The Ukrainian president is in Washington for the third time in a year, where he must meet Joe Biden and go to Congress, to prevent the United States from cutting off supplies to his country at war.
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The last chance visit? Lhe Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will increase the number of meetings on Tuesday, December 12, in Congress and at the White House, to prevent Washington from cutting off supplies to his country at war. According to the leader, the hesitations of the United States and Western countries are Moscow’s business and any delay in aid to Ukraine is a “rdream come true” for Vladimir Putin.
“If there is anyone who rejoices in the endless negotiations on Capitol Hill, it is Putin and his clique of deranged people,” accused Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday, urging Congress to get into working order. The Democrats are in favor of these new funds, the Republicans not exactly against, but in return for their vote demand major changes in the migration policy of the United States. On this point, discussions are slipping, which is not without frustrating the Ukrainian president. Without a new envelope, Vladimir Putin “will pass through Ukraine and cross Europe”warned US Senator Chuck Schumer.
“This will be his most important visit.”
Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader of the Senateto AFP
Congress theoretically has only until Friday, when the parliamentary recess begins, to reach an agreement on additional funds for Ukraine. The White House has already warned that it will “short of money” by the end of the year if nothing is done.
The meeting with Joe Biden will be an opportunity for the American president “to receive the latest news from the front (…) but also to clearly indicate to the Ukrainian people that we will continue to support them, particularly in this very difficult period”, underlined the spokesperson for the American executive, John Kirby. Washington has committed more than 110 billion dollars since the start of the Russian invasion in February 2022, but stumbled last week on the new component demanded by American President Joe Biden, some 61 billion dollars.