United States (US) President Joe Biden will reportedly travel to a town near the Polish-Ukrainian border on Friday, 25 March, in a move that is widely perceived to showcase the Western resolve and morale against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The president will also be briefed about the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine as around 3.5 million people have fled the country, mostly to Poland.
The presidential aircraft, Air Force One, will reach eastern Polish town of Rzeszow. Biden will be about 50 miles away from the invaded country.
The US president will also meet members of the US 82nd Airborne Division, which is part of NATO's eastern flank deployment.
At the NATO emergency summit that happened earlier this week, troop deployments in Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, and Bulgaria were announced along with enhancing Ukraine's chemical and nuclear defences.
Biden has also stated that Russia should be expelled from the G20 after the Kremlin refused to categorically rule out the use of nuclear weapons.
He has referred to Putin as a "war criminal," and has accused Russia of war crimes with respect to allegedly attacking civilian areas and using phosphorus bombs.
Additionally, the US Senate, on 15 March, condemned the Russian president as a war criminal for his actions in Ukraine, after a resolution for the same was passed unanimously.
(With inputs from AFP.)
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