Washington — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with a bipartisan group of senators on Thursday, Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer’s workplace mentioned.
Home Speaker Mike Johnson was uncertain if members from the decrease chamber would even be assembly with Zelenskyy.
“I do not know if it is on our schedule or not,” Johnson mentioned on the weekly information convention on Tuesday. “Our Thursday may be very fluid right here.”
Johnson mentioned Thursday’s schedule was “very fluid,” citing the Home’s plans to go a short-term funding invoice to maintain the federal government open by means of Dec. 20. The Home is planning to carry a vote Wednesday on the measure.
The Ukrainian chief can be scheduled to satisfy individually with President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday on the White Home to transient them on his “victory plan” within the battle in opposition to Russia, which has dragged on for 2 and half years.
Ukraine has pushed the U.S. and NATO to elevate restrictions on its use of Western-supplied long-range missiles in opposition to targets in Russian territory. Russian President Vladimir Putin has mentioned Kyiv’s use of long-range missiles to hit targets deep inside his nation would symbolize a significant escalation of NATO’s involvement within the battle.
Zelenskyy is within the U.S. to handle the United Nations Normal Meeting in New York, the place he’ll ship remarks Wednesday.
He additionally toured an ammunition manufacturing plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
Nikole Killion and
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