VIDEO: Easter bunny appears to direct Biden away from Afghanistan question on White House lawn

A staffer dressed as the Easter bunny stepped in to stop Joe Biden from answering a question on Afghanistan during the White House Easter egg roll.

In a video shared online that has since gone viral, the US president can be seen beginning to answer the reporter’s enquiry before being cut off.

“Pakistan should not and Afghanistan should be - people should be free,” Biden said before he was quickly waved away by the huge bunny.

According to the New York Post, he was rushed away to kick off another round of the egg-rolling competition.

On the other hand, Biden is not planning to visit Kyiv, despite Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky urging him to demonstrate US support for the fight against Russia by traveling to the embattled capital, the White House said Monday.

"There's no plans for the president to go. Let me just reiterate that," Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters.

A string of European leaders have made the trip to Kyiv and met with Zelensky.

Agencies