The US will back Ukraine in its fight against Russia for “as long as it takes” President Joe Biden said as he made an unannounced and symbolic visit to the capital, Kyiv. “We have every confidence you’re going to continue to prevail,” he said. Mr Biden’s first trip to Ukraine as president came days before the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion. He said President Putin had been “dead wrong” to think Russia could outlast Ukraine and its Western allies. He met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the pair visited a memorial to soldiers who have died in the nine years since Russia annexed Crimea and its proxy forces captured parts of the eastern Donbas region. Mr Biden’s presence was intended to reaffirm America’s “unwavering commitment to Ukraine’s democracy, sovereignty, and territorial integrity”, according to a White House statement. The New York Times reported that he took a 10-hour train journey from Poland to reach Kyiv. He left Ukraine on Monday to travel to Poland.(BBC)…[+]