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Volodymyr Zelensky will be present at the UN podium on Tuesday September 19, for the first time since the start of the invasion. Before that, he made a point of meeting Ukrainian soldiers being treated in the United States.
This is an unprecedented scene in New York (United States) for the Ukrainian president. Volodymyr Zelensky visited wounded soldiers from his army at Staten Island University Hospital on Monday, September 18. Volodymyr Zelensky warmly shook the hands of his men, who had amputated legs or arms and were severely disabled. He presented each of the soldiers with a decoration. One of them, very weak and in a wheelchair, presented the Ukrainian president with his military badge.
Tuesday at the UN and Thursday in Washington
After taking a few photos and signing autographs, Volodymyr Zelensky expressed words of comfort and encouragement. “Thank you very much to the staff, to the doctors to whom you gave the opportunity to realize only one dream, to live and return, of course“, he declared. His visit, under high security, was kept secret until the last moment. He will then take the podium of the UN on Tuesday, then fly to Washington (United States). United) on Thursday, where he will be received at the White House.