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ROGER BOYES | ANALYSIS

Poland wants more than warm words and Nato troop promises from America

The Times
Joe Biden takes a selfie with members of the US Army 82nd Airborne Division during his visit to Rzeszow, Poland
Joe Biden takes a selfie with members of the US Army 82nd Airborne Division during his visit to Rzeszow, Poland
ADAM SCHULTZ/WHITE HOUSE PHOTO/ALAMY LIVE NEWS

Air Force One delivered Joe Biden to the Polish border town of Rzeszow yesterday, within 40 miles of Nato’s front line with Ukraine.

It has served as a logistics hub for western arms and humanitarian assistance to the townships and cities under Russian fire, and as a haven for tens of thousands fleeing daily for their lives. The US president’s visit wasn’t particularly dangerous or daring but it was symbolic — Biden will today set out the limits and possibilities of Nato’s scope for action when war breaks out on its doorstep. A day of intensive summitry in Brussels on Thursday was scripted to produce an impression of western unity and resolve. Yet Nato, the G7 and the EU couldn’t agree how to change the