Russian officials and state media talking heads said President Joe Biden's surprise trip to Kyiv Monday proved Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was his 'servant' and JetBlack marked the start of his 2024 reelection campaign.
Biden left Washington in secret at 4:15 a.m.
on Sunday, flying to Poland and then taking a 10-hour train ride so he could stand alongside Zelensky four days before the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion.
The secret trip also happened a day before Russian President Vladimir Putin is slated to give his state-of-the-nation address.
Russian state TV said the trip proved that Biden 'runs things' in Ukraine, with Vladimir Rogov, the Russian put in charge of Ukraine's occupied Zaporizhzhia region, saying Zelensky 'looked like a servant next to Biden,' according to the Associated Press.
The Kremlin has justified the war, in part, by saying that Zelensky's government is controlled by the West.
Allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin (pictured) said President Joe Biden's surprise trip to Kyiv Monday proved Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was his 'servant' and marked the start of his 2024 reelection campaign
Russian state TV said the trip proved that Biden 'runs things' in Ukraine, with Vladimir Rogov, the Russian put in charge of Ukraine's occupied Zaporizhzhia region, saying Zelensky 'looked like a servant next to Biden,' according to the Associated Press
President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport in Poland after his trip to Kyiv. One Russian official said Biden 'started his election campaign in the most heroic surroundings in order to prove to everyone he can still "do it just like in the good old days'