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The White House would not go into specifics, but national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that it notified Moscow of Bidenโ€™s visit to Kyiv shortly before his departure from Washington โ€œfor deconfliction purposesโ€ in an effort to avoid any miscalculation that could bring the two nuclear-armed nations into direct conflict.

Biden declares 'Kyiv stands' in surprise visit to UkraineKYIV, Ukraine (AP) โ€” President Joe Biden paid an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Monday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a defiant display of Western solidarity with a country still fighting what he called โ€œa brutal and unjust warโ€ days before the one-year anniversary of Russiaโ€™s invasion.apnews.com