Biden visits Poland to highlight the impact of Russia's conflict on Ukrainian people.

• President Joe Biden will arrive in Rzeszów, Poland, on Friday to commence the second phase of his urgent journey to Europe.
• In two days in Poland, Biden will meet with some of the over 3.7 million refugees who have been displaced from Ukraine.
• Since the start of the war, Poland, which shares a 530-kilometer land border with Ukraine, has welcomed over 2.2 million people, making it the epicenter of the unfolding European migrant crisis.

President Joe Biden will arrive in Rzeszow, Poland, on Friday to commence the second phase of his emergency journey to Europe, one month following Russia's unjustified invasion of Ukraine.

Biden's visit to Poland presents an opportunity for the president to demonstrate the devastating impact of Russia's escalating conflict on the human population.

In two days in Poland, Biden will meet with some of the over 3.7 million refugees who have been displaced from Ukraine, mostly women and children.

Biden will also meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw on Saturday to discuss the deteriorating humanitarian situations in the neighboring countries of Ukraine, which have been heavily impacted by the influx of refugees.

Since the war began, Poland, which borders Ukraine, has taken in over 2.2 million refugees, accounting for almost two-thirds of all migrants in Europe.

Over 570,000 migrants have also been taken in by countries to Ukraine's southwest border, including Romania, Moldova, Hungary, and Slovakia.

The influx of refugees has put a strain on authorities, health-care systems, and humanitarian aid agencies, prompting host nations to request more financial assistance from Western allies to support the growing number of arrivals.

Biden is often referred to as America's "comforter-in-chief" due to his ability to empathize with people who have experienced great tragedy, something to which Biden, a remarried widower who has lost two of his four children, can personally relate.

On Thursday, Biden declared that the U.S. is ready to provide over $1 billion in humanitarian aid to assist Ukrainians who remain in the country and those who have fled.

Biden stated that many Ukrainian refugees would prefer to remain in Europe in order to be near their homes and quickly return to Ukraine once the conflict ends.

Biden announced that the U.S. is ready to receive 100,000 Ukrainians, with the main objective being to reunite families.

As the conflict persists and the Russian army experiences stagnation, Putin's strategies have grown increasingly brutal.

On Wednesday, as Biden traveled to Europe, the US government formally accused Russia of committing war crimes in Ukraine and stated that those responsible should be prosecuted.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken frequently mentioned the brutality in Mariupol, Ukraine, while comparing it to Russian campaigns against Grozny in the Second Chechen War and Aleppo during the Syrian civil war in the official U.S. determination announcement.

Blinken stated that Russia's forces have destroyed various structures, including apartment buildings, schools, hospitals, critical infrastructure, civilian vehicles, shopping centers, and ambulances, resulting in the deaths or injuries of thousands of innocent civilians.

According to Blinken, Russian forces have bombed buildings that are clearly used by civilians, including the Mariupol maternity hospital and a theater with "children" written in large Russian letters.