White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki ended Friday with questions about whether President Biden will travel to Ukraine amid the ongoing war with Russia. “No. “No,” Psaki said in response to questions from Pod Save America podcast presenters about whether the government was even considering sending the president to Kyiv. President Biden boardes Air Force One to fly to Warsaw, Jasionka, near Rzeszow, Poland, March 25, 2022. (Reuters / Evelyn Hockstein) RUSSIA INVASES UKRAINE: LIVE UPDATES Speculation has emerged as to whether Biden will visit the war-torn country following a visit by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Ukraine last week. When asked by reporters on Thursday if he was personally ready to travel to Kyiv, Biden said, “Yes.” “He is ready for anything,” Psaki said on Friday. “People like fast cars and pilots. He is ready to go to Ukraine. It is true that it does. “We are not sending the president to Ukraine,” he added firmly. Psaki said Johnson took an eight-hour train ride through a war zone to reach Kyiv and meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a sign of support after weeks of a deadly Russian invasion. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson and the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky walk the streets of Kiev. (Twitter / @ BorisJohnson) RUSSIA WARNS US ABOUT “PREDICTABLE CONSEQUENCES” WITH LAST ARMS SHIPMENT IN UKRAINE: REPORT “This is not in the plans for the president of the United States,” Psaki said. “We should probably all be relieved.” Biden said Thursday that the United States was considering sending a senior government official, and reports were released this week that Secretary of State Anthony Blinken or Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin could make the trip east. Late last month, Biden traveled to Warsaw, Poland, to meet with NATO allies and Ukrainian refugees who were forced to flee the Russian invasion. The president strongly condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin and called him a “butcher” after meeting with Ukrainian refugees – millions of whom crossed the Polish border to escape the violence. But when asked by reporters if he planned to cross into Ukraine at the time, he said he could not for security reasons. President Biden meets Ukrainian refugees and humanitarian aid workers during a visit to Warsaw, Poland, on March 26, 2022. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci) CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE THE FOX NEWS APPLICATION “Part of my frustration is that I can’t see it first hand like I do in other places,” Biden said. “They will not let me, I guess, cross the border and take a look at what is happening in Ukraine.” The prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia were among the first national leaders to visit Ukraine last month.
