I didn't think that, Putin would dare to take out an American president.

Axar.az reports that this was stated by U.S. President Joe Biden in an interview with MSNBC.

"I was worried, concerned about a radical element within Ukraine that was under the control or working with the Russians might try to do. That's why we went so way out of our way to get the best people to travel on that 10 hour ride in that train. But I thought it was we demonstrate to the rest of the European leaders, stand up, man. We can stand up and do this. We can prevent this from happening. My concern was if we didn't go, we didn't show up, then who leads? What happens? I, and I didn't think, by the way. I think it was I've got to go to Ukraine, but I think it was important. That we treat Ukraine like an independent country, wanted to talk to them, I wanted them to know that we were with them. And it was the best way to do that," he said.