Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in the United States to present his plan to end the war with Russia to Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and and Donald Trump.
MORE ABOUT ZELENSKY’S VISIT TO AMERICA
Zelensky will present his proposals – which he calls a ‘victory plan’ – to the trio this week and press the case for Ukraine to use long-range missiles on targets inside Russia.
Kyiv for weeks has urged West to allow it to use the weapons to strike deeper into Russia, but the Biden administration is still not convinced that it should give Ukraine that authority.
US officials say they are seeking more detailed information about how Kyiv would use the weapons and how they fit into the broader strategy for the war.
Zelensky is expected to try to convince Biden to change his mind when they meet at the White House on Thursday.
The Ukrainian President, who landed in the US on Sunday, began his American tour by visiting a factory in Pennsylvania that produces badly needed 155mm artillery shells. He will next travel to New York and Washington.
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WHAT ZELENSKY SAID
‘I began my visit to the United States by expressing my gratitude to all the employees at the plant,’ Zelensky said Sunday in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
The post included photos of him shaking hands with workers at the plant, where he said production had been ramped up.
‘It is in places like this where you can truly feel that the democratic world can prevail,’ he wrote.
The visit comes after a summer of intense fighting – with Moscow advancing fast in eastern Ukraine and Kyiv holding on to swathes of Russia’s Kursk region.
