Zelenskiy to Meet Biden, US Lawmakers in Bid to Unlock Aid

Ukraine leader to discuss urgent defense needs at White House
Biden request for military aid stuck in Congress budget fight

WATCH: Zelenskiy is set for talks with Biden. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Bobby Ghosh discusses the latest on Ukraine funding.Source: Bloomberg

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By Daryna Krasnolutska and Daniel Flatley

December 10, 2023 at 8:19 PM UTC

Updated on

December 11, 2023 at 7:40 AM UTC

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Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy is headed to Washington for talks with President Joe Biden and US congressional leaders, signaling a push to energize support among his country’s allies almost two years into Russia’s invasion.

With Biden’s request for further military assistance to Kyiv stalled in Congress, the Ukrainian president will make his case on Capitol Hill and at the White House on Tuesday at a key juncture in his fight to regain Russian-occupied territory.