• President Biden claimed that Putin’s war of conquest is failing.
• And that the US and the world are united in support of Ukraine and its citizens.
• Biden said that Kyiv has “captured a part of my heart.”

A year after invading Ukraine, US President Joe Biden claimed on Monday from Kyiv that “Putin’s war of conquest is failing.”

“Putin thought Ukraine was weak and the West was divided,” Biden said standing alongside Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy. “He thought he could outlast us. I don’t think he’s thinking that right now.”

“He’s just been plain wrong,” Biden said of Putin. “One year later, the evidence is right here in this room. We stand here together.”

First after the invasion, Vice President Biden’s trip to Ukraine was a highly symbolic gesture intended to show that the United States continues to support the nation and its citizens.

He recalled the beginning of the conflict, when the world was carefully watching the escalation of Russian forces along the Ukrainian border.

In his speech, Biden recalled how he and Zelenskyy spoke by phone as “Russian planes were in the air and tanks were going across your border.”

“You told me that you could hear explosions in the background,” Biden said. “I’ll never forget that.”

“The world was about to change,” he said, recalling what Zelenskyy asked him to do on that phone call: “Gather the leaders of the world. Ask them to support Ukraine.”

“You said that you didn’t know when we’d be able to speak again. That dark night one year ago, the world was literally at the time bracing for the fall of Kyiv,” Biden said. “Perhaps even the end of Ukraine.”

“One year later, Kyiv stands. And Ukraine stands. Democracy stands,” he declared. “The Americans stand with you and the world stands with you.”

Biden said that Kyiv has “captured a part of my heart.”

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