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Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Tuesday that he will take the war to the end and that patience will be on his side.
"Russia will step by step, carefully and continuously overcome the challenges it encounters," he said in his first speech before Russian legislators since 2021. "Russia cannot be beaten on the battlefield," he added. .
The president thus made reference to one of the sentences that the Kremlin has been clinging to since April to justify the non-existence of negotiations, when the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, stated that "the war will have to be decided in the field of battle” after the breakdown of the dialogue between Moscow and Kiev.
The Russian leader has announced the unilateral suspension of his agreement with the US for the control of nuclear weapons.
The president has described the US demand to supervise its nuclear arsenals as “theatre of the absurd”.
This is one of the key obligations of the New START Treaty, signed by the governments of both countries in 2010 for the reduction and control of strategic arms.
Meanwhile, the intense diplomatic activity continues three days after the first anniversary of the conflict.
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, will meet this Tuesday in Poland with the president, Andrzej Duda.
One day after Biden's historic visit to kyiv, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will travel to the Ukrainian capital to meet President Volodimir Zelensky.
signed by the governments of both countries in 2010 for the reduction and control of strategic arms.
Meanwhile, the intense diplomatic activity continues three days after the first anniversary of the conflict.
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, will meet this Tuesday in Poland with the president, Andrzej Duda.
One day after Biden's historic visit to kyiv, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will travel to the Ukrainian capital to meet President Volodimir Zelensky.
signed by the governments of both countries in 2010 for the reduction and control of strategic arms.
Meanwhile, the intense diplomatic activity continues three days after the first anniversary of the conflict.
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, will meet this Tuesday in Poland with the president, Andrzej Duda.
One day after Biden's historic visit to kyiv, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will travel to the Ukrainian capital to meet President Volodimir Zelensky.
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kyiv accuses Putin of not having solutions to end the conflict
Mikhailo Podoliak, the Ukrainian negotiator and adviser to President Volodimir Zelenski, accuses the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, of not having solutions to end the conflict, which is about to turn one year old.
“Putin has publicly demonstrated the irrelevance and confusion of him.
He has shown that Russia does not have solutions, nor will it have ”, he wrote in a message on Twitter while the Russian leader gave a speech on the state of the nation, the first since 2021.
"You cannot beat Russia on the battlefield," Putin told Russian lawmakers on Tuesday.
The president thus made reference to one of the sentences that the Kremlin has been clinging to since April to justify the non-existence of negotiations, when the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, stated that "the war will have to be decided in the field of battle” after the breakdown of the dialogue between Moscow and Kiev.
Putin has also assured that his country has tried to peacefully resolve the conflict in the eastern region of Donbas.
10:19
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Putin charges against "traitors who despise their homeland"
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Javier G. Cuesta
from Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has also made a warning against dissent from his regime in his State of the Nation address, focused on the Ukraine conflict.
Putin has once again pointed out to the Russians that they do not support him unconditionally, assuring that if they are not with the Kremlin, they are with their rivals.
"The West will try to undermine and divide our society, trust in national traitors, those who have the poison of contempt for their homeland and the desire to make money from that poison."
According to Putin, there will be no witch hunt against critics who leave the country.
“We will not settle scores with those who have stepped aside and left their homeland.
Let it remain on their conscience, let them live with it.
The important thing is that the people, the citizens of Russia, have seen their moral level," the Russian president stressed.
10:19
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kyiv claims that Minsk is increasing “its aggressive and militaristic rhetoric” for the anniversary of the Russian invasion
Mikhailo Podoliak, adviser to the President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, stated on Tuesday that Belarus is increasing "its aggressive and militaristic rhetoric" just as the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine will be celebrated.
However, Podoliak has asserted that there is no imminent threat from Belarus, a Kremlin satellite country.
Podoliak's words come after Belarus has stated on Tuesday that there is a large grouping of Ukrainian troops near the border, which constitutes a possible threat to its security.
“We do not see logistical actions in Belarus with the intention of forming a strike force.
We also don't see the buildup of equipment needed for a ground offensive," Podoliak told the Reuters news agency.
“Minsk is resolutely supporting Russia on the information side.
However, we have the northern direction [the border with Belarus] under control”, added the adviser.
Minsk allowed the Kremlin to use its territory as a shuttle for its troops at the start of the invasion of Ukraine in February last year.
The country's president, Alexander Lukashenko, said last week that he was prepared to allow it again.
Ukraine has expressed concerns in recent months about the possibility of Belarus getting involved in the war, a potential threat that has forced Kiev to send troops to the north of the country - the area bordering Belarus - while the main battlefronts with Kremlin soldiers and mercenaries are in the east and south, in the Donbas region and in the Kherson and Zaporizhia provinces.
(Reuters / EL PAÍS)
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The US rejects Putin's accusation that the West started the war: "It is absurd"
The first US reactions to Vladimir Putin's speech, in which he accused the West of starting the war in Ukraine, have come from Poland.
The National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan, has rejected the accusation saying that "if Russia stops fighting in Ukraine and goes home, the war is over," according to the American newspaper The New York Times.
"No one is attacking Russia," Sullivan said.
“There is some absurdity in the idea that Russia is under some kind of military threat from Ukraine or anyone else,” Sullivan told reporters accompanying US President Joe Biden's entourage in Warsaw.
In addition, he has denied that the speech that Biden is going to give this Tuesday in Poland, in a few hours, is going to be in any way a response to Putin's words.
“We don't design the speech as some kind of face-to-face,” he has said.
“It is not a rhetorical competition with anyone.
It is an affirmative statement of values, a vision of what the world we are trying to build and defend should look like,” she has said.
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The UN confirms the death of more than 8,000 civilians in Ukraine, but warns that the real figure is higher
The number of civilians killed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine confirmed by the United Nations has exceeded the barrier of 8,000 on Tuesday, as indicated by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in its acronym in English). which has pointed out that a year of conflict has also caused 13,287 injuries among the non-military population.
"Our data is just the tip of the iceberg in a war whose cost to civilians is unbearable," said the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, in a statement.
The United Nations has been able to confirm more than 8,000 civilian deaths in Ukraine, but there are areas of the country, especially in the east and south - where the main battlefronts are now located - where its workers have not been able to access to carry out their jobs. of corroboration due to intense fighting between Russian and Ukrainian troops.
His office, which has been monitoring civilian casualties since the start of the Russian invasion, has published an annual report on Tuesday in which it stresses that at least 487 of the civilians killed in a year of war and 954 of the wounded were children. and girls.
(Efe / EL PAÍS)
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Putin announces a fund to help the families of the fallen in the Ukrainian war
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced in his State of the Nation address that he is going to create a special fund to support the families of soldiers who have fallen in the war in Ukraine.
In a part of his speech in which he wanted to remember the soldiers who are fighting "for their homeland" in Ukraine, he said that he understood how difficult it is for families who have suffered the loss of a loved one and, therefore, it will “support” them with a special fund.
"We all understand how unbearably hard it is for the wives, sons, daughters of fallen soldiers, their relatives, who rose up as courageous defenders of the homeland," Putin said in the speech, in which he charged against the West as the cause of the war.
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Belarusian says there is a large grouping of Ukrainian troops near its border
Belarus has affirmed this Tuesday that there is a significant grouping of Ukrainian troops near the border and has warned of a possible threat to its security.
"Right now, a significant grouping of the Ukrainian army is concentrated next to the Belarusian-Ukrainian border, on the Ukrainian side," the Ministry of Defense wrote in a message on the Telegram social network.
"The probability of armed provocations, which can escalate into incidents at the border, has been high for a long time," added the ministry, which also added that it would take "measures to respond appropriately."
The Belarusian government allowed the Kremlin to use its territory as a launching pad for the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. And even the country's president, Alexander Lukashenko, said last week that he was ready to allow it again.
Kiev has spent months expressing its concerns about Belarus getting involved in the war, a potential threat that has forced Ukraine to distribute its troops to defend the north of the country - the border area with Belarus - while the main battlefronts with the troops and Kremlin mercenaries are in the east and south, in the Donbas region and in the Kherson and Zaporizhia provinces.
Lukashenko, however, has repeated that Belarus will only enter the conflict if it is attacked by Ukraine, a sovereign country that was invaded last February by an invading power (Russia).
The Belarusian army has been training with the Russian for months.
The statement published today by the Ministry of Defense affirms, in fact, that there are more than 140 joint exercises planned this year, including a large exercise called United Shield 2023 that will take place next September.
(Reuters)
09:41
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Putin warns that he will take the war to the end
By
Javier G. Cuesta
from Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that he will see the war through to the end and that patience will be on his side.
"Russia will step by step, carefully and continuously overcome the challenges it encounters," he said in his first speech before Russian legislators for the first time since 2021. The Russian president has charged against the West, noting that his "goal is the unlimited power”, while “Russia defends its home”, added the Russian leader.
Putin has located the whole of Ukraine as the target of the war.
"The purpose of the West is to take away from Russia the historical territories that today are called Ukraine," the president remarked in his speech before the Federal Assembly.
Given this, Putin has accused the West of having started the war in 2014 and has warned: "You cannot beat Russia on the battlefield."
The president thus made reference to one of the sentences that the Kremlin has been clinging to since April last year to justify the non-existence of negotiations, when the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, stated that "the war will have to be decided in the battlefield” after the breakdown of negotiations between Moscow and Kiev in Istanbul.
Putin is currently addressing the state of the nation address to a joint session of the two houses of Parliament, the first since 2021, focused on the war in Ukraine, about to celebrate one year.
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The head of the Wagner mercenary group accuses the Russian Defense Minister of wanting to "destroy" his militia
The leader and founder of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeni Prigozhin, has once again charged against the Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, whom he accuses of trying to destroy his private militia by denying him the ammunition he needs to fight.
In his opinion, expressed in an audio posted on his Telegram channel, this refusal is "tantamount to betrayal."
The businessman, known as Putin's chef for his catering company and his closeness to the Russian president, has spent days shamelessly spreading his confrontation with the Russian military authorities, on account of the role of his militiamen in the war in Ukraine.
In recent months, his group has claimed military victories, such as the capture of the town of Soledar, in the eastern Ukrainian province of Donetsk, comparing them to the ineffectiveness of regular Russian troops.
However, recently these criticisms seem to have taken their toll on him and he no longer seems to be as openly in favor with the Kremlin as he was a few months ago.
In recent days, he has made several criticisms of the military authorities, which he accuses of blocking the delivery of ammunition to his men.
This Tuesday he pointed directly to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Putin's ally for decades, and against the Chief of Staff, General Valeri Gerasimov, accusing them of wanting to destroy the Wagner group with his decisions.
"Simply, there is a direct opposition underway," says Prigozhin in the audio, in which he adds that "it is an attempt to destroy Wagner", which, in his opinion, "is tantamount to high treason", since that the group's militants are fighting with regular Russian troops in Ukraine.
In an apparently angry tone, Prigozhin charges at Shoigu and Gerasimov, accusing them of deliberately causing ammunition shortages.
"The chief of staff and the defense minister are giving orders to the left and right not to give Wagner ammunition, not to help them with air transport," says the businessman.
(Reuters)
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Putin delivers a state of the nation address focused on the conflict
By
Javier G. Cuesta
from Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin will give a state of the nation address this Tuesday before his legislators for the first time since 2021. The war in Ukraine, stalled since he ordered his offensive on February 24 last year, will focus the intervention.
His spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, acknowledged the day before that the lives of all its citizens now revolve in one way or another around that conflict that has cost thousands of deaths.
The Russian president had breached in 2022 the constitutional mandate for which he must be accountable once a year before the Federal Assembly, the country's legislative branch made up of the State Duma (the lower house) and the Federation Council (the lower house). high).
The center of Moscow was cut off a day earlier by the event.
Putin's intervention will take place in the old Gostiny Dvor market, next to Red Square, and to maximize security, the security forces have cut traffic through the city center and have deployed numerous police checkpoints.
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Meloni arrives in kyiv today to meet Zelensky
The Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, will arrive in Kiev on Tuesday to meet with the Ukrainian President, Volodimir Zelenski, and will also visit the towns of Irpin and Bucha, symbols of the massacres perpetrated by the Russian army.
Meloni arrived in Poland on Monday to meet with the Polish Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, and at dawn left on the train that will take the entire Italian delegation to the Ukrainian capital.
Meloni's arrival in kyiv comes after the historic visit of US President Joe Biden.
On this occasion, both had a telephone conversation in which they spoke of "support for Ukraine, including security, economic and humanitarian assistance," according to Italian government sources.
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London blames the high number of civilian deaths in Ukraine on the indiscriminate use of artillery by Russia
El Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos ha registrado 18.955 víctimas civiles desde el inicio de la invasión de Ucrania por parte de Rusia. Hasta el 13 de febrero, se han contabilizado 7.199 muertos y 11.756 heridos, aunque se espera que las cifras reales sean mucho más elevadas. Otros análisis independientes, recoge el Ministerio de Defensa del Reino Unido en su último informe, sostiene que los civiles muertos son más de 16.000. “Es probable que las continuas víctimas civiles se deban en gran medida al uso indiscriminado de la artillería por parte de las tropas rusas”, concluye la inteligencia británica.
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China expresa su “honda preocupación” por que la guerra de Ucrania se descontrole
El Gobierno chino se ha declarado este martes “hondamente preocupado” por el conflicto en Ucrania, expresando incluso su temor a que se descontrole, por lo que ha pedido a “ciertos países” —en referencia a EE UU, con toda probabilidad— que dejen de “echar leña al fuego”. Así lo ha declarado el ministro chino de Exteriores Qin Gang mientras se espera la visita este martes a Moscú de Wang Yi, director de la Comisión de Exteriores del Partido Comunista, un cargo por encima del de ministro y que lo convierte en el máximo representante diplomático.
Pocos días antes de la invasión, Pekín y Moscú firmaron una alianza “sin límites”. China no ha condenado la invasión de Ucrania, pero tampoco ha apoyado a Rusia con armas, hasta el momento. Públicamente, ha llamado a respetar la integridad territorial de todos los países (referencia a Rusia) y a tener en cuenta las preocupaciones de seguridad de todos (referencia a Occidente).
“China está hondamente preocupada por que el conflicto de Ucrania siga escalando o incluso entre en una espiral descontrolada”, ha dicho Qin en un acto en el Ministerio de Exteriores. “Urgimos a ciertos países a dejar de echar leña al fuego”, ha reclamado, en una frase destinada a EE UU, pues a continuación ha añadido “y a dejar de airear la frase ‘hoy Ucrania, mañana Taiwan’”. “Nos oponemos firmemente a cualquier forma de hegemonía, a cualquier interferencia extranjera en los asuntos chinos”, ha sentenciado. Ante ello, ha afirmado que China buscará “trabajar con la comunidad internacional para promover el diálogo y las consultas, responder a las preocupaciones de todas las partes y buscar la seguridad común”, ha dicho Qin.
Las palabras de Qin se producen apenas unas horas antes de la llegada a Moscú de Wang, el máximo responsable diplomático de Pekín y antes del “discurso de paz” que pronunciará el presidente chino, Xi Jinping, este viernes con motivo del primer aniversario de la guerra. También llegan apenas dos días después de que el secretario de Estado de EE UU, Antony Blinken, expresase la sospecha de Washington de que Pekín están planteándose la venta de armas a Rusia.
Durante una visita a Hungría, Wang hizo este lunes un llamamiento a un acuerdo negociado en Ucrania que satisfaga “a Europa y al resto del mundo”. (Reuters)
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Vídeo | Regreso a la “pesadilla” del puente de Irpin un año después de la invasión de Ucrania
“Fue una pesadilla”, rememora Julia, entre el ruido de las máquinas que taladran el terreno para construir un nuevo puente. Por primera vez, esta mujer de 26 años, su marido, Oleg (27) y Emma (17 meses), la hija de ambos, se detienen en el escenario de los restos del puente que separa Irpin de Kiev. Hace un año, en los primeros compases de la invasión a gran escala de Rusia que comenzó el 24 de febrero, las autoridades de Ucrania decidieron volar esta y otras infraestructuras ante la proximidad de las columnas de militares del Kremlin. Decenas de miles de personas vadearon el río sobre los cascotes escapando de los combates.
La foto de la huida de esta familia en la mañana del 5 de marzo de 2022 ha sido varias veces publicada por EL PAÍS. “Era muy peligroso para nosotros permanecer en Irpin”, explica durante una entrevista en la que recuerda que aquella noche no durmieron. Cogieron lo esencial y, como otros vecinos, se dirigieron a una iglesia desde donde se estaba organizando la evacuación de los ciudadanos con las explosiones de fondo.
Por Luis De Vega
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Ucrania, un año intentando borrar el rastro del terror de las bombas rusas
En la imagen de la izquierda, varios civiles caminaban en medio de la destrucción mientras de un área disputada entre las localidades de Bucha e Irpin, el 10 de marzo de 2022. A la derecha, una escena callejera, el 7 de febrero de este año en Irpin.
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Biden en Kiev
No ha habido ningún otro gesto presidencial tan comprometedor con la causa de Ucrania como el viaje por sorpresa a Kiev del presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden. Los riesgos estuvieron presentes tanto en el trayecto en tren desde Polonia como en su encuentro con el presidente Zelenski y su paseo por el centro de la ciudad en guerra, bajo el ulular de las sirenas de alarma. Es su primera visita al país desde la invasión, esta vez en calidad además de comandante en jefe del Ejército estadounidense y quien está proporcionando el grueso de las armas y la munición que Ucrania necesita para repeler o neutralizar las ofensivas rusas. En Kiev reiteró Biden su apoyo sin límites a Zelenski y anunció un nuevo paquete de ayuda militar de 470 millones de euros.
Las imágenes de los dos presidentes paseando por la plaza de Maidán, el muro de homenaje a los combatientes caídos y las cúpulas doradas de la catedral de San Miguel, 24 horas antes de la anunciada visita presidencial a Varsovia, pillaron con el paso cambiado a los comentaristas internacionales, especialmente los de los medios próximos al Kremlin, empeñados en que la visita demuestra el papel subsidiario de Ucrania en la guerra que pretenden librar directamente contra Estados Unidos y la OTAN. Se cumple esta semana el primer aniversario de la guerra iniciada por Putin y son abundantes las voces que demandan negociaciones de paz, a las que se ha añadido el anuncio de Pekín de una iniciativa que quiere someter al Consejo de Seguridad de Naciones Unidas y que ha sido acogida con notable recelo por las cancillerías occidentales.
En la imagen, de Evan Vucci (AP), Biden y Zelenski, juntos ayer en Kiev.
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Vencer a Rusia o buscar la paz en Ucrania
Al cumplirse un año desde que Rusia invadió Ucrania, se refuerza la idea de que esta guerra feroz y absurda se va a prolongar por tiempo indefinido. La agresión rusa está dejando en ruinas un gran país europeo y ha producido ya decenas de miles de muertos, tal vez centenares de miles, y millones de desplazados.
Rusia destruye la Ucrania de hoy y también la del futuro, ataca a la población civil y la infraestructura básica y sus soldados torturan, roban, expolian el patrimonio cultural y facilitan la deportación de los niños para que sean adoptados y adoctrinados en Rusia.
Por Pilar Bonet
En la imagen, de Vadim Ghirda (AP), una mano asoma entre los restos de una casa destrozada en Kupiansk por un ataque de Rusia el 20 de febrero.
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Biden busca en Polonia reforzar el apoyo de los aliados a Ucrania
Demostrar un apoyo “inquebrantable” y duradero a Ucrania, y evitar que otros países caigan en la tentación de flaquear y reducir sus aportaciones. Es la gran misión de Joe Biden en uno de los viajes más importantes de su mandato: una gira europea para marcar el primer aniversario de la invasión rusa de Ucrania que ha incluido una visita por sorpresa a Kiev y que este martes le sitúa en Varsovia. Allí, el presidente estadounidense proclamará en un discurso la “unidad occidental” en el respaldo al Gobierno de Volodímir Zelenski contra la “agresión rusa”.
El momento es fundamental. Washington considera que la guerra está a punto de entrar en una nueva fase: Rusia, que ha aprovechado los meses de invierno para rearmarse y reclutar nuevas tropas, ha comenzado ya en algunos puntos la gran ofensiva que pronosticaban los expertos militares. Estados Unidos trata de redoblar su asistencia militar y galvanizar a otros gobiernos para que Kiev cuente con el armamento necesario para mantener su dura resistencia y, posiblemente, presentar su propia contraofensiva.
Por Macarena Vidal Liy
En la imagen, facilitada por la presidencia de Ucrania, el presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, y el de Ucrania, Volodímir Zelenski, el lunes en Kiev.
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Zelenski asegura que "el futuro del orden mundial" dependerá de lo que suceda en Ucrania
El presidente ucranio, Volodímir Zelenski, ha asegurado que "el orden mundial basado en reglas, humanidad y previsibilidad" dependerá de cómo se desarrollen los acontecimientos en Ucrania. "Aquí y ahora se está decidiendo ese futuro", ha afirmado Zelenski durante su habitual discurso nocturno en video, pronunciado después de una visita sorpresa a Kiev del presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden. Zelenski ha afirmado que los socios de Ucrania son plenamente conscientes de las necesidades del país para poner fin a la agresión rusa este año. "Todo lo que se necesita es resolución", ha dicho. "Hoy he visto mucha determinación en el presidente Biden". (Reuters)
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Ampliación | El viaje más arriesgado de la presidencia de Biden
La Casa Blanca negó hasta el último momento que estuviera en marcha. Cuando Joe Biden ya había despegado hacía horas rumbo hacia Europa a primera hora del domingo, la oficina de prensa presidencial aún distribuía un plan del día según el cual el líder de Estados Unidos seguía felizmente en la Casa Blanca y solo iba a volar a Polonia en la noche del lunes. Pero el viaje por sorpresa del mandatario a Kiev para conmemorar el aniversario de la guerra llevaba meses planeándose en el mayor de los secretos. Por Macarena Vidal Liy
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