In Washington, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky received an additional aid package of nearly $8 billion from American President Joe Biden on Thursday September 26. Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic candidate for the presidency, assured her support “ unwavering to the Ukrainian people “.
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Volodymyr Zelensky collected a new aid package of Joe Biden and the support of Kamala Harriswho took the opportunity to attack American supporters of a “ capitulation » from Ukraine, in an allusion to its rival for the presidential election, Donald Trump. There ” Russia won’t win », Launched the American president from the Oval Office, 39 days before this election which promises to be extremely close, and on which the future of support for kyiv depends.
In order to “ help Ukraine win this war », Joe Biden had announced a little earlier a “ increased security assistance », but without the green light hoped for by kyiv to fire long-range missiles manufactured in the United States towards Russia.
“ My support for the Ukrainian people is unwavering “, said for her part the vice-president and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, during a separate meeting with the Ukrainian president.
Capitulation, “dangerous and irresponsible” for Kamala Harris
“ There are people in my country who would force Ukraine to give up large portions of its sovereign territory, who would demand that Ukraine declare itself neutral, and who would demand that Ukraine renounce military relations with other countries. These proposals are the same as those of Putin and they are not peace proposals. These are proposals for capitulation, which is dangerous and irresponsible “, she added.
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The target of these remarks is clear: former President Donald Trump, Republican candidate for the White House, who strongly attacked Volodymyr Zelensky in recent days, accusing him of preventing a “ agreement » to end the war. The Republican candidate also announced that he was going to meet Volodymyr Zelensky at Trump Tower the next day, Friday September 27.
“ This war can be won and a just peace can be made, but only with the United States », pleaded the Ukrainian head of state, who came to present to Washington his “ plan for victory “. Joe Biden called for a high-level summit to be held in Germany with 50 countries allied with Ukraine “ to coordinate efforts “.
The 81-year-old democrat, a major architect of Western support for Ukraine since its invasion by Russia in February 2022, has decided to deploy 8 billion in aid in total. Joe Biden, who will therefore leave power next January, continues to break down the envelope of 61 billion dollars voted painfully last April by a politically divided Congress.
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Zelensky before Congress
In the morning, the Ukrainian president was received in Congress by the leaders of the Republican Party and the Democratic Party in the Senate, both of whom wore yellow ties and blue shirts, the Ukrainian colors. The Ukrainian president, dressed in a black and khaki outfit, revealed the main points of his victory plan », According to a report of the meeting, distributed by his team.
This visit comes the day after new threats from Vladimir Putin, in the form of a proposal to change the doctrine of the use of nuclear weapons by Moscow. This would involve responding to “ aggression against Russia by a non-nuclear country, but with the participation or support of a nuclear country », Launched the Russian president.
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