Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Washington Tuesday to talk with President Biden and congressional leaders, a visit the White House said comes at a “critical time.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet in Washington on Tuesday with President Joe Biden and congressional leaders, a high-stakes visit that the White House said is coming at a “critical time” with additional Ukraine aid being debated on Capitol Hill.
Zelenskyy will sit down with Senate leaders Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell as well as House Speaker Mike Johnson. He and President Biden will also meet at the White House and hold a joint press conference.
“We’re looking forward to this visit,” John Kirby, a spokesman for the White House National Security Council, told reporters on Monday. “It’s a chance for the president to get an update from President Zelenskyy about how things are going on the battlefront but also to make it very clear to President Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian people that we’re gonna continue to support them, particularly at this very difficult time.”
Billions of dollars requested by the Biden administration to help Ukraine fight Russia’s invasion, as well as to support Israel and Taiwan, are currently in limbo in a battle over immigration policy and the southern border.
