Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi and different main members of the U.S. Congress met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv and pledged to help his nation “till the battle is finished.”
Pelosi and Zelenskyy each launched footage on Sunday morning of the go to, which had not been beforehand introduced. A statement from Pelosi’s workplace mentioned the go to was the primary to Ukraine by an official Congressional delegation since Russia’s invasion and the U.S. lawmakers would now proceed their travels in Poland.
Zelenskyy tweeted a video exhibiting the American delegation being greeted by him and different Ukrainian officers open air earlier than heading into a gathering room.
“We consider that we’re visiting you to say thanks in your battle for freedom. We’re on a frontier of freedom and your battle is a battle for everybody. Our dedication is to be there for you till the battle is finished,” Pelosi mentioned within the video.
The go to got here per week after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Protection Lloyd Austin traveled to Kyiv. The pair pledged more military aid for Ukraine.
In her statement, Pelosi mentioned Zelenskyy conveyed the necessity for safety, financial and humanitarian help to “handle the devastating human toll taken on the Ukrainian individuals by [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s diabolic invasion.”
“Our delegation proudly delivered the message that further American help is on the best way,” Pelosi mentioned. Final week, the Biden administration asked Congress to go a $33 billion support package deal for Ukraine, together with greater than $20 billion in new navy and safety help.
“It’s important to know that we are going to win, and we are going to win collectively,” Zelenskyy said in a video tweeted by Pelosi.
The delegation included different U.S. lawmakers resembling Home Overseas Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Meeks and Home Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff.
Pelosi’s workplace mentioned the delegation would meet in Poland with President Andrzej Duda, with the view to “thanking our Polish allies for his or her dedication and humanitarian effort.”
