The Ukrainian president needs more weaponry to resist Russia’s attacks on energy targets that have left millions without heat and light in the midst of the Ukrainian winter
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensk. Picture: UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE/REUTERSUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has often astonished the world with his trips to the battlefield, but his visit to Washington to press for military aid has delivered the biggest surprise of the 10 months since Russia invaded his country.
He is due to meet President Joe Biden and visit Congress and to plead for more weaponry to resist Russia’s relentless attacks on energy targets that have left millions of Ukrainians without heat and light in the midst of the Ukrainian winter. “The fight is here,” Zelensky said in response to a US offer to evacuate him from Kyiv when the war broke out, the Ukrainian embassy in Britain said at the time.
Since its forces rolled across the border, Zelensky has since addressed tens of parliaments, institutions and non-profit organisations via video links and has held countless calls with world leaders, but has not made any known foreign trip since attending the Munich Security ConferenceHis wife, Olena Zelenska, travelled to Washington in July to address Congress and has made several other international trips pleading for Ukraine, as have his aides and ministers.
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