Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to be at the White House and on Capitol Hill next week when he visits the US during the United Nations General Assembly.
Zelensky’s trip comes as Congress debates President Joe Biden’s request to provide as much as $24 billion in military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine as it fights Russian aggression.
An administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive visit, said Zelensky will meet with Biden at the White House next Thursday.
The trip to the Capitol was confirmed by two congressional aides who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the plan.
The Ukrainian president made a wartime visit to Washington in December 2022 and delivered an impassioned speech to a joint meeting of Congress.
At the time it was his first trip abroad since Russia invaded in February of that year.
In his speech to cheering lawmakers, Zelensky thanked the American people for helping fund the war effort and said the money was “not charity,” but an “investment” in global security and democracy.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken met with Zelensky in Kyiv on September 6 in a show of support for Ukraine’s retaliation against Russia.AP
Zelensky’s trip comes as Congress debates President Joe Biden’s request to provide as much as $24 billion in military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine as it fights Russian aggression.AP
Details of Zelensky’s visit next week have not yet been made public. It was first reported by Punchbowl News.
The White House National Security Council declined to comment on Zelensky’s plans, including whether he would meet with Biden at the White House.
Meanwhile, the Treasury and State Departments announced they are imposing new sanctions on more than 150 individuals and entities linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the US “continues our relentless work to target Russian military supply chains and deprive (Russian President Vladimir) Putin of the equipment, technology and services he needs to wage his barbaric war on Ukraine.”
In his speech to cheering lawmakers, Zelensky thanked the American people for helping fund the war effort and said the money was “not charity,” but an “investment” in global security and democracy. AFP via Getty Images
The White House National Security Council declined to comment on Zelensky’s plans, including whether he will meet with Biden at the White House.AP
Congress is increasingly divided over providing additional funds for Ukraine as the war enters its second year.
Biden has requested an additional $13.1 billion military aid package for Ukraine and $8.5 billion for humanitarian support.
It also includes $2.3 billion in financing and catalyzing donors through the World Bank.
Zelensky has been at war for a year and a half since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.AP
Mitch McConnell and a delegation of US Republican senators visited Zelensky in the Ukrainian capital in April 2022. Press of the President of Ukraine
But conservative Republican lawmakers have pushed for sweeping federal spending cuts and some of them allied with Donald Trump, the former president, specifically want to stop money to Ukraine.
Congress is scrambling to pass its annual appropriations bill before a September 30 deadline to keep the US government running.
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