US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has led a Congressional delegation to Kyiv to meet with Ukraine's president before heading to Poland for talks with officials there on Sunday.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has led a Congressional delegation to Kyiv to meet with Ukraine's president before heading to Poland for talks with officials there on Sunday.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has led a Congressional delegation to Kyiv to meet with Ukraine's president before heading to Poland for talks with officials there on Sunday.
Pelosi, a California Democrat and second in line to the presidency after the vice president, is the highest-ranking American leader to visit Ukraine since the start of the war, and her visit on Saturday marks a major show of continuing support for the country's struggle against Russia.
바카라Our delegation travelled to Kyiv to send an unmistakable and resounding message to the entire world: America stands firmly with Ukraine,바카라 Pelosi said in a statement released Sunday.
Footage released by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office showed Pelosi and other US legislators in Kyiv. In video later released by Pelosi's office, the speaker and Zelenskyy both thanked each other for their support in the war.
바카라We'll win and we'll win together,바카라 Zelenskyy said. Pelosi added: 바카라We are here until victory is won.바카라
The full Congressional delegation included Democratic Reps. Gregory Meeks of New York who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Adam Schiff, of California who chairs the House Intelligence Committee; Jim McGovern of Massachusetts who chairs the House Rules Committee; Jason Crow of Colorado; Barbara Lee of California; and Bill Keating of Massachusetts.
바카라You all are welcome,바카라 Zelenskyy told the delegation. Pelosi told Zelenskyy: 바카라We believe that we are visiting you to say thank you for your fight for freedom."
바카라We are on a frontier of freedom and your fight is a fight for everyone. Our commitment is to be there for you until the fight is done,바카라 Pelosi added.
The visit wasn't previously announced. The delegation continued its trip in southeast Poland, and Pelosi said they would later visit the capital, Warsaw, to meet with President Andrzej Duda and other senior officials. Poland has received more than 3 million refugees from Ukraine since Russia launched its war on Feb 24.
바카라We look forward to thanking our Polish allies for their dedication and humanitarian efforts,바카라 she said.
In a news conference in Poland, Pelosi said she and others in the delegation applauded the courage of the Ukrainian people. She added that the delegation brought Zelenskyy 바카라a message of appreciation from the American people for his leadership바카라.
Schiff said the US lawmakers had a three-hour meeting with Zelenskyy and his administration, talking about sanctions, weapons and aid assistance. Schiff promised that intelligence sharing would continue between Ukraine and the US.
바카라This is a struggle of freedom against tyranny,바카라 Schiff said. 바카라And in that struggle, Ukraine is on the front lines.바카라 McGovern said Russia's war had repercussions far beyond Ukraine, suggesting that it could have disastrous effects on the world's food supply and consequently for poor people across the globe.
바카라Putin's brutal war is no longer only a war against the people of Ukraine,바카라 McGovern said. 바카라It's also a war against the world's most vulnerable.바카라
He added that Ukraine is a 바카라breadbasket of the world.바카라 바카라I don't think that Putin cares if he starves the world,바카라 McGovern said.