LIVE UPDATES: White House Press Secretary Says Biden Will Not Be Visiting Ukraine

US President Joe Biden will not visit Ukraine, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said.

On Wednesday, US media reported that the Biden administration was considering to send a high-level official to Kiev to meet with Volodymyr Zelensky. The options include the US president, Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, or Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, according to reports.

“No, we are not sending the president to Ukraine,” Psaki said, as quoted by Politico White House Correspondent Eugene Daniels.

A number of foreign leaders and senior officials have recently visited Ukraine to express support for the country amid the Russian military operation.

US State Department spokesperson Ned Price on Thursday said reports about the capture of a US citizen in Ukraine by Russian forces are not true.

"I cannot confirm that because reports that this US citizen was captured in Ukraine are not true. I can not offer anything further due to privacy considerations," Price told reporters when asked about publications in Russian social media accounts that American Joseph Ward Clark is captured. "I have reason to believe that this individual safe."

Price declined to discuss details due to privacy considerations.

The United States does not preclude further shipments of Stinger weapons systems to Ukraine as part of military aid packages, Defense Department spokesperson John Kirby said on Thursday.

"I would not rule out going forward in future drawdown packages or deliveries of security assistance that there might be additional Stingers going forward," Kirby told a press briefing.

The defense official added that Ukrainian forces have mined an overpass through the railroad tracks in the Konstantinovka town in Donetsk region and plan to “blow it up and accuse Russian armed forces of destroying civilian infrastructure.” According to Mizintsev, the Western media will then share yet another fake report about “atrocities committed by Russians.”

Tenenbaum described himself as one of Abramovich’s closest partners, while Davidovich was named by Forbes as his low profile right-hand man, the statement noted. According to the statement, Tenenbaum, who is a director of Chelsea Football Club, on February 24 took control of Abramovich-linked company Evrington Investments Limited, and in March, Davidovich took the company over from Tenenbaum.

On Wednesday, US media reported that the Biden administration was considering to send a high-level official to Kiev to meet with Volodymyr Zelensky. The reported options include the US president, Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, or Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin.

Ireland also ensured non-military support of Ukraine by rendering humanitarian assistance amounting to 20 million euros and providing 350 tonnes of medicine, products and hygiene, as well as by hosting Ukrainian refugees, the number of whom has reached 23,000 so far, Coveney said.

"As for the impact on the Russian economy, these steps were quite predictable. We had the experience and time to prepare for them. As you can see, our economy quickly adapted to the previous sanctions that were imposed in 2014," Birichevsky added.

The European Union is currently considering an embargo on Russia's energy exports, including oil, coal and gas.

Article 5 provides for collective defense – if a NATO ally is the victim of a military attack, every other member of the alliance will consider it to be an act of violence against all members and will take necessary actions.