U.S. President Joe Biden urged the West on Friday (October 18, 2024) to sustain its support for Ukraine against Russia's full-scale invasion as Kyiv faces a bleak winter and a looming U.S. presidential election raises worries about the strength of Washington's own resolve, Reuters reports.
Biden was speaking to reporters before holding closed-door talks with ally German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during a swansong one-day trip to Berlin to discuss matters ranging from Ukraine to the expanding conflict in the Middle East.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron joined Biden and Scholz in the afternoon for talks during the so-called 'Quad meeting' focused largely on how to end the fighting in Ukraine as Russian forces advance in the east.
