Biden canceled his visit to Ramstein — what are the consequences for Ukraine?
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Discussion of Ukraine's victory plan is in doubt after Joe Biden cancels trip to Ramstein. The US president is preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Milton.
That's according to a report by The Guardian.
Biden won't participate in Ramstein — implications
Joe Biden has canceled a four-day trip to Germany this week that was to culminate in a summit to discuss Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Victory Plan for Ukraine.
The White House said on the evening of October 8, that the president would stay home to oversee preparations and response to Hurricane Milton, which is expected to make landfall in Florida on Wednesday.
It was unclear how Biden's absence would affect the planned summit, at which world leaders were to meet for the first time at the US Ramstein Air Base, which is usually the site of regular meetings of defense ministers to discuss military aid to Kyiv.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised that Biden's trip would be rescheduled and said he understood the president's reasons for canceling.
"It would be a very important meeting, and we have been preparing it from all sides," Scholz said.
Earlier on Tuesday, Germany said British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron would join Biden and Scholz at the event. In all, 20 world leaders were expected to attend.
They were expected to hear Zelenskyy unveil the latest version of his Victory Plan to end the war, which is expected to focus heavily on the demand that Ukraine be allowed to fire Storm Shadow missiles and other long-range Western weapons deep into Russia.
As a reminder, US President Joe Biden was forced to postpone his visit to Germany for a meeting of the Ramstein Contact Group on Ukraine's defense. The trip was canceled due to the approach of Hurricane Milton, which could soon hit Florida.
Earlier, Novyny.LIVE reported that the White House emphasized that Joe Biden's visit to Germany would symbolize the renewal of the partnership between the United States and Germany, as well as make it easier to work together to solve the world's most important problems.
