United States President Joe Biden welcomed Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy to the White House with renewed assurances of American support for Ukraine’s defense against a Russian onslaught. | Reuters
The Ukrainian president, who said he had wanted to come to the United States earlier, offered his appreciation to Biden, the U.S. Congress and ordinary Americans for their support since Russia invaded his country in late February.
The U.S.-supplied HIMARS rocket systems have proven to be pivotal to the Ukrainian offensives in August that drove the Russians out of Kharkiv and then Kherson last month, bolstering Ukraine’s strategy of hitting Russian command-and-control nodes, logistics routes and ammunition dumps.The White House said the officer met Zelenskiy in Bakhmut, an eastern Ukrainian frontline city, earlier this week and asked him to give his medal to Biden as a token of his gratitude.
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