LSpeaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi met Sunday 1er May Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a surprise visit to kyiv.
“Thank you to the United States for helping to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our State”, tweeted the Ukrainian president to accompany a video where we see him, flanked by armed guards, welcoming Nancy Pelosi and a congressional delegation in front of the presidency in kyiv and then in a meeting with the American delegation.
“The United States is a leader in strong support for Ukraine in the fight against Russian aggression,” continued the Ukrainian president. “Our delegation traveled to Kyiv to send an unequivocal and resounding message to the whole world: the United States stands with Ukraine,” according to a statement from the American delegation which then travels to the southeast. of Poland and Warsaw.
Зустріч зі спікером Палати представників Конгресу США @SpeakerPelosi в Києві. Сполучені Штати є лідером потужної підтримки України в боротьбі з агресіѤю Р. Дякуємо, що допомагаєте захищати суверенітет і територіальну цілісність ж нашоеї! pic.twitter.com/QXSBPFoGQh
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) May 1, 2022
$700 million in aid
“Additional American support is on the way”, underline the American parliamentarians who assure that they will “transform President Biden’s strong request for funding into a legislative package”. This visit comes a week after the trip to kyiv by the head of American diplomacy Antony Blinken and the American Minister of Defense Lloyd Austin. During their trip, the two officials announced the gradual return of an American diplomatic presence in Ukraine and additional direct and indirect aid of more than $700 million.
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President Zelensky, for his part, welcomed the “very important signals” given by the United States and President Joe Biden, including the Lend-Lease (Lend-Lease) program for Ukraine, like the one put in place by the United States during the Second World War, in order to supply friendly countries with war material without intervening directly in the conflict.