrews a few hours earlier. But, instead of his usual Air Force One plane, he left in a C-32, which is usually used by the US Air Force. It is a smaller version of Air Force One. He was accompanied by minimal security personnel, officials, a small medical team, a reporter and a photographer. Security officials seized electronic devices from them. Later their plane reached the US military base in Ramstein, Germany.
After that, it landed at Jesionak Airport in Jesos, Poland. In March last year too, Biden once again raised the courage of the American forces deployed in this city. It is a privilege to go back to the same city after 11 months. From there, they traveled by train for 10 hours and reached Kiev at 8 am on Monday. Rumors spread that Biden would visit as inspections were conducted there. After reaching the city, Biden reached the Mariinsky Palace in a Toyota vehicle. While Biden was there, US E-3 Sentry airborne radar aircraft and electronic RC-135 Revit Joint Aircraft surveillance aircraft kept a watchful eye over Kiev airspace. After completing the visit, Biden returned to Poland at 8 pm.
US presidents are not new to going to war zones.
US presidents visiting war zones are nothing new. It is becoming a custom to go to where their soldiers are, where the leaders they support are, and show their support. Biden (Joe Biden) now going to Ukraine can also be seen as a part of it. In the last 20 years, George Bush visited Baghdad in 2006. 2014 Barack Obama visits Kabul, Afghanistan. And in 2019, Trump celebrated with US soldiers at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan on Thanksgiving holiday. The recent visit of Biden also falls under that category.
