Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. It's Tuesday, February 21st. I'm Emily Peck,

Infernala Boudou. Today on the show, high stakes for Big Tech at the Supreme Court, plus

another earthquake shakes an already devastated Turkey and Syria. But first, Biden and Ukraine,

one year into the war. That's today's one big thing.

One year later, Kiev stands. And Ukraine stands. Democracy stands. The American stands with you,

and the world stands with you. That was President Biden in a surprise visit to Ukraine's

capital, Kiev yesterday, his first since the war began. Biden promised continued U.S.

support for Ukraine in the war against Russia. This week marks one year since Russia's offensive

began with no clear signs of peace on the horizon. Axios contributing correspondent Barack

Revied is here with that and more. Hey, Barack. Hi, Emily. So the White House called this trip

historic and unprecedented because it was to an active war zone where the U.S. does not have

a military presence. So why did Biden take this risk? You know, first, I'm not saying that there's

no risk in such a trip. But, you know, the U.S. did give the Russians advanced notice of this trip

to prevent any incidents and for, you know, deconfliction when he was on his way and he was on

the ground. There were like five spy planes in the air and, you know, on the ground. There was

also quite a lot of security. But I think that Biden wanted to show that he's on the ground.

And a year after the war, we should just remember a year ago in the first week of the war,

I think most of the people, including people in Washington, were sure that it's just the

matter of time until Zelensky will be either arrested in the best case scenario or, you know,

shot dead. And then, you know, Joe Biden a year after is standing with Zelensky in the main,

one of the main squares of Kiev. And I think that sends a message not only to Putin and to Russia,

but to the rest of the world. And for both of them, domestically, this is a big, big, big win.

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