House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi showed “clear” U.S. support for Ukraine against Russia’s aggression, a day after a surprise visit to kyiv was revealed only on Sunday by two parts.
Our delegation had the solemn opportunity and the great honor to meet yesterday [samedi] the president of ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday at a press conference in Rzeszow, in southeastern Poland.
Thank you to the United States for helping to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our statetweeted to the Ukrainian president on Sunday morning to accompany a video in which we see him, who is on the side of armed guards, welcoming Ms. Pelosi and a congressional delegation before the presidency in kyiv and then meeting with the American delegation.
The United States is a leader in strong support for Ukraine in the fight against Russian aggressioncontinued the Ukrainian president.
For Mrs Pelosi, the visit to Kyiv provided a better understanding of what should do to help Ukraine.
We are already in the process of passing into law the initiatives presented by President Bidenhe taught in Poland.
Joe Biden has asked Congress for a massive budget extension of 33 billion dollars, of which 20 billion should go to the supply of weapons, nearly seven times more than the however impressive amount of weapons and ammunition donated. in Ukraine since the beginning of The invasion of Russia, launched on February 24.
Our delegation traveled to Kyiv to send a clear and resounding message to the world: the United States stands with Ukraineaccording to a press release from the American delegation published at the end of their delegation’s visit in Kyiv.
President Zelensky for his part accepted the very important signals donations by the United States and Joe Biden, including the Lend-Lease (Lend-Lease) program for Ukraine, as built by the United States during World War II, to provide military equipment to friendly countries without directly interfering in the conflict .
We are gratefulsaid Volodymyr Zelensky in a statement from the Ukrainian presidency.
The US parliamentary visit came a week after US Foreign Minister Antony Blinken and Defense Minister Lloyd Austin traveled to Kyiv.
During their trip, the two officials announced the gradual return of an American diplomatic presence in Ukraine and additional direct and indirect assistance of more than $ 700 million.
Source: Radio-Canada
