The trip would come days after Congress, in the early hours of Tuesday morning, unveiled a year-end spending bill including about $45 billion for Ukraine.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy intends to make a surprise visit to Washington on Wednesday, the first time the leader has left his war-torn country since Russia invaded ten months ago.
Zelenskyy’s plans to appear at a joint session of Congress and at the White House as the Biden administration plans to announce the delivery of a Patriot missile battle system to help Ukraine with its air defenses, according to two people familiar with the plans but not authorized to publicly discuss for security concerns.
The trip is not certain to happen, the people cautioned. Zelenskyy was still in Ukraine Tuesday evening, and there are concerns about his ability to leave his country and then return again.
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NEW: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy plans a surprise visit to Washington tomorrow
Security concerns could thwart trip – Zelenskyy is still in Ukraine. But he plans to address Congress and visit White House as Washington prepares to send more aid to Kyiv https://t.co/gcIErbzCN0
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) December 20, 2022Whoa. pic.twitter.com/hEZHJYO8Y2
— David Gura (@davidgura) December 20, 2022
All I’m saying is don’t take any meetings with Margie or Kevin or their ilk.
— Mac (COVID ain’t over; get vaccinated) ✍️ (@GrammarGamer35) December 20, 2022
#BREAKING: Zelensky planning to visit US Capitol in person on Wednesday https://t.co/ADASW6WkKc
— The Hill (@thehill) December 20, 2022
I’ve said it before and I’ll undoubtedly say it again, but the modern right’s aspiration toward useful idiocy for Russia is among the most dispiriting shifts it has made. https://t.co/Yx4HcVdw4q
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) December 20, 2022
Today the Spiritual Leader of the global battle between democracy and autocracy is coming to Washington. Today, Americans will learn all they need to know as to which elected officials are on democracy’s side by who embraces @ZelenskyyUa and who doesn’t.
— Trygve Olson (@trygveolson) December 21, 2022
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