Putin set for major Ukraine war speech after Biden walks streets of Kyiv

• Putin to set out aims for year two of Ukraine war
• U.S. president makes surprise visit to Ukraine
• War anniversary seen as motivation for Russian offensive
• Russia to host high-level visit from China

Russian President Vladimir Putin was due to make a speech on Tuesday setting out aims for the second year of his invasion of Ukraine, a day after U.S. President Joe Biden walked the streets of Kyiv promising to stand with Ukraine as long as it takes.

Following his surprise visit to Kyiv, Biden flew to Poland and on Tuesday will give a speech on how the United States has helped rally the world to support Ukraine and stress American support for NATO’s eastern flank.

Source: Reuters