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Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Kyiv on Monday (20 February) to demonstrate what he called America\u2019s \u201cunwavering support\u201d for Ukraine\u2019s war effort. It was the first time a US president had visited the country since Russia first attacked Ukraine, in 2014.

Megan Gibson in London, Katie Stallard in Wasington DC, and Ido Vock in Berlin discuss the significance of this visit and Vladimir Putin\u2019s latest warning to the West in his state of the nation speech. They also cover support for Ukraine at the Munich Security Conference this week and in the Global South.

Then the team turns to China, where Xi Jinping is expected to deliver a \u201cpeace speech\u201d on the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine. This follows the visit of China\u2019s leading diplomat to Moscow this week, prompting warnings from the US that China was considering supplying weapons to Russia. The team discuss China\u2019s position on the war and try to unwrap its \u201cstrategic swaddle\u201d approach to Russia.

Then in You Ask Us, a listener asks: what did the team get wrong about the conflict over the last year?

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Ido on why the West\u2019s narrative on Ukraine hasn\u2019t convinced the rest of the world

Megan writes that Biden\u2019s trip to Kyiv reiterates Western support \u2013 but not everywhere feels the same

Katie writes that Biden and Putin agree on one thing \u2013 the future of the global order is at stake in Ukraine 

John Sullivan: \u201cVladimir Putin does not want an off-ramp\u201d

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