BREAKING: Plans are underway for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to visit the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, according to sources. The visit comes as Congress is considering $45 billion in funding for Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets soldiers at the site of the heaviest battles with Russian invaders in Bakhmut, Ukraine, Dec. 20, 2022, in this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office.Plans are underway for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to visit the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to address a joint session of Congress, according to sources.The trip comes as Congress is considering $45 billion in funding for Ukraine.
Zelenskyy, who enjoys broad bipartisan support on the Hill despite some Republican calls for more oversight of U.S. aid, has addressed Congress before -- remotely -- on March 16, some three weeks into Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets soldiers at the site of the heaviest battles with Russian invaders in Bakhmut, Ukraine, Dec. 20, 2022, in this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office.At the time he thanked Congress but called on the U.S. to do more for his country. He invoked the words of Martin Luther King Jr. -- "I have a dream" -- and said "I have a need" to protect Ukraine.
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