Biden in Ukraine ahead of war anniversary: 'Kyiv stands'

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  • Politician Portrayal

    80% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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"His recent predecessors, Donald Trump, Barack Obama and George W. Bush, made surprise visits to Afghanistan and Iraq during their presidencies to meet with U.S. troops and those countries' leaders."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"His recent predecessors, Donald Trump, Barack Obama and George W. Bush, made surprise visits to Afghanistan and Iraq during their presidencies to meet with U.S. troops and those countries' leaders."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"And that's how long we're going to be with you, Mr. President, for as long as it takes, Biden promised."
Positive
20% Conservative
"One year later, Kyiv stands, Biden said, jamming his finger for emphasis on his podium decorated with the U.S. and Ukrainian flags."
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16% Conservative
"Biden's mission with his visit to Kyiv, which comes ahead of a scheduled trip to Warsaw, Poland, is to underscore that the United States is prepared to stick with Ukraine as long as it takes to repel Russian forces even as public opinion polling suggests that U.S. and allied support for providing weaponry and direct economic assistance has started to soften."
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14% Conservative
"US President Joe Biden, right, meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, centre, and Olena Zelenska, left, spouse of President Zelenskyy, at Mariinsky Palace during an unaounced visit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023."
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12% Conservative
"President Joe Biden made an unaounced visit to Ukraine on Monday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a gesture of solidarity that comes days before the one-year aiversary of Russia's invasion of the country."
Positive
10% Conservative
"The trip gave Biden an opportunity to get a firsthand look at the devastation the Russian invasion has caused on Ukraine."
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6% Conservative
"Biden is pledging long-term support for Ukraine, saying that freedom is priceless."
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6% Conservative
"At the White House, plaing for Biden's visit to Kyiv was tightly held -- with a relatively small group of aides briefed on the plans -- because of security concerns."
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4% Conservative
"In Kyiv, Biden aounced an additional half-billion dollars in U.S. assistance, including shells for howitzers, anti-tank missiles, air surveillance radars and other aid but no new advanced weaponry."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Zelenskyy is pressing allies to speed up delivery of pledged weapon systems and is calling on the West to deliver fighter jets to Ukraine -- something that Biden to date has declined to do."
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0% Conservative
"Speculation has been building for weeks that Biden would pay a visit to Ukraine around the Feb. 24 aiversary of the Russian invasion."
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-2% Liberal
"Asked by a reporter on Friday if Biden might include stops beyond Poland, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby replied, Right now, the trip is going to be in Warsaw."
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-2% Liberal
"Zelenskyy said he and Biden spoke about long range weapons and the weapons that may still be supplied to Ukraine even though it wasn't supplied before."
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-4% Liberal
"Biden also got a short firsthand taste of the terror that Ukrainians have lived with for close to a year, as air raids sirens howled over the capital just as he and Zelenskyy were exiting the gold-domed St. Michael's Cathedral, which they visited together."
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-8% Liberal
"The Ukraine visit comes at a crucial moment in the war as Biden looks to keep allies unified in their support for Ukraine as the war is expected to intensify with both sides preparing for spring offensives."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"I thought it was critical that there not be any doubt, none whatsoever, about U.S. support for Ukraine in the war, Biden said."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"This is Biden's first visit to a war zone as president."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Biden's visit marked an act of defiance against Russian President Vladimir Putin, who had hoped his military would swiftly overrun Kyiv within days."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"The U.S. military does not have a presence in Ukraine other than a small detachment of Marines guarding the embassy in Kyiv, making Biden's visit more complicated than other recent visits by prior U.S. leaders to war zones."
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-20% Liberal
"And the sacrifices have been far too great, Biden said."
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-22% Liberal
"Biden quietly departed from Joint Base Andrews near Washington shortly at 4:15 a.m. on Sunday, making a stop at Ramstein Air Base in Germany before making his way into Ukraine."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"He's counting on us not sticking together, Biden said of the Russian leader."
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-26% Liberal
"Speaking alongside Zelenskyy at Mariinsky Palace, Biden recalled the fears nearly a year ago that Russia's invasion forces might quickly take the Ukrainian capital."
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-28% Liberal
"Biden warned that the brutal and unjust war is far from won."
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-28% Liberal

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