Published December 11, 2023
President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit the White House on Tuesday in his third trip to Washington since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, 2022. He last visited in September.
The Ukrainian president is scheduled to speak at an all-senators meeting Tuesday morning courtesy of an invitation by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, a Senate leadership aide said. House Speaker Mike Johnson will meet with Zelensky too, his office confirmed.
A statement from the White House confirmed the Zelensky visit as an aid package for Ukraine remains stalled in Congress.
As Breitbart News reported, the latest aid bill is stalled in Congress after the Senate voted to reject a $111 billion package that includes money for Ukraine, but also to help Indo-Pacific allies support humanitarian aid in Gaza, and bolster anti-drug trafficking operations at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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SOURCE: www.breitbart.com
RELATED:Biden invites Zelensky to the White House amid a stepped-up push for U.S. Congress to approve more aid
President Joe Biden has asked Congress for a $110 billion package of wartime funding for Ukraine ($61.4 billion) and Israel, along with other national security priorities
Published December 11, 2023
President Joe Biden has invited Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to the White House on December 12 as the U.S. administration steps up the pressure on Congress to provide billions more in aid to Kyiv in the war with Russia.
The visit is intended “to underscore the United States’ unshakeable commitment to supporting the people of Ukraine as they defend themselves against Russia’s brutal invasion,” the White House said in a statement Sunday. “As Russia ramps up its missile and drone strikes against Ukraine, the leaders will discuss Ukraine’s urgent needs and the vital importance of the United States’ continued support at this critical moment.”
Mr. Biden has asked Congress for a $110 billion package of wartime funding for Ukraine ($61.4 billion) and Israel, along with other national security priorities. But the request is caught up in a debate over U.S. immigration policy and border security.
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SOURCE: www.theHindu.com
RELATED: Zelensky to meet Biden, Republicans amid warnings US aid for Ukraine will run out
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky will travel to Washington Tuesday to meet President Joe Biden and plead his case before Republicans balking at sending more money for his fight against Russia, amid warnings aid will run out in weeks.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is seen in a handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on December 6, 2023. © handout / AFP
Published December 10, 2023
In a flurry of diplomatic activity after the White House announced Zelensky‘s visit, an aide for Mike Johnson said the new Republican speaker for the House of Representatives — who has been trying to tie Ukraine aid to funding for US border security — will also meet with the Ukrainian leader Tuesday.
And a Senate official said Democratic majority leader Chuck Schumer and Republican leader Mitch McConnell likewise invited Zelensky to speak at an all-Senators meeting Tuesday morning — one week after several Republicans angrily walked out of a classified Ukraine briefing that he had been due to address via video.
Biden and Zelensky “will discuss Ukraine’s urgent needs” as it fights off a Russian invasion, and “the vital importance of the United States’ continued support at this critical moment,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
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SOURCE: www.france24.com
