President Biden personally welcomed President Zelensky at the entrance to the White House, an Ukrinform correspondent reports from Washington.
According to the White House, in the course of the meeting, the two leaders will have an opportunity to engage in an “in-depth strategic discussion on the way ahead on the battlefield”.
Additionally, the parties are planning to consider the training and capabilities Western partners are providing Ukraine.
Zelensky and Biden will also touch on the sanctions imposed on Russia and export control, intended to inflict economic losses and weaken Russia’s military and industrial potential.
In addition, the two leaders will discuss military aid to Ukraine from the United States and more than 50 other countries.
Separately, the parties will consider assistance to Ukraine in the economic and energy sectors, as well as humanitarian aid to the Ukrainian people.
Following the meeting, Zelensky and Biden are expected to hold a joint press conference.
A reminder that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is paying a working visit to the United States. It is his first trip abroad since the Russian full-scale invasion started.
“Mr. President, it’s good to have you back. It’s an honor to be by your side in the united defense against what is a brutal, brutal war waged by Putin. Hard to believe, 300 days going through this, and Putin has waged a brutal assault on the Ukrainians’ right to exist as a nation, and the attack on innocent Ukrainian people for no reason other than to intimidate,” Biden stressed.
Biden also noted the escalated Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy and civil infrastructure.
In his words, Putin is “trying to use winter as a weapon”.
The President of the United States reassured that Americans, along with European allies, stand with Ukraine.
A reminder that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is paying a working visit to the United States. It is his first trip abroad since the Russian full-scale invasion started.
Zelensky thanked Biden and the United States Congress for their support and expressed gratitude to the American people, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
“Thank you so much, Mr. President. Of course thanks bipartisan support, thanks Congress, and thanks from our just ordinary people to your ordinary people, Americans. I really appreciate,” Zelensky said.
The President of Ukraine also presented Biden with a hero’s award, which he said was passed along from a captain in the Ukrainian military fighting in the Donbas.
“One guy who’s really, really a hero, real captain, and he asked me to pass his award to President Biden. He’s very brave and he said give it to very brave President, and I want to give you, that is a cross for military merit,” Zelensky told.
Biden thanked Zelensky and said that he would send the Ukrainian captain a US command coin in return.
“Undeserved but much appreciated, thank you. Well, we have a tradition here, and I will give it to him. My son who fought in Iraq, they have what they call a command coin. Have you seen those coins we get in the battlefield? I will make sure that he gets one of those. Thank you,” the President of the United States noted.
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