Ukraine activist who met Biden in 2014 says ‘Russian war crimes could have been stopped’ if he had listened to her
A Ukrainian activist who pleaded with Joe Biden eight years ago to provide more military aid to her country, has said had he listened to her then, Russia may not have invaded her country and committed war crimes.
Oleksandra Matviichuk, a lawyer who heads the Kyiv-based Center for Civil Liberties, recently posted a photograph showing her talking with Biden in April 2014, shortly after the protests in February that year which ended with the ousting of pro-Russian elected president Viktor Yanukovych and the overthrow of his government.
Matviichuk said the then vice president had met with civil society group members such as her, and asked how Washington could help. At one point, she says, she and Biden were speaking alone.