US President Joe Biden arrived in Poland's capital Warsaw today where he met with two of the Ukrainian top diplomats, the Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov here at the Marriot Hotel in central Warsaw in his first talks with top Kyiv officials since Russia's invasion began, news agency AFP reported.
US top diplomats Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin who accompanied Biden in his journey were seated at a long white table the Ukrainian ministers.
The US president also met with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda with whom he will address Russia's war with Ukraine and reassure nations that they have the support of the United States.
Biden will argue in a speech in Poland on Saturday that the "free world" opposes Russia's invasion of Ukraine and that there is unity among major economies on the need to stop Vladimir Putin, the White House had said earlier in the day.
"Biden will deliver remarks on the united efforts of the free world to support the people of Ukraine, hold Russia accountable for its brutal war, and defend a future that is rooted in democratic principles," the White House statement said.
According to media reports, the White House on Saturday said Biden would "drop by" a meeting between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin with Kuleba and Reznikov in the Polish capital.
"This morning, President Biden will drop by a meeting between Secretaries (Antony) Blinken and (Lloyd) Austin and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov," news agency AFP quoted saying the White House.
The meeting will mark the first face-to-face meeting between the US president and top Kyiv officials since Russia's invasion began.
Biden last met Kuleba in Washington on February 22, two days before Russia began its assault. Since then, Kuleba has also met with Blinken in Poland on March 5.
Biden reached Poland on Friday to meet with US troops and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) stationed at the Ukraine-Poland border.
Speaking to the troops, he said: "You're in the midst of a fight between democracies and autocrats. What you're doing is consequential, really consequential."
Biden is on the second and final day of his visit to Poland after he met with EU and NATO leaders in Brussels earlier in the week during his trip to Europe.
Poland is an EU and NATO member that has taken in millions of Ukrainians, offered financial support to Ukraine and sent arms.
