President Zelensky calls meeting with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in Kyiv 'powerful signal'
May 2, 2022, 8:28 am

President Zelensky calls meeting with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in Kyiv 'powerful signal'

Ukraine's president urges Europe to take a stronger stand against Russia (File photo: Volodymyr Zelenskiy official Facebook page)

The Anews reported, citing the Associated Press, Ukraine's president is describing his hourslong weekend meeting with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in Kyiv as a powerful signal of support in a difficult time.

In a televised address on Sunday evening, President Volodymyr Zelensky said his meeting with Pelosi included discussions of defense supplies to Ukraine, financial support and sanctions against Russia.

Pelosi and a half dozen U.S. lawmakers met with Zelensky and his top aides for about three hours late Saturday to voice American solidarity with the besieged nation and get a first-hand assessment as she works to steer a massive new Ukraine aid package through Congress.

Зустріч зі спікером Палати представників Конгресу США @SpeakerPelosi в Києві. Сполучені Штати є лідером потужної підтримки України в боротьбі з агресією РФ. Дякуємо, що допомагаєте захищати суверенітет і територіальну цілісність нашої держави! pic.twitter.com/QXSBPFoGQh
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) May 1, 2022

Zelensky says Ukrainians "are grateful to all partners who send such important and powerful signals of support by visiting our capital at such a difficult time."

President Zelensky meets face-to-face with Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin

Additionally, Zelensky estimated that more than 350,000 people had been evacuated from combat zones thanks to humanitarian corridors pre-arranged with Moscow since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in late February. Many civilians were evacuated Sunday from at a steel plant in the bombed-out city of Mariupol.

Source: anews

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