President Volodymyr Zelensky’s schedule includes talks with congressional leaders and Pentagon officials, as well as meetings with President Biden.
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy areZelensky in separate meetings at the Capitol. McCarthy’s support is needed for Congress to move ahead with Biden’s funding request. The Republican leader told reporters that people had questions for Zelensky and concerns about “accountability.”
On Thursday afternoon, Biden and Zelensky are set to hold their sixth in-person meeting. White House spokesman John Kirby told reporters thatabout U.S.-made long-range missiles known as ATACMS, which Zelensky has requested for months. Zelensky is also expected to meet with military leaders at the Pentagon.
Zelensky on Wednesday denounced what he called “inaction” at the U.N. Security Council on Russia’s invasion of his country. “We should recognize that the U.N. finds itself in a deadlock on the matters of aggression,” he said, before leaving early and avoiding a dramatic faceoff with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
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