Zelenskyy expected to visit White House – DW – 09/15/2023

US President Joe Biden is expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House next week, officials have told various US media outlets.

Zelenskyy is set to visit the US during the United Nations General Assembly.

He previously visited Washington in December last year, in his first overseas trip since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.

In a speech to Congress at the time, he urged Americans to view aid for Ukraine not as “charity,” but an as an “investment” in global security and democracy.

The latest trip, however, comes as Congress is increasingly divided over providing additional funding. Biden has sought a package of $13 billion in additional military aid and $8 billion for humanitarian support.

But some Republican lawmakers have been pushing for spending cuts, and specifically, a stop to further money to Ukraine.

dvv/rt (AP, Reuters, AFP, dpa)