Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to be at the White House and on Capitol Hill next week as he visits the United States during the United Nations General Assembly.
Zelensky’s trip comes as Congress debates President Joe Biden’s request to provide up to $24 billion in military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine as it fights the Russian invasion.
An administration official, who spoke 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 were granted anonymity to discuss the plans.
The Ukrainian president made a wartime visit to Washington in December 2022 and delivered an impassioned speech at a joint meeting of Congress.
At the time it was his first known trip outside his country since Russia invaded in February of that year.
In his speech to enthusiastic lawmakers, Zelensky thanked Americans for helping fund the war effort and said the money “is not charity” but an “investment” in global security and democracy.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken meets with Zelensky in kyiv on September 6 in a show of support for Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia.AP
Zelensky’s trip comes as Congress debates President Joe Biden’s request to provide up to $24 billion in military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine as it fights the Russian invasion.
Details of Zelensky’s visit next week have not yet been made public. He 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 that they would impose new sanctions on more than 150 individuals and entities related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the United States was “continuing our relentless work to attack Russia’s military supply chains and deprive (Russian President Vladimir) Putin of the equipment, technology and services he needs to wage his war.” barbaric war against Ukraine.”
In his speech to enthusiastic lawmakers, Zelensky thanked Americans for helping fund the war effort and said the money “is 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 would meet with Biden at the White House.
Congress is increasingly divided over providing additional funding for Ukraine as the war is now in its second year.
Biden has requested a package of $13.1 billion in additional military aid for Ukraine and $8.5 billion in humanitarian support.
It also includes $2.3 billion for financing and to catalyze donors through the World Bank.
Zelensky has been fighting a war for a year and a half after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.AP
Mitch McConnell and a delegation of Republican US senators visited Zelensky in the Ukrainian capital in April 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press
But conservative Republican lawmakers have been pushing for broad cuts to federal spending, and some of former President Donald Trump’s allies are specifically seeking to stop sending money to Ukraine.
Congress is working to pass its annual appropriations bills before the September 30 deadline to keep the American government running.
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