Emma Tucker, WSJ
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Mr. Biden’s visit to Ukraine Monday, the first by a sitting U.S. president since 2008, was a closely guarded secret and a stark diplomatic act in a week of high-stakes public positioning by world leaders. Mr. Biden traveled on to Poland to meet with President Andrzej Duda and other European leaders. He is trying to solidify support for the Western alliance against Russia, which is expected to launch a major offensive around the Feb. 24 anniversary of the war. In Moscow, President Vladimir Putin delivered his State of the Nation remarks to the national assembly, saying he would suspend the country's participation in the last remaining major nuclear-arms-control treaty between the U.S. and Russia.
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Beijing is growing worried that increased Western military support for Ukraine will severely weaken Russia, a key partner. Top foreign-affairs official Wang Yi, visiting Moscow this week, will lay out a proposal to end the conflict.
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