In a December 2020 New York Times interview, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed Joe Biden’s election as U.S. president. Zelensky observed that Biden “knows Ukraine better than the previous president” and “will really help strengthen relations, help settle the war in Donbas, and end the occupation of our territory.”
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Steven Pifer: The Biden presidency and Ukraine
Then-US Vice President Joe Biden speaks to students of the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine during his visit in Kyiv on April 22, 2014. Biden accused Russia of "trying to pull Ukraine apart" and pledged Washington's strong support for Kyiv's leaders.
