Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi visited Washington yesterday on his first foreign visit after the Russian invasion.
The president of Ukraine who visited the US Congress yesterday Volodymyr Zelenskyi donated to the outgoing Speaker of the House of Representatives after his speech For Nancy Pelosi Flag of Ukraine.
On the ticket, attention was drawn to the various writings that were used to fill the ticket.
According to Zelensky, he brought the flag with him from eastern Ukraine, the city of Bahmut in the Donetsk region, where fierce fighting has been going on for a long time. Zelenskyi visited Bahmut just before the start of his trip to the United States.
– Our heroes gave me a flag, a war flag, the flag of those who defend Ukraine, Europe and the world at the cost of their lives. They asked me to bring this flag to you in the US Congress, Zelenskyi spoke.
Zelenskyi revealed that several soldiers fighting on the front line of Bahmut had written their names on the flag.
For example, the Colonel General of the Ukrainian Armed Forces had written his greetings on the flag Mihailo Koval.
– We are sure of victory, Koval wrote on the ticket.
As a return gift, Speaker Pelosi gave Zelensky an American flag flying in Salo of the Congress building.
Zelenskyi also appealed to the Congress to approve a new support package for Ukraine worth about 50 billion. Zelenskyi said that the US aid to Ukraine is an investment for world security and democracy, not just charity.
Before the Russian invasion, Bahmut, inhabited by about 70,000 people, has become a symbolic target of the war. During the autumn and winter, Russia has fired heavily at the city, but so far Ukraine has been able to defend the almost completely destroyed city.
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If the Russian armed forces finally manage to seize Bahmut for themselves, it has been estimated that it might end up being a “Pyrrhic victory” for them, where their own losses are so great that it is difficult to consider the conquest a victory.
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