This really interesting article appearing in US News is by Chris Megerian, Associated Press. Here is an excerpt:

The Ukrainian parliament thundered with applause as Joe Biden stepped into the wood-paneled chamber a little more than six years ago. Five hundred miles to the south and east, Russian troops and separatists were occupying parts of the country, and President Barack Obama had dispatched his vice president in a show of solidarity with the besieged nation.

His voice rising, Biden declared that Ukraine could demonstrate that aggressors “can’t use coercion, bribery, sending tanks and men across a border to extinguish the dreams and hopes of a people.”

“For if you succeed” — Biden rapped his fist on the podium — “that message is sent around the world.”

Read the full story here.