Zelenskiy ‘Counting’ on Biden Meeting for Strike Permission

Volodymyr Zelenskiy
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By Daryna Krasnolutska and Aliaksandr Kudrytski

September 11, 2024 at 2:30 PM UTC

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will press President Joe Biden on his plea to lift restrictions on weapons used for deeper strikes within Russia territory when he meets the US leader this month.

“Unfortunately it doesn’t depend on my optimism, it depends on their optimism,” Zelenskiy said in Kyiv Wednesday ahead of a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his UK counterpart David Lammy to discuss the issue.