Kyiv residents were optimistic on the prospects of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s trip to the United States on Wednesday (December 21).
Zelenskiy is traveling to Washington to meet President Joe Biden and address Congress on Wednesday in his first known overseas trip 300 days after Russia’s invasion of its neighbor.
Zelenskiy said he was going to Washington for talks with Biden to strengthen Ukraine’s “resilience and defence capabilities” amid repeated Russian attacks on energy and water supplies in the dead of winter.
according to a senior U.S. official Biden will announce a package of military assistance for Ukraine valued at nearly $2 billion that will include a Patriot missile battery to help it defend itself against barrages of Russian missiles.
Zelenskiy is expected to hold talks with Biden and top national security aides at the White House, participate in a joint news conference with Biden and then go to Capitol Hill to address a joint session of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 with the aim of capturing Kyiv in days, a goal that quickly proved out of reach.
