US President Joe Biden will travel to Warsaw on Friday to meet his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the White House announced on Sunday.
"The President will discuss how the United States, alongside our allies and partners, responds to the humanitarian and human rights crisis that Russia's unwarranted and unprovoked war on Ukraine has created" , spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement from the White House.
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The text adds that Joe Biden's trip will take place after his visit to Belgium to meet leaders of NATO, the G7 and the European Union.
“There are no plans to go to Ukraine”
"This trip will be focused on continuing to rally the world in support of the Ukrainian people and against President Putin's invasion of Ukraine," it says about this stay in Europe.
"But there are no plans to go to Ukraine," said Jen Psaki.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, accompanied by his Czech and Slovenian counterparts, traveled to kyiv last week as the Ukrainian capital comes under siege.
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US Vice President Kamala Harris had already met Andrzej Duda in Warsaw in early March, both condemning Russia's military action, especially against civilians.
The interview took place shortly after Washington rejected a Polish offer to send MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine via a US air base - an offer that caught US officials off guard.
For the United States, this proposal raised "serious concerns" for the entire Atlantic Alliance.
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The US president's visit on Friday comes as kyiv rejected Russia's ultimatum overnight Sunday to Monday demanding the surrender of the besieged city of Mariupol.
“There is no question of talking about surrender or laying down arms.
We have already informed the Russian side about this,” Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk told the Ukrayinskaya Pravda newspaper.
"It's deliberate manipulation and real hostage-taking," she added of the request.
The Russian Ministry of Defense had called on Ukraine to "lay down its arms" and demanded a "written response" to its ultimatum before 5 a.m. Monday, in the name of safeguarding the inhabitants and infrastructure of the city of Mariupol.