Ukraine’s Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky is intending to see Washington on Wednesday and also may meet US President Joe Biden, records state.

It would certainly be his very first international journey given that the Russian invasion in February.

Mr Zelensky can also attend to Congress, unrevealed authorities informed US media. There is no official confirmation of the check out or the plans.

A browse through would certainly be filled with protection problems – suggesting strategies might likely change summarily.

In a letter on Tuesday, Democratic Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi advised participants of Congress to be in attendance on Wednesday night.

“Please be present for an extremely unique concentrate on freedom,” she composed, without giving further details.

Mr Zelensky on a regular basis holds foreign leaders in the capital, Kyiv, and has actually checked out soldiers around Ukraine. He made an unannounced see to the front-line city of Bakhmut on Tuesday.

The Ukrainian president has actually additionally talked regularly to world leaders over the telephone and by video clip phone call – frequently from his office in Kyiv.

But an unannounced visit to a foreign country would certainly note an initial given that the war began, and likewise indicate the value of Ukraine’s relationship with the US which has played a leading function in supplying military support.

In regards to total investing on direct armed forces support because the start of the dispute, the US has actually dedicated $18.5 bn (₤ 15.1 bn), even more than any various other individual nation (to 20 November).

Chart showing largest donors of aid for weapons and equipment to Ukraine including the US, $18.5 billion and Germany $2.3 billion and UK $1.9 billion. Updated 16 Dec.
President Zelensky has actually appealed for even more financing, as well as has claimed the month-to-month price of support for Ukraine had to do with $5bn (₤ 4.1 bn).

Most just recently, US media have actually reported that Head of state Joe Biden’s management is taking into consideration providing Ukraine with Patriot missiles that would certainly allow the country to secure its important facilities against Russian assaults.

Russia has actually been targeting Ukraine’s power field, diving millions into darkness in winter temperature levels numerous levels below cold.

On Tuesday, President Zelensky made an unannounced see to the front-line city of Bakhmut, where Ukrainian as well as Russian pressures have actually battled an intense, months-long fight.

He met soldiers and also given out awards to soldiers, the presidency claimed.

The see was a substantial show of defiance – and also a demo of assistance for Ukrainian pressures taken part in several of the fiercest fights in recent weeks.


Soldiers gave Mr Zelensky a Ukrainian flag with their names signed on it and also asked him to offer it to President Biden and the United States Congress, momentarily that was captured on video camera.

Mr Zelensky’s workplace has not formally talked about any type of imminent trip to the United States.

On the very same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded medals inside the Kremlin to figures involved in the Russian intrusion.

Vladimir Putin awards sergeant of the Russian National Guard Troops, Lev Makeyev, with the Order of Courage during a ceremony at the Kremlin

Given that Russia attacked Ukraine on 24 February, the United States military price quotes that at the very least 100,000 Russian as well as 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been eliminated or hurt, along with some 40,000 civilian fatalities.

The UN has actually videotaped 7.8 million people as evacuees from Ukraine across Europe, consisting of Russia. Nonetheless, the figure does not consist of those who have actually been compelled to leave their homes but stay in Ukraine.

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Last Updated: 21 December 2022