Photos: President Biden makes historic visit to war-torn Ukraine

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Feb. 20, 2023, 4:35 PM EST

By NBC News

President Joe Biden made a clandestine trip to Kyiv, Ukraine, arriving in the war-ravaged country by train as part of a trip to commemorate the anniversary of Russia’s invasion. He met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the presidential palace.

The two leaders visited a monastery. Air raid sirens rang across the country as they men walked to a memorial to lay a wreath in memory of those who had died in the war.

Zelenskyy and his wife, Olena Zelenska, greet Biden as he arrives at the Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv on Monday.Evan Vucci / AFP - Getty Images

Biden meets with Zelenskyy and his wife, Olena Zelenska, at Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv on Monday. Evan Vucci / Pool via AFP - Getty Images

Biden and Zelenskyy arrive for a meeting Monday in Kyiv.Ukrainian Presidential Press Office / via AFP - Getty Images

Biden meets with Zelenskyy at the presidential palace in Kyiv on Monday.Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via Getty Images

Zelenskyy watches as Biden signs the guest book Monday at Mariinsky Palace during a surprise visit to Kyiv.Evan Vucci / AP

Biden meets with Zelenskyy at the presidential palace in Kyiv on Monday. Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via Getty Images

Biden shakes hands Monday with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal at a meeting with Zelenskyy at the Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv.Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AFP - Getty Images

Biden walks with Zelenskyy for a visit in Kyiv on Monday.Evan Vucci / Pool via AFP - Getty Images

Biden walks with Zelenskyy at St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral in Kyiv on Monday.Evan Vucci / Pool via AFP - Getty Images

Biden participates in a wreath-laying ceremony Monday at the memorial wall outside St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral in Kyiv.Evan Vucci / Pool via AFP - Getty Images

Biden and Zelenskyy visit St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral in Kyiv on Monday.Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AFP - Getty Images

Biden visits St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral in Kyiv on Monday.Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AFP - Getty Images

Biden and Zelenskyy in front of St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral in Kyiv on Monday.Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AFP - Getty Images

Biden and Zelenskyy hug Monday as they say goodbye at the Memorial Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine in Russian-Ukrainian War, with photos of killed soldiers, in Kyiv.Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP

Biden on a train with national security adviser Jake Sullivan as he goes over his speech marking the anniversary of the war in Ukraine after a surprise visit Monday with Zelenskyy in Kyiv.Evan Vucci / AP

Biden walks down a corridor to his cabin on a train after his surprise visit with Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Monday. Biden took a nearly 10-hour train ride from Poland into Kyiv.Evan Vucci / AP

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